The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03
SHORT TELEGRAMs.


Charleston and Columbia, South Caro-
lima, and Savannah, Georgia, on Janu-
ary 23rd.
The proposal to investigate the fssu-
ance of passes by railroads to legisla-
tors and others was tabled in the Min
nesota House.
The sultan of Jolo has announced
his intention to visit the ST. Louis ex-
position. He will be accompanied by
a native retinue.
1t is estimated that ]. Ogden Armour
made nearly a million dollars on one
days sale of wheat in his bull cam
paign in May wheat.
Superior Judge Sloss of San Fran
cisco has decided that dealing in mar
gins is illegal. The decision affects
nearly all brokers in the city.
Surrogate Fitzgerald of New YORK
| has ruled that the estate OF Mrs. Julia
Dent Grant, widow of President Grant.
is not liable to pay Inheritance tax.
Professor Tizzoni of the Bologna
university. in Italy. has announced to
the Royal Academy of Sciences the
| discovery of a serum to combat pneu-
monia.
Alfred Belt, the South African bill
| lionaire, left johannesburg January
partially recovered from his recent Sc
we're illness.
The charity committee at Mazatlan,
Mexico, has received upeto date $780,
900 for use IL combating the plague.
Money is still pouring in from all
parts of the country.
| The government of Venezuela has
received from banks in Mexico, Bue-
nos Ayres and other Latin American
cities, offers of funds to pay the claims
of the foreign powers.
The Santa Fe reports an extraordi-
nary rush to California by tourists
| this winter. The California limited is
taxed to its utmost capacity, as are all
the other through trains.
! The Mexican Tobacco aIiti. Cigarette
Corporation, incorporated in New Jer-
sey two weeks ago with an authorized
capital of 100000, has filed papers in
creasing its capital to $12,0OO.OOO.
In the hope of preventing an attack
| of the plague, the authorities of
Culiacan. Sinaloa, Mexico. are making
systematic war on rats. Thosands
| of them have been killed and theiT car
casses buried.
The title and rank of envoy extraor-
binary and minister plenipotentiary
| udNe Dcch COtiltiltu Oh ASaici pPSSh
Won Sternberg, who succeeds DR.. Hol-
leben as representative OF Germany at
Washington.
1t is reported in railroad circles
| that a movement is on footsto draw the
Gould Wabash lines into a commu-
nifty of interest" arrangement of the
| Pennsylvania. the Reading and the
| Baltimore & Ohio.
Miss Helen Gould of New York has
notified the committee that she will
| attend the International Railroad Y.
M. C. A conference in Topeka, April
| 2Sth to May I'd. President Roosevelt
has also been invited.
King Oscar has decided to temporar-
| lily intrust the government of Sweden
| and Norway to the crown prince. Gus
taf who will take over the regency at
once. This action of the king is taken
as result of medical advice. &,
Four men robbed the Citizens Bank
of Waterloo, Nebraska, on the morn
| ing of January 9th, blowing open the
| safe and securing about S3.5OO cash.
| A number of men gathered and opened
| fire on the robbers, but they escaped.
The report that the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company has negotiated ap-
proximately s40.00O.000 in New York
| at five and one-half per cent. is con-
| firmed. The loan is to run for SIX
months, privilege of renewal for like
period.
State Auditor Calderhead of Mon
tana has refused to issue warrants in
favor of twelve members of the Legfs-
lature whose seats are contested. Each
has two weeks pay due him. All the
members whose seats are contested
! have certificates of election.
Archbishop Bruchesi of Montreal
does not want the city to accept the
gift of a library building from Mr..
Carnegie He says that Montreal is
rich enough and proud enough to pro-
vide library without having recourse
to the aims of an American million
aire.
Chicago physicians are said to be
deeply interested in recent expert
ments with new cure for consump-
ton, for which great success is
claimed 1t consists of the introduce
ton of large quantities of an antisep-
tic solution into the veins of the pa
tent.
Details of the E.erger of the Akron
Paper Company with three Cleveland
concerns, to be known as the Cleve-
land-Akron Paper Company, have been
given out. 1t is believed that this is
the beginning of a movement to com
bine all the paper bag companies of
the West.
The first national conference of
those interested in higher commercial
education will be held in Ann Arbor.
Michigan, Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday, February 5th, 9th and 9TH. The
convention is to be held under the aus
pices of the Michigan Political Science
Association.