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Iron County register., 1900-06-14
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
FIETY-saxTH CONGRESS.

In the senate, on the 4th, the work of
the session being practically completed.
the session was more of a social function
than business session. Nearly four of
the ten hours consumed was spent in
executive session. AT the night session
many of the senators appeared in full
dress, and the galleries were thronged
with gaily-attired crowds of spectators.
No business of Importance was transact
ed In the house, the conference report
agreed to as to the S 6oo. 800 appropriation
and as to the item for the Mississippi
river with amendments. Other items in
dispute were sent back to conference:
Columbia appropriation bill were agreed
to. and the bill sent to the president.
In the senate, on the 5th, the session
was given principally to consideration of
conference reports ana odds and ends of
business preparatory to final adjourn
mene; tii 5ahat An unseemy ana M rpnedr0as Pe-
ID and Messrs. Hanna (O) and Carter
IS. d. was precipitated by a statement
by MIR. Bacon 'GaO that Cramp, the
sfipouIIder, Rad contributed 500. 006 "a the
republican ',uiGpaIgn fund in 1892. with
TIE understanding that he would be re
lmbuI Sed hv contracts for construction
Df war shinS. In the house attention
alternated between consideration of con-
and heated political controveI sizes, the in
cidents of the day ana night sessions nc-
ing those inseparable from the dying
houTc o- a session.
extending far into the night, was occu-
pied in an Intellectual attempt to reach an
agreement upon the naval appropriation
bill. The hour fixed for final adjournment
was reached and passed without an agree
ment, and the senate finally adjourned
until the 7th at II a. m....... In the house
scenes of indescribable confusion and bit
terness marked the discussion of the fail
ure of the conferees on the naval appro-
prlat1on bill to carry out their inStruc-
tiOnS, and the speaker took the almost
unprecedented course of appointing new
confereeS who were not members of the
naval committee. The debate, at times,
was very bitter.
IN the senate, on the 7th, the session
was devoted chiefly to receSSing and
cial functions while awaiting action by
the house on the naval appropriation bill,
the senate having refused to request an
other conference Upon receipt of word
that the house had concurred in the sen-
ate amendment remaining in controversy,
house resolution providing for final ad-
journment was amended. fixing the hour
at five o'clock, June Z, and passed. When
that hour arrived the senate quietly ad-
journeG......In the house the action OF
the previous day in rejecting the compro-
mise of the confereeS on the naval bill
was reversed. and the house. by large
majority, accepted the senate amendment.
AS the closing hour approached a few
members engaged in singing national airs
being soon joined by the whole house and
later by the galleries. Speaker Henderson
members responded by singing For He's
a Jolly Good Fellow" the gaVel fell and
the first session of the Fifty-SiXth con-
greSS was
Iron County register., 1900-06-14
POSSSEMEN KEPT BUSY.
sunday ~ Bloody Day Ia St. Lnnis-Tha
Record Is Four Dead and Sew
erai Wounded.

St. Louis, June 1f.-Capr Hancock's
company of posse comitatus, stationed
at the sheds of the Laclede avenue
line, on Compton, just south of Laciede
avenue, had thrilling encounter with
four men in buggy at SIS O'Clock
last night.
According to the statement of Capt.
Hancock and members of his company,
the men, in driving past the possemen
shouted, ''scabs,' and made other re-
marks calculated to bring on trouble.
The men were ordered to desist, AMI
upon continuing were ordered to halt.
stop or we will shoot" cried Capt.
Hancock.
His answer was volley of pistol
shots from the quartet in the rig.
Capt. Hancock returned the fire.
The men whipped up their horse and
drove south on Compton avenue at
breakneck speed, at the same time fir
ing into the posse company following
them.
Capt. Hancock's men emptied their
shotguns several times at the fugitive
party, each time being answered by
the contents of the mems revolvers.
Finally shot from one of the depu-
ties brought Gown the horse. The oc-
cupants of the rig, seeing their horse
killed, leaped out of the vehicle and,
firing a parting shot at the possemen,
took to their heels and escaped.
Three Strikers Fatally Shot.
Three street car strikers were fatally
shot by possemen in a riot at Sixth
street aid Washington avenue at six
o'clock last evening. A fourth union
man was shot, but not seriously hurt.
One of the wounded men died in an
ambulance while being conveyed to
the city hospital last night.
The riot was precipitated, according
to statements Of possemen, by demon
strations against car no 365 of the Del
mar Avenue division of the Lindell sys-
tenn. Witnesses differ as to which side
fired the first shot, but all agree that
brick wis hurled at the car and that
the act brought on the conflict.
Several other conflicts between pos
semen and strikers occurred during
the day with serious and, in one case,
fatal results.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14
CONSIDERING THE EXPENSE.
Getting Ready to Call Ont the Militia
when Convinced of the Neces-
sity for So Doing.

jefferson City. Mo-, June 11.--Gov.
Stephens says everything is being put
in readiness for calling out the \. G.
NJ. forces to settle the St. Louis street
car strike, but he Will not issue the
call until the last resort. 1t will cost,
he says, 5000 to land 2,50o men in
st. Louis, and as much per day to
maintain them, and as there is no ap-
preparation, he does not know how the
Legislature would view deficiency
of 100000 for maintaining troops in
ST. Louis. This is IA great problem. 1t
might require an extra session OF the
legislature to appropriate the money.
a rumor is current here that At
torney-General Crow will proceed in
the supreme court TO oust Mayor
Ziegenhein from office for failure to
perform his official duty in connection
with the strike. Gen. Crow denies that
any such action is to be taken at this
time.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The president, on the 18th, nomi-
L. Distan, of Illinois, to be surveyor
general for the District of Alaska.
The correspondent of the London
Daily Telegraph at Pretoria says that
many Boer guns and several hundred
officers and men were captured at the
occupation of Pretoria by the British.
w. S. Taylor has formally declined
to be considered as a candidate for
the republican gubernatorial nomina-
ton in Kentucky. He says his duty to
himself and family forbids further
sacrifice, John w. Yerlles, of Danville,
is an aspirant for the nomination.
Adjt.-Gen. Fred Bell of Missouri was
in Mexico, on the Sth, on his way to
ST. Louis, to meet Gov. Stephens for
the purpose of deciding whether tie
militia should be called out to settle the
strike trouble. The adjuthnt general
said the militia was ready for action
when the governor gave the word.
II. G. Dun & Co. reported on the Sth:
Failures for the week have been 206
IN the United States, against 159 last
year, and 10 in Canada, against 10 last
year"
At last accounts the Transvaal CAP
ital was in railway car, on a sids-
track at Machadodorp, 107 miles east
of Pretoria, from which President
Kruger gave out the information that
1.-THE real struggle is only now begun.
An explosion occurred in the Indiana
powder works at Fontinet, on the Sth.
Matthew Reed was killed and several
other employees were injured. Mixer
mill No. 1, in which a number of girls
were at work, was wrecked. In their
wild endeavor to escape several of the
girls were injured, but none seriously.
A man named Edwards is missing.
The convention of the National AS
sociation of Railway Postal Clerks at
San Antonio, Tex, adjourned, or the
sth, a banquet at the Menger hotel at
night being the last feature. The old
Among the changes in the constitution
was an increase of death benefits from
s., 900 to $4,000.
A membership in the New York cot
ton exchange was sold, on the Sth, at
$4,000. The last previous actual sale
was at $4,000.
In accordance with the provisions of
the provisions of the military acad-
emy appropriation bill, the president
has issued commissions to Lieut.-Gen.
Nelson A Miles, commanding the
army, and Maj.-Gen. III. G. Corbin, ad-
iutant general of the army.
Mai.-Gen. Otis arrived in Washing
ton on the 9th. He will remain for a
few days only, and will go 10 his
home at Rochester, n. Y, in time to
attend the public reception-to be given
by the citizens of that place in his
honor on the 18th inst.
Thomas Jefferson Johnson, known
as s'Cyclone" johnson, a street preach
er, was shot and instantly killed, on
the night of the sth, at Carmel, Ind,
after he had killed Deputy Sheriff
Carey, who was trying to arrest him
for assault and battery.
William j. Bryan lacks only IS in
structed votes of having majority of
the convention that is to meet in Kan
sas City. The convention will be COM
posed of $50 delegates. States repre-
senting 44s delegates havebeenpledged
to BRYAN, who thus lacks only IS of a
majority and 172 of the necessary two
thirds required 20 nominate.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Recent Deaths.

AT Hamilton, Caldwell county. Rob-
ert b. Houston, from Bright's dis
ease. He had been prominent as
banker and business man in the coun-
ty for 30 years. He was 65.
Thomas F. Geary. aged rs, at his
home in the southwest part of Nor
gan county, of paralysis. Mr.. Geary
was an old settler, locating there 60
years ago. For many years he was
prominent merchant on the Usage riv-
er. He died quite wealthy.
William Shier, aged 81, suddenly at
his home near Odessa.
Capt. George A. Purdy, postmaster
at Pierce City. suddenly. He was a
delegate to the National republican
convention in 1896 from the Fifteenth
Missouri district.
Maj. F. F.. Williams, formerly may
or Of Joplin, twice candidate for
congress on the republican ticket, and
for 20 years well-known business
man of Joplin. from heart disease.
Maj. Williams served during the Span
ishAmerican war as major of a bat
talon of the Second Missouri volun-
teers. He had been aiIing for year,
but his condition CT late had so far
improved that it was thought he would
recover.
w. c. Fullilove, an old and highly
respected citizen OF Hannibal, after
long illness.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14
THE RUSH FOR THE STATES.
Gold Dust and Passengers from
Dawson Arrive at Port
Townsend.

Port Townsend, Wash, June H.
The steamer City of Seattle arrived
Saturday night from Alaska with
100000 in gold dust and 260 passen-
gers, most of whom are from Dawson.
Thus far five boats have reached the
lakes from Dawson, and the rush for
the states is fairly on. Among the
returning Dawsonites are many women
and children,
Up to May %, it is stated, the clean
up had reached $1s,Oo0,0OO. This sea-
son opened from three to five weeks
earlier than on any previous year.
A general exodus from Dawson is re-
ported for Koyl1uk river, where rich
strikes have been reported. The wa
ter in the lakes is reported as being
very low, which renders navigation
hard and uncertain.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14

The Tammany leaders have decided
not to send more than 2S0 Or 800 men
to the national convention at Kansas
City, about eight from which each dis
trict. 1t was at first intended to send
a delegation of 600. The cut was
made on account of the heavy ex-
pensG,
The Filipino general, Pho del Pillar.
who was reported to be Aguinaldo's
right hand mai, but who, last Octo-
Der, offered to sell out his army to the
Americans for $25o,OOO, has been cap
tured by native police at San Pedro
Macati, Luzon.
y dispatch from Rome, on the night
of the Sth, said that the condition of
the pope was such that his relatives
had been summoned. Only bis doctors,
the domestic prelates and Cardinal
Ramoolla were allowed in his private
room.
Dispatches of the sth announced
that Gen. Butler, by a series of ma
neuvers, had captured the heights be-
tv cen Rotha's Pass and Inkwelo, to
the west Of Laing's Mex and Maiuba,
rendering untenable the strongly in
trenched Boer positions.
The secretary of war has sent cir
crlar letter to all senator's, inviting
them to name one candidate and one
alternate for their states, the appoin-
tees to report July 25. In case the
secretary does not receive replies from
the senator's by July 10 the appoint
ments will be made by the president.
The appeal of Roland e. Molineaux
from his conviction of the crime of
which was to have been
heard NY the New York court of ap-
peals, at Saratoga, this month, has
been postponed until next October
Iron County register., 1900-06-14
1T STAGGERED LONDON.
The New. Came Like a Bolt Prom =
CIear Skx.

London, June 12.-The news that tbs.
shutting off of Lord Roberts con-
munication with the outer world was
accompanied by such serious loss.
came like bolt from a eomparatively
clear sky. In London, until the news
came, it was thought that the de-
struction of the railroad was accom-
plished by Free Staters, who were
avoiding rather than annihiIating the
British detachments stationed at the
point attacked. Nor are Gen. Forester
Walkers vague statements regarding
Methuen and the situation at HeiIbrOr,
looked upon as reassuring. The Beers
appear to be in sufficient strength to
completely separate all the British
forces north and south of a line
stretching some so miles between
Roodeval and Heilbron Methuen,s
march upon the latter place seems
somewhat in the nature of a movement
for the relief of Colville. The only
British officer left at Roodeval appears
to be the doctor in charge of the hos
pital, which is full of wounded.
What has happened to the troops
Immediately north of Roodeval is ssiu
a matter of conjecture.
All in all, the dispatches reveal that
the situation is far more serious than
any one imagined.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14
SEVEN POSSE MEN ARRESTED.
They Refused to Eat and sleep with
the st. Louis Transit Co.'s
Non-Union Employees.

ST. Louis, June 10.-Seven of Sheriff
Pohlman's posse comitatus spent Fri
day night in the holdover, registered
''held for the chief" because they re-
fused to eat and sleep with the Trans
it company's employees at the power
house of the Broadway cable line at
Broadway and Salisbury street. The
meu were arrested originally by Capt.
L. d. Picot, of the posse, who had them
in charge, and he sent them to the four
courts in patrol wagon, where, after
consultation with Col. Cavender, they
were placed in the holdover, despite
their protests.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14
It STAGGERED ALL LONDON.
Tie Cutting of Gen. Roberts Line
of Communication Involved
Some Serious Loss.
AN ENTIRE BATTALION WAS WIPED OUT.
All of the Fourth Battaiion of the
Derby shire Regiment Either
Killed. Wounded or PRISONERS
The situation Far More Serious
than was Imagined.


! London, June 12.-Lieut.-Gen. Sir
Frederick Forestier-Walker. in coHl-
mand of the lines of communication
| in South Africa. reports that in thu
disaster TO the British troops. June :,
at Roodeval. where the Beers cut Lord
Roberts line of communications. the
fourth battalion of the Derbyshire reg
iment were all killed. wounded or made
prisoners, except six enlisted men, Two
officers and ~ men were wounded.
many of theme severely.
Beers Returned the Wounded.
The Beers returned the wounded 20
the British. The officers killed were
Lieut.-Col Baird-Douglas and Lieut.
lIawley.
The wounded include COL Wilkinson
and Lieut.. Blanchard, of the Canadian
infantry.
Gen. Observation-Disclosures dispatch in
fSll is as follows:
GEN. Forestier-WaIkers' Dispatch
Cape Town. June 10 Sunday THE
following telegram has been received
from Charles Knox:
'Kroonstad-Th following casual
ties, reported from Roodeval. June :.
received from Stonham. commanding
the imperial yeomanry hospital. dated
Rhenoster river, June S, received here
by flag of truce June 10:
THE fourth battalion of the Der
byshire regiment (the Sherwood for
esters) - Killed - Lieut.-Coi. Baird
Douglas and Lieut.. Hawley, and Is o.
the rank and file; wounded-COL VIII
kinson. Capt. Bailey, Lieuteuants Hall.
Lawder and blanchard. ard 50 OF the
rank and file; the Shropshire light in
fantry, one; Cape Pioneer railroad reg
iment, seven: ammunition park. Royal
marines and Imperial telegfaphs. one
each; post office corps, one
'Stonham reports that many were
severely wounded, and the remaining
of the Fourth Derbyshire and details
of prisoners. except six of the rank and
file. are in his camp. All the wounded
are in his camp. iateIy occupied by the
Fourth Deybyshire. Inquiries are be-
ing made as TO the names.
An Unp2ea~aat Inference
1t is inferred that the Beers captured
over 500 men, and as late as june l.
held position cutting off the British
forces north of Kroonstad from rein
forcements.
A dispatch from Cen. Forester
Walker says Gen. Methuen was fight
ing within ten miles of Heilbron June
6, as follows:
Gen. Methuen's Movements
''Cape Town, June 10 Sunday
Kelly-Kenny reports from Bloemfoa-
tein this morning that Methuen. with
the greater part of his division. was
fighting early in the morning of jun.
s, ten miles south of Heilbron. whers
Colville was reported to be with the
Highland brigade. Methuen left Lind
ley June 5. with ample supplies for
himself and Colville, leaving Pag~t 10
hold Lindley with sufficient forc,-
and supplies.
Ordered to Press the Enemy.
''Kelly-Kenny has ordered Kncx 10
press i'll the enemy's outpost. believing
the enemy's strength to be exaggsrat-
ed.
''All is quiet, and there is no anxiety
as regards the district to the south
Communications north of Kroonssad
have been cut since June O.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14
HUMAN BUTCHER.
Kills His Employer and Four Mem
bers of His Family, Fatally
Wounding Others.

Moozmin. Assinaboine, June ia
sheriff's posse, which returned here
last night from Welwyn, a village IL
miles to the north, brings details or
the slaughtering, Saturday, of POST
master Alex. Macarthur and four other
members of his family, and the fatal
wounding of another; also the serious
wounding of two others, by John Nor
rison, McArthur's hired man.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14
A Blind Boys Ambition.

William A. Kelley, of No. All ST.
George street, ST. Louis, who is blind,
was one of a number of applicants for
admission to the bar who were ex-
amined in the circuit court in ST.
Louis the other day. He is a student
at the law branch of Washington uni
versity. He is 21 years old and has
been blind for several years. He is a
graduate of the Missouri school for
the blind.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14

A complete summary of the work oi
congress, up to date, shows: Number
of days in session, 1877: bills intro
duced, 12,152; total passed, 1,215; pub
lie acts, 2S3; private acts, 932; extent
Of congressional record, 1851 pages.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14
Hanred HimseIf Am Hfs CEN.

Chester, Pa, June Thames Pierce,
who, with his brother '.Pinny" Pierce,
was charged with the murder of
George p. Eyre, of this city, on De-
cember 81 last, committed suicide yes
terday by hanging in his cell at the
county Jail at Media
Iron County register., 1900-06-14

A terrible accident occurred neal
Stockbridge, Wis.,. on the Oneida In
dian reservation, on the 7th, which re-
suited in the killing of eight men and
one child. A lot of small children
playing in a yard saw a woman cut a
chickens head off. They decided to
play chicken, and seizing the smallest
of their number decapitated it with
the AK the woman had just used. A
number of men were engaged on q
derrick in the yard raising heavy tim.
bers in the erection of barn. Seeing
the child being beheaded, they became
panic-stricken. and in the confusion,
the heavy timbers which were being
raised fell with an awful crash, kill.
ing eight of the men.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14

The Berlin Post, in n senll-o1Iiciar
ticle, warns the German press against
describing Anglo-American inquiries
concerning the .n,ea; inspection bill as
an unwarrantaDle iE-aI=ent.on al
homc politics, because, it points OFT.
such on attack is calcula'c In pt ovoEe
reDrisals
Iron County register., 1900-06-14

Three hundred and sixty motormen
and conductors left Philadelphia, on
the 9th, on a special train over the
Pennsylvania railroad for ST. Louis,
where, it was said, they would take
the places of strikers of the ST. Louis
Transit Co
Iron County register., 1900-06-14
Actually Dre,y Blood.

Paris, June I'm. Pozzi, the sena-
tor and well-known editor, was wound
ed, yesterday, in the wrist in a duel
with swords with DIR. De Villers, who
is an intimate friend of Paul Derou-
lede, for whose banishmeut NJ. Pozzi
voted at the trial before the high court.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14

The statement of the treasury hal
ances in the general fund, exclusive of
the S150,OOO,0Cu gold reser.e III the oi-
vision of redemption, issued on the
Sth, showed: Available cash balance,
S146, 794 ,575; gold, $72,21S, $50.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14

Representative Gaines, of Tennessee.
on the 18th, introduced a bill in con-
gress prohibiting employment of men,
bers by railroads or other corpora
tons obtaining charters or other aid
from the United States government.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14
Speaker Henderson Leaves wash
ingt0n.

Washington, June 11.-Spealer Hen
derson went to Philadelphia yester-
day. He does not expect to return To
Washington until after the republican
national convention. The speaker was
accompanied by Mrs. Henderson.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14

The Panama Canal Co.'S representa-
tiyes in Colon, it is stated, have re-
ceived orders from Paris to resume
work on large scale. A large num-
ber of mechanics ard laborers, it is
added, have been engaged.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14

The troubles of Estes G. Ratlbone.
former director of posts for Cuba.
seem to be increasing. The auditors
department has thrown out $15.GOG
worth of vouchers, including $4,000 in
bills, which had been paid twice. mos
of them at Muncie, Ind.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14
Resulted i'm Two Deaths.

Ft. Worth, Tex, June 11.-John
Hendricks stabbed his stenfather to
death here yesterday. AS result of
this tragedy, Hendricks mother died
an hour later from fright.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14

In the midst of a driving thunder
and rain storm at Jacksonville, Fla,
on the 7th, lightning struck the
smoke stack of the ferryboat Com
modore Barney, and passing down
through the vessel killed four men and
injured a dozen others who were
working underneath it.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14

On arriving at his house in Havana,
ON the 4th, Gen. Gomez made brief
address, in the course of which he
said he had kept his promise to return
to Cuba, and that he had never intend
ed to turn his back upon her people.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14
Mrs. GIadstone rallies.

London, June 1.-THE latest bulle-
tin regarding Mrs. Gladston's condi-
ton is more hopeful. She rallied af-
ter sinking Saturday, and her doctors
now think she may live several days.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14

AT meeting of the Royal Cork
Yacht club, on the 7th, Sir Thomas
Upton was elected a member. He ex-
pressed his intention of challenging
for the Americas cup under the aus
pices of this club.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14

Mrs. John Sherman died at mid
night, on the 4th, aged II years. She
was Miss Margaret Cecilia Stewart,
cnly daughter of the late Judge Stew
art of Mansfield, o. She was married
to John Sherman December 81, 1S4S.
There were no children. She was
born and buried at Mansfield.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14

The postmaster general. on the 9th,
issued an order barring the use of the
mails to 1.-The Credit General du Cana
da," of Montreal, and the Credit
d'Epargne," of Paris, France. 1t is al
legged that both concerns are conduct
ing lotteries.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14

Secretary Hay and Lord Pauncefote.
on the sth, signed a protocol EXTENT
ing until March 4 next the period Of
time allowed for the ratification of the
reciprocity treaty with Barbados
Iron County register., 1900-06-14

It developed in a trial held in tie
probate court at Clayton, St. Louis
county, that Reuben Dixon, an old ne
gro of Webster Groves, who died year
ago, and who was known as voodoo
of great power, had made an attempt
to hoodoo the governor of Missouri in
order to save his grandson, who was
condemned for murder, from hanging.