The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-10-21

Fire destroyed Pier C OF the
Southern Pacific terminal company In
the western portion of Galveston.
Loss, estimated at $4,000.
The president withdrew 400 acres
Of land from the public domain In
Montana.
Fire totally destroyed the Adeline
Sugar company's plant at Franklin,
Pa. Loss. 100000.
Special agents at Washington are
looking into allegations of the ex-
istence of a lumber trust.
The supreme court postponed &C
ton on most Of the big suits pending
until there ia a full bench.
With Lisbon tranquil and events
moving smoothly the new republic Of
Portugal seems destined to live.
Reciprocity negotiations will prob
ably be in progress between Canada
and the United States within ten
days.
A violent collision occurred on the
streets of Valencia, Spain. between
republicans and members of the Cath
Ollie club.
Thomas ]. O'Brien, the American
ambassador to Japan, will sail for the
United States October IS on q sixty
days leave of absence.
1t Is officially stated that the British
war Office is considering the possibili-
ty OF securing a regular supply OF
horses for the mounted troops In
Jamaica.
The will of Horace b. Silliman Of
Cohoes, N. Y. former textile manu-.
facturer, bequeathes the estate OF
more than 100000 to philanthropic
purposes.
T. P. Nelson of Seattle, was elected
grand president OF the Danish Broth.
erhood, defeating ii. II. Vogt Of Dav.
export. Ia, who has been president
twelve years.
To the already large area OF abou,
100000 acres. the department OF
the interior has added 10000 acres
of land to the enlarged homestead
portion OF Wyoming.
J Joe and Ed Chandler. negro high
waymen. were killed and Ed Black. a
| third member of the gang. was mort
, ally mounded in Huntsville. Ala. by
, Sheriff Mitchell and squad Of depu
ties.
Rear Admiral John A. Rogers. u
s. NJ. retired, arrived from Alaska
. convinced that his missing son. Al
exander. who went north In the sum
! mer Of 1909. persisted on the Valdez
. Fairbanks trail.
= Social Washington was deeply In
!, terested in the recent cabinet meet
ings at the White House, at least II
that part OF them which had to d.
with the filling Of the vacancies OF
? the supreme court bench.
Adolph Rothbarth. the hop mer
. chant. who pleaded guilty to having
defrauded various banks In New
. York out of 100000. was sentenced
= to serve not less than three and moi
? more than seven years In Sing Sinl
prison.
: The long-standing uneasiness among
? railroad employees in France dc
!, veloped In a declaration to strike OF
the part OF those employed on thu
northern roads. The decision Is re
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grant the demands of the men.
, A move toward unificatlon of al
Of Chicago's street car lines was mad,
when the city council passed an or
, dinance permitting the rehabilitation
OF the Chicago Traction company ant
the purchase OF the Consolidated Rail
ways by the Chicago Railways com
, pany.
|. There was a substantial increase
, amounting to about 10 per cent, In the
, number OF wooden cross-ties pur
chased for consumption by the steam
and electric railroads in the United
States in the calendar year 1909, al
compared with the number purchased
In 1908.
Uniformity in grain inspection
; throughout the United States and II
the rules OF trading In all exchange,
will be the principal subject con
.. sidered at the fourteenth annual con
yention Of the grain dealers nationa
association. which held its initial ses
sion In Chicago.
Sir William Reloar, the English
philanthropist and former lord mayor
OF London. who has been In the Unit
ed States and Canada a month. SAILED
on Sunday on the Celtic of the White
Star line. after pronouncing the Am
erican women the "smartest dressed
women in the world"
Consul Chamberlain .eiegiaphed the
state department. from Lourenzo Mar
,, quez, East Africa, that the governor
general Of that colony continued II
office under the new Portuguese reg
!, line; that the republic had been pro
claimed throughout the provinces and
that the translation was peaceable.