The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-03
TELEGRAPH ITEMS.
Captain Sigsbee's daughter, Ethel,
died Of heart disease on the 25th-

have been officially reported at Oporto,
Spain, during the last three days. Two
deaths from the disease are also re-
ported.
Archbishop Chappelle has receivedno-
tice from the Pope of his appointment
as apostolic delegate for the Philip
pines. He is already apostolic delegate
for Cuba and Porto Rico, being arch
bishop of New Orleans.
Albert j. Shaw, commander-in-chief
of the G.. A. r., arrived in Topeka Fri
day from Watertown, New York. He
will be the guest of the Kansas G.. A.
X. during the reunion. General Shaw
will address the venterans on Thurs
day.
Four tralnmen were killed in n head
end collision on the 26th on the Belle
Plaine Il Muchakinock extension of
the Northwestern road, seven miles
southeast of OskalooSa, Iowa. The
trains came together as the result of
an error in orders.
Cubans who are well Informed us to
local politics in connection with the
coming election say that, though the
Cuban League and the Cuban National
party are nominally united, many mem
bers of the National party are really
determined to push General Maximo
Gomez to the front as soon as an op-
portunity arrives.
The battleShip KearSarge, on her Of
fetal speed trial over the Cape Ann
course averaged 1854 knots per hour.
on the outward run of 33 knots, she
averaged 1913 knots, with smooth sea
and wind abeam. on the return she
averaged 1857 knots against a head
wind. The contract requirement was
16 knots. TIE trial was successful in
every particular,
Telegraphic advices from Quilla
state that the steamer General Mon
toya, belonging to the Magdalena Riy
er Transport Company, took fire last
Saturday evening. Among those who
perished was General Julio Renjifo.
former secretary of the Colombian lie
CATION and Colombian charge d'affaires
at Washington. General Rcnjifo was
recently appointed Colombian minis
ter to Ecuador.
The United States mint in San Fran
cisco has received from Washington,
d. c., 1,034 bars of silver to be used in
making subsidiary coinage. With the
unlooked-for arrival and the recoinage
OF silver comes the announcement that
henceforth the amount of silver coin to
be turned out at the mint will be ST.
0OO,0 900 Il month, or as near to that
amount as the capacity of the mint
will permit.
The steamers City of Seattle and
Cottage City, arriving from Lynn ca
nal, had combined gold cargo of
S5OO,0OO The revenue cutter Bear ar
riving at Sitka is reported to have had
fifteen prisoners from st. Michael nnd
Cape Nome. The cutter Mccullough
also arrived from the mouth of the
Yukon with Governor Brady and party
abroad. Governor Brady is reported rs
being enthusiastic over the Cape Nome
district.
Leaving Washington on October 4th,
the President and party will proceed
to Quincy, Illinois, arriving there Oc-
tober 6. They will go to Galesburg on
the 1th and to Chicago the next day,
reaching that city Mt $3.50 p. IN. On
the 11th they will be in Evansville, on
the 18th in Minneapolis. The 18th in
Duluth and later the same day in Far
go; the Nth in Duluth: the 18th In
Sioux City: the 10th and 18th in Mil
waukee, and the 18th in Cleveland.
Earthquakes, floods and terrible
landslides occurred at and near Oar
feeling, in the lower Himalay8s. India,
Monday night. Great damage was
done and no fewer than sixty natives
perished. There was n rainfall of 2S
inches in thirty eight hours. Three bad
landslldes took place between Darjeel
ing and Sonada, involving the trans
shipment of Il railway train Of passen.
gers. According TO the lates' reports,
nine European children and twenty ma
tives We're lost between taose two
points.
Richfeld, Utah. has been reused to
much excitement by the filing Of
charges against five prominent citizens,
charging them with polygamous of
fenses. The conservative polyeamists
of this section had heretofore enjoyed
the practice of their religion without
disturbance and are greatly worked up
over the beginning of the crusade. The
complainant in each case is Charles NJ.
Owens. who recently caused the prose
cution of three prominent polygaInists
at Salt Lake The accused are: Paul
Paulson, l.. Z. Christensen, o. +. Borg,
Jos. S. Horn and Hans Christianson.
The polygamOus wives of these men
all have young children. These births
have not been registered as required
by law and those responsible for this
state of affairs will also be prosecuted
The steamer Alliance arrived from
st. Michael this morning with lGS pas
scngers, including Count De Garets
and Captains Richardson and Walker
United States army. Captain Walker
spent several weeks at Cape Nome be-
fore his return. He declares the dis
trict one Of great richness, but says
that 1,2o0 or 1.500 peaple must leave
before the close of navigation in order
to avoid distress. Should all of the
present population attempt to pass the
winter at Cape Nome he believes there
can be but shortage of both provisions
and fuel. The beachwood supply is al
ready running short. Captain Walker