Iron County register., 1900-05-24
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

In the senate, on the 10Th. the post
office appropriation bill being under
consideration, the whole proposition
relating to the transportation of mails
by the pneumatic system was laid on
the table. Statues of Benton and Blair,
presented by Missouri, and of Ulysses
S. Grant. presented by the Grand Army
of the Republic, were accepted. In
the house the session was mainly taken
up with the ceremonies attending the
nnveiling Of the statue of Gen. Ulysses
S. Grant, presented to the nation by
the Grand Army of the Republic, in
the rctunda of tile capitol building.
A lone highwayman entered the cor
ridor of the Coates hotel, one of the
leading hotels in Kansas City, Mo-, al
1880 2. H., on the goth, and seizing
the strong box from the cigar stand,
escaped. The box contained diamonds
valued at s1,5oo. $3.50 in gold, currency
and silver, ,and checks to the amount OF
$10o. A number of persons were pres
ent, but before they realized what hae
happened the robber had escaped.
The Russian embassy has considera-
bly, perturbed governmental and Dip
lomatic circles in Constantirople by in
viting the immediate attention of the
porte to the deplorable situation of
many districts of Armenia, resulting
from brutal methods of collecting
taxes and from prosecutions, which
have driven many toembrace Islamism,
while whole communities are prepar.
ing to emigrate to Russia.
Five hundred insurgents, half OF
whom were armed with rifles, am
bushed so scouts of the Fortieth vol
unteer infantry in the hills near Aqua.
san, in the northern part of Nlindanao
P. /. The Americans routed the ma
tives, killing 81. The American cas-
ualties were two killed and three
wounded.
The dress rehearsal of the Passion
Play at Oberammergau, Bavaria, on
the Goth, was attended by 1000 people,
many Americans being present. It
was an all-day performance with Bib
lical tableux of the scenes preceding
the crucifXion intervening.
Sousa's band gave a concert, on the
goth, in Kroll's garden, in Berlin. The
American colony in that city was well
represented. At the request of Mr..
White, the band played ''Watch on the
Rhine," and there was much enthusi.
aSm.
In July the Hamburg American
Steamship Co. will establish an inde.
pendent service to the northern ports
Of Brazil.
In the senate. on the 21st, resolu-
ton offered by Mr.. Allen (pop., Neb.t
extending to the Boer peace commits
sioners the privileges of the floor of
the senate during their sojourn in
Washington, was defeated, after
sharp debate, by vote OF 36 to 21.
The post Office appropriation bill was
passed finally, the amendment to APP
propriate 1925, 900 to carry out existing
contracts for the pneumatic tuba
service beng agreed to. In the house,
under suspension of the rules, a bill
borers employed on contract on gov
ernment work. was passed, as was the
bill to prohibit interstate traffic IN
prison-made goods, by bringing them
under the police of the state.
The admiral of the Siamese navy
was a passenger on the steamer City
of Pekin, which arrived at San Fran
cisco on the 21st. He is A. du Plessis
de RicheIiau, who, for the last 20 years,
has been III command of the small but
efficient fleet that protects the little
Asiatic NATION from foes on the sea.
In moving the second reading of the
Australian federation BILL in the Brit
ish house of commons, on the 21st, the
secretary of state for the colonies, Mr..
Chamberlain, announced that a COM
plete agreement had been reached
with the delegates on the lines of the
governments proposals.
Secretary OF State Hay, on the 21st,
informed the Boer delegates that the
president :elt that in the circum-
stance no course is open to him eX-
cept TO persist in the policy of in-
partial neutrality between England
and the south African republics.
The queen, at Windsor, on the '21st,
reviewed d detachment of the guards,
which was proceeding to South Africa.
Her majesty addressed the troops,
wishing them success and expressing
the hope that she would see them all
back at no distant date.
The official announcement of the re-
lief of Mafeking was received at the
London war Office, on the s1st, from
Gen. Lord Roberts. The town was
actually relieved ON the 18th, the date
previously named by the great general
Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gener-
al Bristow, on the 21st, took over the
direction OF the postal affairs of Cuba
and Porto Rico, relieving Estes G.
Rathbone, director of posts, suspend
ed on the 18th.
The car has ratified all the articles
agreed upon at The Hague peace con
ference.