The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-11-17
SHORT TELEGRAMS.

1t is said that King Edward has ap-
proved the engagement of Prince Alex
ander of Teck to Princess Alice of AL
bany.
Tin platers in South Wales have or
dered 100000 tons of steel bars from
the United States Steel Corporation.
The price is given as $50 ton.
The German consul at Cape Town
telegraphs tina the Bondelzwarts
tribesmen have invaded Cape Colony
and have had an encounter with the
Cope police.
When George B. Mcclellan becomes
mayor on January LIST, he will have it
in his power to deal out $40.000.000 of
patronage among the followers of Tam
many Hall.
During a recent meeting of scientific
societies in hall in the province of
Murcia, Spain, the building collapsed.
killing seven persons and injuring
twenty fatally.
The King of Italy. who is clever
mechanic, has invented a small caliber
rifle, which has been referred to a mill
tary commission, that can hardly ven
ture to reject it.
Signor Marconi has begun work at
| Rome on the immense power machine
| with which it is expected wireless COM
munication will be established with the
Argentine Republic
The general land Office has with
drawn from settlement ninety-three
townships in the Great Falls, Montana.
land district. for inclusion in the Teton
irrigation project.
A London dispatch says that ]. Pier
pont Morgan has acquired Aldenham
hnt M Vop Don Nd in
tends to make the place his residence
during considerable part of the year.
The recognition by the United States
of the independence of the lsthmus Re
public has caused great rejoicing
among Ecuadoreans and the attitude of
President Roosevelt in the matter is
applauded by the press of Guayquil.
James Van Horn. a day laborer who
lost all of his property in the great
! aood at Des Moines last spring. has
fallen heir. through his wife. to an
eighth interest in the $10,000,000 es-
| tate of John Shellenbarger of Oregon.
| Lolita Armour, whom DIR. Lorenz of
| Vienna treated at Chicago for hip dis
| ease, is so far recovered that she is
able to dance. She has entered a pri-
vate dancing academy and will soon be
able to move with all the freedom of
other children.
In the county of Surrey. England.
drinking trough and fountain has been
erected by a local parsonage in MEM
| ory of 40U, 900 horses killed and wound
ed during the South African war. from
| 1899 to 1902. 'in a cause of which they
| knew nothing
The President has accepted the res
ignation of Oliver p. Shiras. judge of
| the Federal Court of the Northern Dis
trict of Iowa. to take effect November
| i. In accepting the resignation, the
| President expressed himself in a COM
plimentary letter.
General Greeley, chief signal officer
OF the United States. IN his annual re-
| port says efforts are being made with
prospects of success in 1904. to estab-
lish communication by wireless teleg-
| raphy between St Michael and Nome.
across Norton sound, distance of 10S
miles.
Professor Willis l.. Moore. acting sec
retary of agriculture, has made appii-
cation to the War Department to have
the Alaskan cable touch at Taloosh
island near the entrance to San Juan
de Fuca strait. The island is used as
vessel reporting station and wealth
er observatory.
In memory of the BEST of Moth
ers-in-Law" is Queen Alexandra's trib-
ute to the late Queen Victoria, in
scribed on the national mausoleum.
The memorial is beautiful statue of
the Savior, seventeen feet high, sculp-
tured and sent from Denmark at the
expense of Queen Alexandra.
When questioned as to the truth OF
reports in the Irish newspaper that he
would probably. resign the leadership
of the Irish party and join William
O'Brien in retirement. John Redmond
telographed to the Associated Press as
follows from Dublin: THE report is
quite untrue. The party remains
united"
A great outcry has been raised in
Rome over the cleaning of the famous
statues of THE Horse Tanners" attrib-
uted to Phidias, and now standing in
front of the Quirinal palace. 1t is
maintained that not only should the
statues not be touched, but that they
should be housed in a museum and re-
productions raised in their places.
Ambassador Porter has been advised
that the French government will send
warship to New Orleans December
18th to take part in the celebration of
the French transfer of Louisiana. The
city of New Orleans has forwarded
handsomely engraved invitation to
President Loubet and the members of
his ministry, which General Porter has
presented.
Officials of the Mormon Church are
negotiating for the purchase of the old
Jail at Carthage. Illinois. where Jo-
seph Smith was put to death. 1t is the
intention of the leaders of the church
to preserve the old prison as a mem
orial building and probably to keep
there mementoes and relics of the
prophet and of the struggles of the
church in its early days.