Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15

LATE NEWS ITEMS.

LATE NEWS ITEMS.
A popular anti-government demon.
~stration began in the Nevski prospect
in st. Petersburg, on the 18th. Hun.
dreds of police and mounted gendarmes
who were hidden in the court yard Of
the public buildings, emerged sudden
ly, and charged the crowd at full gal
lop, driving the demonstrators in
headlong confusion and screaming
with terror upon the sidewalks and in.
to adjacent streets. Large numbers
were arrested.
With her bow stove in, the marine
telegraph disabled, and forward wind
lass twisted, the Belgravia, of the
Hamburg-American line, arrived in
New York city, on the 18th, from CuX'
haven, with tales of a six hour expert.
ence in a hurricane that threw 1920 Of
her 1870 steerage passengers into 6
panic December 6. No lives were lost
Several hundred schoolboys and stu.
dents assembled in Paris, France, or
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demonstration at the grave of Deputy
Syveton. The police broke up the
groups, prevented a professions anC
closed the cemetery.
With $3.50 in currency in theil
pockets, two men, believed by the au'
thorities to be the men who robbed the
Peoria Qll.) national bank on Decem.
Der 10, were arrested at Toulon, ILL.,, or
the 18th.
A heavy snowfall prevailed, on thu
18th, throughout the states of Wis.
consin, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Michi'
gan, Minnesota and the northwestern
part of Indiana.
The engagement of Miss Daisy Lei
ter, of Chicago, sister of Lady Curzon
to the early of Suffolk and Berkshire
of England, was announced on the
18th.
The safe in the post office at Fin.
land, ILL.,, was blown, on the 18th, by
robbers, who procured $100 in cash and
about $500 in stamps.
B. B. Graham, president of the
Graham Paper Co., of st. Louis, dice
in st. Luke's hospital, in that city, or
the 18th.
Lord Mayor Pound, of London, Eng.
land, has issued an appeal for funds
for the relief of the unemployed O!
that city.
Postmaster-Genera Wynne and Sec.
rotary of Commerce and Labor Met,
calf have made public their annual re.
ports.
A rare canonization ceremony was
witnessed by $1,000 people at st. Pc
ter's church in Rome on the 18th.
SENATE-Tha senate, on the 18th,
had under consideration the pure food
and Philippine government bills. De-
bate on the former was confined to
calling attention to the inadequacy of
the protection accorded to the people
of the United States against impure
foods and drugs. The discussion of
the Philippines bill related solely to
the question of the guarantee by the
Philippines government of the income
or interests on the bonds on railroads
of those islands. Mr.. Spooner, of Wis
consin, was the leader in the criticism.
..HOUSE-The house transacted quite
a large amount Of miscellaneous bust
ness, starting with pension bills, and
considering the Hill financial bill later
in the day. A number of bills of local
character were passed, and an adjourn
ment was forced for lack of a quorum
when an attempt was made to pass the
joint resolution granting the use of the
Washington monument lot for the
American railway appliance exhibition.
The bill transferring the forest re-
serves from the department of the in
terror to the agricultural department,
which has been pending in congress
for several years, was passed.
The case of former Councilman
Charles Kratz, of st. Louis, charged
with bribery in connection with the
Suburban railway deal, which was
called for trial in the circuit court at
Butler, Mo-, on the 18th, was contin-
ued until January 2, on the strength
Of a certificate of a st. Louis physi-
clan, who made affidavit that he was
TOO i'll to appear.
The supreme court of the United
States has decided against the Western
Union Telegraph Co., in its case
against the Pennsylvania Railroad
Co., owing to the latter's tearing down
Western Union poles and wires along
the railway right-of-way, upon the
termination of it's contract in 1902.
Three witnesses were heard, on the
18th, in the cas- of Senator Reed
Smoot before the senate committee on
privileges and elections. The commit
tee resumed its investigation after a
long recess.
Senator Stewart introduced a bill in
the senate, on the 18th, to fix presiden-
tial and congressional salaries. 1t pro-
poses to raise the salary Of the pres
ident to 100000 a year.
Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick, the female
Napoleon of finance, was twice indict-
ed by the grand jury of Cuyahoga
county, O., on the 18th.