The new age. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1902-190?, 1903-02-07

Voting machines are to be used In
Kansas.
Cornelius Vanderbilt has recovered
from his severe illness.
Signor hi Broglio, minister of the
treasury in Italy, has resigned office
because of i'll health.
Governor Peabody of Colorado has
signed the certificate of Henry M.
Teller's election TO the United States
senate.
President Diaz has received the Boer
generals cordially. He told them that
Mexico would welcome the Boer col
onists.
A bust of the late President McKin-
ley was unveiled in the postofice at
Baltimore by the postofiice Mckinley
Memorial association.
Representative Bristow of New York
has introduced a bill increasing the
salary of the president of the United
States to 100000 a year.
Baron Speck Won Sternberg. envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipoten-
tiary from Germany to Washington
has arrived at Washington.
Brigands have been terrorlzing the
Caucasus. Russia. recently. levying
tribute on towns anu holding up trains
to an extent hitherto unknown.
Two men, Lee Ba-pos and George
Silverthorn. recently fought duel to
the deatir in a small cabin 20 miles
from Redding, Cal. Silverthorn is
dead and Barnes can not live.
C. r. Lloyd. wealthy resident of
San Bernardino, Cal. was shot and
fatally wounded recently by his neph.
ew. William Boxall of Santa Barbara.
Neither will make any statement.
The Northern Paciic has the larg-
est passenger locomotives in the west.
but the freight engines of the Great
Northern system include some OF the
most powerful locomotives in the
world.
The examination by expert account
ants of the affairs of the defunct bank
of Otoe, Iowa. owned by Cutting q
Wil.ett. has disclosed a shortage of
s214.491. instead OF $34,S33, as at first
reported.
The reichstag has passed the sec.
ond reading of the bill protecting child
labor in factories and shops and pro
hibiting the employment of children
under II years of age in some branch
es of industry and under Is years in
others.
An accident In the engine room of
the United States steamer Boston. ly
lug In san Francisco bay recently, cost
Ward Lee Baker his life, and another
victim, Sanford II. Tate, lies in a crit
ical condition at the naval hospital
at Mare Island, where he was trans
ferred for treatment.
The effect OF the action taken by
Emperor Francis Joseph In depriving
the crown princess OF Saxony of ali
her archducal titles and prerogatives.
which has the approval of both of her
father and of the king of Saxony, will
be to deprive her OF any title what
out parallel in the history of the Aus
trian house.
The train robberies reported In the
United States during 1892 numbered
%, an increase of seven over 1901.
Reading back from the latter year,
the numbers were 20, Is, 20, 80, rs
and 40. The last number, the highest
on the list, is for 1895. The total
number Of holdups in is years is 32S
with a record of SO persons killed and
107 injured.
The house committee on postoffices
and post roads has authorized a IA
vorable report on the bill introduced
by Mr.. Gardner of Michigan to pre-
vent robbing the mails and to provide
safer and easier method of sending
money by mail" 1t provides for a
system of post check notes which are
made interchangeable at money order
postoffices and banks.
Allison Armour of Chicago lunched
with Emperor William last Sunday.
A dispatch states that the crown
princess Of Saxony and NJ. Giron intend
going to the United States.
Shipments of coke have again been
cut down, and the Northport smelling
works have been compelled to shut
down the fourth blast furnace, which |
was started a few days ago.
Samuel Warfleld, an Oregon pioneer
who crossed the prairies behind OK
teams So years ago. recently died at
Lexington. Ore. aged 81. He leaves
IL children and a widow.
Mgr. Kennedy, rector of the Amerl
can college. presented to the pope IN
private audience recently Charles N.
Schwab's father, mother and sister.
The pontiff gave them the apostolic
blessing.
General Miles was the guest Of the |
king and queen at dinner at Windsor
castle Sunday night. The prince and |
princess of Wales and others were |
among the party. King Edward Is In |
good health.
Elisha Morgan. head q the Morgan |
Envelope company, promoter Of the |
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