Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-09-25
NEWS OF THE WORLD
BRIEF MENTION OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
Record Of Misfortunes, Mishaps and
Crimes, as Well of Indus
trial Progress.

1azoo City, Miss. has issued orders fol
a shotgun quarantine to be enforced
against yellow fever No trains are al
lowed to stop except to exchange mails
at the quarantine stations. No passen
gers are allowed to leave the train at all
and all mail and express must be fumi-
gated. Guards armed to the teeth are
placed all along the county boundaries.
The wheat crop of 1897 is moving sea-
ward at a rate that is breaking all prey
ious records. Within the past seven days
five cargoes, totaling 4Sl,737 bushels,
value about S43l ,5l2, have cleared from
Portland and are now on the way to
England.
\ wreck on the Wabash at heytes-
vile, Mo, resulted in the death of four
men-W. \. Geness, postal clerk, of St.
Louis: W. Smith, fireman, of Moberly.
Mo; William Clark and Paul Street OF
Salisbury, Mo. Nine others were more
or less painfully injured.
Upon advices from United States Con
sui Pringle at Guatemala City to the
effect that the revolutionists had captlr-
ed the town of Ocas, on the west coast
OF Guatemala, the state department has
called upon the navy department to send
warship there to watch over American
interests, and the Alert, at Mare Island,
Cal, has been ordered to the scene of the
trouble
The democratic state committee of New
York has refused to accede to the demand
OF the free silverites that the principles
Of the Chicago platform be reaf1irmed.
The committee met by authorization OF
the democratic state convention of last
year to nominate a candidate for Chief
judge of the court of appeals. Alton b,
Parker, of Kingston, was the choice OF
the committee. The nominee is said to
,e acceptable to Tammany hall and t,
ex-senator David B. l1ili and his follow
ing.
Domestic exports for August were the
largest of any August Of which the bll-
reau of statistics of the treasury depart
ment has any record. They were valued
at $75,497, $50, as against S6G,G99,9Sl i'll
August, 1896, an increase of sl2, ,S05 ,93a
For the eight months ended August 81
1897, they amounted to S629,434 81, an
The amount of imports during August
to 39,S7G,G40. This is the
smallest value since June, 1879, when
they amounted to S3S, S,S9G,45l.
1t is estimated that the recent strike
eoso the people Of Pittsburg district from
S. 100000 to 81 ,000,0 ,000. Of this amount
the miners lost about s. ,25O, 900 in wages
William L. Wilson, ex-postmaster gen
eral, has been installed in the Office of
president of the Washington and Lee
at Lexington, Va, in the
presence of Governor Charles T. O'Fer-
rell and other distinguished guests.
President Diaz opened the Mexican con
gress Thursday, reading his semi-annuaI
covering the period since April.
He said the country was at peace with
all civilized nations and was gradually
making more intimate ties with them. He
noted the decision of the court of claims
Of Washington adversely to the La Abra
:laim, which had been pronounced fraud
j1lent. and went on to consider the Gues-
ton Of the proposed international dam.
The business portion of Joplin, Ky,
has been destroyed by fire. Loss $4,000,
insurance about one-half that amount.
NJ. T. Dvyer has sold his stallion
Kingston to j. R. Keene for $4,000.
The treaty of peace between Turkey
and Greece was signed at Constantinoplc
Saturday.
The duchess Of Marlborough, formerly
Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt, has given
birth to son at Spencer house, the ducal
London residence.
The treaty of peace between the gov
and the insurgents was signed
in Uruguay yesterday.
The price of all kinds Of food is rising
steadily at Madrid, Spain, owing to the
growing depreciation of silver and OF pa |
per currency.
The First National bank of Benton
Harbor, Mich, is in the hands of Bank !
Examiner Caldwell of Detroit. About |
100000 is due depositors.
In his weekly report to the marine
hospital service Sanitary Inspector Brun-
ner at Havana says that for the week !
ending September 9 there were 326
Deaths, of which Is We're from yellow fe-
yer, 20 from enteric or pernicious feveTs,
81 from dysentery and 55 from enteritis
The United States consul at Annoy. |
China, says in a recent dispatch TO the
state department that the Chinese people |
prefer American cotton fabrics, spinnings,
flour, oils, canned goods and meats, and
even buy them at higher prices than 9th
er importations can be had for.
Jimmy Michael Saturday won the
greatest cycling event ever run on any
New England track. 1t was the interna-
tional 25-mile race on the Charles River |
track, and was run in the fastest cycling
time the world ever knew. covering the
distance under 46 minutes
Anderson, Ind, reports that the Amer
can wire nail works. employing 700 men:
the Lippincott lamp chimney works, in
which 400 men are employed, and the
Macbeth lamp chimney works, with
ike number of men on its pay roll, have
-esumed in full blast after shut down of
two and half months.
Captain Gotta Of the Twelfth infantry.
who some time ago was condemned to
leath for insubordination for the killing
of major of his regiment in Sonora dur
ng the Yaqui rebellion, was shot in the
1ity of Mexico Saturday. Detachments
rom all the garrisons were present
Presidential Appointments.
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