Iron County register., 1900-05-03
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

In the senate, on the 2Sth. Mr.. Petit
grew IS. d. introduced and asked i'm
mediate consideration of a preamble
and resolution of sympathy for the
Beers of South Africa in their war
against Great britain. 4 vote to refer
to the committee on foreign relations
disclosed the absence of quorum,
efforts to secure which failed. Beyond
the passage of few bills no business
of Importance was transacted. In
the house, number of important bills
were passed, but most of the session
was devoted to senate bill to create
IL commission to adjudicate claims of
citizens of the United States against
Spain assumed, by the treaty of Paris,
by this country. A bill to confer
medals upon the officers and crew of
the revenue cutter Hudson, which res
cued the torpedo boat Winslow, at
Cardenas. Cuba, was passed.
By the collapse of bridge at the
Paris exposition, on the goth, about
fifty persons on the promenade below
were caught under the ruins of the
falling structure. Six of them were
taken out dead, and 40 were more or
less severely injured, several of them
dying soon after. The bridge had that
morning been condemned as insecure,
but for some reason no warning hal
Feen given the public.
Gen. Allan Rutherford, clerk of the
Maryland court of appeals, died in
Washington, on the goth, of consump-
ticn, aged about sixty years. He was
q native of New York, and served with
distinction in the civil war, entering
the service as major of the Ninth New
York regiment. He was brevetted
urigadier general of volunteers for
gallantry. Interment will be at Arl-
ington.
Admiral Dewey, accompanied by
Mrs. Dewey and his private secretary,
Lieut.. Caldwell, left Washington, on
the goth, in a special train over the
baltimore & Ohio railroad, en- route 20
Chicago to participate i'll the celebra-
ton of the second anniversary of the
hattie of Manila.
AT a supplementary meeting of the
Ecumenical conference in New York,
on the Goth, the subject of the Liquor
ana Opium Traffic" was discussed. The
bfleful effects of liquor and opium IN
the natives of every country where
missionaries are working were ex-
planned in detail.
United States Consul-General Mason,
ut Berlin, is preparing an official re-
port on the German trusts.
In the senate, on the 30th, motion
10 consider the Pettigrew Boer-sym-
pathy resolution was voted down-29
TO 20. The conference report on the
joint Porto Rico resolution was agreed
TO. The Alaskan civil code bill occu-
pied most of the session, but no prog
ress was made. Some bills of minor
Importance were passed. In the
house the Lacey bill to enlarge the
powers of the department of agricul-
Iure was passed. Senate bill to create
a commission of five to investigate and
report upon the industrial and com
mercial condition of China and Japan,
and the bill for a constitutional
to disqualify polygamists,
etc. were considered, each develop
ing much opposition.
Five of the defendants charged with
completely or as accessories in the
murder of William Goebel were ar
raigned, on the 3Oth, before Judge
{ antrill at Frankfort, Ky. They were
republican Secretary of State Caleb
Powell, Capt. John w. Davis, Harland
Whitaker, W. II. Culton and Richard
Combs, colored, all of whom entered
pleas of not guilty. Motions for change
OF venue were overruled.
Gen. Cronje and his wife, accom-
p; MED by the generals private secre- |
tary, were permitted to attend re-
ligious services, on the Goth, at Dead |
wood Camp, st. Helena, after which |
they had their first ride around the |
an experience which seemed |
III give Gen. Cronje much pleasure. The |
famous commander was received with |
cheers.
Shag Rock, large rock protruding |
from San Francisco bay and long a |
n enace to shipping, and especially to |
vessels passing in and out of the |
Ct lden Gate, was blown up on the |
3cth Five tons of nitro-glycerine were
used to remove the obstruction, 300 |
cubic feet of rock being displaced. |
Thousands of fish were killed.
The conference report on the joins
resolution relating to the administra-
ton of civil affairs in Porto Rico and |
for the appointment of tenn
rorary officers on the island was |
agreed to by both senate and house, on
the 3Oth, and the bill was sent to the |
president.
The amount of bonds received up to
the 3Oth, at the treasury for exchange |
for the new two-per-cents was $780,
C2p, ,75O, of which $45,3o4,150 were re-
ct ived from individuals and institu-
Iions other than national banks