The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-19
NEWS STORIES BRIEFLY TOLD

) NEWS STORIES BRIEFLY TOLD !
WASHINGTON-Seret Of the
treasury Gage returned to the city from
his western trip.
oMAHA-General passenger agents
here have been asked to vote on a new
homeseekers rate for 1902.
INGTON-Statement OF the
treasury shows: Available cash balances
Sl6S, 4,O74; gold O0,475,0SS.
WASHINGTON-Secre Hitchcock
left for his summer place in New Hamp-
shire to bring his family home.
NEW YORK-Funeral services over
the remains of the Duke of Alva We're
conducted today at st. Leo's Catholic
church.
ST. PETERSBURG-The British and
Russian governments have come to a
complete agreement regarding the
Afghan situation.
WASHINGTON-The cabinet meeting
lasted less than half an hour. Secretary
Hay was present for the first time under
the new administration.
PORT TOWNSEND, wash.-Quaran-
tine regulations which have been in
force against Alaska since the 10th Of
last May will be raised today
CHICAGO-The Columbia yacht club
gave a reception to Sir Thomas Upton
ae which admiration for his plucky
craftsmanship was expressed.
WINNEPEG-William Flood DAWN, a
well-known journalist and former men,
Der Of parliament shot himself dead in
his room in the Clarendon hotel.
VANCOUVER, B. C.-The Canadian
Pacific steamer Hating. which was
wrecked of Texada Island last Saturday,
arrived here under her own steam.
LOWELL, Mass.-Albert G. Smith,
teller and Lewis K. Swift. bookkeepe~
of the Merchants National bank have
been missing since Thursday night.
SAN FRANCISCO-Superior Judge
dered a decision holding that California
divorces are absolute when granted
SANDUSkY, OhiO-A. w. Miller, the
former city clerk, who is alleged to have
embezzled $4,000 of the city's funds wa,
brought back from Havana Cuba.
LONDON-Returns from the refugee
camps in South Africa for September
show total white population OF 1o041S;
deaths among the whites 2,4l1. of which
1854 were children.
WASHINGTON-The president has
appointed the following postn,aslers:
Frank w. Swan. at Nome. Alaska; V.
w. Vetttleson, Wailuka Hawaii; Ellen
Wade, Mullan, Idaho.
OMAHA, Neb.-The Burlington road
announces that the Chicago-Los Angeles
daily train service via Omaha and Kan
sas City and Santa Fe roads will be re-
sumed November 3.
OMAHA-John ]. Grove who conducts
a saloon in Council Bluffs. says that his
brother. Pat Grove, will not surrender
until he was convinced that his bond
would be placed at $500.
SEATTLE-PeOple returning from
Nome refer to the newly discovered Cam
die Creek district in superlatives and
state that the cream of the treasure de-
posits remain to be found.
DENVER-PresidentJ John w. Springer
of the National Live Stock association
issued his official call for the fifth an
nual convention of the association to
convene in Chicago. Tuesday, Dec. ).
LONDON-The admiralty has sent in
structions to Davenport to prepare for
the construction of battleship larger
than any now existing. Her displace-
ment will be 1880 tons and her length
425 feet.
IHILADELPHIA-Th committee on
ARRANGEMENTS of the National Associa-
ton of manufacturers male arrangement.
for the holding of national reciprocity
convention at Washington beginning
Nov. 10.
SAN FRANCISCO-1n moment OF
mental distraction, Charles Kaiser,
SUPERINTENDENT of the Reno Water and
Electric works, at Reno. Nevada. leaped
from a third story window and was
dashed to death.