The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-10-29
TELEGRAPHIc sREviTiEs.

his steam yacnt, the Erin, IOllOWeO the
next day.
The crew of the Shamrock IL.
George l.. Watson, designer, and
Thomas Ratsey, sailmaker have sailed
Tor England.
1t is stated that 39,S72 persons per-
ished at the hands of homicides (were
murdered) in the United States during
the five years ending with 1900.
The monument erected in the West
Point cemetery to the memory of the
late Major General Judson Fitzpatrick
has been unveiled with imposing cere
monies.
The transport Thomas has sailed
from San Francisco for Manila with
large number of passengers, among
them being several officers and about
fifty teachers.
The autumn maneuvers of the Japa-
nese army will take place on Noyem-
Der 9th, and on the following day there
will be a grand review of 1900 troops
before the Emperor
The board of directors of the Pan
American Exposition adopted reso-
luton that Saturday, November ., at
midnight, be fixed rs the time of the
final closing of the exposition.
Famine riots have broken out in the
government of Saratoff. Russia, and
serious conflicts have taken place be
tween the Russian peasants and the
troops. Many persons We're wounded
during the fighting.
The Japan Mail publishes n state
ment to the effect that Russian officers
nave been urging Corea to fortify the
coasts of the peninsula. and have Of
fprnI n
pose without interest.
There is n possibility that Crown
Prince Wilhelm of Germany will visit
the United States, and particularly
New Jersey, about April and May of
next year, to be present at the trial of
the Emperor's yacht.
James r. Woods, who drew the cap
ital prize in the Lawton land district
at the El Reno lottery last August and
settled on claim valued at nearly
$4,000. died few days ago of typhoid
fever after brief illness.
A member of the faculty of the Mos
COW Imperial Technical school has re-
Gently discovered that microphone
attached to an electric are lamp by
wire will transmit sounds through the
medium of another electric arc lamp.
Commander-in-Ch Chief ELI Torrance of
the G. a. Il. to-day gave out the fol-
lowing appointments: Judge advocate
general. General Henry NJ. Dufiield,
Detroit; chief of staff, Major a. Noel
Brakeman, Mount Vernon, New York.
Representatives of twenty canning
companies in Iowa and one in Ne
braska are formulating plans for the
organization of n trust embracing all
the principal plants west of the Mis-
sissippi, with paid-up capital of ST.
100000.
Assistant Postmaster General Bris-
tow has ordered the establishment of n
postoflice to be named Mckinley in
Franklin county. Washington, thirteen
miles west of Eureka. This is the first
office named so since the death of the
President
There is talk of forming a company
to merge all the important plants in the
country producing cameras and photo
graphic supplies. and papers of incor-
poration will probably be filed in New
Jersey placing the capital stock at
49,, 900, 900.
In Lynn, Massachusetts, the center
of the shoe trade. the factories are run
ming full time, and great difficulty is
do tho work. Between 10000 and 49,
900 pairs of shoes are being turned out
daily in this one city.
Rev. George w Olmstead, pastor of
the Methodist Church at Tower Hill,
Illinois, has pleaded guilty in the Fed
eral Court to sending n number of OBJ
scene letters through the mail to both
men and women and was sentenced to
two wears in the Denitputiary
The Pacific Mail steamship Siberia,
the largest vessel ever constructed in
America, was successfully launched at
the Newport News Ship Building Com
pany's yards on the 10Th instant. The
Siberia's length is approximately 600
feet, and displacement about 1900
tons.
In an interview at Denver. Assistant
United States Land Commissioner
Richards said: 81 find that there is
nothing but praise in Washington for
the method recently adopted for appor-
tioning by lot the new public lands
which are thrown open. This plan will
undoubtedly be followed in the future
in all openings of the sort"
The submarine boat Shark was sue
cessfully launched at Elizabethport
October 10th. The boat is one of the
fleet of submarine warships that is be
ing built by the Holland Torpedo Boat
Company, and is sixty-three feet four
inches long and has displacement of
120 tons. She has gasoline and electric
engines for propelling power. She will
be equipped with Whitehead torpedoes,
which will be fired from the bow.
Awarded the Highest Prize.
Buffalo, N. Y, Oct-The New Do