The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-06-15
NEWS CONVERSATIONS.

The Cotton Belt has suspended local
trains from lack of fuel.
One hundred and seventy Coxeyite
tram steaIers are in Jail at Los Angeles,
Cal.
The Hon. and Rt. Rev. Lord Arthur
Charles Hervey, ID. d.. bishop of Bath
and Wells, is dead.
The French government has decided
to transfer the French consulate gener-
al from Quebec to Montreal.
Chief Justice Coleridge of England,
VINO has been seriously ill for some time
past, passed very bad night and is
much exhausted.
ROSWELL Miller, president of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad
company, was aboard the steam ship
Csmpania from Liverpool.
Articles consolidating the Chicago
and Eastern Illinois aud the Chicago
ana indiana Coal Railway company
have been filed at Springfield.
Senator Hoar has introduced ill to
release the estate of the late Senator
Stanford from the claim of the United
states on account of the Central Pa, tic
debt.
Richard Croker, accompanied by his
sons, Richard Jr., and Herbert, sailed
ON the steamship Umbria for Liverpool.
MIR. Croker expects to remain abroad
nearly all summer.
Mrs. Alice Ramsay, a niece of An.
drew Jackson, died at Phoenix, A. r.,
OF pneumonia. She was field nurse
during the late war, and was born in
lS48, in Algiers, La.
A report received at Columbus SAYS
the miners at Salineville, on the Cleve.
land and Pittsburg division of the
Pennsylvania lines. captured a coal
train and wrecked fast freight.
Agricultural report of government:
Winter wheat, SS.2; spring 81. Acre
age for spring and winter wheat for the
whole country is 953, making q total
area in round numbers of $4,000, 900
acres
The Western Assoc iation of Wholesale
Druggists at ST. Louis elected the fol-
lowing officers: President, NC. Peters,
Louisville; vice president, j. G. Fox,
Atchison, Kan; secretary, G. p. Frick,
Louisville; treasurer, Z. L. COchrane,
st. Louis.
Dick Mines and John w. Hall, con.
fined In Jail at Winchester. Ills, made
their escape while the j ,ilor and his
family were absent The former was
indicted for stealing rig, while Hall
was awaiting trial for murder commit.
ted at Merritt year ago.
At Rawlins. Wy, Judge Knight sen.
fenced Frank Howard, who killed
Charles Horn mt Dickson, to hang Nov.
28. Thomas Morrison, who was con.
victed of murder in the second degree
for the killing of Albert Peterson at
Carton, was given 65 years.
The Southern Woman's society of st.
Louis adopted long series OF resolu.
tions warmly endorsing the utterances
OF Rev. DIR. Cave ut the unwilling of a
Confederate monument at Richmond
to the effect that the future would vim.
dicate the business of the Southern
cause.
Montana Day at the Fair.
San Francisco, June 12-Today was
Montana day at the midwInter fair.
Considerable comment has been caused
over the state Of California through the
munifcency Of the souvenirs in value.
A very large number Of uncut gems
were given away and the exercises Of the
day were highly interesting. Commits
sioner Thos. G.. Merrill acted as chair
man and Hon. w. N. Brickford delivered
the grafton of the day. Director Gen
eral DeYoung made an address Of wei
come, and Col. Andrews Of San Fran
cisco, talked about the comparative
value Of the Montana gems with oriental
stones. The Mexican band, assisted by
Miss Carol Krouse, rendered some fine
music. A number Of prominent Mon
tanians participated in the celebration.
An Earthquake Did II.