Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-08
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

IN the senate. on the Sd, during the
discussion of the Philippine govern
ment bill, the republicans abandoned
their practice of allowing the demo-
Gratis a clear field in the debate, and
Messrs. Spooner (Wis.), Lodge (Mass.)
and Foraker co., turned upon the de-
nouncers of the administration, the
army and Gov. Taft, speaking holly,
almost unrestrainedly in rebukc of
those whom they charged with ira
ducing them, and a most spirited de-
bate was the result. Later the sen
ate adjourned out of respect to the
memory of Representative Cummings,
of New York, whose death was an
nounccd... The house, after the an
nouncement of the death of Repre-
sentative Cummings by Mr.. Payne
IN. W and the appointment Of a flu
neral committee, as q mark of re-
spect adiosrned.
At the bicycle contest in the Pare
dcS Princes, Paris, on the 4th. Tom
Linton, the English bicyclist, won the
S0-kilomcts' ace in l hour, 0 min
utes and so 3-5 seconds. This is the
worlds record for that distance.
Harry Ellies, the American, came in
two laps behind the winner, while
Robl, the German, was third. Linton
led the contestants all the way. eX-
cept for a short time, at 60 ki!&-
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The rush of immigrants to the port
of New York which has signalized the
first four months of the year, reached
a climax the week ended on the Sd,
during which time 25,l20 immigrants
were brought to that city from the
various European ports. The total
number of immigrants arriving there
for the four months ended April 30.
was 1TS,G0i, an excess of more than
thirty thousand over any previous
year for the same period.
The remains of the late Amos i.
Cummings, representative in com
gress from New York, who died in
Baltimore, Md, on the I'd, were con
veyed to Washington on the Sd. A
special congressional committee went
to Baltimore from the capital at an
early hour and accompanied the body
from the undertaking establishment
where it had been prepared for burial
to the Pennsylvania railroad station.
Reports received from Seoul, Corea,
declare that the Japanese representa-
tive there is pressing the Corean gov
eminent for compensation for the
Japanese subjects who have been
killed in recent years on the PENN.
sula by Coreans.
In the senate, on the 5th. the sur
dry civil appropriation bill and the
Rosebud Indian reservation bill were
passed; after which the philippine
| government bill was again taken VI
for discussion. Mr.. Lodge (Mass.)
made a set speech in vindication of
the president, the secretary of war,
the generals in the field and Others
who had been charged with cruelty
toward the Filipinos. In a brief re
ply, Mr.. lawlins (Utah) reiterated
the charges as against the president
the secretary and senators like Sen
ator Lodge. The house was not in
session.
E~ighty-four Moro prisoners, under
guard in Manila, made an attempt tC
escape on the 5th. At a preconcertet
signal they got between the soldier!
forming the guard and a company a
dinner. The latter, realizing wha'
had happened. fired on and pursued
the Moros. killing IS of them an'
capturing nine. The other fugitivci
escaped.
A dispatch to the London Dali.
Chronicle declares that American
have now secured a virtual monorol,
of the Swiss coal market, Dustin!
their British and German competi
tors and that they have also gradual
" obtained control of the steel an
boot trades. which have hitherto
been in the hands of British firms.
At Denver, Col, on the 9TH. Justic'
Byrne refused to accept bonds 70
the appearance of Mrs. Nellie Gabrin
charged with having murdered he
husband, Representative ALDER
Gabrin, with arsenic, and remande
her to the county Jail. Her prelimf
nary examination was set for til
18th.
The club women's convention a
Los Angeles, Cal. on the 5th, over
whelmingly accepted what is know
as the New York compromise on tn
{ color question, which is considere
largely a victory for the south
that it does not explicitly provide TO
the admission of colored clubs.
{ George w. Walsen, proprietor of
= semi-weekly newspaper at Saimo
T City, Idaho, was arrested in Salt LAX
: City, Utah, on the 18th, on a chars
: of having appropriated $4,000 OF tn
. funds of the Lempi county treasur
( at Salmon City. Walsen denies TIA
charge.
Both the sundry civil appropriate
bill and the bill for the purchase
the ltosebud Indian reservation wei
passed by the senate on the 5th.