Iron County register., 1900-06-07
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

iAIE NEWS IEMSs
In the senate, on the Cd, the Cuban
eNtradition bill was passed; the GEM
eral deficiency bill, the last of the ..p-
rropriation bills. was passed, as was,
also, the emergency river and harbOr
bill. The session was concluded with
eulogies of the late Representative
Green, of Nebraska. :. In the house
the Littlefield antitrust bill to amend
the Sherman act of 1890 to make It
more effective in the prosecution of
trusts, their agents, officers and a.
torneys, was passed, 273 to 1, Mr.. Mann
rep, ILL., casting the negative vole.
The announcement of the vote vas
cheered to the echo.
Louis Klopsch, of New York, pub
Usher of the Christian Herald, who al
rived in India, May IA, and started It
once on a tour of the famine-stricken
districts, has returned to Bombay, az
Ter travelling through the most sorely
smitten portions of the Bombay pres
idency, including Gujarat and Baroi-
da. His description of the ravages OF
famine and pestilence is appalling.
III. H. Massey, who is on his death
bed at Sweet Springs, Mo-, suffering
from cancer of the face, has turned
over to his attendant complete si!"cr
Counterfeiting outfit and several half
dollars of his own manufacture. lie
says he has been making spurious coin
for IA years, passing most of it cW:iy
from home.
The Berlin Butchers guild has pre-
sented petition to the bundesrath, in
connection with the meat Inspection
bill, claiming that hogs livers AMI
tongues are necessary in the manu-
facture of sausage; that inspection N
such cases is practicable, and tl'at
their importation should be continued.
The United States transport Han
cock, from San Francisco, May II, ar
rived at Manila, on the Sd, with The
members of the Philippine commission.
Gen. MacArthur's staff welcomed IT,
commissioners on board the Hancock.
The post office department will not
interfere with the project of postal
clerks to raise money for the purpose
of securing the passage of the ''classi-
fication bill' by congress.
The grand steeple chase at Auteliil,
France, last year the scene of a turl'u-
lent outburst against President Loubet,
passed off yesterday without sign "f
political disturbance.
Six men and two ladies, French aud
Belgian refugees from Pao Ting Flu,
arrived at Tien Tsin on the I'd. Nine
are still missing.
In the senate, on the 4th, the work
of the session being practically com
pleted, the session was more of So
cial function than Il business session.
Nearly four of the ten hours consumed
was spent in executive session. At the
night session many of the senators APP
Iieared in full dress. and the galleries
were thronged with gaily-attired
crowds of spectators. No business of
Importance was transacted. =. In the
house, the conference report on the
sundry civil appropriation bill was
agreed to as to the $5,000,00G appropri-
alton for the Louisiana Purchase eX-
position and as to the item for the
Mississippi river, with amendments.
Other items in dispute were sent back
10 conference IIc ulSputOu ihSAl~' III
the District of Columbia appropriation
bill were agreed to, and the bill went
TO the president.
Nearly seven hundred laborers,
members of the Foundry Laborers'
union at Buffalo, n. Y, struck, on the
4th, for $1.7S for an eight-hour day,
an advance of 25 cents. AS a re-
suit about twelve hundred molders
and core-makers employed in the vari-
Gus shops of the city are idle.
The new Salvadorian minister, Ra-
fael ZaIdivar, laid his credentials be-
fore President Mckinley on the 4th.
The presentations were made by Sec
retary Hay, and the usual felicitous
speeches were exchanged between the
president and the new minister.
Another raid was made on the Haw-
thorne race track, near Chicago, on the
4th, and six bookmakers were ar
rested. The police met with no opposi-
ton in making the arrests. The men
were taken before Justice Kendall,
and released on $500 bonds.
Lord Mimic. the encouragement OF
Canada, signed an order in council, on
the 4th, appointing Col. Richard Heden
O'Grady Haley, who is on retired pay
in the imperial service, to be major
general commanding the Canadian
militia.
The remains of S. III. III. Clark, for
mer president OF the Union and Mis-
souri, Pacific railroads, arrived in Oma-
ha, Neb.,, on the 4th, and was met by
100 prominent officials of western
roads and former employees of Mr..
Clark.
In ST. Georges chapel, London, on
the 4th, in the presence of all the mill
tary knights, Maj. C. NJ. Dale, late of
the Canadian militia, was installed as
a military knight.