Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-02-04
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House-The house, on the goth, voted
unanimously to strike from the urgent
deficiency bill the provisions for the
second payment of mileage to the SEN
ators and representatives of this con-
gress, and then passed the urgent
deficiency bill. This action was the
climax to an exciting discussion of the
mileage problem begun on the 29th,
first on the point of order raised
against the provision by Mr.. Maddox,
of Georgia, and then on a motion to
strike out, made by Mr.. Underwood, OF
Alabama. An amendment by MIR.
Grosvenor providing for the return OF
the mileage to the treaury was agreed
to. Mr.. Underwood's motion to strike
out the provision for mileage then was
adopted without a dissenting vote.
The result was loudly cheered. The in
terest in the question was shown by the
few absentees. The bill passed the
house just as it came from the commit
tee Of the whole.
A passenger train on the Southern
railroad was derailed east of Prince
ton, Ind, on the 31st. The train was
running at the rate of 20 miles an hour
when it left the rails. The baggage
car and day coach were thrown from
their trucks and rolled down an m
bankment. There were rs passengers
on the train, but all escaped with slight
injuries.
Fire, started by the explosion Of
chemicals in the large six mills Of Ash
ley & Bailey, of Paterson, N. j., en-
playing 1900 hands, destroyed the en-
tire plant, on the Both. The loss vas
estimated at 5000, 900, partly insured.
Frozen hydrants and bursting hose
greatly interfered with the work Of
the firemen.
Personal injury suits amounting to
$3S,666, 1852 were pending against the
city of Chicago, according to the re-
part of the city attorney, John F.
Smulski, made public on the 31st. The
council, the legislature and finally the
people were appealed to for relief. Side
walk injuries caused the majority Of
the suits.
A jury in the district court, on the
Goth, RETURNED a verdict of guilty
against Police Captain Edwin Ander-
son, of Sioux City, Ia, charged with
accepting brides from an owner of slot
machines.
The republican county central CON-
mittee met at Lamar, Mo-, on the 30th,
and called a convention for Saturday,
February 81, to select delegates to the
state convention to be held at Kansas
City.
Srnate-Tn the senate on the list Mr..
Dietrich, of Nebraska, made a request
fer ar investigation into charges on
which he was tried recently by a fed
eral court in his own state, and the
senate granted the request, the presi-
dent pro TEN. appointing e. committee
consisting of Messrs. Hoar, Plat OF
Connecticut, Spooner, Cockrell and
Pettus to make the inquiry, The re-
mainder of the day was devoted to an
argument by Mr.. Morgan in support OF
the resolution introduced by Mr.. Stone
directing the senate committee on for
eign relations to make an ~investiga-
ton into the Panama revolution. When
Mr.. Morgan concluded, the senate
passed the bill permitting the building
of a dam across the Mississippi a
Sank River, MINI. At $3.50 the sen
ate went into executive session, and a
4:50 adjourned. ..... House-The pro
ceedings in the house were enlivenet
by a spirited discussion OF the Panama
question. Mr.. Thayer, Of Massachu
sets, declared the course of this gov
eminent in Panama to have been con
trary to the provisions Of the treat,
with New Granada. MIR. Grosvener, o
Ohio, made a vigorous defense of tn
administration, and said the brightes
star that shines in the pathway of tn
candidate of the republican party is hi
course in the Panama canal question
He advised the democrats to keep ava
from Panama as an issue. With Dis
trict of Columbia business disposed Of
the house took up the diplomatic an
consular appropriation bill, considers
ton of which was pending when tn
house adjourned
After a brief sitting, the suprem
court of the United States adjourne
on the first, to meet again Of the %,
The adjournment was for the purpos
, of affording opportunity to. give col
, sideration of cases which have bee
argued, including the Northern s.
curities merger case.
!, Following the lead Of Gov. W.
: Bailey, of Kansas, who withdrew fro
the race for governor, Morton Albaug
chairman Of the republican state cel
!, trail committee during the last thr'
campaigns, on the LIST announced tn
he would not be a candidate for T
election.
: Gov. William H. Taft took the GA
. Of Office as secretary of war on the Il
and at once entered upon his new d
!. ties. The ceremony took place in t
I large reception room attached to t
= secretary's Office in the war depai
ment, at Washington, D. G.