The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-12-25
TELEGRAPHIC BREviTIEs.

learning to speak.
Richard Croker, the Tammany politi-
clan, has bought n fine residence near
Vantage in England.
The Fowler Bicycle and Carriage
works at Chicago We're burned on the
18th instant. Loss, $4,000.
A seat on the New York Stock Ex-
change was sold Il few days ago for
$4,000. the highest price on record.
The total vote of Wisconsin was 425,-
151; McKinley's plurality, 1O6,5S1; La
Toilette (Rep), plurality for governor,
1O3,745.
The annual football game between
Oxford and Cambridge was won this
year by oxford by two goals to goal
and try.
Emperor William has awarded the
Queen of Portugal life-saving medal
for recently saving the life of Ger
man marine.
A sneal; thief put his hand into one
of the stamp windows at the Chicago
postoffice, grabbed $1,000 worth of
stamps and disappeared in the crowd.
A bill has been prepared for submis-
sion to the next Minnesota Legislature
releasing the Younger brothers from
The American Forestry Association,
in session at Washington, adopted
resolution favoring purchase of IL re-
serve containing the California big
trees.
Selma Schnapka, he woman who at
tempted to kill Emperor William No
vember 18th. by throwing n hatchet at
him, has been placed in an insane asy-
lum.
The corporation OF Limerick has con-
ferred the freedom of the city upon
Mr.. Kruger. The two members who
opposed the proposal We're howled
down.
Fire on the 18th instant almost COM
pletely destroyed the Stewart Pump
and Plow works mt Carnegie. Pennsyl-
vania. Loss, $4,000. The plant will
be rebuilt.
The Senate of the United States has
agreed TO give its adhesion to the con-
vention TO regulate the importation of
intoxicating liquors into certain re-
gions of Africa.
The Kokteik viaduct. on the Shan
hills, in British Burmah the highest
railroad bridge in the world, has been
successfully completed by the Pennsyl-
Nalild Sleel company.
a dispatch to the London Daily En-
press from Vienna reports recent Mos
lem eNcesses against the Christian pop
ulation in the central provinces of Tur-
key. where POO Christians have been
killed.
In the House of Commons Mr..
Chamberlain said Great Britain pro-
posed to establish cheaper postage
with the United States. but Washing
ton was not prepared to entertain the
matter.
An earthquake shock lasting nearly
minute occurred at I 40 OH the morn
ing of December 18th at Joplin. Mis-
souri,. The motion was from north to
south and of n quivering nature. No
damage is reported.
The work of purifying Paris, to
which the police are giving special at
tention, in view of the abnormal crimi-
nal conditions following the close of
the exposition. continues and there
have been 4So new arrests.
Commencing January 1st. the Calu-
ment Il Hccla Mining Company will in
crease the wages of its 1000 employees
two and one-half per cent. Last
March the company raised the wages
of its employees ten per cent.
In the House of Commons, Powell
Williams. former financial secretary of
the war office, said 1S2. AGO horses and
mules had been landed in South Africa
during the war. He ignored the Ques-
tion as to how many asses had been
sent there.
Hon. w. j. Bryan, who will be the
speaker at the annual ban
Monday evening, January 7th, has an
nounced that he will ON this occasion
talk about the future policy of the
Democratic party.
The official report of the finances of
the Paris Exposition shows loss of
2,OOO,00O francs. The total of expendi-
lures is 11G,5OO.OOO francs. The receipts
amounted to 114.5OO,OOO francs. The
loss is less than in the case of either of
the preceding eXpositions.
The French government has decided
that nj, objects, unless material of
war, that have been seized or shall be
seized by the French eXpeditionary
forces in China. shall be restored,
whether belonging to the Chinese gov
ernment or to private individuals.
Private letters from China received
in Berlin assert that the reason the
Empress hates Emperor Kwang Su is
that the latter has actually become
Christian. having been converted by
British and American missionary books
that came under his eye.
The Oregon Historical Society at its
recent annual meeting adopted resolu-
tions recommending that Il northwest
ern industrial exposition be held at
Portland in 1905 to commemorate the
centennial anniversary of the Lewis
and Clark expedition to the Pacific
coast.
The vice president of the Federal
Council. Ernest Brenner of Bale, has
been elected president of Switzerland
for 1901 in succession to Walter Haus-
nr of Zuricl DE L Znmn of I.ucnrIn