The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1896-04-01
NEWS OF TIE WEEK.

Tacoma's 6 per cent school bond
issue Of $4,000 has been sold at par
and $45. 900 PREMIUM
Senator Squirc's bill granting land
for a fish hatchery in the state OF
Washington las been fayorably re-
| ported.
Il1e executive council Of the Amer
lean Federation OF Labor will select
the carpenters trade to inauguratc
the o-hour movement on May |.
The Omaha has CLOSED contract
Tor it's new passenger station at Eau
Claire, Wis. 1t is to be built en-
tircly of Lake Superior brownstonc,
and will cost S45, 900. .m
a syndicate of Boston capitalists
with u capital of 1000, 600 have in
corporated the American Electric
Heating company, its object being
to generate heat by electricity for
general distribution.
d. O. Mills, Of New York, intends
to erect on the site Of some of the
worst slums Of that city two colossal
hotels, especially designed for the
accommodation Of the poorer classes
Rooms will cost 20 cents night.
The Oregon horse meat factory has
had to shut down owing to lack Of
patronage. Some shipments were
made to Belgium, but that market
pctcrcd out and the packed meat
sent to Japan was dumped into the
ocean.
The secretary Of interior has sent
the house the agreement negotiated
with the Indians Of San Carlos rcscr-
'atlon, Arizona, for the rclinquish-
mcnt of part of their reservation. lie
also submitted a draft Of Il bill to
carry it into effect
by Il new traffic arrangement re-
Gently entered into between the
Northern Pacific. Great Northern
and Spokane and Northern Seattle is
able to enter the Trail creek mining
district and capture almost the en-
tire trade of that section, which has
heretofore been held almost exclusive
ly by Spokane. s
Brigadicr General Thomas Lincoln
Casey, retired, for many years chief
or engineers OF the United States
army is dead, lie had been specially
designated by congress to take charge
OF the construction Of the new con-
grcssIonal library opposite the capitol
ana was dcvotinY his time to the
work. lie was best known through
the Fact that the Washington monu-
mcnt was completed by him after it
remained for years in an unfinished
state.
y dispatch to the London Pail Mall
Gazctt" from johannesburg saws:
The Dutch Of South Africa are ncry
ing themselves for Il supreme struv-
gle with Great britain. No reason
is assigned for the sudden with
drlWal Of bail Of four members of fine
reform committee. They had been
permitted to 60 to Johannesburg to
attend to their private affairs, but
all have now been arrested and arc
kept under guard in Il private house
ut Pretoria.
Miss Jennie Hilton, formerly a
school teacher in the Pomona valley,
California, turned prospector and
took to the mountains in genuine
prospecting style. For the past year
she has been engaged in mining en-
tcrpriscs, together with her brother
and uncle: near lIarquallala, Arizona,
and few weeks ago sold her interest
III Gllc NaliSaS nllle. in that district |
for $50, 600, Of which amount She re-
ccivcd $50, 900 in cash, the balance
to be paid in GO days.
Statehood bills for the admission
If Arizona and New Mexico will
be again passed upon by the house
tomorrow Committee
ncn decided to take the bills up at
hat time and vote upon them the
second time. 1t is claimed that two
committeeman who voted against
he reporting Of the bills have come
% the opinion that the best plan
viii be to lay them before the house
md let the whole house take the re-
Of passing or rejecting
hem.
pOpulistS Arc Modest
st. Louis, March 2G.-H. e. Taubc-
'cck, chairman Of the populst ma
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