Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-10
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Senate-The naval bill again occu-
pied practically all of the time of the
senate on the 9Th, but while the amend
ment concerning a naval training sta
ton IN the great lakes was technically
the pending question, it was scarcely
mentioned. The discussion was entire
ly on political lines, and was partici-
pated in by Messrs. Hale, Depew and
Nelson on the republican side, and by
Messrs. German, Clay, Martin, Patter-
son and Bacon on the democratic side
49,. House-The house passed the In
dian appropriation bill, after some con-
troversy relative to provisions affect
ing tribes in the Indian territory. An
unsuccessful effort was made by Mr..
Stephens, Of the Texas, to eliminate the
provision for continuing the Dawes
commission another year. Among
the important amendments adopted
were those Of lands of allottees in the
Indian territory who are not of full
Indian blood, and investing authority
in the secretary of treasury heretofore
resting with the Dawes commission in
the matter of the sale of lands belong
ing to the Creek Indians.
F. Seymour Darlington, charged with
the murder of James P. Mccain and
throwing his body into an abandoned
quarry at Bonfils, st. Louis county,
was found guilty of murder in the first
degree, after a trial lasting several
days, at Clayton, Mo-, on the night Of
the 5th. Darlington, it will be re-
membered, is the Englishman who
posed as an aristocrat, but who was, in
reality, as far as can be learned, an eX-
English criminal. harrington declared
the verdict an outrage.
The general offices building of the
New York Central railroad at Oswego,
N. Y, was destroyed by fire on the
9th, involving a loss Of more than
$1,000 The building contained, in
addition to offices, the American Ex-
press Co.'S office, four stores and the
Lake Shore hotel, which was recently
vacated. The origin of the fire is I'M
known.
The Pewaukee wis., post Office, a
barn and several small buildings owned
by William Jones, and valued at $780,
600, were destroyed by fire on the 9Th.
For a time the entire business portion
of the city was threatened. The con-
tents of the post office was saved. Five
valuable horses were burned.
William Austin Goodman, Sr., aged
81, president Of the Cincinnati National
Lafayette bank, and largely connected
with other enterprises, died on the 9th.
senate-The senate, on the 7th,
passed the naval appropriation bill,
which has been before it for the past
four or five days, and then took up the
army bill. The principal question in
connection with the naval bill related
to the price and method Of supplying
armor plate for battleships. The read
ing Of the army appropriation bill had
not been concluded when the senate
adjourned. e. House-Postal affairs en-
crossed the attention of the house
practically to the exclusion of all else.
The subject was introduced by Mr..
Overstreet, chairman of the committee
on post offices and post roads, who
submitted the report of that committee
on the Hay resolution calling for in
formation regarding the use of "inau-
ence' by members of the house to Sc
cure increase in salary for postmasters.
Without debate the house unanimous
ly adopted the resolution of Mr.. Martin
(rep., S. d., directing the secretary of
commerce and labor to investigate the
cause of the differences which exist
between the prices of live cattle and
dressed beef.
More than two thousand laborers
employed on structures building in
New York, struck on the 7th, pend
ing the settlement of difficulties exist
ing between the Master Builders asso-
citation and the Laborers' Protective
union. The strike was caused by no.
tees extending the working day from
eight to ten hours.
The juror in the trial of Chauncey
Dewey, William Mcbride and Clyde
Wilson, charged with the murder Of
Burchard Berry, was still too i'll, on
the 7th, to attend court, and the case
was adjourned.
All pneumonia and general death
records for a decade are shown to be
broken by the New York health de-
partment report, which recorded 1900
deaths, AGO Of which were attributed to
pneumonia.
DR.. J. T. Millspaugh, of the Winona
| State Normal School of Minnesota, on
the 7th was chosen president of the
Los Angeles State Normal School by
| the board of trustees.
Morris Rothschild, a retired clothing
merchant, n of the early pioneers Of
Leavanworth, Kas., died at Kansas
City, Mo-, on the 7th, Of pneumonia,
after a brief illness.
A dispatch from Toxic says a prince
will probably be dispatched, at the MI
kado's special order, to attend the
4 opening Of the ST. Louis exposition.