Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-11-27
NEWS PROM ALL QUARTERS
RECORD or CRIME AND MIsHAP.
PrOEress of Business at Home and
Abroad-Fire Losses ana Acciden-
tai Deaths Political Appoint
ments,

Reduction III wages is announced al
various shoe factories at Haverhill, Mass
Six Mohammclan immigrants at New
York, declaring their belief in polygamy
have been ordered deported, under the
. existing immigration laws.
Reinforcements are now on tine way
to the north Pacific squadron, which will
make it the most powerful fleet Great
Britain ever had in these waters.
The preliminary hearing at Farming
ton, Wash, resulted in holding William
Morse, charged With the murder OF Or
vile Hayden.
Henry Sherry, the millionaire lumber
man and paper mill man Of Neenah, Wis.
has assigned. Nh. Sherry estimates his
debts and those Of the associate companies
at about Sl,O0O,00O.
German troops have taken possession Of
kiao Chu fort in China, and it is believed
that Emperor William intends to hold
them permanently. The region is i'm
mensely rich in mineral and the harbo.
the best along the coast. The murder Of
two German missionaries led to this ac-
ton.
The president has appointed r. d.
Mondell Of Wyoming assistant commits
sioner Of the land office
The wheat crop Of New South Wales
| is estimated at 9.349 900. an average Of
80 bushels per acre.
Justice McCreigth resigned his position
as Judge Of the supreme court of British
I Z r. 10
4 years.
It is said the japanese government will
4 next yeal open three new ports to for
/ egn trade,
i As a result Of the famine in eastern
Szechuan, China, owing to the destruc-
ton Of the harvest by rains and hail, can
nibalism is reported.
a German trade commission. headed
| by DR.. knappe, is now touring through
China and Japan obtaining details on
trade matters.
The japanese government has demand
ed the sum Of 100000 in gold from iIa-
waii BY way OF indemnity in connection
with the emigration affair.
Hosea Brown, the oldest American sol
der on the Pacific coast, residing four
miles from Grants Pass Or, is dead, be-
ing lO5 years and months old.
A decision has been handed down bv
the United States court Of appeals at St.
Louis to the effect that white person
adopted into one Of the civilized tribes Of
Indians can not be restored to citizenship
by the United States courts.
Rev. George II. Houghton, pastor Of
the Church Of the TRANSPORTATION, better
known as ''The Little Church Around the
Corner" in New York city, is dead.
1t is estimated that about 100 people
the water in the Neya, flooding Of the
canals, suburban lands and outlying por
tions of st. Petersburg.
Charles Kuharich, secretary Of the
Croatian Colonization Company Of New
York city, is now in Denver making his
headquarters with the Colorado Immigra-
ton and Development Company. He
represents about 1000 families that are
nov. ready for western immigration with
many more to follow.
Attorney General McKenna's appoint
ment rs associate Justice Of the supreme
court to succeed Justice Field has been
formally decided upon by the president
and heartily approved by the cabinet.
A dispatch from Madrid says all the
important insllrge1lt chiefs Of the Philip
pine islands have surrendered to the Span
ish authorities and the captain general
announces tile complete pacifcation of
that colony.
The rebellion in northern China is
spreading. and fears are expressed that
the insurgents will advance on Tien Tsin.
The imperial troops have been defeated in
several engagements and the number Of
insurgents is steadily increasing
Minister Woodford telegraphs the state
department that the Spanish cabinet no
titled him that the queen had pardoned
the Competitor prisoners. The state de
partment announced that the Competitor
prisoners were turned over to Consul Gen
eral Lee last Monday and will be sent by
him direct to New York
a terrific prairie fire passed through
Lubbock, Hale and Crosby counties. in
Texas. At least 600 square miles Of ter
ritory was burned. Cattle suffered and
many were. burned to death. North Of
Emmet 5000 sheep were. burned to death
and one flock and many farmers lost their
winter feed.
While recent performance of wild
beasts and their tanner was in progress
at village near Kovono. Poland, the lion
tanner was killed by lion and tigress.
a fearful panic ensued among the spec
tators and SO persons We're crushed to
death. many others being seriously in
jured
The secretary Of the treasury has issued
q circular to employees to the effect that
clerks receiving Il stated salary who ne
elect to pay debts contracted for the
necessary support Of themselves and their
families without presenting satisfactory
reasons therefor, will not be retained in
office.
The jury trial Of Alderman Durham
at Minneapolis, charged with soliciting !,
bribc of $4,000 from a contracting firm,
has been found a verdict of guilty
Martin Bartholomew and George Roehl
We're laltllN inquired aHu hoDsIt Loren Sc
verely beaten in an attack Of twenty
masked men on the night shift of six
miners at kolb pit near Mascoutah, Ill.
Both the fatally injured men have fam
lies
Thomas Edwin Cook, who in his prime,
was a leading circus clown, is dead at
his home in Paterson, n. j. He was SO
years Of age Cook was born at Brenks
Hill and i'll 1886 came to this country
with his fathers circus said to be the
first to exhibit in America
Several cargoes of American cereals
which recently arrived at Buenos Ayres
could not be sold and will be taken to
Europe This result is due to the fact
that Argentina's crop is more than suffi
cient fro local use.
Currency reform will be the leading
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