Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-01-24
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

In the senate, on the 10Th, the great
er portion of the session was devoted,
under special order, to the delivery
of ~euIogies upon the late Senator
John H. Gear, of Iowa, who died last
July....In the house the naval ap-
preparation bill was reported, with
an elaborate statement of its provi-
sions, by Chairman Foss. of the naval
committee. The bill carries S77,016,-
635, the largest eve reported to the
house from the committee on naval
affairs. This is S11 ,S65,716 above the
bill of last year, and Successes be-
low the estimates submitted by the
navy department.. The bill authoriz-
ing the construction of a bridge over
the Mississippi at Gray's Point was
passed by unanimous consent.
A mass-meeting of planters, mer-
chants and representatives of h
various parties, held in Havana, on the
goth, adopted resolutions asking the
United States to lower it's duty on
Cuban products and advocating the
suppression of the export tax on to-
bacco. One member of each of h
bodies participating in the meeting
was appointed as a delegate to go to
Washington to lay before congress
arguments in favor of reduction.
Elias Masuras, a Greek, the COM
plainant in an assault case which
came before City Judge Kellogg, of
Yonkers, n. Y, on the goth, told a
startling tale of a plot of Greek an
archists to kill prominent Americans,
and would have told more had the
court not stopped him and then
turned him over to the police that
they might quietly investigate the
case. Several arrests followed.
News of the probable fatal illness
of Queen Victoria of England, which
startled the world, On the 10Th, was
followed up, on the 21st, with the
statement that all hope had been
abandoned, and the death of the
queen might occur at any moment.
No announcement in many years has
so profoundly stirred C~hristendom.
The British steamer Helen, from
Galveston, Tex, for Liverpool, Eng
land, via Norfolk, Va, loaded with
cotton, arrived at Key West, Fla,
on the goth, with her cargo on fire
in the forward hatch. The fire was
discovered on the 18th. There were
1000 bales of cotton abroad the
steamer.
The Argentine wheat crop, it is es-
timateo. will this year yield 100000
tons.
ness of Importance was transacted in
open session. In executive session the
legislative, executive and judicial APP
preparation bill was taken up and &c
pages were completed before adjourn
ment....In the house some time was
devoted to District of Columbia bust
ness, after which, under suspension of
the rules, several bills were passed,
among them: To provide a home for
aged and infirm colored people; to
establish a soldiers home in Tennes-
see, and to increase the salary of the
commissioner of education of Porto
Rico from $4,000 to $4,000.
Handsome Elk, a noted Sioux In
dian, was riddled with bullets by
seven Indian policemen sent out from
Oscoma, S. D., to take him to the
agency. They fired upon him from
ambush. Elk shot an Indian police
man two years ago., and had served
a term in prison.
Secretary Gage, on the 21st, trans
mitted to the house deficiency estl-
mates of appropriations for the vari-
Gus departments to complete the serv-
ice up to June 80, 1901, amounting to
S11,2S6,O52, and $2,641,9S5 for the pos
tai service, payable from b postal
revenues.
Mrs. Mary E. Lease filed a suit for
divorce, at Wichita, Kas., on the 21st,
from her husband, Charles L. Lease,
whom she charges with n~on-support
for 12 wears. Accompanying the petit
| ton is a waiver signed by Mr.. Lease
signifying his intention of not con-
testing.
The Institute of Oceanology, in con-
nection with the University of Berlin,
has been formally opened under Prof.
Won Richthofen. At d suggestion
of Emperor William a number OF very
interesting lectures will be delivered
almost daily until the middle OF
March.
Hon. Robert C. Bell, n of the mos
prominent attorneys in northern In
diana, died at his home II o
Wayne, on the 21st, after a lingering
illness. Mr.. Bell was twice elected tc
the ppe house of the Indiana leg1s'
lature.
Senator Warren, on the 21st, gave
notice of an amendment he viii pre-
tent to the river and harbor bill pro
viding for storage reservoirs in Wy
oming.
John H. Russell, a theatrical mar
ager and author of the City Direc
tory" died at the State hospital II
Middletown. N. Y, on the 21st.