The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-19

THE BUTTE
nounces that the postofice at Freemans-
burg, w. Va, was robbed anu purheo
Sunday morning. No loss Is stated.
DALLAS, Texas.-News from Hardin
county confirms the report that well o!
almost pure lubricating oil has been
brought in, that flows 150 barrels per
day.
SEATTI.E.-Au the testimony and evil
dence for and against John w. Considine,
charged with the murder of eN-Chief of
Police Meredith. is now before the jury.
RRUSSELS.-The Petit Bleu asserts
that the wife and family of former Pres
ident Stein Of the Orange Free State have
been deported from South Africa.
LONDON.-Lord Kitchener cabling to
the war office from Pretoria, reports that
since November the British have killed
4s and wounded Is Beers and tha. :s7
HAY e been taken prisoners.
SEATTLE.-Winter travel to tae
KoyolSuk will begin December /. On that
date Archie Burns of this city leaves for
the most northern placer gold diggings
of Alaska.
AUGUST A, Me.--Although the legisla-
ture passed law imposing maximum
penalty Of 10 years Imprisonment for
negligence VI tarelessness which should
result in the shooting of a human being
by hunters, the record OF such fatalities
in this state during the present season
is very heavy.
CHICAGO.-Three hundred telephone
connections on the South Side were sew
cred by wire cutters and the long d7s-
lance service OF several suburbs put Out
of business.
ST. LOUIS.-Chief of Detectives Des-
mond received capias today for Ben
Fitzpatrick from Sheriff Howe of Paint
Rock, Texas, where Fitzpatrick is wanted
for the murder of William Thornton.
DENVER.-The charge against Attor-
ney w. w. Anderson, for having shot F.
G. Bonifils, one of the proprietors of the
Post, has been nolle pressed in the GRIM
inal court with the consent. of the dis
trict attorney.
COLUMBUS, Oho.--Orders have been
received at the Columbus barracks to
forward $50 men, with six officers. to San
Francisco, from which point they will
go to the Philippines.
WASHINGTON.-Go William Jen-
kins of Oklahoma, in his annual report.
makes a strong plea for statehood, say
ing that the past rapid development Of
the material interests Of the territory
insures it's future.
JEFFERSONVILLE Ind.-In all prob
ability the trial of Newell c. Rathbun
will go over until the February term of
court, when the regular grand jury will
be in session in Jeffersonvilie.
DENVER.-The third ba ttaliA Of the
Twenty third infantry, now in the de-
partment of Colorado has been ordered
to Atlanta to relieve the Twenty third
infantry. which will probably go to the
Philippines next month.
WASHINGTON.-Th Irish parlia-
mentary leaguers who are touring this
country agitatiag the Irish cause were
given a special audience by President
Roosevelt.
BERLIN.-Emperor William partici-
pated in the debate of the Society Of
Naval Engineers on the subject Of plac-
ing heavy guns on battleships and its
effect on their design and construction.
JACKSONVILLE, Ky.-The man who
l,i1 tn tIo hot IL
Saturday. Carrot Stevens, is a negro, liv-
ing here. Bud Couch, nlortally wounded,
is also negro. and both We're union men
in the attacking party.
NEW YORK.-O. B. Wheeler, Jr.,
charged with forging the names of a
number of prominent business men OF
Chicago to sheaf of notes aggregating
on their faces 100000, has been COM
mitted for trial.
WESTINGHOUSE Won Hengel-
muller, ambassador from Austro- Hun
gary to the United States, who has just
returned from a vacation of several
months, spent in Vienna, called upon
President Roosevelt.
NEW YORK.-More than so delegates
from various parts of the United States
were present yesterday when President
E. W. Babb called the annual meeting
of the Amateur Athletic union to order
OTTAWA. Ont.-Cables are passing
between the imperial and dominion gov
eminent in regard to the routing of an
other contingent of troops forming in
Canada for service in South Africa.
LONDON.-At the National Sportine
club Jack O'Brien of Philadelphia last
night defeated Frank Craig, the "Har-
lem Coffee Cooler" after seven rounds Of
10-round bout.