The Butte inter mountain., 1901-12-14

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|} NEWS STORIES BRIEFLY TOLD !
NORFOLK.-TheU u. 8. trairsrg ship
| Alliance arrived yesterday from a foreign
cruise. The 500 apprentices on board are
| reported well.
CHICAGO.-The G. A. r. committee
having the matter in hand adjourned
| without definitely settling the date for
| the next national encampment
l NEW YORK.-The U. S. Metal Selling
company, which disposes of the product
s,of the copper mines controlled by the
Amalgamated Copper company, has an
| nounced reduction Of u cent in the
price of copper
/ PHILADEI4PHIA.-T second days
session of the American Friends peace
conference was devoted to speeches by
[ the delegates and a general discussion Of
the subjects involved. President Thomas
E'of Rryn Mawr college presided.
| WASH1NGTON-The navy department
has awarded the contract for tn, cou-
struction OF the buildings which are to
serve as quarters for the cadets AT the
naval academy to Noel l. Thomas Of Bal
timore at their bid of S244S0oO.
NIENNA,--The Bohemian society of
physicians has procured the Introduction
Of a bill in the reichsrath. making a
medical certificate of mental and ply
steal capacity obligatory on candidates
fer matrimony.
WASHINGTON.-Th acceptance Of
MI. Andrew Carnegie's gift of 100000 900
for educational purposes was discussed
irfor mally at the cabinet meeting yester-
day but no definite conclusion was reach
ed in regard to it and probably will not
be for several days.
SAN FRANClSCO.-It is now conceded
that the collier Matteawan. which left
Nanaino. B. c.. for this port 13 days ago,
has been lost at sea. December 3 ter
rible storm ragged along the North coast.
Howling Northwest gales swept over the
track of the coasting vessels.
NEW YORK.-The Rev. DR.. A. s. Mac
Arthur. pastor of Cavalry Baptist church.
declares that he will not leave New York
in response to request asking him to
ill the pulpit of the fremont Temple in
Boston. recently made vacant through
the resignation of Rev. Dr. G. C. Lori
mer.
Il DENVER.-The coolest weather Of the
winter in this state was eXperienc I'd yes
rday. Throughout the mountain region
I5r pcyiS ha'n
lowest temperature reported being II be-
low zero at Gunnison. The record in this
city was zero.
STOCKHOLM.-Prof.a Deb ring. a Ger
man who was recently awarded the
Nobel medical prize of 10000 kroner an
nounced during the course of lecture
that his experiments demonstrated the
possibility of rendering cattle immune
from tuberculosis by inocculation. The
| professor added that he proposed en-
ployins the. Nobel prize money in conn.,
batting cattle tuberculosis
! LONDON.-Carefrlly compiled statis-
tics of the British empire. published by
a trade Paper bring out the rather start
linG fact that out of a population of near
ly four hundred million about 4S, $50 900
or less than one eighth are of British
birth or descent, nearly 4.000,0CO are nom
British whitmen and the co,ored race
number 343,0C0.OCO.
NEW YORK.--The appellate division
of the supreme court announced de-
cision today refusing to advance on the
court calendar the case of Dittman
. against the Gould trustees--the Castel
lane case. The result is that the appeal
must take it's regular course and cannot
| be placed on the new calendar of the
court of appeals.
| BIRMINGHAM, A'a.-George Morgan,
| president, and George Blinn. Jr., treas
| urer of the Continent i Security Redemp-
! ton company, for which concern a re-
! ceiver was recently appointed. have been
arrested. Morgan is charged with en-
hezzling checks and money aggregating
| s5S.O00 and Blinn with embezzling $4,000
| Both have given bonds.
WASHINGTON.-Th condition of Mrs.
! Ada Gilbert Dennis, who was assaulted
! last Tuesday, is trif1e worse. DR.. l.. H.
! Richelderfer. the resident physician at
the Garfield hospital expressed the
opinion that she had very slight chance
of recovery. She is unconscious most of
the time, and talks only irrationaly. The
police are without clew as to her as
saiant.
NEW YORk.--The appellate division
of the supreme court handed down de-
cision today, affirming the conviction of
Alfred Fl. Goslin, Eugene L. Packer and
! Charles T. Davis on charges of conspr-
acy to depress the stock Of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit company. Goslin was SEN
fenced to six months in the penitentiary