The Butte inter mountain., 1902-04-30
NEWS STORIES BRIEFLY TOLD

5 NEWS STORIES BRIEFLY TOLD
VICTORIA, B. C.-The steamer Queen
Mary left the Esquimalt dock this after
noon, repairs to her having been COM
pleted. She leaves tomorrow for Port
land.
WASHINGTON.-The senate commit
tee on military affairs has authorized
an adverse report on the bill creating a
national park al Appomattox, Va, where
Lee surrendered to General Grant.
GRAND CANON. Ariz-Three Santa
Fe trains en- route to Los Angeles and
numbering 500 club women, spent
today sight seeing at the Grand Canon
and left tonight for their destination
wASHINGToN.-Min Minister wu Ting
Fang has declined an invitation TO de-
liver an address a "A school commence
ment at Milledgeville, Ga, on account
OF recent criticisms of himself in the
senate.
HELENA.-Mrs. j. X. Toole and Miss
Rosecrans, daughters of Gen. W. S. Rose
Grams, left Helena today for Washington
tc attend the ceremonies connected with
the burial of the body of General Rose
Grams al Arlington.
BARcELONA.-At stormy sitting OF
the council held yesterday 1t was decided
that Barcelona would hold no fetes in
honor of the approaching coronation of
the king. Persons present al the sitting
applauded this decision with enthusiasm.
HOUSTON, Textile International e.
Great Northern today inaugurates Its
train service between Houston and Waco,
the road having been only recently COM
pleted. Work Is being pushed toward
Fort Worth as rapidly as the graders
can work.
| VICTORIA, b. CA dispatch from
| Ottawa announces that the dominion
government has decided to give the Can
adian Pacific Navigation company a
| subsidy for their Skagway Steamship
| line and also for the line along the west
coast OF Vancouver island.
| BEAUMONT, Tex.--A record in load
ing a Standard Oil company barge has
just been made at Port Arthur. A full
cargo of 5000 barrels was sent into the
barge and in an hour and 40 minutes
from the time the vessel was towed in
| IL was ready to be towed out again.
i WASHINGTON.--The house commit
tee on military affairs today ordered
I. favorable report on the resolution o
Representative Burleson of Texas, re
questing the war department for copie
of orders, etc, to General Jacob Smith
relative to the campaign in the islam,
of Samar.
Los ANGELES, Gala large numbe
of delegates to the biennial conferenc
OF the general Federation of Woman
clubs arrived in Los Angeles today an
by tomorrow afternoon practically a
will have been escorted to their head
quarters N readiness for the openin
| session.
CAPETOWN.-At today's hearing
the supreme court of the charges
forgery brought against Princess Radz
will, the defendant testifying in her ow
behalf, swore that the notes were n,
forgeries and said they We're handed
her by Mrs. Schultz, whose husbar
died since the case was opened.
TOULON.-Orders have been given
make special arrangements for Il
)y Rochambeau mission, which is to So
from Toulon for the United States MI
=. s. on the battleship Gaulois, and In vie
OF the receptions and banquets whi
!, will be given on board of her duril
- the vessels stay in America, the exec
lent band of the Mediterranean fleet w
h' Auction of Relics
(By Associated Press.)
London, April 30.--At an auction
the famous Dunn Gardner collection
bidding was brisk, especially for t
snuff boxes, one of which fetched ES
IT, The most sensational price reached W