Daily inter mountain., 1900-08-14

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territorial bank commissioner. It has La
bilities of $61 900, with assets of $1,000. The
county treasurer had $4,000 on deposit
w. J. Bryan will be notified of his nomi-
nation for the presidential candidacy by
the United States Monetary league, at To-
peka, Kan, on August %, the date of the
peoples party notification.
The Rio Grande Western railroad has
just declared a dividend of per cent ON
its common stock, payable September !.
Its last dividend was a year ago, when 1t
paid per cent on preferred stock.
The two Union Pacific train robbers who
| were killed at Goodland. Kan, are believed
to be James and Tom Jones. two Missiuri
| a reward of $500 offered The description
seems to fit them exactly.
Rosslyn Ferrell, who killed his friend, Ex-
press Messenger Lane, to get money for
his own marriage. has been taken to Marys-
lost his nerve but protests that he was
alone in the crime. zsl9#ec-s
Portland has passed an ordinance which
is a practical prohibition Of all circuses
bitant license of 5000 a day. It was done
primarily to prevent the tented shows from
coming during the Elks' reunion.
The London Times has given a long re-
| view Of the question Of the United States
acquiring 50 large quantity Of the recent
| English war loan The United States has
| in the last few years bought large amounts
Of railroad stocks that had been. held in
England, besides making large loans to
both Germany and Russia.
| severe blow on the great lakes caught
| a number of excursion steamers on Sun
day. and some of them had much trouble
| to- save themselves. One big steamer had
l 1900 passengers, and they came near caus-
ing riot in their efforts to prevail On the
-ip fo tbnp,N St, y1,xap<a
just 50 1t was dry.
I Fires have become SO numerous and SO
| severe in the forest reserves near Glen
| wood Springs Colo, that hereafter no tour
lists will be allowed to camp on the reserve
without being supplied with camp stoves.
around open, camp fires. Most of the fires
have been started by neglected camp fires.
Gilbert M. Hitchcock, editor Of the
Omaha World Herald, who was buncoed
| out of his rightfu succession to the senate
last year, when the death of senator-elect
| Hayward left the populist governor free
| to appoint, will again be the democratic
candidate this year, to succeed John M.
| Thurston.
The ful-blood Creek Indians have re-
| fused to take their allotments from the
| regular Creek government and have start
| They are going to be children of the forest,
pure and undefiled, and will live away from
| the villages. while no whites or half-breeds
| will be allowed with them.
! practical settlement has been effected
between the strikers and the Canadian Pa
and nd the d men viii soon b go to work
| who had been In the company's employ
prior to August 8, when the strike began.
to the schedule of wages, which was one
of the points involved. #ss
William steinitz. for many years cham-
pion chess player of the world. died at an
insane asylum at New York. aged 63 years,
He leave a family destitute, save for a
small fund raised by some of the news
papers that have been favored by his skill
in conducting chess department In their
columns. It is notable fact that most
chess Paysrs end b,t their days with
i woman, giving the name of Julia Ger
| winska, sent some poisoned flowers to the
strongly poisonous that, the secretary Of
the legation, who opened them, was over
come by the odor and came near dying be-
] fore help could be given him. No; object
can be assigned for the murderous act.
/ which savors so strongly of the Borgia.
/ horrors of long ago.
!. Senator Billy" Mason of Illinois, who
| has just returned from trip to the Cape
! Nome country, will take the stump for
the presidents action in the Chinese. mat
4 ter has conviced him that Mckinley is not
| an imperalist. Mason Is fiery. erratic
fellow with rabid convictions on whatever
course he follows, and when he is In earn-
est and is in the right, as he is now, he is
one of the most valuable men in the coun.
try. He is absolutely fearless.
The Russian occupation of New Chwang,
the railroad town in China which they
have long cast longing eyes toward, is gen.
orally taken as an invitation to the other
powers to help themselves to what they
want in China, and England's sending of
her Indian troops to Shanghai, instead OF
to the front, where they-are needed in
the relief expedition, Is regarded as a se-
quel to the Russian action. Other powers
may feel called on to make their selections,
in which event the Boxers may have things
their own way, SO far as the allies are con-
cerned