The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-08-25
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

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Dreyfus' counsel. has been arrested.
He acknowledged having attempted the
assassination.
Thomas B. Reed has resigned an con-
gressnan III the First Maine district
ard the same has been accepted by the
governor Of Maine, to take effect Sep.
tember 4.
The day Of stage holdups in the west
ia not u thing Of the past. The stage
between Salmon City and Red Rock,
III Idaho, about so miles from Dillon.
this state, was held up on Monday
noon aud a passenger. the manager Of
a dredge company, relieved of over
$5, 900.
The democrats. populists and silver
republicans Of Nebraska met in sepa.
rate convention in Omaha Tuesday and
fused Oh nominations for Judge Of the
supreme court and two members Of the
board of regents Of the state university.
Former Governor Silas A. Holcomb
was nominated for supreme judge by
the populists and Endorsed By the
other two parties.
On the 10th day of October next,
General Shafter is to be retired, for on
that day he will reach the age limit,
beyond which he cannot serve, a ' by
special permit from congress. Should
the president see fit, however, Slafter
may be continued III the service az
major general Of volunteers after the
date named. But his regular army
career is fast drawing to u colse.
A desperate effort is being made to
get rio nf Labor, the main counsel for
Dreyfus. Not only was ali unsuccess.
full attempt made to assassinate him,
but two mysterious parcels containing
gun cotton were sent him for the pur.
pose of blowing him ont OF existence.
At last reports he was still alive aud
bids fair to make it pretty hot for some
of the witnesses who are enemies Of
Dreytus.
Victor, Colo, was visited by a fire
Monday which destroyed almost all the
business portion, entailing a loss Of
about So, OOO, 900, with only about
$500. 900 insurance. Nearly 500 build.
ings were destroyed. They were most.
" wood and when the fire once started
they burned like paper. A little over
two years ago Cripple Greek, which is
only a few miles distant from Victor,
was visited b. the fire tiend. which
destroyed the business portion.
Under the objection Of the postmaster
general all postoffices in the country
will begin Oh Oct. 3 to weigh all mail
sem out. There are 500 Offices il
the country and mail will b. weighed
for thirty-five days straight away.
Mail has not been weighed by the gov.
ernment for twenty years, and every.
body has been at sea for q long time as
to whether too much or too little was
being paid the railroads and other
transportation companies for mail
transmission.
The Pennsylvania regiment was mus.
tered out at San Francisco and started
for home Tuesday in three special
trains provided for them by the good
citizens Of that state. The Nebraska
regiment was mustered out Wednesday
and started for home today. The boys
are being taken home III four special
trains, which were secured for them
through the generosity Of the people Of
their home state. The money to pny
for the trains was raised by subscrip.
ton, about $l2, 600 in subscriptions Of
$40, while $2O, 900 was donated by u.
Il. Thompson Of Lincoln, and $3, 500
by two gentlemen. in Omaha. The
money was raised through the efforts
of Governor Poynter, with the under.
standing that he was to use his efforts
to have the Nebraska Legislature zeim.
burse those who subscribed. Minnesota.
South Dakota, Wyoming aud Colorado
are some other states that will follow
the example SGT by Pennsylvania and
Nebraska.
They have u mayor in Kansas City
who has a fine eye to the eternal fitness
of things. 1t was recently decided that
the salaries Of the policemen OF Kansas
City must be Increased. and. there DO.
ing nothing in sight IN the treasury
with which to meet the increase, the
mayor struck upon the idea Of taking
the increase out of the saloons, which
he said. furnished the business for tho
most of the policemen. Tho idea
caught Oh like smoke, and the mayor
has at last formally requested the city
council to increase the saloon license
from $3.50 per year, ut which figure u
has stood for years, TO $3.50, The police
arc to get the difference by way OF sal
AIRY raise. At the $2h0 figure, there
are Ala saloons In Kansas City, which
in 1890 had a population OF iaa, 200,
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