Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-02-06
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At Managua, on the I'd, Santos Ze-
laya was inaugurated president Of
Nicaragua for his third term in the
presence of the congress and a large
assemblage of citizens. Judge Matos,
of the supreme court, administered
the oath to the president who, in his
address, briefly reviewed his pre-
vious administration in Nicaragua,
and referred hopefully to the pros
poets for the construction of the Nj
caragua canal and to the benefits
that Nicaragua would derive there
from.
Manila is intensely interested as to
what action congress will take con-
corning the Philippine islands. Or
binary local politics have been
forgotten and two parties have been
formed, the optimists and the pes
simists. Some think that life and
property are unsafe outside of the
towns of the islands, while others
ridicule such ideas and consider life
and property to be assured.
Rudyard Kipling, writing from
Cape Town, south Africa, in a letter
to a friend in England, again pro-
tests emphatically against any am
nesty being granted the rebels,
which, he fears from the attitude of
the home people, may be done. Mr..
Kipling declares it is a question Of
life or death for the colony.
The work of transplanting the
trees at Forest park, St. Louis, in or
der to save those that interfere with
the construction of the Worlds fair
buildings, is being Systematically I'M
dertaken by a corps of experts. They
will be so disposed as to further
beautify the Worlds fair site and the
great preserve.
For the fifth time in four years the
safe in the Northern Pacific depot
at Olympia, Wash, vas blown open by
burglars, on the night of the I'd, ard
it's contents taken. On the former o.
casions a considerable sum was ta-
ken, but this time only $40 was OBJ
tanned. There was no clue to the
cracksmen.
Two thousand Chinese boxers have
crossed the Corean frontier and have
plundered several towns, the inhab-
itants of which fled. The govern
ment has asked for military assist
ance.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg,
on the Sd, said: Count Leo Tolstoi
is very i'll. He will be attended by a
specialist from St. Petersburg"
In the senate, on the Sd, the meas
ure providlng for an increase in the
salaries of United States judges was
under discussion for an hour without
result. Another spirited debate on
the Philippines tariff bill was pre-
cipitated as the result of some re-
marks made by Mr.. Carmack (dem.,
Tenn.) in the course of an extended
speech on the general Philippine
question, which was participated in
by Mr.. Beveridge Qnd.) and Tillman
Is. C.)....In the house the day was
devoted to general debate on the
oleomargarine bill, the opponents of
which began the day by an attempt
to flibuster against it, but were beat
en- by more than a two-thirds vote.
Those who opposed the bill favored
the substitute designed to prevent
the fraudulent sale of oleomargarine
under guise of butter.
Representatives Payne and Gros-
venor, of Ohio, the former chairman
of the ways and means committee,
had a long conference with the pres
ident, on the Sd, on the subject of
reduction of taxes on Cuban sugar
imports into the United States.
The navy department has been adj
vised by Admiral Higginson, in com
mand of the North Atlantic squadron,
that one of the five-inch guns of the
Kearsarge burst while the ship was
at target practice. No one is report
ed to have been injured.
Seven bandits entered the Pecos
Mercantile Co.'S store at Sumner, N.
M, on the 3D., shot Felipe Beaubien
dead, beat Francisco Zenora sense
less, stole 5000 worth of goods, robbed
the post Office and escaped.
About $4,000 spectators, including
many foreigners, among whom were
several Americans, witnessed the ski
racing, on the 4th, at Holmekellen,
Norway. Gjoelme made the longest
leap, 1914 metres.
The Bavarian government has sold
a loan Of $4,000, 900 marks to a syndi-
cate of Bavarian bankers. The loan
bears interest at three and one-half
per cent, and subscriptions to it will
soon be opened.
The remains of Don Aniba-Zanartu,
a senator, a former vice-president
and a former minister, who died Sat-
urday, were inferred at Santiago,
Chile, on the Sd.
An avalanche from Mt. Bobratch
partially overwhelmed the village of
Bleiberg, near the town of Vilach.
"A number Of persons were killed.