The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-04

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| by the United States consuls as to the
number Of unemployed in the various
| industries of Germany reveal a rather
worse condition Of affairs than has al.
ready been intimated by the German
| press.
| BERLIN.-The message Of President
/ Roosevelt caused a mild thrill in Ger.
: many. On the bOerse, where 1t was
! eagerly awaited the message was re-
! ceived with uncommon interest and the
market was slightly stimulated upon
| the posting OF the bulletin containing
| Presidents Rosevelt's utterances about
| trusts.
NEW YORK-Fire Commissioner John
/ X. Scannal and William l.. Marks. a
! broker in fire department supplies were
\ called before Recorder Golf today to
| plead to indictments charging Scannal
! with neglect of duty, and both with con-
| spiracy. Counsel for the accused at
l. tackled the legality of the November jury
| on the ground that one OF it's members
l. was not a resident of New York county.
! -ARIS.--The financial affairs of Count
Boni de Casteliane again came before the
French tribunal, when the court of APP
peals began the hearing of the counts
appeal against the judgment obtained in
the tribunal of commerce in favor of the
banker. Daviller. The Judgment in ques-
ton ordered Count de Castellane TO pay
bills amounting to 100000 francs.
VANCOUVER, h. C.-The breaking of
a log jam has transformed Seymour
creek, across the harbor from Vancouver,
from placid little brook into a raging
torrent. Long continued rains broke the
log jam. Trees 200 feet high were up
rooted and carried down with such veloc-
lty that barn was swept away.
CHICAGO. - The Percheron stallion
Pourqupois. winner of the first prize at
the livestock exposition in his class for
stations years old and under and VIM
ner of the championship in the classes
for all ages. was sold to Alderman Frank
4. Fowler of Chicago. the reported price
being $500.
WASHINGTON.-The court of claims
began new term yesterday and handed
down about 200 decisions, many of which
had been worked up by the judges dur
ing vacation. This brings the work OF
the court up to date and leaves prac-
tically nothing that has been submitted
undecided.
! WASHINGTON-The postoffice de-
partment has closed the bid for 600
contracts for star route and steamboat
mail service involving all such service
west Of the Mississippi river. except in
Minnesota. Iowa and Missouri. The
contracts which will not be awarded for
several weeks, involve a little less than
SIC, 900 600 for the four years beginning
next July.
PUEBLO.-The strike of local railroad
switchmen on the Denver & Rio Grande
and Santa Fee roads has been called off.
1t is understood to be an unconditional
surrender of the strikers. but that the
officials will not do anything in the way
of sending their names to other roads
as an injury to their individual records
LA JUNTA.-D. d. Dodds. an old man
living in La Junta suburbs and his
daughter We're both beaten to uncon-
seriousness with revolver butt by an
unknown. robber who demanded money
The woman was dragged some distance
from the house and left there. Both
the victims will recover.
PUEBLO.-It is now said that the
miners union will take up the cause of
the people of Chandler. who have been
ordered, by the Victor Coal company.
to vacate, and there are threats of a
strike. The company claims to be the
owners OF the land and is making ar
engagements to build a fence around the
town.
WASHINGTON.-The Twenty seventh
regiment of infantry will go to the Phil
ippines in three detachments. The first
VIII leave New York on the 18th inst, on
the transport Crook: the second will
leave the same port on the 18th inst. on
the transport Buford, and the third de-
tachnent will leave San Francisco on the
10Th. on the transport Sheridan
CINCINNATI. Ohio.-Twenty of the
leading shoe manufacturing concerns of
Cincinnati have decided to post notices
in their factories today declaring their
independence of labor organizations.
They declare their shops free and prom
Use to protect all who are willing to work
under such an arrangement. If this ac-
ton shall provoke strike. over 5000 en-
ployes will be affected.
tlAAStO".--J H. DIcAcI VI mia Ci-
phia will be the owner of the largest
yacht afloat when the new vessel thai
he ordered from George Fl. Watson
while the latter was in America, this
year, is launched. The plans are all
finished and approved and it is expected
that the yacht will be built at the yart
where the Shamrock II. was con-.
structed.
KANSAS CITY Mo.-Jim Popp, cham
pon lightweight of Canada, was given
the decision in the fifth round of what
was scheduled as 90 round boxing con-
test with Billy Armstrong of San Fran
cisco. at Turner hall last night. Both