The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-12
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antl-clgarette Dill ana IL is Delng en-
forced to the entire exclusion of all
kinds Of cigarettes.
Richard Craxer has paid to English
officials his income tax of $4,000 on
the official estimate that he was in re-
ceipt of 100000 year.
1t is reported that Lord Kitchener
wishes to send 10000 Boer prisoners
to India. He proposes to locate them
in the state of Nilgira, province of Oris-
sa, Bengal.
The Kaiser, prior to his departure
for Germany, conferred On Lord Rob-
erts the order of the Black Eagle, the
highest decoration within the gift of
the Emperor
The total receipts from customs
sources in Cuba in 1900 amounted to
$I6,OS4 ,376; for 1899. $14, ,S54, ,261, show
ing an increase of 81 go, ,115, or over
eight per cent.
General Funston reports that prac-
tically all the organized insurrection-
lists in his district have been dispersed,
with the exception of disconnected
bands in the mountains.
Joseph Crockett, a cousin of Davy
Crockett, is dead at his home at Liber-
ty, Missouri, aged eighty-seven years.
He was native of Tennessee, and
went to Missouri in 1920.
1t appears that only single member
out of the fifteen comprising the
finance committee of the Folkething
opposes the sale of the Danish West In
dies to the United States.
The Queen of Sweden and Norway
Is suffering from a dangerous affection
of the throat. says Copenhagen cor
respondent. Her strength is much re-
duced and her condition serious.
The report of the commissioner of
patents shows that 27S patents were
granted Colorado citizens during the
year, seventeen to citizens of Wyoming
and nine TO citizens of New Mexico.
The Cuban Constitutional convention
has voted by large majority to insert
clause in the constitution allowing
universal suffrage, and also adopted
the principles of minority representa-
ton.
Mrs. Marion Durham, president of
the Iowa State Womrn's Christian
Temperance Union, gives her unqual
flied approval to the methods adopted
by Mrs. Nation in fighting the unlawful
saloon.
Major General Arthur Macarthur
will be relieved from duty as the com
manding general of the division of the
Philippines in Apill next and will be
succeeded by Brigadier General James
f. Wade.
The German War office has received
dispatch form Count Won Waldersee.
dated Pekin, which announces that
railway communication has been re-
stored between Pekin, Feng Tai and
Pao Ting Flu.
Secretary of the Navy Long has writ
ten to Senator Morgan that he would
like to promote Lieutenant Hobson,
Captain Clark and other naval officers
If the Senate could be induced to act
in the matter.
Astronomer G.. ID. Perrine has been
selected by Director w. w. Campbell
I of the Lick observatory to head the
| University of California expedition TO
/ Sumatra to observe the eclipse of the
I sun on May 18th.
A London special from Cape Town
says that General Dewet. according to
Cape Town reports, intends to annex
various districts of Cape Colony and
! then to commander men and supplies,
although he is now urging the colon
lists not to join him.
The output of United States postage
stamps at the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing during January was the
| largest in the history of the govern
ment, the total number being 507, 49,
G55, of which 1854 $40 were put up in
the little book form.
1t is the intention of the War De
! partment to have the corps of under
! takers now in the Philippines disinter
and ship to the United States during
the present winter, If practicable, the
remains of all officers and soldiers now
buried in those islands.
At a meeting of the Boer sympathiz-
ers at Frankfort, Kentucky, attended
by some 5000 people, resolution was
adopted appealing to Great Britain to
stop the war in South Africa. Christian
! DeWet, a nephew of the Boer COM
mander, was present and was carried
around the hall on the shoulders of the
p, promoters of the meeting.
The Dominion government has prac-
tically taken steps to purchase the tele-
graph systems of Canada, extend them
enormously and operate them in con-
| nection with the Postoffice Depart
ment. 1t is also seriously proposed to
follow n similar course with the tele-
phone but in the case of the latter mu-
inequalities will be licensed, as in Brit
ain, to operate the system within their
own areas.
Search is being made for facts and
deeds that will authorize the enroll
ment Of the first native American to
be included among the canonized
saints. The Rev. p. S. McHale, G. NJ,
president of the Niagara University,
has received authority to begin the
work preliminary to the beatlfication
of Mother Elizabeth Seton, who found
ed the order of Sisters of Charity in the
United States.
By an explosion of 700 quarts of nj
troglycerine Mt the magazine of the Gas
Belt YOrpedO CompanY. four miles