Iron County register., 1900-02-22
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

The senate was not in session on the
18th. In the house the legislative
executive and judicial appropriation
bill was passed after four days con-
sideration, the civil service appropria-
ton, which was stricken out in COM
mittee of the whole, was restored be-
fore the final vote on the bill by vote
of 125 to n. Mr.. Sulzer (dem., n. W
charged the republican party with fos-
tering monster monopolies," which
drew forth reply from Mr.. Grosvenor
| (rep., o., who accused Sulzer of chip
podl oming through the west as a vice
presidential candidate"
Wesley church, the largest Methodist
church in Minneapolis, Mimi, and the
ha1 dsomest house of worship in the
northwest, is free from debt. At the
morning service, on the 18th, in re-
! sponse to the urgings of the pastor,
Rev. James S. Montgomery, the con-
gregation contributed, in 90 minutes,
at the rate of 262 a minute, a total of
$4,000, sufficient to pay every penny
of the Indebtedness and leave a few
thousands over for rainy day.
The British embassy, upon inquiry
being made, on the 18th, authorized
to. statement that there was no truth
whate in the story contained in the
Paris dispatches that President Nc
kinley had sounded Lord Pauncefote,
the British ambassador at Washing
top, to ascertain how an offer of medi-
alton in the Transvaal difficulty on the
parl of the United States would be re-
ceived by Great Britain.
The speech of the governor, Sir Hugh
McCallum, at the opening of the New
fourdland legislature, on the 10Th, in
timated that the session had been
called at the request of the imperial
government to renew the mOdus vi
vendi on the treaty coast so that
FreI cb fisherman may be enabled to
prepare for the summers operations
without delay.
Col. w. C. P. Breckenridge, of Lex
ington, KY, has accepted an invitation
from the Anglo-SaXon Union of To-
ronto, to attend banquet there on
February %, and respond to a toast
The Union Jack and the Stars and
Stripes" Among the others invited to
respond to toasts will be Lord Charles
Beresford, of England.
The correspondent of the London
Times at Modder River, wiring on the
18th, says: Gen. Cronje's army of 1O,-
900 men, with 1000 wagons, is in full
retreat toward Bloemfontein. Our
cavalry has already returned from
Kimberly to join in the pursuit"
In the senate, on the Goth, bill for
the benefit of claimants having cases
pending against the United States in
the circuit and district courts affected
by a certain act of 1898, was passed.
MIR Hale offered a resolution, which,
after long constitutional debate, was
adopted, calling for information as 20
why the law of congress relating 10
telephone charges in the District
of Columbia had not been en-
forced and practically was imperative.
-. In the house the debate on the
Puerto Rican tariff bill, on all hands
conceded to be the most far-reaching
and important measure to be intro
duced at this session, and which is ex-
pected to last for several days, was
begun.
The most important news from the
war in South Africa, on the 18th, was
to the effect that Gen. French had
headed off Gen. Cronje's retreating
army, and was only awaiting rein
fcrcements to attack; Hlangwane hill,
commanding the flank of the Boer de-
fenses at Colenso, had been occupied;
Lord Mathuen had reached Kimberly,
H.
victory and was again moving to the
relie1 of Ladysmith.
Representative Lacey, of Iowa, las
introduced bill to amend the civil
service act. 1t provides that govern
ment employees shall serve for five
years, with opportunities for reap
poin tment for another five years.
These now in the service shall serve
our a term of five years, and those who
have served beyond that time shall be
divided into classes whose terms shall
gradually expire.
Secretary Root has a plan to have
the military schools and colleges
of the country brought into close touch
with the regular army and track kept
of pupils when they go into civil life.
especially if they join the national
guard, and thus secure the creation of
a reserve list of persons in civil life
wfo are fully equipped for instant mill
itary service.
The coolest weather ever known in
Santiago de Cuba was experienced, on
the 10Th, the thermometer falling to 5S
degrees For the first time in so years
snow fell on Mount San Pedro, 20
miles to the northwest.
The North Atlantic squadron viii
not visit MatanZas, as was intended,
but is scheduled to arrive at Calves
ton, Tex, about April 20, to assist in
the anniversary celebration of the bat
tie OF San Jacinto.