, 1902-12-01
NEWS OF II DAY.

freight trains near Missoula. Mont, q
boy was killed and both engineers anC
a fireman and a tramp were injured.
The Colombian invaders of Venezu
ella have been repeatedly defeated ant
driven back across the border and sus
tanned severe losses.
President Roosevelt has disapprovet
the adverse report of the examining
board in the case of Paymaster Joh1
Clyde Sullivan, and he remains in his
present position.
Mrs. Dillon, wife of the Irish leader
now sick in Chicago. sailed from Liver
pool for the United States Sunday.
The British expedition against the
rebellious Waziris in western India
oners, destroyed three villages and
captured 5000 cattle.
Cromwright Schreiner, husband OF
Olive Schreiner, the noted writer. has
been elected to the Cape Colony par
Lament by the Boer voters.
British merchants have been the
largest buyers OF building lots at Dalny,
the new Russian commercial terminus
of the Manchuria railroad.
Students of the University of BARGE
Iona. Spain, stoned the gendarmes. but
were driven back and many arrests
were made in the university buildings.
The overhauling of the United States
battleship Texas at Norfolk, Va, has
been completed, and it has left for
Culebra.
The French chamber of deputies has
voted that its members shall not here
after be municipal councillors of Paris.
The Irish landlords convention has
decsi1'' Earl Mayo's and Lord Dun
ravens suggestion for a conference of
landlords and tenants to arrange for
the sale of lands.
The interstate commerce commission
has decided to reopen the case Of the
St. Louis Business Mems league
against the Santa Fe Railroad com
pany at St. Louis, Feb. 10. The charges
are excessive competitive rates.
The honorary degree of doctor of
laws was conferred on DR.. Lorenz, the
famous Vienna surgeon. by Northwest
ern university Saturday night.
President Roosevelt has denied thir-
ty-two applications for pardon of fed
eral prisoners. but has restored citi-
Zenship to six who served their terms.
Gray's Inn, the Casino and Wood
bury hall, summer hotels at Jackson.
n. H., we're burned Saturday. Losses
$4,000.
The Pacific Commercial Cable COM
pany has received the soundings of the
United States teamer Nero on the Pa
citic ocean.
Archbishop Riordan of San Francis
co that the Plus fund award
of 100000 that Mexico is expected to
pay before long will be used t stimu-
late the cause of religion on the Pa
cific coast.
The African Methodist conference
OF Virginia and North Carolina has
adopted resolutions of commentator
of President Roosevelt's announced
policy toward negroes.
Governor Taft of the Philippines and
Archbishop Guidi have begun their
negotiations for the settlement Of
friars and other questions.
The amount Of money given for the
relief and assistance of the striking
anthracite miners of Pennsylvania was
over $4,000, 900.
1t is reported from London that Ven
ezuela is taking steps secretly to set
tie all financial and diplomatic claims,
especially those of Germany and Great
Britain.
Two convicts on their way to the
penitentiary at Walla Walla, Wash,
escaped from the Jail at Starbuck.
John T. Huffle, a wealthy ranchman
of Gallatin county, Montana. was kill
ed by a train at Bozeman, Mont, Sat
urday.
Nearly every building in the mining
village at Rockford, S. D., was burned
Saturday. Loss, $4,000.
The Big Four Railroad company has
increased the wages of all of its yard
employees.
The National Non-Partisan Reel
procity league is sending from Chica-
go 1000 invitations to noted men for
the convention at Detroit, December
10 and II.
The work of arranging the program
for the dedication of the St. Louis
Worlds fair April 80 next is under way.
President Roosevelt has promised to
attend.
Better Than a Plaster.
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