The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-29
Congress adjourned Dec. 21 until

A. J. Shores of Great Falls, attor
ney for the Montana Central { O.
years, has succeeded William Scallor
as counsel for the Amalgamated
Copper company. He may reside il
Butte.
j. J. Hill, president of the Great
Northern, has been called to New
York. He is now one of the .lirec
tors of the Erie railroad and it is
supposed thas he has big railroad
deal on hand.
Uniled States Ambassador Choate
denied the report that lie is about tc
resign his post, which, he says, is
based on the belief that the death oj
his partner, Charles G. Beaman,
would necessitate his return to his
law practice.
Judge Lindsay sustained a mo-
ton made by the plaintiff to dismiss
without prejudice the 100000 libel
suit brought by Fred Whiteside "a
gainst the Miner Publishing compa-
ny. Each party to the suit is 70 pay
its own costs.
Mayor Harrison of Chicago re-
voked all permits for prizefghts is
sued prior to the passage of the anti
fight ordinance by the city council
on Monday night. The mayors ac-
tion puts an cid to the stories that
he would not approve the new law
Two Montana Copper companies
are interested in the project to cast
large statue from Montana copper,
for the Pan-American exposition,
the model to be the most beautiful
woman in Montana, as determined
by popular vote to be conducted
in every city in the state by the
newspapers.
A sub committee on invitation to
the inaugural ball which is to be
given in Helena the night of Jan. 8,
met in the United States assay office
Dec. 10. Little was done. It was
determined to issue 5000 invitations.
1t IS announced that people gener-
ally are to consider themselves invit-
ed to the affair.
Washington, Dec. 1S.-The SEN
ate committee on finance today au-
thorlzed favorable report on the
house bill giving superintendent of
coinage at mints the right to ex-
change gold bars for gold coin free
of charge or with charge at their
discretion. The present law makes
the charge mandatory.
Washington, Dec. 19.-Interviews
with dozen senators showed that
there would be lively struggle
over the tax on bank cheeks in the
consideration of war revenue reduc-
ton bill as passed by the house.
An effort will be made to reduce the
cut to s3O,0OO,000 by replacing the
tax on checks. The house abolished
it and made the total $4O,OOO,OOO.
Three cases suspected to be small
pox were located last week on the
Goodwin ranch, near East Helena.
The house was quarantined awaiting
.urther inspection. Health Officer
today directed the superin-
;endent of public schools and the
leads of all other schools in Helena
o permit no pupils who have not
been vaccinated to enter the schools
lfter the holiday vacation.
AT the convocatlon exercises at
University of Chicago, Presi dent
Harper announced that John d.
Rrckfellow had made another gift of
81 100000 to the institution. OF
his sum 81, 100000 is to be used as
IN endowment fund and the univer-
ity is to derive the benefits of it from
rear to year. 1t is stipulated that
he 81 100000 is to be in the uni
name and is to be consider
ID its absolute property for all time.
The remainder of the gift is to be
lsed for the immediate purposes and
or general needs.
Captain j. w. Lawrence, in
harge of the United States secret
'ffice at Seattle, Wash, has obtained
rom Spokane and Portland samples
f two very dangerous counterft
oins. One is dollar dated 1894,
made at Spokane, it is alleged, by
4. J. Williams, alias Mike U'Brien,