Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-01-22
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK
GATHERED FROM ALL SOURCES
Deaths Noted NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
of Fires-Business Affairs at Home
and Abroad-Trend Of Political
Events and SO On.

Z. Y. Smalley, general secretary Of the
National Sound Money League, announces
that a meeting of the executive commit
tee will be held at Washington OH We'd
nesday, February 2
The Chinese loan negotiations are pro
crossing. Great Britain has informed
China that she is willing to find them the
money required, and the details are now
being discussed. The amount will prob
ably be 2O,ooo,ooo pounds.
1t is definitely announced by A. C.
Bratnober that the Rothschilds will build
a railroad into the Yukon country over
the Dalton trail. His brother, Henry Brat
nober, of San Francisco, who is the Roths-
childs' western representative, has the en-
terprise in charge. The railroad will be
about 400 miles long, the cost Of construc-
ton and equipment being estimated at
SS,OOO,OOO.
Brayton Ives, formerly president of the
Northern Pacific railroad, was today elect
ed president of the Metropolitan Trust
! Company. to succeed Thomas Hillhouse,
deceased
A contract for long term of years has
just been executed and confirmed by the
Mexican congress between the Western
Union Telegraph Company and the Mexi-
can Telegraph Company for the exclusive
interchange of telegraphic business with
Mexico.
The Lacy bill, extending the homestead
laws to Alaska and granting the right of
way to railroads, has been favorably re-
ported to the house from the public lands
committee.
A decree has been published at Havana,
Cuba, forbidding publication in the news
papers of cable dispatches without pre-
vious censorship and II hours notice Of
their receipt. In addition, in future, the
postof1ice will detain all domestic and
foreign newspapers not having been pre-
viously censored.
Secretary of the Navy Long has sent a
recommendation to the house committee
on naval affairs for an increase in the
force of enlisted men in the navy by 1000,
and asking for an increase of the number
Of apprentices in the navy by 700.
According to letters received from ia
maica, the latest victims of yellow fever
in that city are Major Slater of the Royal
engineers, who died in camp after an i'll
ness Of two days, and Captain +. r. White
of the harbor tug Atlas.
The woolen manufacturers have been
buying wool largely, for reasons not pub
licly explained. It is evident that large
orders have been taken by the leading
mills at prices which they find satisfac-
tory and the rush of the small mills to
buy wool has made most of the market
during the past week, although sales have
declined about 40 per cent compared with
the previous week.
1t is an indication of the friendliness be-
tween France and Germany that the grand
cross of the Legion Of Honor has been con-
ferred upon Count Won Munster, the Ger
man ambassador at Paris, on the occasion
of the ratification of the FrancoGerman
Niger convention.
| Fully 200 men and women attended the
mass melting of the union and nonunion
weavers of New Bedford, Mass. The ac-
ton of the union i'll voting to strike
against the wage reduction was indorsed
by a hearty aye. The union and non
union card and pickers operatives also
held meeting. The vote to resist the
cut down was unanimous.
-Four Americans have been arrested in
the city Of Mexico and are vigorously in
communicate, being suspected of com
| plicity in robberies of great magnitude
The gang numbers u men,
| As the result Of the conferences held in
! Washington within the last few days be
tween the several leaders of the various
parties, it is said that Chairman Jones OF
| the democratic national committee, Chair
man Butler Of the populist national com
mittee, and Chairman ToWne of the silver
republican national committee, will issue
a Joint manifesto, with a view to securing
common action by the three organizations
in the political contest of 1898.
1t is reported that Japan will send a
squadron on account of the French threat
ening Hainan.
James Jackson has arrived at San Fran
cisco from Boston with a number of HON
ing pigeons whose homing instincts he
hopes to utilize in the work of establish
ing regular communication between Daw
son CITY and St. Michael next winter. Ht
intends taking his birds to st. Michael a.
soon as possible and will establish stations
at convenient intervals from there t.
Dawson.
Great Britain is willing to assist Chin;
to liquidate the japanese indemnity.
The Yester block, a large office build
ing at McKeesport, Pa. has been destroy
ed bv fire. The block was erected tw'
years ago at cost Of 100000.
i A dispatch from Gleiwitz, Prussian ST
lesa, says the Koeni gen-Luise collier,
caught fire and Of the Is men brought t
the surface seven died. 1t is feared tha
25 others. whose escape was cut off, hav
perished.
Eight firms, with stocks aggregating al
most half million dollars, sustaine,
heavy losses by a fire that broke out il
building at the northwest corner o
Market and Quincy streets, Chicago. Tw
firemen were injured. neither seriously.
John Matthews, his wife and two chill
dren, a boy of 10 years and girl of Il
were fond dead in Matthews home il
, New York City the other morning. It
spposed that Matthews murdered hi
: children and wife and then committee
suicide by shooting.
5 A dispatch to the Tribune from Ha
vana says: Spanish power i'll Cuba no'
? rests on its ability to maintain order
Havana. Until the government shows il
self master of the city no other questio
, can be considered. Military operation
| against the insurgents are forgotten. Pros
ress with autonomy is fgment.
s A dispatch from Rome says there was
: severe earthquake shock Monday at A
gentina IS miles southeast from Ferra
q 1,,.1 Il II.