The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-19
'ELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

around zero. and the heating plant was
located In the burned building.
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS
SEATTLE, Wash.-The steamer Ed
smith of the l.. A. Conner Trading &
transportation company ran on a snag
IN the Skagit river Tuesday night and
sank in eight feet of water. Her crew
! were in no great danger at any time,
/ PRINCETON. N. J-Former Presi-
/ dent Cleveland was asked today whether
! he had accepted membership on the la
Dor committee appointed in New York
| yesterday. Mr.. Cleveland said: NO
l have not yet accepted it. l am not
prepared to make statement at the
present time"
DENVER.-A section hand on the
Colorado & Southern was burned to
death at Dugby. so miles from here.
Jones was sleeping in a freight car,
which had been fitted up for the pur-
pose. The high wind overturned Abe car.
which caught fire from above, and was
consumed.
CHICAGO. - The National Broom
Manufacturers association have decided
to advance the price of brooms and is
considering further advance. About 80
Fer cent of the broom interests in the
United States and Canada were repre-
sented 1t was decided that the individ-
ual manufacturers should advance the
price considerably at their own discre-
ton, according to necessities
ST. LOUIS-Ben Fitzpatrick. the Mon"
tana train robber suspect. who was con-
Sicted here recently of uttcrng forged
bank notes and sentenced to fifteen
years imprisonment. will be imprisoned
by the federal authorities in the Ohio
state penitentiary at Columbus. His
companion, Laura Bullion, will be sent
to Jefferson City.
BOSTON-The officials of the Calumet
& Hecla Mining company state that they
are not now in the copper marke- and
that they will await developments be-
fore making a price for their product.
Copper men take this to me- IL that the
com pany has cleaned up is output TO a
point where it can wal. without
anxiety for other producers to settle
their differences and agree upon a price.
SEATTLE, WaSh.-Local customs Of
fcers have handed the Pacific Packing
& Navigation company, owners of the
steamer Valencia, check for $1,000, the
amount of the fine imposed on the YES
sci for carrying passengers beyond her
limit. which has been refunded. Refund
vouchers sto the extent of $3.50 have
been ordered drawn to the Northern
Trading & Transportation company, !:
owners of the steamer Roanoke, fined for
similar reasons.
SPRINGFIELD. Ill.-By a decision of
the supreme court handed down today.
John Mckechney and John McKechney,
Jr., surviving partners of the firm of
Weir, McKechney &: Co.. will recover APP
proximately s700G0O from the city of Chi
cago Weir. Mckechney & Co. did work
on tunnel to bring water from the lake
to the pumping stations. Unexpected
rock was. struck and the firm sued for
extra compensation for removing it. BY
todays ruling the claim is recovered.
WASHINGTON.-Th house commit
tee OH immigration had an informal
hearing of the subject of Chinese ex-
clusion, prominent members of the
Asiatic association being heard in favor
of fair treatment to Chinese merchants,
travellers and students, while Represent
tative Kahn, who represents the San
Francisco district, including Chinatown,
and Herman Gutsadt, representing the
federation of labor, spoke for rigid ex-
olusion of the Chinese. representative
Kahn urged the necessity of strict ex-
clusion.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.-By a decision of
the state supreme court handed down
yesterday, the civil service examinations
for Chicago police inspectors We're de-
clared to have been held illegally, thus
sustaining Judge Tuley's opinion that
they must be promotve. Under it In
snectors Heidelmeier, Hartnett and Ka-
ian and Assistant Chief Ptacek lose all
claims to their positions as regard the
civil service certifica ton. AS a result of
the decision the police department will
probably be reorganized in so far as the
commanding officers are concerned.
CHICAGO-Samuel Stevenson, BROTH
er-in-law of DIR" John Alexander
Dowie. in Judge Tuley's court again
charged the self-prOclaimed Elijah the
second, with having fraudulently secured
his signature to a contract which he al
leges defraUded him of $1S50OO The
contract, called 1.-The private agreement
was produced in court. but Stevenson
disclaimed any knowledge of having
signed this particular instrument He
said he knew he had signed an agree
ment but he charged Dowie with hav-
ing had him under his influence at the
:ine of the signing of the papers to such
an extent that he might have signed
anything Dowie wanted him to sign He
told of how he and Dowie had an all
night session Of prayer when the agree
ment WAS signed, how he had implicit
faith in DOVE, and all that he did and
haW he even 'oft ell the legal techni-
ca'ities of the agreement to Dowie's own
lawyer.
MRS. DENNIS DYING.
Washington, Dec. 19.-Mrs. Ada Gilbert