Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-03-14
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, In the senate, on the eth, President
Pro Tenn. Frye was sworn in. Sena-
tor John II. Mitchell, of Oregon, took
the oath of Office. Through the COM
mittee of the senate-Messrs. Hoar
(Mass.) and Cockrell (Mo.)-the pres
ident informed the senate that he had
no further communications to make,
and conveyed to its members his cor
dial wishes for their welfare and his
hope that they might have a happy
return to their homes. Without cere-
money the special session of the sen
ate was then declared adjourned with
out day.
4 dispatch from Palermo, Sicily,
dated the 10th, says: Ever since last
night a heavy red cloud has extended
over the city, the sky being a deep
red. The rain now falling resembles
drops of blood. This phenomenon,
called Bloody RAIN" is attributed TO
dust from the African deserts, trans
ported by the heavy south wind now
blowing"
An electrical storrc of great severn
ty, accompanied by wind, rain, hail
and cloud-bursts covered almost the
entire central portion of the country
on the night of the 9th, and resulted
in soIne loss of life and great destruc-
ton of property. 1t was doubtless the
vernal equinoctial storm precipitatsd
and aggravated by a vulcan period.
1t is reported in Berlin court circles
that Earl Roberts thankfully re-
turned" to Emperor William the insig-
MIA of the Order of the Black Eagle,
conferred at the time CT the kaiser's
visit to England, after noticing the
unfavorable comment in the German
press upon the bestowal of the honor.
The private bank of J. II. Springer.
ut Argonia, Kas., was b~urglarized, ON
the night of the 9th, by three men,
and Sc, 900 in cash and 81, 900 in regis
tered government three-per-cent.
bonds were secured. About $40 in
gold and $4,000 in bonds was left IN
touched.
Three men, Charles White, Charles
Young and r. Jameson, and 76 head
of horses, were burned to death. Oh
tnO 1UIIs III VIC UCot1 SOA VI ~AO
toms livery stable in San Francisco.
The men, who were employed at the
stables, were asleep in the hayloft.
Dispatches from Ian Chau, China.
assert that Gen. Tung Flu Hsiang, with
10000 men, and Prince Tuan, with TO-
900 men, are at Ming Hsu, prepared TO
resist arrest.
On the 18th Gen. Macarthur re-
ported: Gen. Marian de Dios, four
officers and 81 e uniformed ard
armed, surrendered at Naic. This is
regarded as very important as indi-
eating collapse of the insurrection.
The territory has heretofore been OBJ
stinately defended The conditions
throughout the entire archipelago are
very ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and sur
renders of arms continue; 3,16S arms
surrendered and captured since jan
uary l."
Answering a telegraphic inquiry
from an American company, Mr..
Charlemagne Tower, the United States
ambassador to Russia, stated that ag-
r%icultural machinery was not affected
by the recent application of the Rus
sian tariff law which excepted such
machinery from the provisions Of
clause % of paragraph 167 and placed
articles in n separate clause.
By the explosion of a boiler in the
Doremus laundry, 45S West Madison
street, Chicago. on the 18th, eight
persons were instantly killed, AZ were
injured and several are missing. A
quarrel between the police and fire
men as to whose duty it was to dig
the victims from the ruins caused an
abrupt suspension of the search.
A decision by Judge Kicks, of the
United States district court, was
handed down., on the 18th, declaring
unconstitutionaIthe three-cent street.
c~ar-fare ordinance passed by the city
council of Cleveland, o., two years
ago. The judge maintained that the
ordinance interferred with the exist
ing contracts.
At the Yale observatory, on the
18th, it was reported hat the new
star recently discovered in the con
stellation Perseus had diminished in
brilliancy to the third magnitude.
One observer thought the t was
slightly redder in color thai when
first discovered.
Dispatches from Dawson to March 1
report several deaths by freezing, aud
say that very cold weather. with pierre
ing winds, prevailed in December,
causing much suffering. Several
took place at the beginnin.
of the month, and some good strikes
were made.
Daniel Jones, a farmer, living near
Preston, Kas., was frozen to death
on the prairie, during a blizzard on
the night of the 18th. He was a
veteran of the civil war.