The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-31
news OF The WORLD.
SHORT DISPATCHES FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE GLOBE.
A Review Of Happenings in Both
Eastern and Western H~emispheres
During the Past Week-National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.

The Central hotel at Pontiac, H..
caught fire and was destroyed recently.
The Imperial Bank of Germany has
reduced its discount rate from 6h per
cent to 6 per cent.
The National hotel at San Rafael,
Cal, was held up recently by. an armed
man and Constable Edwards was shot
in the meek and and seriously
wounded.
An explosion in a heating stove
started a fire at Madison, Ill, that de-
stroyed the greater part of two city
blocks in the heart of the business sec
ton recently.
Mayor Mcclellan of New York has
asked for the resignation of Magis-
trate Otto H. Droege, following a
scandal as to conditions in the court
over which he presides.
That freight traffic conditions are
recovering from the financial strin-
gency is the statement of several
traffic managers and other high rail
way officials at Chicago.
The cruiser Washington of Read Ad-
Imiral Dayton's squadron arrived in
Frisco from Magdalena bay on the
l2Sth.
The police of Rio Janeiro have gath
Iered up six sailors from the American
Ibattleships who had either deserted or
failed to return on board before their
vessels sailed from there.
Petitions in bankruptcy have been
fled against the Cream City Park
Amusement company of Chicago by
creditors of the
James Stillman, president Of the Ma
tional City bank of New York, has re-
signed from the directorate and also
from the executive committees OF the
Union and Southern Pacific.
George w. Wilson, a furniture clerk,
vas arrested at Los Angeles recently
on an indictment returned three years
g By the grand jury in Buffalo, New
York, charging him with deserving his
wife's child. which is a felony under
the New York statute.
II. s. M~assingham Of Mandon, N. D.,
has been arrested at Billings on a
charge of forgery, it being alleged that
M~assingham cashed checks in Billings,
drawn on Mandan banks, in which he
had no account. On advices from Man
dan, MasSingham was taken into Gus
tody.
The first shipment through the Sa-
bine lake canal. the last cut in which
was made by the government recently,
was of export lumber for England by
a lumber company OF Orange, Texas.
Congress has expended $536,So0 on
this canal. 1t is Is miles long. connect
ing the Sabine and Neches rivers.
Dredging began January II, 1906.
Congressman Hobson Of Alabama
declares that President Roosevelt is
with him heart and soul for a great
naval establishment.
Fred Gilmore, aged IL years, was
drowned at Grand Forks, B. c., re-
Gently while skating.
Viscount Aoki, ex-ambassador to
Washington, has arrived home.
H.. R. Schade died suddenly at the
national capital recently. He was a
son or the late attorney and statisti-
clan, Col. Louis Schade, and was him
self a lawyer and journalist.
The mysterious disappearance Of
Alec Latham. former chauffeur for
Ruef and an important witness for the
prosecution in the coming graft trials,
is still %unsOlypd at Frisco
Coming from Guaymas to Portland,
the British steamer st. Hugo ran
through great schools of whales.
Leslie Shaw expects to be a candi-
date for the republican presidential
nomination if he can get the Iowa
delegation.
Miss Eunice letters, who is to marry
Edward R. Taylor, mayor Of San Fran
cisco, is n OF that city's best known
charity workers.
The meat trust cinch is one thing.
at least, that has not been affected by
money stringency.
Jack London and his wife have ar
in Frisco on the steamer Mari
posa from Tahiti.
Henrietta NJ. Johnson was run down
and killed Sunday at Seattle by an
automobile driven by Guy C. Stratton.
secretary of the Acme Single com
pany. j. F. Ives, vice president of the
Stimson Mill company, who was in the
automobile, and Mr.. Stratton, gave
$500 bail. The girl was crossing the
on her way home from Sunday
Has Enrtunn. n. n |