Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-05
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

LATE NEWS ITEMS.
In the senate, on the 31st, the great
er part of the day was devoted to ex-
~ercises in connection with the accept
from the state of Maryland OF
statues OF Charles Carroll and John
Hanson, which will henceforth stand
in s~tatuary hall in the national cap
itol. The house bill providing for the
creation of a general staff for the
army was passed. The statehood bill
was not considered, but it holds its
place on the calendar. In the house,
three hours were consumed in gen.
eral debate on the post office appro-
priation bill, during which Mr.. Will
Jams (Miss.) spoke in favor of tariff
reform. The house then suspended
public business and listened to adj
dresses on the life and services of
Charles Carroll and John Hanson,
whose statues had been presented by
the state of Maryland and placed in
statuary hall. The death of the late
Representative Rumple, of Iowa, was
announced, resolutions were adopted,
and as a further mark of respect the
house adjourned until Sunday, to hold
a memorial session to pay tribute to
the memory of the late Senator Nc
MILAN, of Michigan.
Admiral Dewey, as president of
the Thomas Jefferson Memorial asso-
citation, issued an appeal to the
American people, on January 81, for
funds to enable the association to
erect a memorial to the memory Of
the man who wrote the declaration Of
independence.
Gov. Chamberlain of Connecticut
ordered out a number of companies
of the national guard, on the 1st, 10
avert threatened violence incident to
a strike of the employees IF the troll
ley companies in the city of Water
bury.
Two cars, one of them an immi-
grant a containing q family of six
persons, plunged down an incline at
Vicksburg, Miss, on the list, and the
entire family was drowned.
The Pullman Car Co., on the list,
posted a notice announcing that on
April 1 ten hours wages will be paid
for nine hours work to every man
employed in the shops.
Rev. Fir. d. W. Kenrick, Of st. Vim
cents church, st. Louis, fell from the
platform of a train at FL Paso, Tex,
on January 80, and died from his in
juries next day.
Allison Armour, of Chicago, lunched
with Emperor William, at Berlin, on
the LIST.
In the senate, on the I'd, the army
appropriation bill was under consid-
GRAFTON. On request of Mr.. Pettus,
who wished to offer some amend
ments, it went over until the Sd. The
statehood bill was up for a short
time, Messrs. Bard and Quarles speak
ing in opposition to it. After a brief
executive session the senate adj
journed out of respect to the men,
Dry of the late Representative Rum
pie, of The house passed
about forty bills under suspension of
the rules. The most important was
a bill to authorize the resumption Of
the negotiations with Great Britain
for the preservation of the Alaska fur
seals. The bill appropriating $780,
900 for a new department of agricul-
ture building was passed. A bill was
passed advancing Brighten. II. G.
Merriam, retired, to the grade of
major general on the retired list.
At Guatemala City, Guatemala, on
the I'd, Godfrey Hunter, Jr., was ac-
quilted of the charge of killing Will,
lam Fitzgerald, of Grand Rapids,
Mich. The killing occurred in the le-
CATION building while Hunters father
was United States minister.
Albert Jordan and wife, charged
with the murder of a four-year-old
nephew, were bound over for hearing,
at Smith Center, Kas., on the I'd. They
deposited $4,000 in cash for bail, but
were afraid to leave the Jail, fearing
l%ynching by the citizens.
A bill was introduced in congress,
on the I'd, to pension all soldiers and
sailors who served at least 80 days
in the civil war at the rate of $12 per
month, and all widows of such sol
diers and sailors who we're married
prior to June 81, 1890.
Eleven women and children of a
colony of Firms on Malcolm's island,
off the coast of British Columbia,
were burned to death, on January 81.
in a fire which destroyed a building
occupied by a number of families.
Rumors of the illness Of King Ed.
ward were circulated in London, on
the I'd, but his private secretary said
it was simply a feverish cold. An in
tended visit to Chatworth castle had
to be postponed.
Warren L. Wheaton, d former mem
Der Of the Illinois legislature, died al
Wheaton, ILL.,, the town he founded, or
the LIST, aged 81.
A snowstorm, the heaviest of the
winter, ragged in all sections Of Colo
RADIO, on the I'd, and many snowslide.
occurred.