Iron County register., 1900-02-08
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Ene senate was not in session on the
3d.. In the house the Indian appro-
priation bill, slightly amended in un-
important particulars, was passed. An
atte mpt to revive the policy of making
contracts with religious schools, which
has gradually been abandoned by the
government during the past five years,
failed on the ruling of the chair that
the amendment offered was out of or
der. The remainder of the session was
devoted to eulogies upon the life and
public services of the late Representa-
| tive Ermentrout (Pa.).
The most destructive confagration
| that has visited ST. Louis in so years,
| occurred on the 4th, when four blocks,
between Franklin avenue and Morgan
street, extending westward from the
east side of Third street, were burned.
No less than IS firms, most of them
large and old-established business con-
Germs, were among the victims. The
losses are estimated to be between
S1,5OO,OO0 and 100000. One fireman
was killed and several persons, mostly
firemen, were injured, one of them
fatally.
With the release of the two mission
aries, Harms and Struck, whom the
British authorities paroled and sent to
Durham, Germany's negotiations with
Great Britain ceased for the present.
The damage claims for the seizures of
German vessels by British war ships
will not be presented until all the evil
1E hon %AA
collected.
The United States and Great Britain,
it was definitely learned, on the Sd,
have reached an amicable agreement
respecting the operations of the Clay
ton-Bulwer treaty as affecting the
right of construction and control by
the United States of the proposed
Nicaragua canal.
The executive committee of the So
ciety of Friends of the United King
dom announced, on the 4th, the adop-
ton of a minute, against the enforce
ment of the militia billet, appealing to
all Christians ITO check the spirit Of
military Imperialism that finds favor
to-day"
One hundred and two sunstrokes
were officially reported in Buenos
Ayres, Argentina, on the Sd. Of these
90 were fatal. The temperature was
12O ir the shade.
Martha Rebekah Spaulding Norris,
widow of James NJ. Norris, founder of |
the Chicago Evening Journal, died in |
Ottumwa, Ia, on the 4th, aged "a.
In the senate, on the 5th, Senator |
Cafferey (Ga-), discussing the consti- |
tutional phase of tie Philippines ques-
ton, in answer to a question what, |
under present circumstances, he would |
do with the Filipinos, said: ''Turn
them loose as soon as we can get rid of
them. That would be better for them
and infinitely better for u.s.. -. In the
house, during the general debate on
the diplomatic and consular appropria-
ton bill, the democrats continued their
upon the administration. Mr..
Sibley (Pa.), who was elected as a
democrat, but has espoused the policy
of expansion, announced that the DEM
ocrats could consider his seat as con-
on the republican side. The
bill to appoint committee to examine
into the question of polluted water sup
ply of cities, was defeated.
AS the result of a long conference
held in the Gait house in Louisville,
ON the night of the 5th, between rep
resentatives of the rival factions in the
Kentucky government, complete
of the trouble which had so
nearly deluged the state in bloodshed
was arrived at. Early reports said the
democrats had secured about all they
had contended for, the republicans
practically abdicating in the interest
of peace and good order. ,
William and John Newton, bachelor
brothers, the former a millionaire.
were burned to death in the home of
the former, one mile west of Port
land, Ind, on the 5th. VIM. Newton
was 75 years old, and one of the
wealthiest men in the state, his estate
being estimated at S1,5OO.0OO. Both
men were eccentric and lived in the /
most frugal manner.
The Russian campaign in favor of
taking advantage of the present COM
pGcations in South Africa TO secure
ports on the Indian ocean and Nfedi-
terranean is being pushed with vigor.
The St. Petersburg newspapers openly
advocate profting by Great Britain's
difficulties.
A dispatch from Manila, on the 5th,
aid: Brig.-Gen. Kobbe's expedition in
he islands of Luzon, Leyte and Samar,
has occupied permanently and garri-
,oned nine towns with the Forty-sev-
NTH and Forty third regiments. This
has Dlaced on the market 10000 bales |
IF hemp.
The senate in executive session, on
he 5th, ratified The Hague peace
reaty and the extradition treaty with
.he Argentine republic. Both were
ldopted without objection or division.