Iron County register., 1900-03-01
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

In the senate, on the oath, the entire
session was devoted to the further con.
siGeration of the Hawaiian govern.
: men, bill. The discussion took wi 1e
5 range, but the basis of it was IN
, amendment offered by Mr.. Plat
Comm as to the appointment and
, tenure of office of the judges of the
5 Hawaiian courts. In the house the
debate upon the Puerto Rican bill WAS
proceeded with, large number OF
: speeches being delivered, both for and
against the pending measure.
Admiral Won Tirpitz, German secre-
tary to the admiralty, has informed
the reichstag budget committee that if
the naval augmentation bill is adopt
ed, an order for steel plates to the
value of 279 1000, 900 marks will go joint
ly to the Stumm Brothers and to Herr
Krupp. Herr Eugene Richter, the
radical leader, asserts that this will
give clear profit to the manufactur-
ers of 176,000,000 marks.
The Lourenzo Marques correspond
cut of the London Times, under date
of the 25th, says: ''The feeling in Of
CONSERVATION. Gen. Louis Botha and
President Steyn are both urging Pres
i6ent Kruger to sue for peace. AT
Bloemfontein Gen. Cronje's position is
regarded as hopeless"
At the Metropolitan Methodist Epis-
cCpal church, in Washington, on the
25th, Bishop John F. Hurst preached Il
memorial sermon at a special service
held in honor and remembrance OF
Bishop John p. Newman. The audi
tcriun was filled to the doors. Presi-
dent Mckinley was an interested audi
tor.
Harry Weldon, for 20 years the
sporting editor of the Cincinnati En-
quirer, in which capacity he won for
himself and his paper a national rep
uts ton, was stricken with paralysis
as he retired to his room about three
o'clock on the morning of the 25th.
DIR. Wright, of Buffalo, aged "a, one
of the foremost homeopathic physi-
clans in New York state, who, in 1898,
was chosen president of the American
Institute of Homeopathy, died, on the
25th, in Chicago, where he had gone
The order of Gen. Wood making Sun
day, the 25th, holiday in Cuba, i'll
honor of the beginning of the revolt
ton, was very popular and was OBJ
served strictly. The Cubans consider
the day in the same light as the Amer
leans do the Fourth of July.
In the senate, on the 26th, formal
discussion of the right of Mr.. Quay to
a seat in that body was begun. Con-
sideration of the Hawaiian govern
ment bill was resumed, and elected a
lively discussion in which southern
election methods were ventilated An
amendment was adopted striking out
the property qualification of voters
for members of the legislature.....I In
the house the Puerto Rican tariff bill
was again taken up, and the time for
general discussion extended until the
night of the 27th. A large number of
of speeches were made for and against
the bill.
Gen. Lord Roberts cabled the British
war office, from Paardeberg, at 7:45
on the morning of the 27th: Gen.
Cronje and all of his force capitulated,
Internationally, at daylight, and is
now a prisoner in my camp" 1t was
the anniversary OF Majuba Hill, fought
10 years ago.
According to Consul-General Patter-
son, at Calcutta, the season has been
disastrous for the cotton crop, and The
reports are discouraging from all
quarters. In many places in the
sputh there is no cotton to pick, and
not a fifth of an average crop will he
obtained. The total yield for the sea-
son is estimated at 641,3 1927 bales,
against 1,S65,s64 bales last year.
In the criminal court of Kansas
City, Mo-, on the Goth, Albert Has
kins pleaded guilty to holding up
street car conductor one night last
September, and was sentenced 10 -
years in the penitentiary. He is a
widower and has two children. Two
weeks before jury in the same court
assessed a 40-year sentence against a
negro highwayman.
Based on a total population of B.
546,7OO, the authorities have decided
that the respective colonies are en-
titled, under the federation scheme,
to the following representation in the
Australian parliament: New South
Wales, %; Victoria, 20; Queensland,
eight; South Australia, six, and Tas-
mania, five; total, 62.
The monthly statement of the col
lections of internal revenue shows
that the, total receipts for January,
1900, amounted to S23.O1s,sS5, un in
crease, as compared with January, 1899,
of 2,2O6,672. During the last seven
months the total receipts exceeded
those for 1899 by S15,664,455.
Senator Clarke, of Wyoming, On the
Goth. introduced a bill for the admls-
sion of Arizona as a state.