The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1898-01-28
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Interesting Telegraph Items in a Con.
densed Form.
WHAT THE WORLD IS DOING
Clippings From the Daily Press Show.
ing Events Transpiring Through
out the Globe.

Four hundred and fifty deaths from
the black plague occurred in Bombay,
India. last week.
The remains of prehistroic village
and burial ground have been d'scov.
cred near Massillon, O.
The fusion of all silver elements in
Minnesota has been officially indorsed
by the state central committee.
The black diamond terrapin, for
which Maryland has long been fam
GUS. is threatened with extinction.
The Lorain (O.) chamber of COM
merce will offer the government free
site for an armor plant at Black river.
A teacher at Matteawan, N. Y, dis
sected cat in the school room, aud
the Cruelty Society may prosecute her.
A bill has been introduced in con-
gress providing for the publication Of
the pension roll annually, on March /.
The Indiana supreme court has de-
cided that life insurance policies are
not taxable under the present state tax
laws.
The work of surveying old Fort Nc =.
Kinney reservation, in Wyoming, has
been completed. and is now offered
for sale.
In Ancona, Italy, where bread riots
recently occurred, military bakers are
distributing bread to all persons with
out food
Gen. Lee S report to the state depart
ment on the Havana riot corroborates
the press dispatches He fears another
outbreak.
A fist fight between two justices of
the peace in the Hamilton County
Glenn. court caused a riot among the
spectators.
The postoffice department. will here.
after secure bonds directly from clerks
handling money, instead OF through
pOstmasters.
The Chinese emperor offers himself
as one of the several high Officials to
lose their lives if necessary to protect
the dynasty.
The treasury department has received
a counterfeit silver dollar containing
as much pure silver as is used in the
genuine coin.
It is estimated that the proposed
deepening of the channel of the Della
ware from Philadelphia down would
cost s., 900, 900.
According to the decision Of the
pubic prosecutor If Madrid, Gen. Wey
ler cou not he pro eruted for his anti
Mckinley manifesto.
10 hide his crime fire-bug tried tC
nprison Mrs. James Lawson in a
burning room of the Commercial Hote
at Mount CarAel, Pa.
Col. Picquart, of the French army,
who is said to be the accuser of Count
Esterhazy in the Dreyfus affair, has
been arrested in Paris.
The Canadian Minister cf Justice
has decided to permit flogging in the
penitentiary at Ottawa to put dowr
rioting in that institution.
Wearing apparel. personal effects anG
toilet articles taken into Canada by
miners on the way to Klondike will be
exempt from duty hereafter.
Louis Two Canve, chief of the Iro
quois Indians in Canada. will go tc
England to lay the grievances Of his
tribe before Queen Victoria.
1t is announced that 5000 lives have
been lost on the English side in the
warfare against the insurgent tribes
men on the frontier of India.
Secretary Long has submitted to the
house naval affairs committee CODY
OF the proposed act to increase the
efficiency of the naval service.
In few days the government will
announce the details of arrangements
made for the transportation of passen.
gers and freight to the Klondike.
Tramp prisoners in the county jail
at fairfield, Conn, who refuse to
work, are brought to terms by a lib.
eral application of water from fire
hose.
A large number of counterfeit gold
pieces are in circulation at Danville,
Va. They are of excellent workman.
ship and will deceive anybody except a
coin expert.
An extensive deposit of natural ce.
ment, much superior to the imported
article, has been discovered near St.
Helena, CAL. by Robert Pithis, a
bridge contractor.
Gen. Blanco, captain -geneal of Cuba,
has been threatened by an attack from
the mob in Havana, and is mobolizing
his loyal forces to be ready for any
such demonstration.
Schlatter. the "healer," is said to
have performed a remarkable cure in
GAINESVILLE, o.. recently, restoring
sight to a young girl who had been
blind since her birth.
David Hudgins, farmer near Ver-
ona. KY, has discovered gold mine
on his farm of enormous dimensions
and richness. and has sent specimens
to Cincinnati for analysis.
1t is reported that the government
of Belgium has issued new orders rel
ative to the inspection Of imported
meats. They are especially aimed at
American hams and bacon.
The statement of President Harper,
Of the University Of Chicago, that
three students have died of starvation
within the past five years, has caused