The Ravalli Republican., 1898-01-19
STATE AND WORLD.
Mrs. James Flood, wife Of tho
California millionaire. is dead.

-c2lluLOT liUUI VI SulOl utlO Has
been appointed and confirmed as
postmaster ut Denver.
"kid" Mccoy is out with a chal-
lcnge to both Fitzsimmons and Cor
bett and claims he can defeat them
both. .. ..=..
The president has decided to keep
Il few war vessels within easy sailing
distance of Cuba, though not yet be-
lieving they will be needed. @ ..."
Tile pretty summer home Of Katie
Putnam, the popular actress, at Ben
ton Harbor, Mich, will be sold to
satisfy mortgages to the amount Of
$4,000.
President Dole of the Hawaiian
republic has arrived in this country
and will 90 to Washington to watch
events in relation to the annexation
treaty.
GOV. Taylor Of Tennessee announ-
eos himself as q candidate for the
senate. This is considered as a throw
down Of Senator Turley, and will
cause hard feelings.
A Chicago boollkeeper named Al
fred G. Grconleaf jumped from the
sixteenth story Of the Masonic tenn
pie and his body was reduced to Il
pulp by the sudden stoppagc.
That cough or cold will lead to
pneumonia or consumption if not
checked at once. Grippino and Qui-
nine is a positive cure for coughs,
colds and Group. Sold and guaranteed
by J. D., Miscr s. Co,
Senator Hoar has proposed an
amendment to the constitution, MAX
ing inauguration day April 80 in
stead ct March 1. The principal
desire for the change is the bad
weather prevailing in March.
A telegram from Alya, Oklohoma,
received at Dillon, states that Paul
Mctcalf, wanted for the murder Of
Frank G.. Hunter at Medicine Springs,
in Reaycrhcad county, has been cap
tured after a fight in which he was
badly shot.
The senate committee on privileges
and elections has made an adverse
report in the case Of II. w. Corbctt,
appointed senator by the governor Of
Oregon after the legislature Of that
state had adjourned without clecting.
The committee cite the Mantle case
as Il precedent.
Hon. Benjamin Buttcrworth. U.
S. commissioner Of patents, died at
Thomasyille, Ca. on Sunday after
noon Of pneumonia. He was a man
Of marked ability, Of Quaker parent
age, ard had been a congressman be-
sides filing his present position under
Garfield and Arthur.
Miss Harriet Eleanor Waldorf of
Dillon and Miss Lconora Robinson of
Bozemun are the two Montana
beauties selected by the committee
of newspaper men to represent this
state in the composite photograph
which will furnish the design for the
Omaha exposition medals.
i When the new cruiser being built
at the Cramp yard for the Japanese
government is launched, Miss Long,
daughter OF the secretary, Of the
navy, will christen it, but instead of
breaking a bottle OF wine over the
Prov will adopt the Japanese custom
of loosenng a white dove.
1t is stated that Mcssrs. Larson
aud Greenough, Of Missoula, have
purchased an elegant vessel now ply.
ing between Seattle and Japan an6
will soon put her on the Alask;
trade. The boat is a twin ship tc
the handsome Getty Of Seattle" ant
is said to have cost the owners near
ly $780,, 900.
Mrs. Lucille Lane Of Washington
: D. c., youngest dau9hcr of Senate
Joe Blackburn, accidentally shot iler
self with small pistol while lifting
some laces from d drawer in whicl
the pistol had been lald, the bulle
} entering 1ler breast, At first it wa
:. thought a dangerous wound, but sll'
! is s'already out OF danger.
: The police Of Anaconda raidcd =;
cardsrooln in that city Sunday nigh
) and arrested five men who were en-
) gagged in a game. One Of the mel
, was Alderman Dcvinc, who has beer
$ very outspokcn in denouncing gambl
3 ing and both privately and publicl
claimed the officers were not looking
after iufractions Of tile gambling lay
as they should
: Roy Tucker, aged eleven years
t was attracted to IL thicket on Bcaye
t creek, last Sunday, by the barking O
: his dog, and upon arrival found
/ large wildcat at bay. The youn
Nimrod promptly secured gun, re
turned to the thickct alone, and dis
i patched the animal. These Nor
a tana boys are of the stuff that me
n are made Of. Winston Prospcctor
+ An unexplained explosion caved i
n the f}umc tunnel in course Of cor
t struction near the lower works {
Y Anaconda, imprisoning five Of tn
h workmcn, who were thought to b
: all killed. The rescue party, how
: ever, after continuous work, rcachc
n the imprisoned men and found tina
: four Of them were alive and all right
Il One, John Mcleod had been killed.
d John Beck, living near town. rt
II Gently had seven horses sufrocatcd b
y the falling Of Il straw stack aroun
IS which they were feeding. The stra'
G was stacked by "blOwcr" machine
which leaves the straw piled in
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