Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-19
LATE NEWS ITEMS.


Senate-The senate was not IN ses-
sion on the 18th; having adjourned
from the 18th to the 10th. ..... In the
house-After discussing the Cuban
reciprocity for three hours,
on the 18th, the democratic members
of the house of representatives agreed
to a resolution, by vote of IS to Is,
pledging themselves to support the
bill, after efforts have been made to
secure It's amendment, abolishing the
d~ifferential on refined sugar and elm
mating the ~five-year clause in that
treaty. The opposition to this ac-
ton came from the members from
Louisiana, Texas and California.
Three democratic members from the
latter state said that they could not
vote for the measure under any cir
cumstances, but, it is understood, that
the action of the caucus will be con-
sidered binding.
A verdict of guilty was returned, on
the 18th, in st. Louis, by the jury in
the case of the United States against
Thomas d. Barrett, former marshal of
the st. Louis court of appeals; John
P. Dolan, chairman of the city demo-
cratic committee, and Frank P. Gar
rett, a member of the st. Louis police
department, all charged with compile.
ity in naturalization frauds.
The will of the late William L. Elk.
ms, the multimillionaire traction mag.
nate and financier, was filed, in Fhila.
delphia, on the 14th. The estate is be-
lieved to be worth $50, 000, 900. Codicil
provided for the establishment of an
%orphanage for the female orphans of
Free Masons, to be managed by the
Masonic home of Pennsylvania.
Coroner Tutewiler rendered his YER
dict, on the 18th, in the case of the
Big -Four wreck, which occurred at
Indianapolis, Ind, on October 10, and
in which 16 persons were killed. The
coroner blamed the chief train dis
patcher at Kankakee, who failed to
notify the Indianapolis yardmaster
that the special was coming.
A rear-end collision occurred, on the
14th, on the Illinois Central railroad,
K%entwood, La, IS miles from
New Orleans, resulting in the killing
of 40 negroes. Twenty other negroes
and three white men were injured,
some of them fatally.
Strawberries were still growing in
southwest Missouri, on the 18th. Mrs.
John Knablack, an old German woman,
80 crates of strawberries from
the second crop of a small patch west
of Aurora, Mo. for which she received
a total Of 1915.
House-President Roosevelt sent to
the house of representatives, on the
18th, a copy of the correspondence and
official papers relating to the revolu-
ton in Panama as it was called for by
the Hit resolution. The papers were
referred to the committee on foreign
affairs without being read. Mr.. Dali
zell (Pa.) offered a resolution from
the committee on rules, providing for
consideration Of the Cuban
reciprocity measure. Mr.. Williams
(Miss.) spoke against the adoption of
the resolution. The house, by a vote
of 176 to 155, adopted the rule, fixing
a time for taking a vote for four
o'clock, on the 18th. The house then
adjourned.
Representative Gaines, of Tennessee,
introduced a resolution in congress, on
the 10th, proposing an amendment to
the constitution of the United States
as follows: "The president Of the
United States shall hold his Office dur
ing one term of six years, and no per-
son having once been president, either
by election or succession, shall be
again eligible to that Office"
The federal grand jury at Omaha,
Neb., on the 10th, returned true bills
against United States Senator Charles
Fl. Dietrich and Postmaster Jacob Fish
er, of Hastings, Neb., charging them
with conspiracy and bribery in connec-
tion with the appointment of Fisher
TO the position of postmaster.
Fenton E. Luckett, an attorney for
State Senator Farris, who was indicted
by the Cole county (Mo.) grand jury,
charged with attempting to influence
the Farris jury, appeared in court at
Jefferson City, Mo-, on the 18th, and
gave bond for his appearance later.
Henry ]. Rosecrans, a banker and
stockman we'll known in the west, died
at Kansas City, Mo-, on the 10th, Of
paralysis. He was born in Walworth
county, Wis, in 1912, and he served
through the civil war in the Twenty
second Wisconsin volunteers.
On the 18th, the Standard Oil Co.
of New Jersey declared a dividend Of
b42 per share, payable December is
next, to stockholders of record of No
yember 20. This was an increase of
~ from the dividend declared at that
time a year ago.
Representative Ball, Of Texas, after
b service in the house of six and a
half years, retired, on the 18th, to pri-
yate life. His resignation was acl
cepted. 1t was understood that Mr..
Ball would become a candidate for gov
ernor Of Texas.