The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1888-03-15
Mrs. Ellen Tupper, known as The
Bee Woman and one of the foremost
entomologists of the world, died last
Monday morning at Ell Paso, Texas.

entomologlsts OF the world. died la
Monday morning at Ell Paso, Texas.
Sharp shocks Of earthquake were fe
at Los Angeles and Pasadena. CAL, la
Thursday. They were the severest fl
nineteen years. No damage was don
but houses were badly shaken and pe,
pie ran into the streets in fright.
Kenneth Beaton and Mrs. L;zzi
Llddell, who both left married partner
in Kansas city and eloped for Portland
o., the man first forging his brother
name to check for $1,000, were cauch
at Denver on the 29th ult. and pat urds
arrest.
Max Frost, ex-register and receiver c
the land Office, New Mexico, who a yea
| ago was convicted of receiving illegs
fees and sentenced to year in the PEN
tentlary aud to pay fine of S., :UJ. ha
been granted {; new trial by Judge Lone
OF the Territorial supreme court.
Mayer BROS l. Co., of New York. mad
an assignment last week. They wer
coHee ana commission merchants.
month ago the firm claimed to be worth
S4Co,Go0 above their liabilities. The fail
ure was caused by shrinkage in coffee
Their liabilities are principally to banks
and to coffee houses.
The existing agricultural depression
was the subject OF discussion in the Emo.
hsh house Of lords on the 18th. Sails.
bury, while avowing that there are
strong economical arguments against
free trade, said for political reasons he
was unable to accept protection as a
remedy for existing evils.
The senate committee on coast de-
lenses have practically agreed to report
favorably the bill introduced by Senator
Dolph to provide for Notifications and
seacoast sdefenses, with an amendment
that the gun factory to be es-
tablished shall be located at Wateryieit
arsenal, New York, instead of Frankfort
Pennsylvania. The bill provides
that there shall be appropriated $780,
37S,O00 for the purpose.
The fight between Sullivan and Mitch
eli came of at Creil, France, last Satur-
day afternoon, and resulted in a draw
after thirty-nine rounds had been fought.
n three heErS s, and rt ttAittRKa tie lqHi9 s
osing the toss for position, which placed
lim facing the afternoon sun and after
wards the wind.
Advices received by the steamer sgd
nov. which arrived in San Francisco last
week from Hong Kong and Yokohama,
says the imperial commissioner who was
appointed to investigate the
loss of life by the Yellow river inunda-
tons, sent an official report to the en-
paror of China that the total number OF
:. IONS drowned is over 100000, and tho
.. ..--=.al.:a1 n..mber Of destitute, l,o w.
CO., .p.rt from those whom the Hoods
have driven into other districts.
The new contract for fast mail service
between Chicago and Council Bluffs,
which was entered into between the gov
and the Burlington railroad sew
weeks ago, and was to have gone into
effect to-day, has been postponed for one
week in consequence of the troubles on
that road. Superintendent Nash, Of the
railway mail service, now here, says it IS
the intention to establish fast mail line
to make New York in 25 hours from Chi
cago, and 112 hours from San Francisco.
One of the most terrific storms ever
known struck Now York city and vicinity
last Monday. Telegraph lines and all
mails were suspended for forty eight
hours: business was reduced to a stand
still and street cars were unable to run.
At the corner of Broadway and Fulton
street, in the heart of the city, woman
was frozen to death, and the hotels have
been obliged to refuse shelter to tempo
rary guests driven off the streets by the
weather.
A dispatch received at the headQuar-
ters Of the Burlington system in Chicago
last Saturday from the general manager
of the B. & NJ. railway at Omaha says
Judge Dundy, in the United States
court, has this day issued all order re-
curing the Union Pacific Railway Co
to take our business in accordance with
the interstate commerce law, ana re
s.raining the engineers Of tie Union g.
cif.c Co. from refusing our business, ;:lc
restraining the engineers from striking
combining or co2tederating TOR the pur
nose Of organizing a strike"
Re,ort says startling development:
have been brought to light at Coal hlii
one of the mining towns where the mine:
are worked by convict labor, near For
Smith. Arkansas. A negro convlc'
named Williams was fogged to death
and further inquiry developed the fac
that Moses Harvey, q white man, J;
years Of age, had been kicked to dea'l
by fellow convict who had been urged
on to the desperate deed by Narder
Grafford, and it was learned he was Il
the habit Of making the prisoners fight
The bo2r IF nIaTl, Elder was eyhumed