The Billings gazette., 1899-06-30
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Dewey home fund contributions
Wednesday were $352. Most OF this
amount came from the Brooklyn Eagle.
Total sum to date IS 81 1866.
Senator Warren of Wyoming called
upon the president yesterday with ref
erence to his western trip. The presi-
dent contradicted the published reports
that he had abandoned the idea OF 90.
ing west this summer.
Numerous inquiries are being re-
oeived by the scientific bureau rs to the
measurement of Mount Mckinley,
Alaska. The elevation of this noun.
tain, as determined by the geological
survey parties during the past fiscal
season, is 20, 400 feet above mean sea
level.
William Goebel, who with an iron
grasp ruled the Kentucky democratic
state convention for nearly week, was
on Tuesday night nominated for gov.
ernor on the twenty.sixth ballot after
contest unparalleled in the state for
bitterness, determination on the part of
the winner, or for skillful manipula-
tion.
A dispatch to the New York Herald
from Paris says: LIE Matin has inter
viewed the mate Of an American
steamer which passed the Sfax at Cape
Verde island on June 49, He saw Cap
tain Dreyfus on deck and he says lie
looked broken down like a man of 60.
fNIo ~%n; - ka Sfnv n,loro1 fl,o,,,
to keep off. Captain Dreyfus saluted
the flag when the usual salute were
exchanged -
The manager Of the Fountain hotel,
Yellowstone National park, is author
ity fo1 the statement that for thirty
minutes Monday morning, without in
termission, there was al eruption from
a crater about fifty feet north of the
Fountain geyser which has always been
considered to be nothing more than
pool. The size of the opening is about
the same as the famous Fountain
geyser. The eruption played from 200
to $50 feet high.
The time fixed for the first meeting
Of the industrial commission s su boom
mission in the Rocky mountain region
is July 10. and the place is. the Albany
hotel in Denver. The commissioners
who will attend are Chairman Bell,
Mantle Of Montana, Kennedy Of Ohio,
Richard of New York and Harris of
North Carolina. They will be at Den
YER week, then at Pueblo week and
then will proceed in turn to Salt
Lake, Butte, Helena and the Occur
d'Alenes
Acting Oh the suggestion of General
Miles, that the availability of the 4
automobile be tested for army use,
several machines have been ordered
with the request that they be furnished
at the earliest possible date. The
signal corps intends to test the automo.
bile. carrying weight, over such roads
as extend from Washington, D. G., to
Fort Myer, Virginia. These roads
present all manner Of grades. If the
tests are III favor Of the machine it's use
will be extended to Cuba. Porto Rico
and to the scene of actual hostilities in
the Philippines.
"a oooAcRAa" lIUA 1-OuuOu says: |
"Marti, the representative of Agui.
naldo, who was recently in Europe and
later went to Hong Kong OH his way to
Manila. has returned to London, where
the members of the Filipino junta are
endeavoring to obtain all interview
with Senator Hoar and other Americans
with the object Of securing concessions
to Aguinaldo and promoting peace.
The departure from Madrid is also i'm
minent Of prominent Filipino. who is
going to Washington with similar OBJ.
ject as a representative Of the Manila
autonomist peace committee. "
Oriental advices by the Empress of
China are to the effect that the export
of rice from Wuhu has been suddenly
nterdicted by the viceroy of Marking,
acting upon instructions from Peking,
IN the ground that China is on the eve
Of war. Another reason given is that
the requirements Of the people within
the Yang Use region do not permit any
export Of grain. Since the introduce
ion of the trolley into Korea, several
children have been run over and killed
n Seoul. The people to the number
IT several hundred burned one car and
mashed another. The Japanese and
european engineers narrowly escaped
leath. The ignorant people attribute
ne drought which has continued for