The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-02-04
SHORT TELEGRAMs.

of Hawaii.
Chicago coal teamsters are boycott
ting the sky-scrapers, because they
want coal in winter but use oil in sum-
mer.
Close personal friends of Lyman ].
Gage say he will accept the presidency
of the Chicago Title and Trust Com
pany.
The two houses of the New Jersey
Legislature have ratified the election
of John f. Dryden as United States
senator.
The Toxic correspondent of the Lon
don Express cables that over 200 SOL
diers have been frozen to death in
northern Japan.
Judge Hough of the St Louis Circuit
Court has decided that Archbishop
Kain has a right to sell the property
of the Immaculate Conception Church.
Thomas Middleton, chief accountant
for the Yukon territory, has commit
ted suicide rather than suffer the dis
grace of arrest for embezzlement of
$4,000.
A Shawnee Indian narrowly escaped
death by torture by members of his
tribe the other day. A marshal arrived
just in time to save him. He had as
sauited three squaws.
Andrew Carnegie has within the
last few days given $1,000 to Cooper
Union. This is Mr.. Carnegie's second
gift to the institution. the first one be-
ing of a like amount.
The British survey steamer Egeria
has started to search for the missing
warship Condor, making the fourth
vessel to sail, the Grant. Mccullough
and Phaeton being already out.
A pound gold nugget has
been found at Virginia City, Montana,
the value of which is $4,000. 1t is the
largest one found in the West. A law
suit has already been begun over 1t.
A merger embracing practically the
whole coal trade of the Northwest,
both anthracite and bituminous, has
been brought so near accomplishment
that there is no question of its sue
cess.
Ten persons perished in a fire at
Boston in an Italian lodging house in
Fleet street. Four other occupants of
the house were injured in jumping
from windows. The financial loss was
only few dollars.
A report sent by Lord Kitchener. in
johannesburg. tells of the important
capture of General B. Viljoen, in the
neighborhood OF Lydenburg. Transvaal
colony, as well as the capture of small
parties of Beers elsewhere.
The Supreme Court of Ohio has
handed down a decision sustaining the
Garfield corrupt practices act, in the
case of l.. A. Russell. who claimed that
conformity to this act could not be re-
quired of candidates for Congress-.
The Prince of Wales has left Berlin
for Strelitz. Emperor William and
Prince henry bade him farewell.
There was much kissing between the
royal cousins. but the public maintain
ed an attitude of cool Indifference.
The correspondent of the Telegraph
at Brussels says Mr.. Kruger has re-
ceived fresh invitations from Chicago.
New York and Philadelphia to visit
those cities. and that he will probably
start upon an American tour next
April.
Two hundred and thirty guests of
the Lindell hotel. st. Louis. We're driv-
en- from their apartments into the
sleety streets at 10 o'clock Tuesday
night by flames which wrecked the ad-
joining building at the corner of Sew
enth street and Washington avenue.
and for thirty minutes threatened to
sweep away the hostelry.
The United Mine Workers took i'm
portant action in adopting a resolution
from Indiana District No. IL. providing
that the convention should levy an as
sessment on all the members of the or
ganization sufficient for the purpose of
carrying TO finish a speedy and sue
cessful termination of all strikes now
engaged in by the entire organization.
At the request of the British govern
ment the police of Paris have searched
the domicile of Charles Bright the
American engineer who was arraign-
ed in London January 22nd. charged
with concealing 100000 of his assets
in connection with bankruptcy pro-
ceedings, and have seized four trunks
containing documents and negotiable
securities
In duel fought at Cattaro, Dalma-
TIA, Austria Hungary, between the he
reditary Prince of Montenegro, Denelo
Alexander, and his brother. Prince
Mirko, on account of the latt0r having
ridiculed the wife of his brother. Prin-
cess Jutta, Duchess of Mecklenburg,
Prince Denilo was slightly wounded.
but has since gone with his wife to
visit the Italian court.
The American Chamber of Com
merce at Manila has formulated an
appeal to Congress in which 1t earn
estly prays for the enactment of laws
allowing Cinnamon to enter the Philip
pine islands under such restrictions as
the Philippine commission may enact.
The present restrictive law concerning
immigration. continues this appeal. is
of no benefit to the Filiplnos.
The Republican members of the
ways and means committee held pri-
vate conference Wednesday night and
decided to frame a bill for the reduc-
ton of war revenue taxes before pro-
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