The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1897-03-17
GENERAL. NEWS.
Floods did much damage in Ohio
Indiana and Missouri last wcck.O

Spokane will have tclephonic com
munication VIII Ross!a4td within GO
days
Col. JOHN Hay has been appointed
ambassador to England, to Succcc:
Eqxard.
Thc Alaskan Boundary question
,Kil not be acted upon by congress
in.eKtra, :sesf,Hn.
Austen +. >:SturdM:azst, the first
mar to teach in the Chicago public
scAaets, is dead, agWi<sl.
II. Clay Evans, of1Tenncssee, i. has
been rendered the position Of com
missioner Of pensions. and will ac-
ccpt.
Scott Jackson am& Alonzo Walling,
the murdcrcrs Of Pearl Bryan. W:l be
hung next Saturday ut Alexandria,
.kGntuckv.
lt is reported that the British gov
crnmcnt is negotiating with Chicago
packing houses for canned meats fr
the British army.
Sam Kelly, l15-pound champion Of
America. bcsts Billy Plinanec of Eng
land in twenty ruun:s at Olympic
| Athletic club, Birnaii1g gl1lHa- I
Marie Van Zandt. the American
opcr singer, has been nominated by
| the government as an Ot1iccr Of the
French Academy OF Fine Arts.
\ dispatch from Yokohama says
the house Of representatives Of the
Japanese parliament has voted TO
adopt the gold standard Of currency.
The first cargo of steel rails and
engines for Japan froal this country
are being shipped, and f~1r steamers
have been chartered to convey them.
/! The popu]ist members Of the Ne
braska legislature are about to start
an Investigation ti,at will ,co;er. the
last sixteen years OF every state
Office and officer.
Several hundred miners employed
! in thc UtiNcn's Coal and Coke com
! pany'S coal mines at Baldwin, Gun
nison county, Colorado, haHc struck
for higher wages.
The first official order issued by
Secretary Wilson Las made it's ap'
I pcara,,ce ana provides for the in.
spcction Of all beef to be exported tt
foreign countries.
Dave F'olltz, at one time Il cracl
pitcher for the st. Louis Browns
and Of late years manager Of the
!, Isroohlin u.sti tiolGll: icagnc, base bal:
club, died last week.
The directors of the Madison
Square Garden have decided to sci
the property. which has not paid cX
pcnscs for years The buildings unt
I grounds cost 81 ,OO0 900.
William II. lIcaton, populist cX
(. coul :plAmissqncr of King county
/ Washington, is in 1tii charged wiz.
forgery and cmbczzlcmcnt OF count,
funds. He was unable to sccur
] bOndsmcn.
Young Carter Harrison has bccl
nominated for mayor of Chicago D.
the democrats on a silver platform
He is a son Of Carter Harrison, t!s
I wurlG:s fair MAYOR, WHO was assassin
atcd while holding the Office
The new single screw gunboats
: Helena and Wilmington, have bee
ordered for official trial trips Marc1
;, 2l and 80 The contract calls for
+ speed of IL knots for each Of ,thcs
!, vessels, to be .maintainfd for, fNtl
!. hours.
, r'Thc Grand Army Of the Rcpubl;
posts at Milwaukee have adopted res
olutions scoring cX-SccrctarY Franci
Of the interior department, for abo
! ishing the pension office at Milwal
! kcc and consolidating its busines
at the Chicago tdlicc. ..o
a Announcement is made tilaU. tn
Michiyan-Co1 ball games arc t
revived, arrangements having bee
o made for two games this spring
/ some oil May % at Ithaca and Jul
q l2 at Ann Arbor. When the un
: ycrsitcs met last Michigan dcfeatc
< Cornell in both football and baseball
n The miners strike in Lcadvil
y has been declared of, the result l.
!; ing due to the efforts Of Dcbs. I'll
! strike has lasted since June 10Th an
C has cost the camp'fully'$4, 900 900, b
It sides what it has cost the labor 0
l. ganZatiOns Of the country Whit
It have contributed largely towards j
e main c.1la+ACa.
- Rev. John Pinasco, S. j., died
y, pneumonia at the Sacred Heart No
itiatc, at Los Gatos, Cal. where
"a has been stationed for some tim
=, Father Pinasco was one ols'1.nc be
- known priests on the Pacific Goa
y, and his name is intimately conncc
!, ! cd with the history Of the ord
-, since it's introduction in California.
g The Texas Court Of Appeals h
4 stayed the pardoning power in OF
e case. Governor Culbcrson, moved
a the usual appeals for sympathy, pa
Sc doncd man who had been fined al
RS sentenced to Imprisonment for co
lc tempt of court. I'he Court Of A
n. pcals has declared that the govern
cs transccndcd his authority. and tn
to he had no right or power to relic
to AN offender Of ,hc penalty he had i
IN Cured by his contempt OF cou1
r, The pardoncd man will have to
ct back to jail.