Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23

1t is understood that France is ne
gotiating with Ecuador, says the Syet-
ney correspondent of the London
Daily Mail, for the purchase of one OF
the Galapagos islands.
Gov. Ia Toilette of Wisconsin, on
the 18th, vetoed the Collins compul-
sorry vaccination bill. The governor
does not believe that an emergency
exists which demands such a law.
The prospectus of the Russian loan
was issued on the 18th. The price of
issue is 9sL. one-tenth payable on AZ
plieation. cne-nfth on allotment, and
the balance October ? and December
2.
The statement of the treasury bal
ances in the general fund, exclusive OF
the $4,000, 900 gold reserve in the Ii
vision of redemption, issued on the
18th, showed: Available cash balance,
S15s,747,731; gold, $685. ,507.
London morning papers, OF the nth
referred editorially in terms of deep
est sympathy to the illness of Mrs
Mckinley, recalling the sympathy dis
played by both the president and his
wife when Queen Victoria died.
The board of directors of the Benz
Harrison Monument association met
in Indianapolis, Ind, on the 18th,
Senator Fairbanks presided. Evans
Woollen was chosen secretary to fill
the place made vacant by the resigna'
ton of L. f. Tibbott.
The total of contributions received
by the Jacksonville (F1a.) relief asso'
citation, up to the nth, was $4,000
Chairman PARROT of the commissary
department, stated that the number
of people being fed daily by the relief
association was above 1900.
The fact was made public, on the
18th, that Mrs. Mckinley, wife of th5
president, who, it had been represent
ed, was suffering from Il hcne feloI
and the fatigue of her long journey
was really very i'll, and that the issue
of life and death hung in the balance
II Is GtIUSI SlOOu lilo thC oIAAAAA
sion which the British government ap
pointed early in the year, under the
Craftsmanship of Mr.. Clinton Dawkins
to consider war office reforms, has re
ported in favor of a scheme of reor
ganization that is almost revolution
airy.
Grin Hickok, the w~ell-known driver
who arriH ed in Cleveland, o., from
California, on the nth, states tha'
Just before leaving California b
timed Dolly Dillon a mile in 2:1OH
the fastest mile ever trotted in May
The trial was over the Pleasantow1
(Cal.) track.
Inquiry in official and diplomatic
circles indicates the practical certain
ty that France will grant a subsidy t.
the proposed direct steamship line be
tween France and Canada. This sub
sidy will be similar to the one vote'
by the Canadian parliament. TIL
idea is warmly welcomed in Paris.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Ludingtol
has arranged for the removal of tn
remains of the confederate dead il
the Soldiers Home cemetery and il
the Arlington cemetery to anothe
section OF the last-named cemetery
which has been set aside by the seg
rotary of war for their reinterment
One of the largest tobacco deal
ever made in the west has just beel
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Philadelphia firm L., 900 cases of las
years crop of Wisconsin tobacco
About three hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars cash changed hands. Tn
shipment will amount to 260 carloads
Sidney S. Lowenthal, of Cornell uni
versity. won the Central League ora
torical contest at Bloomington, Ind
on the night of the 18th. His subjeC
was judaism; Its Mission in tn
Twentieth Century," III. H. Horner, c
Ohio Wesleyan university, was secont
and Alvah Johnson Rucker, of Indian
university, third.
After q day of terrible anxiety, dui
ing which it was stated from Sa
Francisco tina Mrs. Mckinley had Ell
tered the Valley of the Shadow {
Death, and hat almost all hope of II
covery had been abandoned, the nigh
bulletins, on the 10th, brought til
welcome news of a slight but distint
improvement in her condition.
The Porto Rico exhibit for the Pal
American exposition, at Buffalo,
Y, seized by the customs officials, wa
released, on the 14th, with the exec
tion of that portion which is TO
shipped east for sale. This, accor,
ing to one of the Porto Rican cor
m~issioners, consists of goods fl
which there is not space enough
the Porto Rican section.
The monthly statement of impor
and exports of the United States, ]
sued on the 14th, by the bureau
statistics, showed hat during Apr
1901, the imports Of merchandi
amounted to $76,750,As2 of which SD
4G1,72S was free of duty. The who
amount is 81. 1000, 0oC in excess of il
ports of April, 1900 The exports
domestic merchandise during Api
aggregated $3.50, $50, $50, an increase
81, 0oO,000.
A strong movement is on loot
oklahoma to have the general la
Office ser aside part of the Wichi
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