The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1896-03-11
NEWS or THE WEEK.
Holmes will be hung May. Tha
is the date set by Governor IInstin us

AAo1lAN'c " IL ')C AluhS A'ittN L. HdU
is the date set by Governor Hastings.
The undergraduate Of Princeton
burned an et1igv df the king Of Spain
in a demonstration in which several
hundred took part. ~.
The king of Corea has dcposcd and
behcaded his cabinet. 1t is said
Russia is backing him. American
British and French men Of war have
gone there.
The Wyoming republican state
committee has decided to hold the
state convention for the selection Of
delegates to the national convention
at Sheridan on May II.
| The house committee on invalid
pensions decided to report favorably
the bill passed by the senate grant
ing to the widow Of cx-sccretary
Gresham pension Of 500 per month.
Peter Richard Kenrick, who for 55
years prior to three years ago was the
Roman Catholic archbishop of the
diocese of ST. Louis, died at 80 on
the evening Of the 4th, in the 90th
year Of his age.
The senate has passed u bill to pay
Charles p Chotcau $174,O0O for a
battery furnished during the war. t
also passed a bill to pay to the heirs
Of the late John Roach $4S, 1853 on
the construction Of the gunbuat
Dolphin,
1t is stated at Madrid that several
English ship owners offered to tho
government to equip priyatecrs on
| their own account in case Of war Of
Spain with the United States. The
government decided to purchase two
additional cruisers. ..s"
The resignation Of Chief Of Police
Patrick Crowley, Of San Francisco
is announced. Chief Crowley has
been connected with the police de-
partment Of the city since 1850, most
OF the time as chief. His resignation
is due to i'll health. ..&
William j. Campbell. republican
national committeeman from Illinois
died Thursday Of pneumonia. His
wife and father were at the point ol
death, and neglect of himself while
watching them brought about tho
attack Of pneumonia.
Articles Of agreement for the pre-.
posscd fight between Corbctt anc
Fitzsimmons before the Nationa
Sporting club of London have been
received by Richard X. Fox, who is
authorized to sign the men, receive
deposits and arrange details.
Judge jenkins, at Milwaukee, has
fixed March - as the time for filing
an answer to the foreclosure suit OF
the Farmers Loan and Trust com.
pany against the Northern Pacific
Defendants who have not answered
then will be considered in default.
The democratic goldbugs OF Mis-
souri,, headed by Ex-Governor Francis.
ChAs. M. M0ifctt, of the central com
mittec, Congressman Hall and Other
prominent democratic leaders, have
organized to secure goldbug delegates
to the democratic national convcn.
tion.
In the supreme court at Philadcl-
phia Justice Williams ovcrrulcd all
arguments in error In the case of II.
Fl. Holmes, sentenced to death for
the murder Of PictZcl. and con tirmcd
the judgment Of the court below.
The governor, it is believed, will fix
an early day for the execution.
With two exceptions, the entire
| republican ticket was elected at Sc
attlc. The dcmo-pop'llist aggrega-
tiOn secured the election Of G. Nayn
as delegate and William McArdlc as
alderman. The vote for mayor, un-
official, was as follows: Black, 3,GO.l:
Jordan, 2,496: Gilman, 9b5.
The Italian troops in Massowah
were completely defeated by the
natives. 1t was a second Custer
massacre, on a larger scale, the
Italians being drawn into a rocky
dctilc and nearly 900 slaughtered.
Great excitement prevails in ltaly'and
Minister Crispi and his cabinet have
resigned.
The senate committee on foreign
affairs decided to report the Dinglcy
bill authorizing the determination Of
| fur seals unless England consents to
further arbitration. The committee
contends that at the present rate no
seals will be left in Il few years unless
an agreement be reached for the sus-
pension OF slaughter for the present
and its careful regulation in the fu-
turc.
BY the retirement Of Rear Admiral
Carpenter under the age limit law,
and through the consequent PROMO
tion of Commodore Sclfridgc to flag
rank, an event unprecedented in the
naval annals Of the United States
will be brought about. Inasmuch as
the new admiral's father, who like
wise holds the rank Of rear admiral,
is still living, hale and hearty, in
spite Of his having joined the service
as far back rs 1878, there will be for
the first time on the roster of the
navy Il father and son Of the same
lofty rank, the highest in the marine
scrvict Of the United States.
The Murphy families, human and
equine, will have things pretty much
all their own way at the Inglcside
track on March II, St. Patrick:s day
next. \ special purse at five and a
half lurlongs has been offered by the
Pacific coast jocky club for IA race be-
tween the fast sprinters, Tim Muir
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