The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-13


agreed to vote on the Iays-Pauncefote
day.
WASHINGTON-The navy department
has been informed OF the departure of
the battleship Iowa from Panama for
Callao. .y 3
ROME--The senate has fixed Decem-
Der 20 for the discussion of the inteTpelz
lation of Baron Fava on the subject of
lynching of two Italians at Erwin.
Miss. in July last.
CHICAGO-Homer Wise. president of
the Union Land < Oil company. repre-
senting the Ryan-Whitney syndicate of
New York, has been here for the past
week and has secured a site for a large
plant.
BOSTON-The 21st annual meeting of
the national civil service reform league
is in session. The annual report of the
council recommended the past year has
been one of encouragement for the
friends of civil service reform.
LONDON-The correspondent of the
Daily Mail at BRUSSELS says that by
DfOctanldllOl1, ualtu NOV lHDei IeH-
eral Botha ordered the execution of all
burghers enrolled With the British forces
as scouts who might fall into the hands
of the Beers. The correspondent adds
that fifteen such burghers have already
been shot. ~ =.
LONDON-The BRUSSELS correspond
ent of the Standard cables that Mr..
Kruger has been Informed of the will
ingness of some of the powers to inter-
vene in South Africa if the Boer leaders
will accept autonomy under the supre-
macy of Great Britain.
LARAMIE, Wyo.-Fifty convicts were
removed in safety today from the old
penitentiary here to the new institution
at Rawlins. The prisoners vera trans
! ported in baggage cars fitted up with
cages for the guards. Fifty convicts
will be removed each day until the en-
| tire force is transferred.
SALT LAKE CITY-Alfred Moses, an
employe of the blast furnace Of the
Highland Boy smelter at Bingham, was
killed yesterday by being caugh. in the
elevator shaft Moses missed his foot
ing and the heavily loaded elevator,
rapidly descending. caught him across
| the middle, cutting him completely in
| two.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Drucker. a
| former member of parliament for North
! ampton, who has come all the way
| from British Columbia, in the develop
| ment of which colony he is much inter-
| ested, to be examined relative to his
| ceedings counsel said Mr.. Drucker had
| bankruptcy, estimated his unsecured
| liabilities at G35O.O0O. During the pro-
inherited 100000 and that he had been
| feeced of practically the whole amount.
WASHINGTON-Mrs Roosevelt will
| hold public reception for ladies on Sat-
| urday. the 14th from to p. m. She will
| be assisted by the ladies of the cabinet
and will have with her during the re-
! ception number of young lalies, I'M
| Guiding those of the cabinet circle.
& j
LARAMIE, Wyo.-One of the worst
storms in recent years has been raging
| in Southern Wyoming for "a hours. Snow
| is falling. accompanied by high winds
and a falling temperature. l,ailroad
| traffic has been delayed but no blockades
have occurred. Reports have been re-
| ceived of heavy losses of sheep.
| WASHINGTON-Th democratic lead.
ers of the senate have notified the re-
publicans that the minority does not
| feel called upon to provide committee
places for either Senator McLaurin or
Senator Wellington. 1t is understood
the republican members of the commit
tee will assign those members to COM
miftee O10cAA