The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-10-01
TELEeRAPHIc eREvITIEs.

The honorary degree of LII. ID. has
been conferred on the Duke of Corn
wall and York by McGill University,
Montreal.
BY the advice of eminent oculists,
the authorities of Munich have decid-
ed no longer to use gas or petroleum
for lighting school rooms.
A party of forty Danish proselytes
for the Mormon Church passed
through Kansas City few days since
bound for Salt Lake City.
A special issue of stamps commend
atory of the life of the late President
Mckinley is under contemplation at
the Postotfice Department.
a large portion of the city of Kali
1undborg, in Denmark, has been de-
stroyed by fire. The damage will
probably amount to $2,500,000.
A New York dispatch says that w.
@. Green, the copper king from Ari-
zona, has bought an automobile for
$4,000, which is the record price to
date.
Santos-Dumonts airship had another
accident September 10Th during n trial
at Long Champs. The ship struck a
tree and was torn. The aeronaut was
not hurt.
the erection of national monument to
President Mckinley on the site of the
Temple of Music in Bualo, where he
was assassinated.
The general court of the Bank of
England has declared semi-annual
dividend of five per cent. The net
profits for the half year ending Au-
gust 31st were S3,59T,0IO.
Twenty-Five pudding works in Ger
many have petitioned the coal syn
dicate to reduce prices this month, al
leging that otherwise the puddlers will
suffer irreparable disaster very soon.
Plague returns for last week in In
dia show 6,63S deaths, against 4,SS2 in
the preceding week and 1,13G in the
corresponding week last year. Most
of the deaths were in Bombay presi-
dency.
During n several months cruise of
the training ship Mohican, which, re-
turned to San Francisco September
22nd, ninety out of the 400 would-be
seamen became discouraged and de
serted.
1t is estimated that the suspension of
business at the Pan American ENposi-
tion in Buffalo occasioned by the death
of President Mckinley will cost the
stockholders not less than million
dollars.
The Central, Western and South
western Passenger Associations have
announced rate of one fare, plus 50,
for the Live Stock Exposition to be
held in Chicago November 30th to De-
cember 7th.
Herr Herbert Silberer son of Herr
Victor Silberer of the Aero Club, to-
IL. \ L..
rode from Paris, France, TO CoNhaven,
Germany. n distance of 531 miles, in
fourteen hours.
\ race riot was started at Somerville,
Texas. n few night since. and several
hundred shots were fired before the
negroes finally broke and iled. One
negro was killed and two others Sc
riously wounded.
The National Tube Company has is
sued instructions to sales agents to ac-
cept all business at prices current be
fore the strike. The company also
announced that all of its mills are now
in full operation.
Joseph Meyer is said TO have gone TO
Germany. He Is one of the principal
witnesses in the case of Albert II. Pat
rick, accused of the murder of William
Marsh Rice the New York millionaire,
and is out on bail.
In Russia the Imperial horticultural
Society viii introduce tree planting
day" after the model of the western
states of America in many localities
this month. Two thousand children
will participate.
Recent purchases of shares of the
North German Lloyd Steamship Com
pany has caused the Iileine Journal of
Berlin to demand an imperial law for
bidding foreign ownership of shares
in the German ocean lines.
During the progress of the memorial
pageant in Chicago nearly 100 persons
were injured or overcome. Many of
these were the victims of their over
wrought feelings, but others were
caught in the pressure of the crowd.
The great statue of King Alfred,
erected at Winchester. England, was
unveiled by Lord Rosebery Septem-
Der Goth. a great procession, military,
naval. civic ecclesiastic and academic,
preceded the unveiling of the statue.
1t is announced that the Department
of Agriculture and Commerce of ia
pan will send eighty-four students
abroad this month for practical train
ing. OF these twenty-five will go to
America and twenty-seven to Europe.
In Szentes, Hungary, n most inter-
esting phenomenon occurred recently.
At dusk n black cloud suddenly OBJ
scured the sky. and a shower of green
ish, opalescent insects began to de
scend. covering the ground 70 a depth
of a foot.
Internal Revenue Collector Callister
at Salt Lake has received a check from
the executors of the Marcus DAILY es-
tate for S131 ,407, the amount of the in
heritance tax on the personal property
inherited by the various legatees un-
der the will of Mr.. DAILY
At the Crystal Palace in London,
September 24th, Arthur a. Chase cut
the worlds cycling record, covering
fifty miles in II minutes II seconds.