Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-06-06
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Within a comparatively few days
the work on behalf of science and
humanity which the newly-incorpor-
ated Rockefeller Institute of Medical
Research is 10 carry on, will be start
ed in the pathological laboratories of
half a dozen universities in this
try and one in Canada and in the lab
oratory of the health department of
New York city. Among the centers
of the work Will be the University of
Chicago.
The comparative statement of the
government receipts and expenditures
shows that during the month of May
the total receipts were S~52,629,440 and
the expenditures $40, $50, 500, leaving a
surplus for the month of S10.492.SS0
and a surplus for the IL months of
the present fiscal year of 5 S,5S7,1 8
By a collision between a car on the
United Traction Co.'S line and a train
on the McKeesport & Belle Vernon
branch of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
railroad, at ~McKeesport, on the I'd,
nine people were more or less seri-
ously injured, n perhaps fatally
Prussia's losses on of crop
! shortage are estimated by the presi-
dent of the standing committee OF
the Prussian board of trade and ag-
ri~culture, in his report to Count Von
! Buelow to he: Wheat, 1s3, 100000
marks, and rye, 1O3, 600 marks.
1t is officially stated that the Unit.
ed States VIII remain in control in
Cuba until the Platt amendment has
been substantially" adopted. This
by Secretary Root, and his action has
been approved by the president
On the % Gov. Gage of California
offered 4 reward OF $1,000 for the ar
rest and conviction of the persons
implicated in the lynching of the five
men at Lookout, Modoc county, on
the 31st.
Capt. Henry W. Howgate. formerly
signal officer in the United States
army, died suddenly, on the 1st. Of
cerebral hemorrhage, at his home in
old.
President Castro of Venezuela has
dismissed Senior Galavis, the attor-
ney general. because of his opinion
on the last Judgment in the case OF
the New York and Burmese Asphalt
leo.
1t is said that the captain-general
of Spain has been warned of a foreign
anarchist plot to kill the king and
queen regent.
Chv Min Hui. the newly-arrived Cor
can minister. called at h state de-
partment in Washington, on the Sd
and paid his respects to Secretary
Hav ana the other officials, arranging
TO present his credentials at the White
House on the 18th. The minister
brought with him to America Messrs
We and Min. two young japanese no
blemen of high rank, who will %soJourT
: for a while ia the United States
| The State Bank of Indiana at In
: dianapolis. closed business on the Sd
The gilt-edeed assets and deposit
were transferred To the Columbia na
= tional bank. which opened its door:
/, the same day. Other paper wa
. placed in the hands of the Securit,
l Trust CO. a trustee. for collection
All depositorS of the State bank vii
= be paid dollar DIT dollar on demand
: The Terre Haute und.) Street Rail
! way Co. was tied up, on the Sd. by
!, strike of all the men in the emplo.
of the The men claimei
!, that the company had failed TO Civ
the firemen employed at the Brazi
: plant an advance from u to 10 cent
per hour. according TO an agreemen
reached after the strike of last OctC
, Der.
From many districts of German
come reports of great damage cause
= recently by lightning and elout
bursts. The districts of Wurtemburs
A Hesse. Wsldeck and Thuringia haN
been especially affected, and IhurlI
gia railroad communications hay
d been interrupted
The San Dominican government M
IS issued a decree restoring h constlt'
1t tional guarantees which were 81
l. pended on account of the last rev
d luton. The political prisoners ha'
v. been released. the country is qui'
and confidence has been restored
I'd Rev. Charles N Sheldon, of Topek
IN kas. has been granted a leave of a
e. sence from his church, and Will du
nd ing the month of July. a charge
in the South Congregational church
n Chicago.
rs Reuben II. Donnelly was. on the 3
ne elected president of the Chicago e
change. and John j. Mitchell W
n chosen treasurer. There was but O
d. ticket in the field for those Offices
In II was reported. on the Sd, tn
l. President Havemyer would soon !
Is sign the presidency of the Amerie.
nd Sugar Refining Co., and be succeed
by ". Is. Thomas, OF Boston