The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-06-30
SHORT TELEGRAMS.

land recently declined the presidency
Of the University of Virginia.
According to the Novoe Vremya, the
Russian-Chinese Bank has been auth
orized to open a branch at San Fran
cisco.
The Great Western Glass Manufac-
turing Company has been organized
at Ottawa, Illinois, with 81 900 900 cap
ital to manufacture plate and window
glass.
A trolley car running out of May
wood. New Jersey. has established
what is 10 be new scedule record by
travelling one mile in l minute and 10
seconds.
Reports have reached st. Petersburg
that 200 lives were lost at Azoff. June
9Th, as result of the collapse Of
gangway there while pleasure party
was landing from steamer.
The International Printing Press
men and Assistants Union at their
meeting in Cincinnati elected Martin
p. Higgins. Boston. president. Among
the vice presidents is r. J. Unger,
Denver.
Charles Dick of Akron has been Sc
lected by the Republican state central
Ohio this year General Dick was
elected chairman of the state execu-
tive committee.
The newspapers of Toxic say the
Manchurian convention. drawn up by
the Russian minister at Pekin. NJ. Les
sar. and Prince Ching, president of the
foreign board was signed by those Of
iicials June Goth.
Eo,rtaa,, ,,,ap uara l-frIad and thir-
teen injured by an explosion in the
lyddite factory at the Woolwich ar
senal near London June 18th. Sew
eral of the victims were literally
blown to pieces.
On June 20th lightning struck
house stored with 5000 pounds of dyn-
amitc at the mines of Senecaville,
twelve miles from Cambridge. Ohio.
Six men were killed and more than
score others injured.
The Nippon Yusen Kashai has pur-
chased the fleet of steamers on the
Yangtse OF the McBain Navigation
Company for $i.500000 and the Japa-
nese line will make this connection
of the American service.
George Howard Mcdonald. a Boston
laborer. is said to have been positive
ly identified as the sole heir to $4,000
900 cash and gold mining claims valued
at many times more. left by an uncle.
William Mcdonald. who died recently
in California.
Reports from the west of IreMnd,
Lancashire and other points. state that
thousands of acres of potatoes have
been ruined by the recent frost and
rain Ii is feared that the failure OF
the Irish potato crop will entail much
hardship on the peasants.
The ninety-second anniversary of the
battle of Tippecanoe was observed al
Lafayette. Indiana, June 21st Memoir
,iai services were held on the battle
ground and the soldiers graves were
decorated. An address was made by
Gen. John S. Black of Chicago,
The State Department. after con-
sidering the questions arising out oi
the seizing of the railroad between Por-
to Cortez and La Pimienta by the gov
ernment of Honduras, has referred the
matter to MIR Combes, our minister
who will request an explanation.
Mai. George b. Davis, chief commits
sary, Department of Colorado. who will
be relieved by Mai. b K,West. assist.
ant commissary general. has been or.
dered to the headquarters of the De
partment OF the District of Columbia
to become its chief commissary.
A statement has been given out in
New York as coming from sir. Schwat
that he has no inteltion of resignine
the presidency of the United States
Steel Corporation. 1t was added thai
MIR Schwab was in excellent health
and was at the Steel Corporations of
fees daily.
The International League of Presi
Clubs, at its recent meeting in Atlantic
City, New Jersey, denounced the Salus-
Grady libel law of Pennsylvania. Res.
olutions attacking the law were adopt
ed by unanimous vote They called
upon all newspaper men to work fol
the repeal of this act
Secretary of Agriculture James Will
son delivered an address on agricul-
tural education at the dedication oi
Cunningham Hall. the Van Wormer IL
brary, the technical and engineering
hall and other new buildings of the
University of Cincinnati. and received
the degree of doctor of laws.
When asked in the House of Com
mons what steps We're being taken to
induce Germany to cease differentia-
tion against Canada. Colonial Secre-
tary Chamberlain replied: Il am not
aware that there are any effective
steps that can be taken under our
present fiscal system"
Mai. James w. Pond, the we'll
known manager of lecturers and sing
ers, died at his home in Jersey City,
New Jersey, June 21st. He had been
i'll for month, the trouble beginning
with a slight wound which failed to
heal, and finally necessitated the am
putation of his right leg, resulting in
his death four days later.
Mai. w. H.. Gibbes. who is said to
have fred the first shot of the Civil
war, upon Fort Sumpter. died here at
Charleston. South Carolina, this