Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-03-29
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

LATE NEWS ITEMS
In the senate, on the 24th, a measure
was passed providing for the appoint
ment by the president of commission
to investigate the trade and commerce
of the orient with view to the eX-
tension of American commerce. The
closing hours Of the session were de-
voted to the consideration of resolu-
tions accepting from the state of In
diana statue of Oliver P Morton. -.
In the house, the conference report on
the Puerto Rican relief bill was adopt
ed by a vote of 135 to 81. A bill was
passed appropriating $4,000 for de-
signs for Il suitable memorial in Wash
ington to Ulysses S. Grant.
Notwithstanding that troops recog-
nizing the dual governors were
quartered within two squares of each
other at Frankfort, KY, on the 25th,
the day was quiet. The republican adj
jutant general, Collier, and democratic
assistant adjutant general, Murray,
got together and discussed and mutu-
ally agreed upon plans to avoid posi-
bility of any sort of a clash between
the troops.
Chief Willis L. Moore of the weather
service has issued an order prohibiting
persons connected with the service
from smoking cigarettes during office
hours. and stating further that those
who smoked cigarettes at any time
would be mentioned in the confidential
reports which are made quarterly to
him by chiefs of the several Offices and
divisions throughout the entire service.
Mr.. Chin Pom Ye, envoy extraor-
binary and minister plenipotentiary
of Corea to this government, will sail
from New York, on the 31st, for Paris,
to begin his new duties abroad. He
has been transferred to Paris, Vienna
and st. Petersburg, at which capitals
he will represent his government in
the future, dividing his time between
the capitals of those countries.
The Stoughton (Wis.) academy was
totally destroyed by fire on the 2Jth.
The institution was run under the
auspices of the Norwegian Lutheran
synod, and was attended by 112 stu
dents from Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois
and the Dakotas. The pecuniary loss
is not heavy, and the academy will
probably be rebuilt.
Mail advices received from Colombia:
on the oath, report that the revolu-
tionists have been pressing the gov
eminent forces and that a large num-
Der of political prisoners taken last
week from Panama have been ban
ished to San Andrea.
In the senate, on the Goth, Mr.. For
aker, in charge of the Puerto Rican
bill, announced that, beginning on the
27th, he would press the measure to
vote as soon as possible. The Alaskan
civil code bill was under considera-
ton the greater part of the session.
An amendment was agreed to fixing a
license upon almost every kind OF
trade and commerce in the district of
Alaska. The measure was not dis
posed of. In the house the army APP
preparation bill was taken up and its
consideration occupied practically the
entire session.
Senator Hoar, on the Goth, reported
from the judiciary committee the bill
fixing the annual salaries of the CHIEF
justice of the supreme court at $15,-
500 and associate justices at $4,000,
circuit judges at $4,000 and district
judges at $1,000. The bill also provides
that after the passage of the act no
payment shall be made to any of the
judges for expenses.
BY direction of the president the
military post at Cayey, Puerto Rico.
L e.. 4
mated as Henry Barracks, in honor of
the late Brighten. Guy Y. Henry, who
was military governor of Puerto Rico
from December 6, 1898, to May s, 1899.
and who died on October "a.
Former Consul Macrum called on
Chairman Hit of the house committee
on foreign affairs, on the goth, and sig
nified his readiness to be heard in con-
nection with his services at Pretoria
1t was arranged that Mr.. Macrum
would be notified when the committee
was ready to proceed.
The amount of bonds received at the
treasury department, up to the Goth.
for exchange for the new two-per-
cents, was $154, 144, $50, of which S14, 667-
1GO were from individuals and instit"'
tions other than national banks.
Senator Allison introduced a bill, on
the 27th, amending the national bank
act so as to allow banks of deposit TO
be designated in cities of $4,000 popu-
lation. The present law requires 5O,-
600 population.
Senator Culberson, of Texas, intro
duced a bill, on the Goth, providing for
the equitable distribution of the wa
tiers of the Rio Grande between the
United States and Mexico.
The comptroller of the currency, on
the Goth, declared a dividend of ten
DER cent. in favor of the creditors of
the insolvent Dakota national bank Of
Sioux Falls, s. D.