The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1897-02-10
GENERAL NEWS.

Arthur Duestrow, the St. Louis
millionaire murder. is to be hanged
on the 10TH.
The PENNSYLVANIA state capitol
was destroyed by fire last week. The
loss is estimated at 81. 500, 900.
The latest news from Washington,
through private channels, is that
Hanna may be postmaster general.
The Washington legislature has
passed a bill providing that all in
dcbtncss shall be paid in gold or sill
vcr.
j. Addison Porter, editor Of the
Hartford, Conn. Evening Post, has
been given the post Of private sccre-
tary by Mr.. Mckinley.
\ bill to prohibit Sunday baseball
playing has been rushed through the
lower house Of the Missouri legisla-
turc. 1t is hoped to defeat it in the
senate.
\ special from Canton says that
Judge Mckcnna, Of San Francisco,
has been offered and has accepted
the position Of secretary Of the in
The navy department officials have
decided upon olive green as the color
which the war vessels will be painted
in case Of war. 1t is said that this
color has been found the hardest to
detect either in the daytime or at
night.
In the British house of commons
l. |, Il
passed its second reading by Il vote Of
228 to Isl. The debate was conduct
) cd in Il jocular spirit. Mr.. Labou-
chcrc, radical, and Sir William Yer
non llarcourt were the principal op-
poncnts Of the measure.
, "IIorror' parties arc much in
: vogue in Kansas this winter. The
t, guests are invited to bring with
d, them that Of which they have the
=, greatest horror. Recently at one Of
> these entertainments three young
) ladies brought castor oil, seventeen
: : mice, ten spiders, and three brought
, gralnmars.
The Utah legislature has elected
, Joseph L. Rawlins to be United
!, States senator to succeed Senator
r; Brown The friends Of Moses
: Thatcher claim that the Mormon
@ church used its power over some Of
6 the members to defeat Thatcher, and
: there is talk that Il contest will be
4 taken to the senate in Thatchcr's
: behalf
6 benjamin Henderson, a wealthy
3 ranclcr and pioneer settler. was mur-
1 dcrcd at Ukial, Cal, by a Mexican
q cmDovcd as Il laborcr on the ranch.
> There is great excitement in the
0 community over the murder, Elcndcr-
6 son being the most prominent citizen
) OF the place. The murderer stabbed
9 Henderson in the back and then
70 hacked to pieces the body Of his
Il victim.
is a thrifty and intelligent crow with
4 IN eve to business recently built for
8 itself /, summer residence in an airy
= tree ncar bombay, the material used
being gold, silver and steel spectacle
frames, which the bird had fcloni-
% ous1y abstractcd from an. optician OF
J. that city. Eightv-foNr frames had
'c been used for this purpose and they
were so inycniOusly woven together
n that the nest was quite a work OF
II art.
S Paddy Ryan, the old time rival Of
John L Sullivan, has agreed to meet
r the latter in a four-round contest at
a. the Arena, in Philadelphia, on Feb.
a. II. The occasion will be a benefit to
lc Sullivan, whose purse has become SO
slender that he has applied for the
:. debtors oath at Boston, after having
~ earned almost 100000 in the ring
y, =, alone. John L. and Paddy Ryan met
~ ~ twice for the championships, the
:. former winning each time.
Il, MM Oafscn and Philipsen, two
=, Danish officers who recently explored
No the pamir country north OF tho
:, Hymalayas, found there unknown
e. i. tribes who are fire worshipers and
" ignorant Of the use Of money. Thcil
animals are all dwarfed, the COWS be
10 inc the size Of ponies the donkcys OF
u, large dogs, and the sheep Of small
o' poodIcs. Women are sold for five o.
'E six COWS or fifteen sheep apiece. Tho
III chief article Of barter is furs.
The Rev. Ned Forrest, pastor 0
Ia Congregational church, at Anna
~ Nv Ill.,. is missing. He left Anna OF
~ Friday, Jan. %, and told his wifi
l." he was going to pittsticld, ILL.,, t
~ conduct a revival service. 4 lette
' dn addressed to him at Pittsteld wa
w returned to his wife, He is re
~ ~ formed gambler. Members Of hi
~ ~ church speak Of his sudden departure
c1 ~. and the departure Of a young widow
I ne from Metropolis, with whom he be
#. came acquainted while holding a re
10 vival in that city, as a coincidence.