Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-02-28
LATE NEWS ITEMS

| In Jne SeHdUes On IuC @Ous IHC udy
was given to the Notifications and
army appropriation bills, the former
being passed. The house bill making
the appropriation of $5,000,O00 for the
ST. Louis Worlds fair in 1908 was
passed, with a Sunday closing amend
ment and a rided appropriating $780,
900 for the proposed Charleston (S.C.)
exposition, and the day closed with
eulogies on the late Representatives
Hoffecker, of Delaware; Wise, of Vir-
ginia, and Daily, of New Jersey....In
the house several of the a%ppropria-
ton bills were sent to conference and
considerable miscellaneous business
was transacted. A resolution to inves-
tigate the pay of house employees was
adopted. The session ended with eulo-
gies of the late Representatives Clark,
of New Hampshire, and Shaw, of New
York.
Lord Kitchener reports the follow
ing summary of losses inflicted on the
Beers during their late raid into Cape
Colony: 1.-TWO hundred and ninety
two Beers known to have been killed
and wounded in action; So taken pris-
oners, 1873 surrendered, 15-pounder
gun, 1862 rifles, 100000 rounds of small
ammunition, $500 horses, 70 mules,
$3.50 trek oxen, 1S,7OO cattle, 155,400
sheep and 1870 wagons and carts cap
tured."
A public mass-meeting of citizens of
Wichita, Kas., under the auspices of
the Ministerial association, was held
! 4lo~o - Tho Olth onl q resolution
passed demanding the enforcement of
the prohibitory law. h meeting is
said to have been q tame affair, and
she "demana" likely to be ignored.
Among the many letters received by
Ju8ge HazerL of Topeka, Kas., who
sent Mrs. Carrie Nation to Jail, is the
following: I'VE now propose, If Mrs.
Nation is held prisoner longer, to raise
the greatest army of wonaen h
world has ever known had wipe nan
out of existence. 1t is intention
to begin with YOU"
Minister Conger will leave Pekin iE1-
mediateIy for this country OF 60 days
leave of absence Commissioners
Rockhill will have full power to. cons
duct the negotiations now in prog
ress.
Japanese ministerial newspapers.
vigorously repudiate the assertions of
loco damages forinjuries received while
being initiated by the Modern Wood
men.
In the senate. OF the 25tIi., tasr army
appropriation bill being under consid-
Grafton, when the Philippine amend
mentwas reached, aCuban.
was also offered, and the session was
occupied in debate Oh these PROPOSE
tions, to which sharp opposition was
developed on the democratic side. All
evening session was held to allow time
to contir ne the debate. LIN tbs
house the senate amendment to the
naval appropriation bill striking out
the provision for two battleslIps ant
two cruisers, was agreed to despite
the appeals of the house ccnferees
5 by a large majority. Mr.. Tawne,
asked unanimous consent to disagree
to the senate amendment to the 81
= Louis exposition bill, but Nh Shep
herd (TeX.) objected.
Senator Carter, who is one of tn
{ senators in charge of the army ap
preparation bill, insists h a the Gu
? ban amendment to, the bill u b
further amended so as to compel Cub
) to render an accounting to the Unite
States for the money which has bee
expended by this government in u
l. with a view to the repayment at SON
future time.
It w. Mundall, of Pittsburgh, Pa. O
the 25th, closed lease contracts fc
d $780, 900 acres of lane in Brazoria coul
= ty, Texas, I prospect for oil. 0the
persons closed contracts for 50,0t
d acres more. 1t Is believed they repr
sent the Standard Oil Go.
In passing upon the case of M
m Donald VS.. The Commonwealth
Massachusetts, the United States s
preme court, on the 25th, sustain'
r the law of that state for the ext
punishment of habitCal criminals.
Two native Christians from .Ku
f. Hua Cheng, in the northern part
"A the Province of Shen 81, report t
massacre of 90 male and female m
sionaries and nine children who HI
,sl been missing since October.
81 Chief Justice Fuller, on the 25th, a
"A nounced that the United States S
preme court would not sit for bu
20 ness on Inauguration day. Motto
of will be heard and opinions deliver
on Tuesday following.
-. Senator Bard, of California, has
en- fered an 70 the su
ed civil appropriation bill extending
ers life of the industrial commission
inr til March 8, 1908.
RS. A dispatch to the Paris Temps fir
sh- Shanghai says it is believed the eva
alton of the foreign troops fir
China viii begin at the end of Mar