Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-24

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TO the budget committee of the cham
Der of deputies, on the 18th, showed
deficit of 100000 francs, of which
1900, 600 francs are due to sugal
bounties. The committee adopted
proposal giving to the state a monop
oily of petroleum refining.
Gov.-Gen. Wood, on the 14th, pro
mulgated the Cuban election law. Sew
eral changes have been made in thu
draft that was adopted by the consti
tutional convention. The presidential
and senatorial electors will assemble
in the capitals of the provinces tc
elect the president, v~ice-president anC
senator's.
The board of control of the Ameri
can Red Cross has been notified thai
the international Red Cross society
will meet in ST. Petersburg in May
1902, and has accepted an invitation
to send delegates from the American
association. The annual meeting o.
the latter will be held in Washing.
ton in December.
According to a dispatch from Con.
stantinople, on the 18th, "the Russian
government has repeated its expires.
sion of desire to assist the United
States government by all practical
means in rescuing Miss Stone. The
other powers are equally solicitous,
but Russia is the best able to bring
the necessary pressure to bear"
A dispatch to the Paris Liberte from
Rome says it is. reported in hat city
that the Italian government intends
to expel Don Carlos, the Spanish pre-
tender, from Venice, in consequence
of information that the latter has
had frequent conferences with party
leaders from Spain, which are believed
to be connected with the present
trouble in that country.
Rev. F. j. Rice, pastor of the Baptist
church of Maryville, Kas., has been
accused by his congregation of lack
of patriotism and ousted from his
pastorate. On the Sunday following
the death of President Mckinley, it
is alleged, the minister failed either to
pronounce an eulogy upon the late
chief executive in his sermon, or 10
refer to his death in his prayers.
The London Church Times, the or
gan of the ~ritualists, makes a violent
attack on King Edward for attending
the services at the Crathic Presby-
terian parish church. 1.-The king" de-
clares this newspaper, lis a Catholic
prince and as such ought not to be
found worshipping in the cathedral
of the Presbyterians and conforming
to a different religion in Scotland"
Philip T. Megaarden, sheriff of Hen
nepin county, Minnesota, was ar
raigned in the district court at Mime
apolis, on the 18th, under IL grand
jury indictments charging him with
perjury, grand larceny and embezzle-
ment. The sheriff is paid by fees and
the present official is charged with
swearing to false statements of serv-
ices and collecting the fees therefor
from the county.
A dispatch from st. Petersburg, on
the 18th, said: 1.-THE British and Rus
sian governments have come to a COM
plete agreement regarding the Afghan
situation. 1t is asserted in high diplo-
matte circles here hat ever should
complications arise in Afghanistan in
consequence of the death of Abdur-
hraman and the accession of Habib
Ullah, these would not lead to concur
rent intervention"
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""The Americans have practically
subdued the insurgents in the Philip
pines,'' said Chairman John Howard
Gwyther, reviewing the position of
the chartered bank of India, Australia
and China, at a meeting of the share
holders in London On the 10th. "Or-
der is slowly evolving out of chaos,
and the natives, feeling that peace
can be relied upon, r resuming their
ordinary avocations."
Rev. Charles Creegan, secretary of
the American board, announced, OF
the nth, that a Mr.. Ingram, of Eau
Claire, Wis, had offered to be one
of ten to pay the $4,000 required
to complete the ransom fund for Miss
Stone. Mr.. Creegan also said he had
received a telegram from Washington
from Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage, offer
ing to be one of so to pay $1,000 each
to complete the fund.
A man, protesting that he belongs
in Chicago, and that his name ia
Schultz, has been convicted at Lublin,
Russian Poland, of having a false
passport under the name of Dega-
choff, and sentenced to four years
penal seritude and thereafter to de-
portation to the Island of Sakhalien.
Schultz AYERS that he was born in
New York, in 1875, and is the son of
Philip Schultz, who died in Chicago in
1895.
The Rock River (Iil.) Methodist con.
ference, on the 18th, voted that Rev.
A. B. Smart was unfit for pastoral
work" He was accused of making
eIurring remarks about President Nc
Kinley following the assassination.
Resolutions condemning anarchy,
syellow Journalism" and intemperance
were adopted. The late President Nc.
Kinley was eulogized for his states.
manship and Christian character, and
confidence in the integrity OF Presi.
dent Roosevelt expressed.