The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-06-04
Cue AGO lime Powell Clayton, Q

Chic AGO, June Powell Clayton, o
Arkansas, was elected temporary chair
man of the republican national conven-
ton.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 2!The evening
Posts Guaymas special says: Yellow
fever has broken out again at that
place.
CAIRO, May 3o.-Nubar Pasha, Prime
Minister, is preparing statement to the
powers showing that Egypt is unable to
support the present rate of taxation. The
land tax is often greater than the gross
value of the crops.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 31-Greaco-R Roman
wrestling match this evening between
Clarence Whistler, of this city, and Tom
Cannon, late of Denver, for $3.50 a side,
was won by Whistler in two straight falls
-27 minutes and 81 seconds.
LONDON, May 3O-A serious fire occur
red at Phuampank, the capital OF Cam
bodia. The whole quarter outside the
French concession was destroyed. Among
the buildings burned were los houses be-
longing to the king. Three persons
persisted.
SAN FRANCISCO, June PA Portland,
Oregon, dispatch says: The State cleo
ton took place to-day. The result will
not be known until after midnight. At
nine o'clock the indications are that Aer-
man (republican) is elected to congress
by ], 500 majority.
ST. LOUIS, June edward Tegan, for
a number of years connected with the
reportorial and editorial staff of the Re-
publican, suicided this morning by TAX
ing a dose of strychnine. He had been
drinking heavily of late and was recover
ing from SPREE He leaves wife and
two children.
ST. LOUIS, May 31.--An attempt was
made this afternoon to get up business
mems meeting in the interest of Arthur
for President, and to send delegation
to Chicago to advance his cause; but it
failed there only being half dozen gen.
tleman present, and they stated they
could not spare time to go to Chicago.
New YORK, May 31-The West Side
bank resumed to-day.
Boston, May 31-Harvey D. Parker,
proprietor of the Parker house, died this
morning. aged 70.
New York, May 31-The number of
failures reported during the past seven
days in the United States and Canada is
III, decrease of IS.
New York May 31-The bank state
ment shows that the banks are 81 ,957 1925
below legal requirements.
WASHINGTON, June 2-The Post has the
following editorial to-day: The demo-
cratic voters of the United States are en-
titled to know that Samuel J. Tildea is
not an aspirant for presidential honors
at their hands. He will not be candi-
date before the Chicago convention, and
will not accept the nomination under the
circumstances. The convention will
meet to deliberate and to select the
strongest man, and whether this man IS
Bayard, Cleveland, Field, Morrison, Nc
Donald, or Carlisle, it is for the convcn-
ton to determine.
SAN Francisco, June IA special to
the Chronicle from Visalia, California,
says: A cloud burst near here last night
broke with such fury as to sweep away
the house of Peter s'tewart, and all the
inmates, consisting of himself, his wife,
mother, two children, and r. Weisner, a
sheep herder. The bodies of Stewart, his
mother and one child were recovered To-
day. They were frigntfully mangled and
their clothes torn into shreds. Weisner
is injured beyond recovery. The house
was dashed to atoms
New York, May 27.-Yesterday cor
respondent called at Greystone Tor the
purpose of verifying report printed in
a morning paper regarding the health of
Mr.. Tilden. After waitinga few minutes
in the reception room, Mr.. Tilden came
in unannounced. He said that the re-
port of his failing health was pure fab
rication, and utterly without foundation.
That his health at present was better
than it had been at any time during the
past year, and that he had merely run
down to Greystone for few days to per-
sonally oversee some improvements that
he is making on the place. He said
further that he expected to return to
Creamery Park tomorrow.
PARIS, May 30-Rochefort, in replying
in his journal to the statement tina, Gen.
Grant refused to receive him, says: l
never solicited Gen. Grant for an audi
ence. I would have received one but
guarded myself from accepting. I would
not forget how, as President Of the United
States, during the war of 10, he lost no
chance to show his hostility to France.
Not only were our defeats saluted at the
White House by toasts to German sue
cess, but Washburne, the American Min
lister to France, abused without shame
his diplomatic immunity and made an
active agent of Bismarck, and twice a
week passed through his advices of the
state of siege, addressed to King William
Co. ocD - -.