Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-14
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Senate-In the senate, on the 9th
Mr.. Spooner replied to the democratic
structures IN the conduct of the pos
office department, and also traverset
quite an extensive political field. He
defended the course of the postmaster.
general in the Irregularities of his de
partment, and charged that the efforl
upon the part Of the democratic senator
to secure a congressional inquiry was
in the interest of political policy. Sew
eral bills of minor Importance were
passed. The bill for the appropriation
for the Portland, Ore, and for coast
wise shipping were passed finally by
accepting the house amendments. The
senate then, at 5 O'Clock, went into
executive session, and at $50 p. m,
adjourned -. House-The recent exec
utive order of the president relating
to age as evidence of p%ensionable dis
ability furnished the text for an i'm
FASHIONED appeal by Mr.. Bourke Cock
ran IN. " to the members of the
house to uphold the dignity of that
body by refusing to submit to what he
alleged to be the usurpation of the eX-
acutive authority of congress by the
executive. In anticipation of Mr.. Cock
rams speech, almost ~eyery'seat was oc-
cupied OF the floor and the galleries
were filled to Cverf1owing. Mr.. Cock
ran held his audience throughout, and
his remarks frequently were punctuat-
ed with loud applause from both sides
Of the chamber.
Mrs. Conception Vasquez, of the Phil
ippine islands, on the 9th filed an an
swer to the petition of Lieut.. Sidney
S. Burbank, U. S. A, which was filed in
the district court in L~eavenworth, Kas.,
last year to have an alleged marriage
ceremony between himself and the
Filipino woman set aside as forgery.
The woman in her answer insists that
she is the lawful wife Of Burbank.
A Great Northern passenger train
arrived in Sioux City, Ia, on the 10th,
from O'Neill, Neb., having been in
stalled in a cut near McLane since the
Sth. Five engines were sent to help
set the train out, and the snowdrifts
are over the smokestacks Of four of
them, and another was thrown from
the track by the snow.
Fire which broke out on the 10th,
in the basement of the Galesburg High
school, at Galesburg, H., resulted in
the total destruction of the building.
John Slater, a fireman, was instantly
killed by falling walls. The loss is es-
timated at 500, 900, fully covered by
insurance.
Senate-The Culberson amendment
to the post office appropriation bill pro-
viding for a commission to investigate
the post Office department was before
the senate, on the 18th, and after being
out of order in modified form,
was pending when the senat ad-
journed. Mr.. German made an earnest
plea for an investigation, saying the
post office department had cast refiec-
tons upon members of congress and
that a thorough examination should be
had. Mr.. Aldrich answered that the
amendment finally modified meant
nothing; that if an investigation was
to be had it should be "a live one"....
House-The house passed the bill re-
ported by the committee on river, and
harbors appropriating So, 000, 900 for the
restoration of maintenance of chan
nels, or of other river and harbor i'm
provements. Mr.. Burton, chairman of
the committee. in explaining the bill,
urged the adoption of settled princi-
pies with regard to river and harbor
work. Mr.. Clark (Mo.) made a plea
for the improvement of the Missouri
river. Quite a large number of bills Of
minor Importance were passed. At
5:05 o'clock p. m. the house ad-
journed.
Judge Palmer, in the criminal divi-
sion of the district court at Denver,
Col, on the 18th, decided that there is
no punishment prescribed by statute in
that state for fraud committed at spe-
cial elections, such as the recent char
ter elections in that city. This decision
frees 10 election officials who are
charged with stufing the ballot boxes.
On petition of Frank Koutsky, Judge
Bartlett, in the district court, on the
18th, issued a restraining order against
the city council and several city Off
Gals of South Omaha, 'Neb., enioining
them from conspiring to count OUT
Koutsky, who alleges that he was elect
ed mayor at the recent election with a
plurality Of JIG votes.
Henry Medium, of Portland, Ore,
formerly United States surveyor in
that state, was arraigned, on the 18th,
on an indictment returned by the
United States grand jury for completely
in the land frauds in that state, and
pleaded not guilty. Medium was in
dicted on 81 counts.
Immediately upon the assembling Of
the senate, on the 18th, the chair pre-
scented an invitation to congress to at
tend the formal opening Of the Louisi-
n Purchase exposition at st. Louis,
April 30,