The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-03-13
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the Gar have recently been discover
ed.
Elmira, New York, after being In
the control of the Democrats for twen-
ty years, has gone Republican.
Five persons We're burned to death
and three were injured in n fire which
occurred in a seven-story lodging house
at New York.
The play of "Sapho' as presented by
Olga Nethersole at New York was
condemned by the Judge and the actors
were bound over for trial.
At the farewell banquet given in hon
or of Judge Taft who leaves Cincin-
natl to act as Philippine commission
err, ex-Attorney General Harman elo-
quently proclaimed his opposition to
the retention of the Philippines.
Miss Emma Mcmahon shot and dan
gerously wounded Charles Garret at
Eckerty, Indiana, before he had run
ten yards after snatching her purse.
Garret is in Jail. Miss Mcmahon was
shopping and her revolver was handy
in dress pocket.
At meeting of the Baptist Social
Union at Boston it was announced on
behalf of the Union Theological lnsti-
tuition that John ID. Rockefeller has un-
dertaken to contribute one-half of the
needed complete llt
ment of that institution.
1t is reliably reported that recent in
undations in the Department of Ma
quakua, Peru, have caused losses to
property estimated at 100000. The In
habitants are petitloning the govern
ment to relieve them from the payment
of taxes in view Of the floods.
In an editorial in his paper Hoke
sNf oil
Democrats who supported General
Buclner in the campaign of 1896 to re-
turn to the Democratic party and Bry-
an. The declaration has caused much
comment in local political circles.
Archbishop Hennessy died at Du-
buque on the 4th. He was recognized
as one of the greatest orators and most
profound theologians in the Catholic
hierarchy and because of his zeal in
educational matters, has been named
The Apostle of the American Catholic
Parochial School"
An estimate just completed by the
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, in
conjunction with the hotel men and
railroads, shows there are 2O,OoO tour
lists in southern California. TS total
number of the season is placed at 30
900. This is the greatest tourist sea-
known.
A special from Auburn, Indiana,
says: EN-President Harrison has been
interviewed by many public men of In
diana in regard to the Bocr British
war. and he minces no words in cN
pressing his sympathy for the Beers.
although he persistently refuses to be
publicly quoted. lest his words EN-
barrass the Mckinley administration.
The bubonic plague increases. there
having been 511 deaths from the dis
ease at Calcutta last week. This Is
causing a great exodus of merchants.
! The viceroy. Lord Curzon of Kedles-
| ton, addressing some of the plague
| stricken patients. said he considered
1t his duty to visit all the quarters of
the vast dependencies committed to his
charge.
The order for the shipment of guns
and ammunition from the state arse
nal Mt Frankfort to London, Kentucky,
by the Republican state authorities
was revoked Monday afternoon and Il
ear loaded with munitions of war, con
signed to London. was unloaded and its
contents returned to the arsenal. The
Republican officials offer no eXplana-
ton for the change of program.
Robert j Thompson, secretary of
the Lafayette Monument Commission,
as special commissioner of the United
States, representing President Mckin-
ley and in his name presented to Pres
ident Loubet the first of the Lafayette
dollars, which was enclosed in a cas-
ket costing $1,000 The presentation
took place at the Elysee palace. The
American representatives were receiv-
ed with great cordiality.
Prof Marshall SnviIIp raprpSantinp
the American Museum of Natural His
tory of New York, has left the City of
Mexico for home carrying many
unique objects discovered by him at ru-
ins near the prehistoric city of Militia.
in the state of OaNaca. The principal
work of the professor was the uncoy-
ering of many ancient mounds. which
We're almost inaccessible, as they Were
overgrown with forests.
The special grand jury which has
been investigating Brooklyn Rapid
Transit matters for the ptast month
has brought in II presentment before
Justice FurSman in the criminal term
of the Supreme Court, together with
Indictment against six men, making
them in part responsible for the false
reports that had been circulated about
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, with result
ing depression of the stock
There is great excitement in mining
circles at chihuahua, Mexico, over the
discovery of exceedingly rich gold pla-
GERS on the Concho river about eighty
miles east of the city. The Concho
river flows north and empties into the
Rio Graudc opposite Presidio, Texas,
and there is Il big rush of American
prospectors from west Texas to the up
per course of the river. The richness
of the placers is said to be greater than
any yet found in Mexico.
A dispatch from Constantinople says
the Sultan is once more fearing for his
,I,,opn and hie lifo AhJ,,I JJo,niJ hn.