Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-16
TELECRAPHlC BRIEFS

New Orleans, May 16.-The cruiser New
Orleans arrived today.
Caracas, Venezuela, May 16-General
Hernandez, leader of the revolution i'm
1897 in Venezuela, who was captured in
June last, has been released.
New York, May 16.-Willam Depew
Southard, one of the best known stove
manufacturers in the United States, died
at his home in Peekskill, N. Y, yester-
day, aged 50 years.
San Francisco, May 16.-The transport
Centennial, Capt. Eagle, has sailed for
the Philippines with large cargo of COM
missary and quartermasters' supplies.
She carried no soldiers IS passengers.
London, May 16.-Special dispatches
from Vienna say it is reported there that
Count Badini. the former prime minister
of Austria, recently tried to commit sui
eide on account of losses sustained on the
race course.
Berlin, May 16-IJnited States Ambas-
sador White, chief representative of the
United States at the disarmament con-
ference which is to open at The Hague on
Thursday afternoon started for the
Netherlands this morning.
New York, May 16.--Arthur S. Colyar,
Jr., the lawyer from Nashville, pleaded
guilty today in general sessions to an at
tempt to kidnap Nicholas A. Hickman,
a witness in the Molineux case and was
sentenced to the penltenitary for 60 days.
Capetown, May 1G.-The Argus of this
city today published despatch from
Pretoria, the capital of the Transvaal or
South African republic, saying F. w.
Ritz, secretary of state, confirms the re-
port that a number of unusual arrests
have been made there and that it is
rumored the prisoners are British Off
GERS.
Brenham, Tex, May 16.--Incidental to
| the presentation of medals to the German
soldiers al this place the following cable
gram was sent: His IN aiesty, Emperor
William II, Berlin.--lcighty-s seven veter-
ans assembled at the public distribution
of medals send your majesty their sin
cerest thanks and the assurance of truest
loyalty, in which the German population
here joins"
Chicago, May 16.--The Chicago Great
Western has purchased the main line of
the Wisconsin, Minnesota T. Pacific and
will begin to operate it on June L. The
main line of this system runs through
! Red Wing to MankatO, Mimi, through
Mortified and Faribault. a distance OF
about 80 miles. President Stickney OF
the Great Western, when seen, refused
to state the price paid for the road.
Tacama, May 16.--The Empire Trans
porta ton company, which was organized
in New York last year to enter the Klon-
dixie trade. is preparing to start another
trans Pacific steamship line running from
Puget sound to Oriental ports. 1t is said
that the line has the backing of the In
ternationai Navigation company of Phil
adelphia General Manager Higbee, of
the Empire company, has chartered sew
eral vessels to handle the Yukon business
this season
Buffalo, N. Y. May 16.-Three elevators
are working today the monthly men, al
though members of the union, failing to
come out Over SO men have been brought
here from outside points and will be pat
to work. At the Erie docks the steamer
Chemung is being loaded with package
freight and the contractor has 14O men at
work At the Lehigh Valley Central and
Northern docks large gangs of freight
handlers are at work. The coal handlers,
coal beavers and ore handlers are st.ll
out.
Detroit, Mich, May 16.-The Free Press
today says: c. j. Gaidden of Lowell,
Mass. and his associates. who recently
secured control of the Michigan Telephone
company, have acquired controlling in
terest in the Wisconsin Telephone COM
rany, capitalized at $1,20J.o00. The
transactions place Under one management
the telephone interests in Michigan, Wis
consin, Minnesota and North ard South
Dakota. The same management controls
the Cleveland Telephone company and
the SouthwesterE Telegraph and Tele-
nhone company which has an extensive
system throughout Texas and Arkansas.