Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-20

Iron County Register.
sY ELI D. AXE.
RoNToN. MISSOURI.
The house committee to investigate
alleged hazing of Cadet Booz at West
Point expects to begin its inquiry at
West Point during the holidays.
The president, on the 10th, trans
nitted to congress extended reports
on the agricultural resources of Por-
to Rico, with special reference to the
establishment there of an agricultural
experiment station.
Mr.. Degetau, the newly-elected COM
missioner from Porto Rico, made his
appearance at the capitol, in Wash
ington, on the 14th, for the first time,
and was cordially welcomed by sena-
tors and representatives.
A rich and owner at Terminl, near
Palermo, Italy, has been kidnapped by
brigands on his own property. His
servants fed in dismay at the appear
ance of the band. Troops have been
sent in pursuit of the brigands.
The late Robert Arlington. an &c
centric gentleman of Leeds, England.
who lived in a miserly manner in or
der to be able to devote his wealth to
foreign missions, has left the london
Missionary society over e250.o00.
Edward Lloyd, the well-known
tenor, gave a farewell concert in Lon
don on the 18th. Mr.. Llyod's voice
showed no diminution of power or
quality; but he is tired of public life,
and ~retires to engage in the raising
of fancy cattle.
Another serious landslide has oc-
Cured in Helioland. Thirty houses
have been engulfed, and a considera
BILE part of the island has been sub
merged. 1t has been impossible to
send relief, and the losses have not
vet been determined.
In presenting his report of the past
IOuT years O1 Ills dOI1tllISO1 tAOLs
ident Diaz says that MeXico's aim has
been to develop public veal, diffuse
e~dcuation, preserve peace, and, incl
d~entally, to foster cordial relations
with the United States.
The pension appropriation bill was
completed, on the 18th, by the house
subcommittee on appropriations hav-
ing it in charge, after a hearing from
Commissioner of Pensions Evans. 1t
carries about S145,25O,OOO, of which
about S144, 900, 900 is for pensions and
the balance for ADMINISTRATION.
The supreme court of Ohio, on the
18th, dismissed the 'oceedings
brought by former Attorney-General
Nonett, charging that the Standard
Oil Co. was in contempt of cour5 for
having failed to comply with an or
der, issued in 1892, directing a dissolu-
tior of the Standard Oil trust.
The Iowa state agricultural cOnven-
ton, at Des Moines, adopted resolu-
tions, on the 18th, favoring the crea-
ton of a national park at the head
waters of the Mississippi river, and
the concentration of the control of
government forest reservations under
the department of agriculture.
The vote of New York, as announced
by the state board of -canyassers, OF
the 18th, shows the following totals:
For president-McKinley republican,
s21, 1872; Bryan, democrat, 67S,3S6; NAL
1-I~- 10 600. IN001lnr
prohibition, 22,O43; Debs, social demo
crat, 1 1850. McKinley's plurality, 49,
606.
The close of the exposition, throw
ing thousands out of employment, has
created abnormal criminal conditions
in Paris. Crime is rampant at all
hours, especially in the suburbs. The
officials of the prefecture of police
calculate tina 1000 sufferers from the
exposition have joined the criminal
army.
The report that the remains of l.
500 soldiers were brought home from
the Philippines by the transport Han
cock, is declared to be without foun'
dation. The vessel brought only II
rps ten being those of persons
who died en- route, and one which was
transferred to the Hancock from the
hospital ship Relief at Nagasak.
Wheat is growing SO rank in the Ar
kansas valley wheat belt. embracing
territory that produced over fort!
million bushels last year, hat thu
farmers are advertising to take stool
free for the purpose of eating i
down. The indications at this TIM
for the crop are 25 per cent. more ia
vorable than they were at the SAM
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