The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-10
SHORT TELEGRAMS.

While in Paris Lieutenant General
Miles dined with General Brugere, COM
| mander-in-chief of the French army.
An official report shows that the
plague at Mazatlan, Mexico. came in
vegetables from San Franoisco's China
town.
The German government has decid-
ed to readmit the Jesuits, who, since
1872, have been excluded from Ger
many.
The Standard Oil Company is said to
be negotiating for the entire oil fields
of Galicia at valuation of more than
$10,000.00O.
By a resolution the Kansas House
has instructed the senators and repre-
sentatives in Congress to vote for the
Cuban reciprocity treaty.
A bust of the late President McKin-
ley was recently unveiled in the Balti-
more postoffice by the Postoffice Nc
kinley Memorial Association.
The Washington State Senate has
| adopted concurrent resolution in
viting President Roosevelt to visit Or
egon on his trip to the Coast this year.
By recent landslide at Nanktng.
China, over 200 lives were lost A high
bank slid down and covered a crowd
of spectators who were watching the
unloading of a steamer.
Amelia Sach and Annie Walters,
baby farmers" were hanged at Hol-
loway Jail in London, February End.
No woman had previously been hanged
in England since March, 1900.
The fourth of the Russian torpedo
boats, against whose passage through
the Dardanelles Great Britain protest
ed to Turkey, steamed through the
Bosphorus February 1st en- route to
Sebastopol.
Sousa's Band played at Windsor
Castle few days ago and both the
great musician and his wife were pre-
sented to the King and Queen, who
complimented Sousa and asked for
several encoroS.
1t is estimated that as many as 5000
persons have fled from Mazatlan, Mex
leo, since the breaking out of the
plague. There were 165 deaths from
the plague in January and the disease
is not yet conquered.
n report has reached Tucson that
the Twelfth battalion of the Mexican
regulars was almost annihilated in a
battle with the Yaquis. whom they
were pursuing after having defeated in
fight at San Marcial.
The London board of health declares
that the whole estuary of the Thames
has become so contaminated with sew
age that not only oysters and cookies
but many of the fish taken there are
dangerous articles of food.
Professor Baginsky of the Emperor
and Empress Frederick Children's Hos
pital of Berlin. announces a discovery
of a serum against scarlet fever has
been made by DIR. Aronseg. Good re-
suits have already been obtained.
Spy Oak" said to be the largest
tree in New York state, standing on
the Pelham road, Westchester. has
been condemned. 1t is said that many
spies and deserters were hanged from
its branches in Revolutionary times.
A stringent child-labor law has just
passed the Kansas Senate. 1t forbids
the employment of children under four
teen years of age at any steady labor,
and provides that no person under six
teen years of age may work at night.
The Ship Owners Association of
Liverpool has adopted a report strong
ly condemning the antiquated shipping
laws of England, which are said to be
gradually forcing the carrying trade of
the world into the hands of foreigners.
gle Steel Company, who is travelling in
India, has handed to Lord Curzon s10,-
600 to be devoted to some practical OBJ
ject or in scientific research that prom
ises to be of enduring benefit to India.
At Topeka the other day General
Funston said he would not be sur
prised If he were ordered back to the
Philippines before long. He has recov-
cred from all his wounds, he says, and
can well endure active service for
while.
The Navy Department is unwilling
to allow Constructor Hobson to retire,
because of the pressing need of the
construction corps of just such officers
as Mr.. Hobson and the effort will be
made to induce him to remain on act
i've duty.
Experiments on the military railway
between Berlin and Sossen in connec-
tion with keeping moving train in
continuous wireless communication
with the signal station have been COM
pletely successful. The Braun system
was used.
The sixetieth anniversary of the
birth of the late President William Nc
Kinley was observed in both houses of
the Legislature of California January
Goth by the passage of eulogistic reso-
lutions and lavish decoration of red
carnations.
The automobile show which opened
at the Crystal palace in London, Janu-
ary 30th is by far the largest held in
England. Between 500 and 600 cars
are exhibited. besides 120 circulating
on the grounds for the use of prospec-
tive purchasers.
Prof. Frederick Bedefl OF the physics
department of Cornell University has
announced a new discovery in electric
power transmission, whereby an alter