The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-12-01
short TELE0RAMS.

I. NJ. Drake, ex-governor OIL iowa ana
founder of Drake University, died at
Centerville, Iowa, November Goth.
Nearly 10000 operatives are affected
by the ten per cent. cut in wages in the
great cotton mills at Fall River, Massa-
chusetts
EXCongressman Moody of Oregon.
charged with securing and withholding
letter addressed to Mrs. Margaret L..
Conroy, was acquitted on trial.
Hart P. Dank, composer of the old
time popular song. silver Threads
Among the Gold" died at Philadelphia.
November Goth, at the age of seventy
nine.
DR.. Mary e. Jackson of Hammond.
Indiana, is testing the Finsen rays in
cases of tuberculosis, and is said to
have cured the disease in three pa
tients.
A heavy shock of earthquake was felt
in eastern Sic''y November 21st. The
disturbance is believed to be a result
of the recent eruption of the Stromboli
volcano.
The Columbia, the sailing boat, nine
teen feet long. in which Capt. Eisen-
braun left Boston August 11th. alone
for Marseilles, arrived at Gibraltar No
vember Goth.
st. Thomas church at Braddock,
Pennsylvania, the gift of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles NJ Schwab to the Catholics of.
that city. was dedicated November
22nd. 1t cost $125.000.
The Berlin Bourse was closed No
vember 18th. that being the annual day
for meditation and prayer. Any one
working except for the necessities OF
life can be fined $3.50.
The steamer Discovery, which left
Nome October 14th with thirty-one
passengers, has not been sighted since
October 2Sth and shipping men believe
she will never reach port.
The hearing in the United States
Ship Building case has been postponed
until December Gath. Counsel for the
complainants declares that no negotia-
tions for a settlement are in progress.
In the recent election in Ohio the
vote cast was S77,203. Myron T. Her
rick's plurality over Tom l.. Johnson
for governor was 113,S12. the highest
ever given a gubernatorial candidate in
Ohio.
Three hundred men employed in
making steel tank cars at the works of
the Standard Oil company at Whiting,
Indiana. have been discharged. Cur
tailment of expenses is given as the
cause.
Judge Joseph Z. Gary recently cele-
brated the conclusion of his fortieth
year OF service on the Chicago bench.
Though eightytwo years old he retains
his vigorous mind and firmness of de-
cision.
A special from Dawson says the office
of the Yukon Sun was wrecked by an
explosion of gasoline in the basement
on the night of November l9fh. Fire
destroyed building and plant. Loss,
$25. 900.
Petro Saccardo, the architect who
restored St. Marks at Venice. died No
vember 10Th. His death is said to be
due to the shock caused by the collapse
of the campanile of St Marks on juno
IA, 1902.
The correspondent of the London
Mail at Sydney. n. S. w. says that
Professor Hussey of the Lick observa-.
tory. who has been camping for sew
eral weeks at Canoblas, has discovered
ten new double stars. Professor Hus-
sey regards the discovery as of the
greatest Importance.
The steel mast of the Americas cup
challenger Shamrock III. has been pre-
sente9 to the town of Cape May, New
Jersey, to be used as flag pole. 1t is
1853 feet long. The gift was made by
Captain Barr, skipper of the defending
yacht, Reliance. he having bought the
challenger for the materials it con-
tained
Officials of District No. s, Interna-
tional Association of Machinists, Chi
cago, recently discovered what they be-
lieve to be an extensive system of SELL
ing trade union secrets to employers.
AS result they revoked the charter
of Local No. AZ and gave new charter
to seven men picked from the member
ship of 200.
Ten men were killed by an explosion
in the Ferguson coal mine at Connells-
vile, Pennsylvania, November 21st. 1t
is believed by mining experts that the
fire which has ragged in the Hill Farm
mine since the disaster of 1880. broke
through the walls which had been
erected between the Hill Farm mine
and the Ferguson.
Mrs Phoebe Clifford. the Oldest min
lister in the Society of Friends in the
world, died at Providence, Rhode Is
land, November 23rd, aged 100 years
and five months. When she celebrated
her Tooth birthday, last June she re-
ceived kilograms of congratulation
from all parts of the world, as her
work in connection with the mission
ary labors of the Quaker is historical.
At Fort Worth Texas, November
goth, the National Live Stock Exchange
elected George W. Shannon of Chica-
CO. president, and voted to hold the
convention of 1904 at St Louis. 1t was
recommended that local live stock ex-
changes composing the membership of
the national body adopt rules abolish
ing solicitors for commission men and
abolishing the paying of shippers tele-
grams.
Marks Nathan, the scrap iron king,
whose will has just been filed in Chi
cago. left provision for the erection of