Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-13
Suicided in New York Yes
terday Morning.
JAPAN WANTS TO FIGHT
Eager For a War With Russia-A ST..
Louis Man Tried to Strangle His
Wife But the Police Arrived Just
in Time.

New York, Nov. 12.-While Respondent
and intoxicated early this morning a
woman about 80 years of age, known in
the upper part of the city for some years
as Jenni Coleman, who said she was
once the wife of Lucky Baldwin of
California. committed suicide in her
rooms on Eighth avenue by swallowing
carbolic acid. She still retained much
of the beauty and fascination for which it
was said she was at one time famous in
the far west, where she lived for some
years. She died without recovering con-
seriousness an hour after she was taken
in an ambulance to the j. Hood Wright
memorial hospital. Her body was taken
i'll charge later in the day by an under
taker employed by Peter Kingwell, a
restaurant keeper, with whom she was
from time to time employed as cashier.
In the dead woman's stocking was
ound a letter from her mother, Mrs. c.
A. Perkins of Los Angeles, which she re-
ceived and answered Saturday. The sec
rotary of the hospital refused to make
public the contents of the letter.
London, Nov. 13.-The Shanghai cores
pendent of the Daily Mail says: A
uneasy feeling regarding the relations
of Russia and Japan is spreading here.
There is no doubt thai Japan is practi-
cally allied with China despite the
degradation which the empress dowager
inflicted upon the Chinese ENJOYS to Jap
an on their recent return. This was mere
ly a tactical move. with a view of APP
pcasing Russia. A large Russian fleet
Intends wintering in Nagasaki harbor and
some reinOnStrance by Japan is probable.
Prince Henry of Prussia. the
der of the German squadron in the
north Pacific, is Watching the progress
of events. He recently declared in the
course of a conversation that the japan
csc army was in splendid condition from
the European point Of view" The Daily
Mail says: 1--WE understand there is con-
siderable censorship on cable messages
from Japan
st. Louis. Nov. Fin the grasp of her
insane husband, Mrs. Ralph Ref battled
for her life from Z p. M, last Saturday
might until 2 a. NJ. Sunday morning. She
had been kept a prisoner by her husband
in their third story flat for three days.
FOr two days of the time she was without
food. When she attempted to leave the
room her husband would seize her and
bring her back. A tenant on the floor be-
low, hearing the disturbance, finally call
ed a policeman. Forcing open the door
Mrs. Ref was found lying on the bed
with her husbands hands clutching her
throat. She was struggling fecbly, but
was too weak to offer much resistance.
Reif was taken to the city hospital. He
had been confined i'm the insane hospital
for several months but was released
three weeks ago at the request of his
wife, as it was thought he was cured.
Leif is a bricklayer.
Kingston, Jamaica, Nov. 12.-Messen-
gers from the storm devastated districts
report that Wednesdays hurricane was
the most severe experienced in Jamaica
for many years. 1t ragged for four hours
along the northern slopes and through
the parishes of st. Thomas, st. Mary and
Portland westward to Morant bay on the
south and Luceo on the north coast, de-
stioying all cultivation and most of the
property in its course. including 100, 900 OF
the United Fruit Company's banana
trees. c~onservatiNely estimated. Port An
tonic experienced serious damage to
property. Estimates agree that the is
lands trade will, require one year to re-
cover. No accounts of fatalities have vet
been received.
Denver, Colo. Nov. PA special to
the News from Ell Paso, Tex. says:
Tommy Mahar, the featherweight cham
pion of Chicago, and "Reddy'' Gallagher,
featherweight champion of the south
west, fought to a draw on the Mexican
side OF the Rio Grande this afternoon.
ne contest was exceedingly spirited and
bloody and was Witnessed by 800 persons.
The fight was to have been to a finish,
but darkness stopped it at the end of the
twentieth round.
Boise. Idaho, Nov. 12.-The assay Of
flee yesterday shipped 1913. $50. 1t repre-
scented the receipts for the first 10 DAYS
of November. The shipments for the
corresponding period last year were $685.
SO. So far this year the total receipts
exceed those for the entire II months
of last year by $500. 600.
Milwaukee,. Wis, Nov. 12.-Wm. Fra
mer, motornan, to-day saved the lives