The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-03-26

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Railroad Accident on the Penn
sylvania Central.
Yellowstone Park Railroad, ant
Others Items of
Interest.
Pacific Coast Excursion to b.
1naugurated.
Col. Lounsbury Talked of 70
Governor of Dakota.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 2l.-Iudgt
Thatcher, of the supreme court OF Colora
do died of Bright's disease.
MONTREAL, March 21.-The snow is 81
deep that on one branch of the Canads
Pacific there have been nc trains fo
eighteen DAYS.
PHILADELPHIA, March 2l.-The indiana
county democratic convention selected
delegates to the national convention anG
were instructed to support Randall fol
President.
WASHINGTON, March 21.-Commls
sioner Loring has received a telegram
from Prof Salmon, veterinarian of the
department Of agriculture, stating that
after thorough investigation of the
disease at Neosho Falls, Kansas, he has
concluded that it is not the genuine foot
and mouth disease, but is due to Local
conditions, and there is no danger of its
spreading to o. her sections. The commits
sion accepts this e Inclusion as final.
New YoKK, March 2O.-Charles B
Wright of Philadelphia, has been elect.
ed a director of the Northern Pacific
vice Henry Willard, resigned.
Constantinople was much disturbed by
the sudden death of Kadri Pasha. 1t
followed the arrival of letter purportine
to reveal plot to dethrone the Sultan,
which kadri was to aid with the Adri-
anople army, and it was whispered that
Kadri's death was not wholly due to nat
ural causes.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, March 21-Three
years ago VIM. Been married Widow
Dobbs, living on farm near here. In
July, 1882, he threatened to kill her and
his family. Her son John, defending his
mother, shot and killed Been, and with
the assistance Of a servant girl. Liddle
Large, hid the body in a drain. The
girl has confessed the facts and the body
was unearthed. Liddie Large was arrest
ed, and John Dodds Is thought to be in
Kansas.
NEILLsvILLE, Wis, Special Telegram,
March 2l.-Day before yesterday John
Westlall, aged seventy -four, being de-
spondent over the illness of son, took
butcher knife and started off with the
avowed intention of suiciding. As he
had so threatened several times before
nobody interfered. After he had been
absent day search was made, and he
was found mile from town lying on the
snow, dead from bleeding, having gashed
veins in his wrists.
WASHINGTON, March 2l.-The COVER
norship of Dakota is being quietly dis
cussed by parties interested, but the cpl
demic has not fairly broken out. Among
the candidates is Mr.. Lounsbury, whose
name in that connection has already
been mentioned in these dispatches. Mr..
Lounsbury ia greatly encouraged. and he
certainly has some good backing. It is
understood that he has the endorsement
Of all the Minnesota delegation, except
Senator Sabin and Mr.. Strait, and it is
expected hey will support him in case
no candidate is found in Minnesota.
MILES CRY, Mont. March 19.-The
extreme warmth of the last few days has
finally broken the ice in the Yellow
stone. Yesterday the ice began running
1t Pease Bottom, ninety miles southwest
rom here and in a few hours the river
was bank high at the mouth of Tongue
river. About two o'clock last night the
Tongue suddenly rose under the influ-
,nce of the melting snow of its tributar-
es, but by two this morning the food
lad swept past in the river channel
without doing any damage. The rail-
Dad embankment and bridges are unin-
ured.
WASHINGTON, March 19.-Postmaster
General Gresham has returned from the |
Vest. After completing arrangements
or the new fast mail service west of |
,hlcago his NEGOTIATIONS with the North
I'm Pacific railway resulted in an agree
nent Of the company to start at four
'clock in the evening the western mail
rom St. Paul, which now leaves at p.
q. This train will place St. Paul mails
n Portland, Oregon, twenty-five hours
arlier than under the present schedule.
peaking of the new fast mails, the Post
master General said: eve are simply
sing the means at our command to give
he public the best possible service. The
lew fast service will not cost the public
dollar more than the old service did.
he people get improved facilities with
ut additional cost"
WASHINGTON, March 19.-The house
ommittee on Pacific railroads in recon-
lending that authority be given the
innalar & Clark's Fork railroad COM
any to construct the railroad forty miles
trough the northern portion of the yell
,wstone National Park, says it would
OF be advisable to permit the construc-
on of railroad or the establishment of
1vate commercial enterprises Of any
not requisite to the comfort
nd pleasure of the public in portions of
he Yellowstone park, containing objects
interest to visitors, that would detract
ON their natural purity and quiet, but
le principal objects of interest to the
'urists are in portions of the park re-
tote from this route and the operation
railroad would not therefore detract