Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-03-07
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great appropriation bills, was passed.
h omnibus public building bill, in
~creasing the appropriation for public
buildings in 81 states to an aggregate
amount of $4,000, 600, was also passed.
A night session was devoted largely to
listening to a speech from Mr.. Chand-
Ter urging an Investigation of the
election of Hon. W. A. Clark as sena-
tor from Montana. In the house the
legislative appropriation bill was fin
ally disposed of, and many confer
ences were advanced to a stage which
gave promise that there would be no
failure of important legislation. I'm
der suspension of the rules a number
of bills were passed, including the
omnibus public building bill.
Emperor Nicholas recently ordered
the institution of a commission at
Nelsingford to inquire into the condi-
ton of Firms not occupying land, and
the sum of 2,OOO,OO0 marks has now
been allotted to be divided according
to proposals contained in the report
of the commission.
The St. Petersburg correspondent
of the London Daily Express says that
Karpovich, the student who recently
shot the Russian minister of public
instruction, NJ. Bogolepoff, belongs to
a Nihilist society, and was chosen by
ballot to kill him.
The sultan of Turkey has ordered
a financial commission to negotiate a
loan guaranteed by six per cent. in
araaSa of tho nrnnnrfu Tow for 1r1onf
payments, including the claims of
American and German contractors for
ships and guns.
w. c. Clark, aged 81 years, secretary
of state OF Colorado in 1876, met with
accidental death in the Wade block, in
Denver, Col, on the Sd. He tripped
while descending the stairs and fell
to the bottom, breaking his neck.
The house, on the Sd, defeated, by
a vote of 139 nays to 81 yeas, the rcso-
luton providing for a committee to
visit Cuba, Porto Rico and h Philip
pines and report ON the conditions
there.
Six members of the New York va
ter polo team of the Knickerbocker
Athletic club left for Chicago on the
Sd. Games will be played in Chicago,
ST. Louis. Milwaukee and Montreal.
Russia and other powers have add
dressed circumstances to the sultan
of. Turkey against the Macedonian
disorders.
in the senate, IN the 4th, the con-
ference report on the sundry civil bill,
carrying the appropriation of S5,0OO,-
900 for the Louisiana purchase Worlds
fair, was finally agreed to. Mr.. Car
ter, retiring senator from Montana,
declared his intention of talking h
river and harbor bill to death, and
successfully accomplished that feat,
holding the floor for 13 consecutive
hours, and until the ceremony of in
Quoting the vice-president-elect into
office was begun. Upon being o
in, Vice-President Roosevelt immed1-
ately called the senate of h Fifty
seventh congress to order. The new
members were sworn in and the SEN
ate, in a body, attended the Inaugural
ton of President Mckinley, and adj
journed until the 5th. LIN the house,
Mr.. Richardson CTenn.), minority
leader, presented resolutions of re-
gard for the retiring speaker, which
were adopted by a rising vote. Mr..
Henderson thanked the members tor
their considerable cooperation, and
declared the sessions of the Fifty
sixth congress closed.
The inaugural ceremonies in Wash
ington, on the 4th, which installed
William A. Mckinley for the second
time as president and Theodore Roosc-
velt vice-president of the United
States, were marked in all their vary
ing features as grand in conception
and perfect in execution. Even the
weather which, in spite of Chief Fore
caster Moore's calculations, proved
unpropitious at times, had no other
effect than TO postpone the pyrotech-
mic display intended for the evening.
The new Spanish baseball court at
Havana was opened, on the 4th, Gen.
Wood and a number of government
officials attending the ceremony.
MGR. Sbarretti, bishop of Havana,
blessed the structure, which is Ia
largest of the kind in the world and
cost $1,000 The promoters hope
that baseball will replace bull lighting
in the affections of the Cubans.
At the conclusion of the ceremonies
incident to swearing in the vice-presl-
dent at the capitol, On the 4th, Mrs.
| Roosevelt. her three sisters-in-law n
the Roosevelt children, drove to the
! White House., where they partook OF
luncheon with Mrs. Mckinley.
Col. William J. Volkmar, assistant
adiutant general u. s. A., retirc'i'
| 6ied in Pasadena, CAL, on the 4th. The
| remains win be inferred at Arlington
] cemetery, Washington.