Iron County register., 1900-03-08
LATER NEWS.

LATER NEWS
In the senate, ON the 1st, the bin
providing a form of government for
Hawaii was passed without division. At
the instance of Mr.. Foraker, the Puer-
to Rican tariff bill was made the un-
finished business, and will be censiG-
cred as soon as the conference report
on the finance bill shall have been dis
posed OF on the 9th. In the house
the contested-electioR case of Aldricn
VS.. Robbins was taken up, the demo-
Gratis thus scoring their first victory
of the session. Consideration of the
Loud bill, relating te second class mail
matter, was postponed.
y south-bound passenger train on
the Northampton division of the New
ran into a wsshout about three
quarters of a mile from Plainville,
Conn, on the LIST, and went over an
embankment. Four passengers We're
reported killed and a number injured.
The total value of merchandise i'm
ported into Havana. during the calen-
DIR year 1899 was S4S,92O,774, of which
$40, ,6sT ,1e0 came from the United
States, S7,O05,419 from the United
Kingdom, 81 1868 from Germany,
S., ,377, ,Og5 from Spain and S1O,274, ,o4f
from other countries.
The monthly statement of the comp
troller of the currency shows that the
total circulation of national bank not tes
at the close of business, February 2S,
1900, was $249. .434, SIS, an increase for
the year of S6,532,5 ,511, and for the
month of $2,447, ,6S5.
The monthly comparative statement
Of the receipts and expenditures of the
United States for the month of Febru-
airy shows that the total receipts were
81. .631 ,265, and the expenditures S3-.
z3S, ,412, leaving a surplus for the
men1h OF S1,S92,793.
The monthly statement of the di-
rector ,of the mint shows that the total
coinage executed at the mints of the
United States during February was
S15, 46S, ZOO, .as follows: Gold, Is, ,4OI.-
900; silver, 81 100000; minor coins,
S126- 500
Consul AFahin, at Reichenberg, re-
ports to the state department whole
sale movements toward the formation
of Industrial trusts in Austria, though.
he says, that country has no protective
tariff except on a very few articles.
Tie monthly statement of the pub
lie debt, issued on the fst, shows that
at the close of business February %,
1900, the debt, less cash in the treas
ury, amounted to S1,11S, ,O59, de-
crease for the monthoof Sc, 75O, ,16S.
In the senate, con the cd, considera-
tion of n bill embodying substantially
the provisions of the house Puerto
Riean tariff bill and in addition provid-
ing for a temporary form of civil gov
ernmeC1t for the island, was begun.
An hour and half of the session was
devoted to the Quay case. In the
house a special message from the pres
ident recommending the immediate
passage OF a bill to place in his hands
all the moneys collected upon Puerto
Rican goods since the Spanish evacu-
alton Of the island to he used for the
relief of the Puerto Ricans was read,
and within two hours a bill carrying
out the recommendation had been
passed. 162 to 107, and sent to the sem
ate. Thirteen democrats voted with
the majority
Sir George Newnes, of London, pub
Usher of the Westminster Gazette and
the Strand Magazine, has made ar
to bring out an English
edition of the Topeka (kas) Capital
during the editorship of Rev. Charles
NJ. Sheldon. The arrangement means
the exploitation of the mPst interest
ing newspaper experiment of the CEN
tury by the progressive British pub
Usher. /
The investigation of charges as tos
the polygamous status of certain fed
eral appointees was resumed, on the
Sd, by a subcommittee of the house
on post Offices and post
roads. The inquiry had been closed, |
but as Representative Lentz desired to !
have the testimony of Rev. DR.. Camp
bell, of Utah, it was determined to re-
open the hearing.
Just before the adjournment of the
senate committee on elections, on the
2d, both prosecution and defense III |
the investigation into the election of |
Senator Clark, of Montana, announced |
that they had concluded the present;.- |
ton of their testimony. There re-
nlained some papers to be examined |
and argument were still to be heard.
The secretary of state authorizes
of the printed report |
that the state department had secured |
he assent of other powers to the pro-
'isions of the pending canal conSen-
ion. No propositions in relation to
he subject matter of this convention,
lie says, had been laid before any 9TH
IT country.
The statement of the condition of |
he treasury issued on the I'd showed.
Available cash balance, $296, ,622, ,227;
yold reserve, $685., 2,772.7S6.