The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-05-26
SHORT TELEGRAMS. s.

rev days ago.
1t is reported that Turkey has agreed
to buy two warships which have been
built for Argentina.
The Woodmen of the World have Sc
,ected Chattanooga, Tennessee. as the
place for holding the 1905 convention.
Sybil Sanderson, the well known
American opera singer. died at Paris
May 10th of pneumonia. following an
attack of grip
The new archbishop of Canterbury
wants the churches adorned with
works of art He thinks it would add
to the attendance.
Two African M. e. church buildings
in Chicago have been wrecked by dy-
Mantle because the pastors denounced
the policy" game.
The belief is said to be growing In
London that King Edward will visit
the United States and the st. Louis
exposition next year.
Maj. Gen. Shafter, United States ar
my, retired, has been elected depart
ment commander of the G. A. r. for
California and Nevada.
Corbett and Jeffries have signed an
agreement to fight at San Francisco on
pices of the Yosemite Club.
At Paris May 18th the Lebaudy air
ship made the distance of seven and
one half miles in twenty-five minutes.
part of the way against a brisk wind.
Thus far the United States govern
ment has recovered 100000 of the
amount taken by Capt. o. NJ. Carter
in the Savannah river and harbor
fraud.
1t is reported in New York that Her
mis-. the champion three-year-old of
1902. has been sold by l.. V. Bell to
Edward R. Thomas, son of the late
General Sam Thomas, for the sum of
100000.
Sir Thomas Upton has purchased
tub to CONVOY the Shamrock l. To the
United States. The steam yacht Erin
will convoy the challenger. The yacht
will be ready for the ocean passage
May Both.
1t is announced that leading bicycle
manufacturers are considering the
plan of resuming extensive advertising
And encouraging bicycle races. In the
case of the bicycle trust. failure to ad-
vertise spelled "bust."
A hurricane devastated Santa Maria.
Bulacan, Luzon, May 18th. Earth
shocks were felt, and during the
progress Of the storm the stone
barracks collapsed, killing one and
injuring seven native scouts.
In the United States Court at San
Francisco the Federal Salt Company
case was ended by the company plead
ing guilty to violating the provisions
of the Sherman law and being SEN
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Miss Ellen NJ. Stone has written
long letter to the State Department at
Washington demanding damages from
the Turkish government for the acts
of the brigands who held her for ran
som within the Turkish empire.
A special dispatch from Madrid an
nounces that during a bull fight at
Algeciras the amphitheater collapsed.
twelve persons were killed and fifty
were injured. Several women and
children were gored by the bulls.
The German papers comment freely
upon the new Pennsylvania press
censor law, most of them predicting
that the measure will be short lived
and declaring that it is only fit for
Russia and not for free America"
The annual report of the Chamber
of Commerce of Rheims. the cham
payne center. places the cham
pagne production of the last year
at 32,000000 bottles. Twelve mil
lion bottles went to the United
States.
The fashionable ladies of the an
cient French aristocracy in Paris are
said to be on a strike. They will give
no grand entertainments this season
because they believe the sisters and
monks are being prosecuted by the
government.
Joseph Bashaw, said to be ia years
old, was found dead in bed at Salem,
Oregon. on the 18th instant. He was
a F'renchman by birth and served in
the French war of 1S06-15 under Ma
poleon. He drove an OK team to Ore
gon in 1S47, and was then a gray
haired man.
The war between the Spokane Falls
Gas Light Company and the labor un-
ions. which started last August and
which at one time threatened to in
volve every union man in the city, has
been submitted to arbitration under
the conditions of the state law, con-
cessions being required from both
sides.
A Manila dispatch says that Captain
Pershing has been relieved of the
command of the Lanao expedition and
has been succeeded by Lieutenant Col
onel Rodgers of the Fifteenth caval-
ry. Captain Pershing, who is ill. has
been ordered to Zamboanga for med
ical examination and will probably be
sent home.
The coroner's jury at Detroit rem
dered a verdict finding the Grand
Trunk railway responsible for the ac-
cident the night of May 3rd. when a
Grand Trunk train ran into a number
of Polish excursionists from Toledo,
who were boarding a Lake Shore ex-
cursion train. Nine of the Polanders
lost their lives.