Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-10-16
OVER THE WORLD.
Deaths of Noted Persons-Fires. Rob-
berries and Accilents-POinter in
Business Circles md General
News of the Week.

San Francisco reports a great demand
for lumber
A dispatch to the Herald from Guate
mala says that the insurgents have lost
Quesaltenango and sustained a severe de-
feat at Totonicapan and that the tide of
war has turned strongly in favor of Bar
rios, the dictator.
At the state fair at Salem, Or, We'd
nesday afternoon Chehalis lowered the
worlds two-mile pacing record b seconds,
making the distance in 4:l94. The time
by quarters for the first mile was 32l,
l:O5a, 1877, 200; second mile, 2:39, 3: IA,
3:45, 4:l94. The best previous record
was 4:22s, made by w. w. P. at Lincoln.
Neb., Oct. 81, 1895.
The failure of Senator Wolcott's mission
to England is announced The Indian
government in reply to a further press
ing invitation by the English cabinet to
consider Senator Wolcott's proposals. has
answered that it cannot reopen the ques-
ton of the Indian currency and it will
not be a party to the reopening Of the
mints for the free coinage of silver.
"A special to the Denver News from Lar
annie says that parties came in from the
Independence mountain placer works and
left for Denver with $l4 1000, the result Of
about two weeks work by five men. This
company only three weeks ago completed
23-mile ditch at cost of 100000, and
began mining. Many predict that they
will more than take out the cost Of the
ditch before the cold weather comes.
The officials of the British foreign Of
flee have communicated to United States
Ambassador Hay the final decision of
that government that Great Britain must
refuse to take part in any sealing confer
ence with the representatives of Russia
and Japan. The British government, how
ever, asserts its willingness to confer with
the United States alone, but insists that
Russia and Japan are not interested in
the Bering sea seals to degree emitting
them to representation at the conference.
w. c. Brann, editor of the 1conoclast,
was publicly beaten by Judge j. B. Scar
borough, George Scarborough and S. H.
Hamilton at Waco, Tex. Judge Scarbor
and has daughter in the university. He
says Branns recent attack on the univers-
ity is what caused the trouble.
w. f. Breese w. H. Remand and J.
T. Dickinson president, cashier and direc-
tor of the failed bank of Asheville, n. c.,
were arrested this morning on the charge
of embezzlement and conspiracy and held
in $4,000 bonds.
Illinois reports drouth of 46 days
since the last heavy rainfall.
The president has appointed George f.
Bridgeman of New York to be minister
to Bolivia.
Oscar Wilde with broken health, has
taken up his residence in villa at Ma
pies, owned by Lord Douglass, the son of
the marquis Of Qucensberry.
John Roderick Mcpherson, one time
democratic leader in New Jersey and
United States senator from that state
from 1877 until 1895, is dead.
The japanese government has officially
sanctioned the construction Of the new
harbor of Azaka.
During the summer over 47,O00 cases of
dysentery and $500 deaths from the same
cause have been reported throughout
Japan.
j. G. Cameron of Victoria, B. c., is at
Pendleton, Or, buying horses for an Eng
lish syndicate who contemplate an Alas
kan expedition. 1t is said this expedition
will consist of 300 horses, 100 oxen, 10
dog teams and six packers. and that pro
visions will be carried in over the snow
for market at Dawson City. 1t is not
known what route they will take.
During typhoon which caused much
damage on September 8, the Norwegian
bark Alette, from Vancouver to Ioko-
hama with cargo Of lumber, was caught
at the entrance Of Toxic harbor and
dashed on the rocks and broken to pieces.
The chief mate and nine Of the crew were
drowned. Ninety persons were killed
outright, 300 injured and 1000 houses and
other buildings destroyed in the vicinity
of Toxic by the typhoon
Comptroller Fitch's expert accountants
who have been at work investigating the
record and accounts in Brooklyn, N. u,
preparatory to consolida alton, have found
discrepancies in accounts amounting to
S5OOOOOO Officials of Brooklyn deny
that there is, or has been, any malfeas-
ance and allege that the discrepancies re-
ported by Comptroller Fitch's experts are
due in large part to the defective system
of bookkeeping.
October | was a momentous date for
Vermont, for it witnessed the division of
the state into two customs districts.
Wyoming now has a fully equipped bl-
cycle factory, from which the first finish
ed machine was turned out last week. 1t
is said to be eight, easy running and
handsome"
The sultan has appointed the minister
of foreign affairs, Tewfik Pasha, as the
plenipotentiary Of Turkey to negotiate the
peace treaty with Greece.
Sunday was the anniversary of the death
of Charles Stewart Parnell. Five thou
sand nationalists paraded the streets OF
Dublin to the bleak Glasnevin cemetery
where they heaped high the grave of their
famous and talented leader with flowers
brought from all the counties of Ireland
A car on the Oregon City electric line
was held up by two masked men at Mel
drum station, four miles from Oregon
City, Or, Saturday night. There were 80
passengers on board and the highwaymen
went through the pockets of all OF them
securing about 800.
General Manager Dickinson OF the
Union Pacific says that the reorganization
committee will buy in that road, and that
S. H. II. Clark will be president. He add
ed that the contract which the Oregon
Short Line company submitted for traffic
had been rejected.
The Nicaraguan revolution has been
suppressed.
Visiting editors to the fruit fair were
given banquet by the Press Club Of Spo-
kane Monday night. There were large
number present. .~