Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-12

Prince Tuan has no right to aspire
to be- heir apparent, and that, more
over, Pu Chun himself is overwhelmed
with shame at his fathers conduct.
The committee on revision OF the
Confession of Faith of the Presby-
terrain church continued its sessions
in Washington on the 5th. The mem
bers called in a body on President
Roosevelt during the day. The presi-
dent was very cordial in his greet
ing.
President Zelaya of Nicaragua of
fcially received the Gillian minister,
Senior Yrarravaval, in the hall of con-
gress in Managua on the Sd. A large
a~ssemblage was present. and speeches
were made expressing the intimate
relations between Chilli and Nicara-
qua.
Prof. F. Lamson-Scribner the agros-
tologist of the department of agri-
culture, has been appointed chief OF
the insular bureau of agriculture in
the Philippines. He will have direct
charge of agricultural affairs in the
archipelago. This is a newly-created
office.
The opinion of the Spanish-Amer-
lean delegates to the Pan-Amerlcan
conference with respect to President
R~ooseyelt's message is highly favor
able. It's spirit of justice and ton of
friendliness in it's allusion to Latin
American republics are warmly
praised.
The court of claims began a new
term, on the Sd, and handed down
about two hundred decisions many of
which had been worked up by the
Judges during vacation. This brought
the work of the court up to date, and
left practically nothing which had
been submitted undecided.
Judge Sandborn, of the federal
court at South McAlester, I. T., de-
cided, on the Sd, that after Indians
became citizens they are still wards
of the government, and that after In
dian territory shall be allotted and
the Indians are voters it will still be
a crime to sell them whisky.
Native papers in Pekin say that
Yuan Shi Kai, the governor of Pc CHI
Ii, proposes to reorganize the Pei
Yang naval forces under British and
American instructors, and that he
will consolidate the military forces
of Chi Lii into an army corps, NUM-
bering 100, 900 men, under foreign in
structors.
Representative Gardner, of New Jer-
sey, on the 9th, introduced a jointres-
olution authorizing the state depart
ment to purchase the Danish West
Indies and appropriating not exceed
ing 81, % 900 for hat purpose. The
resolution refers to the desirability
of American ownership of these ISL
ands under the Monroe doctrine.
The largest capture of Beers made
in many months occurred, on the 5th,
when three British columns
an aggregate of $50 prisoners. Gen.
Bruce Hamilton, near Ermelo; Maj.
Dawkins, in the Waterbury district,
and Gen. Methuen, in northwest
Transvaal, rounded up three laagers,
with only a few casualties on either
side.
Bryn Mawr college in Philadelphia,
for the higher education of young
women, has been offered a gift by
John d. Rockefeller, who agrees to
contribute $230,0o0 for certain speci-
fed improvements, provided lat on
OF before commencement day in June,
next year, the further Jun of $780,
600 shall pc raised to complete h
projected work.
Accordingt to a specialdispatchfrom
st. Petersburg, Germany and Russia
have reached an entire agreementcon-
corning the advantage of calling an
international anti-anarchist confer
ence These two powers have sent
Identical notes to the other powers
of the world, and presumably to the
United States, inviting them all to
participate in the conference.
AT the request of Gov.-Gen. Wood
of Cuba, the itinerary of the North
Atlantic squadron has been changed
SO as to have the squadron at Havana
during the Christmas holidays-De-
cember II to &c. By that time Gen
Wood will have returned to Havana,
where he wishes to extend special
courtesies to the officers and men of
the feet during the holiday season.
The attempt of the socialists in the
Dutch chamber to induce the foreign
Office to intervene in south Africa
failed again, on the 5th, the foreign
minister, Melivil Van Lyndon, inform
ing the interpellators that the gov
eminent could not interfere in regard
20 the concentration camps, except TIC
relieve its own subjects, and could not
take the initiative in any appeal te
the powers.
With imposing ceremonies, embra'
cling n parade of federal forces, state
militia and confederate veterans
beautiful women and cheering col
l~erians; a programme of exercises
graced by distinguished speakers, ant
withwords of greeting from the pres
ident of the United States, b Souti
Carolina Interstate and West Indial
exposition at Charleston, was opene'
officially on the I'd