The Billings gazette., 1899-05-19
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Record from Paris states that United
States Senator w. A. Clark of Montan,
has sailed for this country.
Roswell P. Flower, ex-governor O.
New York, died Friday night at East
port, l.. I. He was in robust health
the morning before his death, but wal
stricken with heart trouble.
A collision of passenger trains oc
CURED on the Philadelphia & Reading
road at Exeter. Pa, Friday night in
which thirty persons lost their lives
and twice as many were injured.
The Petit Blue of Paris says that ten
members of the republican guard and
four gen d'armes have left st. Nazaire,
France, on board the steamer Lafay-
cite to form an escort to bring Dreyfus
to France and that his return may be
expected by the end of June.
Tod Sloan was presented few days
ago to the Prince of Wales by Lord
William Beresford at Newmarket and
the American jockey was not bit
fustered at the honor. The prince
spoke of Sloan S success Oh the turf and
called him great rider. Sloan agreed
with him thoroughly and the in
geniousness with which he did this
moved the prince to laughter.
Rear Admiral Schley expects to leave
Washington this week for a western
trip. which will include a stop at the
home of ex-senator Manderson in Ne
braska and tour of Pixies peak and
adjoining country. He will be away
from Washington about four weeks and
will accept number of invitations
from western cities, including Chicago
and st. Louis, which have expressed a
desire to entertain him.
Postmaster General Smith has issued
the following order: "Postmasters at
presidential postoffices are required to
give their personal attention to the
business of their offices. and must not
absent themselves therefrom for a
longer period than one or two days
without authority granted upon writ
ten application to the department.
Violation of this order will be deemed
sufficient cause for removal" Post.
masters in some cities have been leav-
ing much of the actual administration
of their offices to their assistants.
1t is the intention of President Nc.
Klnley to be in the western states at
the time of the return of the volunteers
who have done heroic service in the
Philippines. 1t is expected that the
necessity for the retention of the volun.
teers in the island of Luzon will not
exist much longer, and when the volun-
teers reach their native states for
muster out, Mr.. Mckinley hopes to be
there to greet and honor them. If the
trip to west already planned should not
occur when the volunteers are return.
ing, another journey will be made to
carry out this purpose.
At the meeting of the federation of
Miners Monday in Salt Lake, by unani-
nous vote, it was decided that Butte
shall be the headquarters of the associa-
tion for the ensuing year. and the
Pueblo Courier was named as the Off.
cial organ for the same length of time.
The following officers were elected:
Edward Boyce, president; j. F. Nc.
Donald, vice.president; James Maher,
secretary. The following were named
as executive board: j. f. Feeny,
Butte; Charles Foley, Rossland. B. G.
William Walsh, Butte; Charles Maher,
Deadwood, and d. P. McGinley. Alt.
man, Col.
Princeton students and Pawnee Bills
Wild West employees INDUCED in
pitched battle Monday and continuous
and serious rioting was prevented only
by the presence of men with cool heads
and the action Of President Patton of
Princeton university, later in the day,
in calling a mass meeting of all the
students. For fifty years it has been
an unwritten law of Princeton that no
circus parade must pass through the
streets, Every show proprietor, in
making his dates, has always left
Princeton from the list. for it has been
matter of common knowledge that
the students would enforce the unwrit-
ten law That morning Pawnee Bills
Wild West combination violated tradi-
tions and paraded. The result was the
fiercest battle Princeton has seen IL
many years.
A movement has been started to pre-.
sent Admiral Dewey with memorial
in the shape of a home in Washington,
III which he can spend the remainder
of his days upon his retirement from
the navy. r. A, Vanderlip. assistant
esoretary of the treasury; Charles H.
Allen, assistant secretary of the navy
Perry S. Heath, assistant postmaster
general; Brigadier General Corbin and
Ellis II. Roberts, treasurer of the
United States, have been appointed
national committee to take charge of |
the funds Although the members of |
the committee are all busy men, they
are enthusiastic over the idea of great
national gift, of the character proposed,