Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-24

cuuON tnOSe p~roiesSofSnlps IN ln'
University College of London, which
are to-day without endowment.
In a dispatch to the British wal
office. on the 10th. Lord Kitchener
reported the capture of 100 Beers in
the Klerksdorp district since April
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II is understood that owing to thu
increasing trade between Hamburg
and the United States. the latter ha,
decided to raise its consulate at Ham
burg TO a consulate-general.
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1t is understood, says the Brussels
correspondent of the London Daily
Telegraph, that at the last council
King Leopold insisted upon the neces'
sity of granting universal suffrage.
The London Times. in it's financial
article, on the 18th, confirms tn,
statement that the new loan is to be
raised by an issue of consols. ano
says they will be issued Immediately
at 93M..
Assistant Prof. W. A. Winans. of the
Cornell university, department OF
oratory. has accepted II position in
the University of California, where he
will establish a department of public
speaking and oratorN.
licputrh from Manila on the
10th. said: Gen. Malvar has uncon
ditionally surrendered to Brighten
Bell. at Lipa, Ratangas province, witt
the entire insurgent force of the
provinces of La9una and ~Batangas.
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The total number of cases OF chol
era reported IN Manila, up to the 18th
was 306. and the total number o
deaths from the disease in that cit
was 235. In the provinces totals O
62t cases and l22 deaths had been re
ported.
The interdcnominationaI commit
tee of all the psalm-singing churchc.
throughout the country met in Pitts
burg. Pa. on the Nth, to complete
the revision of the metrical version
of the psalms. Tn" session will las
ten days.
Coy. Ferguson of Oklahoma hon
ored a reQuisitiOn issued by the GOV
ernor of Iowa for the return to tha
state of \. j. Morrison. who i!
charged with the cmbczzlement %
$1,000. Morrison is under arrest ir
Oklahoma City,
Representative Enrlesou, of Texas
on the 18th. introduced n resolution
calling on the secretary of wal for {
full transcript of the proceedings be
fore the court-martial which recent,
tried Maj. Waller, in Manila, for exc
cutting Filipino guides.
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Senator Culherson. IN the 10th, in
PRODUCED two resolutions. one being
directed to the secretary of war ant
the other to the secretary of the
navy, making inquiry as to the cos
of the war in tn" Philippines, cover
ing the period since May. 1898.
EN-Cov. William j. Stone. of Mis-
souri,, opposes the plan of professor;
of the University of Missouri to ash
Andrew Carnegie to build Il new Ii
brary at Columbia. and. ON the 10th
expressed Il hope that the professors
making the suggestion would be sum
marily discharged.
United States Consul McNadc, u;
Canton, China, cahled the state de-
partment as follows ON the Eth:
whole villages ON the banks al
North river N the vicinity of Shicll
wanfu are devastated by smallpoN
and typhoid. Fatshan is suffering
from cholera and plague
Alexander lIogeIand. president oi
the National Curfew association. i:
taking steps to extend the curfew la "
to cities and towns along all railroad.
il the United States, together wifi
an ordinance requiring city and tow
officials to arrest all boy tramps arc
restore them to their homes.
w. II. Taft, governor general of tht
Philippine islands, was the guest Of
the Worlds fair management in 81
Louis. on the 10th. He visited the
headquarters and the site of the great
fair and expressed a lively interest
in the subject. He said the Philippine
islands would be tittingly represented
The published announcement OF
the presence at Pretoria of the Or
ange Free State and Transvaal lead
ers and generals who had been a
Klerksdorp considering terms o.
peace, caused a decided increase il
the hopefulness of the British public
concerning the possibilities of peace
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The house, on the 18th. having frs
voted to remove the differential from
refined sugar during the existence o
the reciprocity agreement, adopted
the Cuban reciprocity bill by the over
weiming vote Of 247 to 50, 124 re
publicans voting with the democrats
and ten democrats voting against the
measure.
The Santa Fe Railroad Co. is takin.
ar active part in the railroad building
now in progress in Oklahoma. Th'
latest move by this company is to sur
vey a line from WoodHard, Okla,
through Gage, Sayro and Mangum, t.
Quanah, Tex, a distance of 800 miles
This is in Rock Island, Orient an,
Frisco territory.
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