The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-12-24
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The differences between capital and
labor are assuming aggravated proper
tions at Budapest, Hungary.
An inventory of the personal estate
of the late Pierre Lorillard shows
valuation of less than $2,OOo,OOO.
A distinct earthquake shock was felt
at Salem, Oregon, at 1850 a. IN. De-
cember 18th, but no damage resulted.
The G. A. r. executive council ad-
journed without definitely settling the
date for the next national encamp-
ment.
Seth Low took tho oath of office as
mayor of New York December 10th.
He will assume office at noon Janu-
ary 1st.
Victor Hugo's only grandson, Georges
Hugo, has applied for permission to
put the prefix Victor before his fam
lily name.
Three thousand bales of cotton have
been sold at Mckinney, Texas, for
shipment to st. Petersburg, Russia,
and Rotterdam, Holland.
The Mergenthaler Linotype Company
has declared the regular quarterly div
idend of 21a per cent. and an extra
dividend of 3la per cent.
John Swinton, for many years an
editorial writer on New York daily pa
pers, died at his home in Brooklyn De
cember 18th, aged seventy.
During the recent cold weather
deaths from freezing were reported
from Wisconsin, Alabama, Tennessee,
Kentucky, Ohio and New York.
A Paris paper asserts that Command
ant General Botha has reported to Mr..
Kruger that he has "a 900 armed men,
10000 being Cape Colony recruits.
The transport Warren sailed from
Manila December 18th with 1856 short
term enlisted men and Generals Rob
ert =. Hughes and Frederick Funs-
ton
At Portland, Oregon, n great exposi-
ton will be held in 1905 in commemo-
ration of the work accomplished and
made possible by the Lewis and Clark
expedition.
The transport Hancock sailed from
San Francisco December 10th for Ma
Mia with twenty-one officers and 653
men of the Fifteenth cavalry, seven
officers and 36o recruits.
Earthquakes were felt on the night
of December 10Th in the province of
Catania, Sicily, and in the southern
italian provinces of Calabria and
Lecce.
The engagement is announced of
Captain Richmond p. Hobson, u. S.
N, and Miss Eleanor Ludlow of
Springfield, Ohio, n niece of eS-Gov-
ernor Bushnell. The marriage will be
in February.
DR.. William Rainey Harper, presi-
dent of the University of Chicago, has
decided that he cannot accept the post
of director of international congresses
of the worlds fair.
Jasper Tulley, NJ. p, for Leitrim,
and John O'Donnolly, member of par
Lament for South Mayo, will be prose-
cuted under the crimes act for making
intimidating speeches.
Sir Thomas Liptons cup challenger
Shamrock H., narrowly escaped being
destroyed by fire at Brooklyn on the
night of December 18th. AS ii was
she was badly scorched on one side.
1t is announced that the total cost OF
the Yerkes system of electriication of
London for both systems Is estimated
at S10Oo0,OOO Mr.. Yerkes proposes to
build the biggest generating station in
the world.
Rear Admirals Evans and Glass, Cap,
tains Cooper, Harrington and Thomas,
Lieutenant Commander Stoney, Sur
geon Blackwell and Captain ]. f.
Myers of the Tilley court-martial, have
returned from Samoa.
The st. Petersburg Gazette an
nounces that modified state of siege
has been proclaimed in n score of
towns throughout Russia. Strikers
and students riots are responsible for
the action taken by the authorities.
The Messagero of Rome, says that
Father Cushing, the American priest
who had difficulty here with the Rt.
Rev. Nicholas C. Matt, bishop of Colo
RADIO, has commenced legal proceedings
against Bishop Matz for illegal arrest
Eight prominent cattlemen were ar
rested a few days ago by order of the
Oklahoma Live Stock Sanitary Com
mission on the charge that they at
tempted to drive diseased cattle across
the territorial and federal quarantine
lines
Including all the telephone compan-
les in the United States there are 4,311
exchanges in operation with 2,2TS, III
telephones in use. The total capital
invested is nearly S50O,OO0,00O. One
company employs $4,000 persons and
handles two billion calls per year.
The Lincoln avenue car barns of the
Chicago Traction Company were burn
ed on the morning of December 10th.
More than 16O cars We're destroyed, in
Guiding nearly all the grip cars and
trailers used on the Lincoln avenue
line. The loss is estimated at $4,000
A protocol has been signed for
treaty with Nicaragua, Salvador and
Costa Rica which provides for the ad-
mission of flour, wines under fourteen
degrees, fresh and dried fruits and pre-
served products from the United States
into Nicaragua free of duty.
There has been a meeting of doctors
and veterinarians at Manila to consider