The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-10-28
SHORT TElEGRAMS.

of the principal railroads remaining in
| private hands.
John Dalton. who murdered the sher-
If at Marysvale, Kansas, three years
ago, has been convicted
General Firmin, leader of the Hay
tien revolutionists, has left the coun-
try and early peace is promised.
The pending Cuban treaty does not
cover the Isle of Pines or coaling
| station at Havana. These matters will
come up later.
The National Association of Retail
| Liquor Dealers has decided to take act
| i've measures to secure a reduction of
| the government tax on whisky.
The Austrian government is prepar-
| ing bill for the purpose of combat
| ing drunkenness. The measure pro-
vides for the imposition of severe PEN
alties upon dipsomaniacs.
1t is said unofficially that the Eng
lish government will ask parliament
to authorize Transvaal loan Of $780,
100000 or more, to be guaranteed by
| the imperial government.
Rear Admiral Charles Beresford.
now in the United States, has been pro-
NOTED to the rank of vice admiral, as
u result of the retirement of Earl
General Zinzar Mascovics has formed
new cabinet in Servia in succession
+ to the ministry which resigned Octo-
| ber IS. 1t is composed of independent
radicals. with himself as premier.
With the assent of the powers the
| Chinese government has ordered Sir
I Robert Hart, director of the imperial
maritime customs, to inaugurate the
: the new tariff schedule October 81.
P. A. McHugh, NJ. p, from Ireland.
and editor of the Sligo Champion, has
ben sentenced to two months impris-
onment at hard labor, after having
been convicted of conspiracy and intim-
Z idation.
Company d, Twelfth regiment, N. G.
N Y, has unanimously elected Corne-.
= iius Vanderbilt first lieutenant. lie has
| ben identified with the regiment some
. time as second lieutenant of Com
/ pany G..
A strong effort is being made in Ten
nessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and Ar
| kansas to organize every sawmill firm
of any importance into the Hardwood
| Manufacturers Association of the Unit
| ed States.
Another international combination
has been formed in the storage battery
business, which practically controls the
patents and manufacture of storage
batteries in this country. England and
.he continent
Lord Cromer, the British diplomatic
agent in Egypt, has telegraphed that
Cairo is practically free from cholera.
The total number of cases in Egypt
was 100 daily, and the disease was ex-
pected to cease it's epidemic form about
November 1st.
The new viceroy of SEE Chuen prov
ince, Tsen Chun Suan, reports that the
boelrs have not been suppressed at
Cheng Tu and two other centers, and
Ihe asks the ministers and missionaries
Ito refrain from travelling In central SEE
Chuen at present.
Gen. Harrison Gray Otis of Califor
mia, who has just returned from Mex
Xico, will furnish the first test case OF
the recent treasury department ruling
Xallowing an American resident to bring
into the United States. exempt from
duty. presents for his family.
A French deputy has announced that
he will interpellate the government on
the arbitration of the Plus fund case
between the United States and Mexico
at The Hauge. He urges that France
should be the first European country
to follow America in utilizing The
Hague tribunal
A sixteen-story apartment hotel Will
be erected on Fifth avenue. between
Sixty-fourth and Sixty-ffth streets, in
the heart of the so-called millionaire
row." New York City. Frank j. Gould
purchased recently residence at S34
Fifth avenue. for which he is said to
have paid 100000.
News has been received at Seattle
THAT the little Unalaska schooner j. P.
Ward is a complete wreck in 1anudah
bay. Uniwak island. Bering Sea. Her
passengers and crew escaped through
the greatest good fortune. Five of the
number came near starving to death
after reaching land.
The United States government has
filed notice in the Federal Court at To-
peka of an appeal of the M. X and T.
1aA case to the United States Supreme
Cont. The government in its appeal
claiA that the road, by means of fraud
and MISREPRESENTATION, obtained a
great deal of land under the grant.
United States Judge Kohlsaat has ap-
pointed William NJ. Booth special mas
ter to take evidence in the civil pro-
ceeding through which the government
Is Trying W ItcoNSl @'VVsoVV NHieh N"p
tain Oberlin NJ Carter is said to have
received through conspiracy with
contractors at Savannah, Georgia.
Business depression continues in Ger
fnany and the winter will be hard on
the laboring class. The cities expect
more calls on public charity than last
winter, and the mayor of Frankfort-on-
the Main has announced city appro-
priation of $1,00O,000 for relief work OF
various kinds to assist the laborers.
The great American coal strike re-
Gected in London in the placing OF
Hrtnal. Ii, n ,,o.rr cnr,,nan1t q develnn re-