Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-03-26
NEWS THROUGH THE WEEK
NEWS AT HOME AND ABROAD.
Items of Information Gathered From
Wide Area-Political Happen
ings and Industrial Notes-Crimes
and Accidents.

the other evening owing to an outbreak
among the Albanian and Turkish troops
III the barracks. Many arrests We're made
Minister for the Colonies Lebon at Paris
has refused the petition of Nine. Dreyfus
wife OF former Captain Dreyfus, to share
the latler'S imprisonment on Devils isl.
and
The German flag has been hauled down
at Canea. Isle Of Crete, and the German
marines who have been on duty ashore
embarked on board the German battleship
Gutenberg.
A telegram received at Alameda, Cal,
states that Dr. Guiro F. Vorbecue. q pi-
oneer missionary, who had labored in ia
pan 80 years. died at Toxic last week
Officers have been named for the regi-
ment of provisional troops organized IN
Canton Ohio, to be known as "The Presi-
dents Own The regiment is composed
of more than 600 men at present. includ-
ing some Of the best young men in the
city
In India the rdodoaendron grows to a
height of 30 feet. Mnrigolds and camo-
miles in North Africa reach height Of
four or five feet.
Judge Amidon at Deadwood. S. D.. in
structed the jury in the case of the Bux-
tons against the Golden Reward to return
a verdict of $220.OOO in favor OF the plain
tiff Valuable mining property is involy
cd in the suit.
Thomas Mexican. one of the wealthiest
and most prominent citizens OF Phila-
tlelphia, is dead His wealth is estimat-
ed at between $40 900 900 and S2O.0OO.0OO.
The Home Savings bank OF Sioux City,
Iowa. has closed its doors The assets
are said to be 100000 and the liabilities
100000, Of which $5O, 1000 is school funds.
President Springer Of the National Live
Stock Association, with the approval Of
the executive committee, has appointed
George l.. Goulding Of Denver, commit
tee,nan from Colorado, treasurer OF the
association.
The populist state convention Of Georgia
has ad dio,,rncd after a long and stormy
session. Hon. Thomas Watson was nomi-
mated for governor, and although he has
repeatedly declined to accept it, it il be
licved by some that he will yet consent
to make the race. A full state ticket
was nominated
4 dispatch from Shanghai states that
Russia informed China that the latters
delay in replying to the Russian deman
would be construed as an acquiescence in
the Russian occupation Of Port Arthur.
Sir Claude Mcdonald, the British minis
ter at Pekin, is said 10 be urging China
20 resist
The Texas and Massachusetts, battle
ships, now with Admiral SicaId's squad
ron, have been ordered to proceed at once
from Key West to Hampton Roads, where
they will Join the cruisers Minneapolis,
Brooklyn and Columbia, and other ves
sells yet to be selected, forming new
naval division.
The first disbursement under the recent
act Of congress appropriating S3oWD,H,o
for national defense has been made by
the treasury department on an executive
order for $l45.99 to be cabled to London
TO the credit Of Sir William Armstrong,
III I,hll paN llitllL lti IL guns,
including mounts and ammunition
Hon. Blanche X. Bruce, register OF the
treasury. il dead. He WAS born in Prince
Edward county, Virginia, March |. lS4l.
He was of African descent, was born
slave, and received the rudiments OF cdu-
cation from the tutor OF his masters SON
The republican state convention Of
Rhode Island has nominated the follow
ing ticket: Governor. Elisha Dyer; lieu
tenant governor, William j. Gregory;
secretary OF state, Charles P. Bennett; at
torney general. W. B. Tayner; general
treasurer, w. a. Reed adiutant general,
g. A. Sackett; auditor \. C. Lands: SUI
pcrintcndcnt Of cdumtion, T. B. Stockwell
Rev. Samuel Belts, the cowboy preacher
is going to the Klondike, says Grand
Rapids, Mich, dispatch. He will do
evangelical work along the way. He il
building a lofoot long, 46inch beam. gal
vanized iron paddle and sail canoe, with
air tight compartments and room for bag
gage, and about April ] will start on his
long voyage His route will be through
the lakes, Erie canal and along the At
lantic and Gulf of Mexico coast to Calves
ton, and thence by rail to Los Angeles.
lie will follow the Pacific coast north
ward to the gold regions and expects to
get there some time next season. He will
be accompanied by his son.
Gray wolves are preying upon young
cattle in the vicinity OF Laramie river,
Colo.
Adviccs from Rome revive the report
that Archbishop Corrigan is to be made
cardinal next June.
An epidemic Of measles and mumps is
prevailing among the pupils of the State
Normal school at Ilmporia, Kan.
The British admiralty has ordered that
all British war-ships be painted black or
white, abandoning the uniform gray color
now in vogue
The convention Of cattle raisers at Fort
Worth, Texas, raised subscription for
a monument to the dead OF the battlc-ship
Maine.
Efforts are being made at Richmond,
Va, to transport the old Libby prison
back to that city from Chicago, where
it was on exhibition during the Worlds
Fair.
Spain's ideal hero, Frnnscuclo, the ccle-
b,ated bullfghter, who has been honored
by the Queen Regent and high officials OF
the government is dead, and oil Spain js
in mournir"
The department Of agriculture reports
last years crops still in the hands OF the
farmers as follows: Wheat, l2l 900
bushels corn, 7s30OO,O00 bushels; oats,
212,OOOOOO bushels.
Mrs. Helen A. Clark renounced the pro-
vision of the will Of her late husband,
which gave her life estate in property
worth 81 100000, in marrying j. Charles
Linthicum, young lawyer, at baltimore.
New South Wales paid last year $780,
600 for the destruction of noxious animal
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