Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-05

Tron County Register.
BY ELI ID. AXE.
IRoNTON. MISSOURI.
Congressman w. ]. Bailey was nomi-
mated for governor on the first bal
lot by the state republican conyen-
ton.
The senate committee on naval af-
fairs, on the 27th, agreed to report
favorably the bill providing for the
retirement of the naval constructor,
Richmond P. Hobson.
The report published in tbs United
States that the authorities of Rome
had discovered strong evidence of a
plot against the pope is declared to
be absolutely without foundation.
A number of Americans in Paris
made the usual pilgrimage to Picpus
cemetery, on the 30th, and placed
wreaths on the tomb of Lafayette.
Wreaths were also placed on the
statues of Washington and Lafayette.
Many beautiful floral offerings were
placed upon the tomb OF the late
President Mckinley in Westlawn GEM
etery at Canton, o., on the 30th, in
GLIDING a large crate of choice flow
ers from the White House conserva-
tory.
The state department has been in
formed by United States Minister
Powell, at Port-au-Prince, that the
new provisional government of Hayti
was, on the 2Sth, formally recognized
as such by the diplomatic corps at
Pcrt-au-Prince.
Pckin newspapers assert that
France has notified China that the in
surrection in KwaNg 81 province is
interfering with her Ton Quinten
trade, and hat unless il is suppressed
before July, France will take steps
to protect her interests.
Michael H. King, a contractor and
politician, well known throughout
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Des Moines, Ia, on the 30th, of apo
pleXy. He was a member of the Des
Moines board of public works and
the city council for is years.
King Edward invested the duke of
Marlborough and the duke of Bed
ford with the insignia of the Order
of the Garter, at Buckingham palace
on the 30th. The ceremony was more
imposing than any similar event
which had occurred for years.
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The maritime project of France has
issued a notice of the loss, On the
23d, of a fully-charged torpedo, by
the French cruiser Admiral Ire
huart, in Cherbourg roads, consti-
tuting a serious danger to navigation.
A reward is offered for the recovery
of the torpedo.
Hon. Michael Henry Herbert, who
is nominally secretary to the British
embassy at Paris, will probably be
the next British ambassador to the
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Lord Pauncefote. He was formerly
charge d~'atfaires at Washington, and
was very popular.
The Arbor Day Memorial associa-
ton has been organized at Nebraska
City, Neb., for the purpose of erect
ing a monument to the memory of
j. Sterling Morton, the 'Father of
Arbor Day" A number of the most
prominent men in the state are Off
GERS and members.
The British government has CRATE
fully accepted the offer by the United
States of a war ship to carry home
the body of Lord Pauncefote. late
iplltlSh dHlDdSSduoI dl Washington.
Deep appreciation was expressed at
the British foreign office at this and
other signs of American sympathy.
The senate committee on the Phil
ippines, on the 10Th, heard the testi-
mony of Col. A. L. Wagner, assistant
adiutant general of the army, who
spent two and one-half years in the
Philippines. His testimony was prac-
tically a general denial of the stories
of cruelties practiced upon the Fill
pinos, who were uniformly well treat
ed.
Chas. F. Lummis, of Los Angeles;
Russell c. Allen, of San Diego, and
Chas. L. Partridge, of Redlands, all
of California, have been appointed an
advisory commission to aid in the
selection of a suitable tract of land
in southern California to locate
thereon the Mission Indians residing
on Warmers ranch and certain other
Mission Indians.
dependent Children" was the top
ic of discussion at the session of the
second conference of Jewish Chari-
ties of the United States in Detroit,
Mich, on the 27th. Mrs. Hannah Sol
onion, of Chicago, president of the
National Council of Jewish Women.