Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-02-10
Boston Photographers Will Have
to Respect the Sabbath.
sTAMBoUL's RECORD is REJECTED.
Two New Brands Of Cholera Bacilli Dis.
covered-An Autograph Letter
Of Columbus.

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souri, Legislature.
The Ice on the Mississippi river at st.
Louis 10 foot thick.
Ice In the Chesapeake has stopped the
Baltimore Bay line steamers.
Diphtheria has begun to diminish
again by tfifis In Philadelphia.
Wolves are reported TO be destroying
lambs and pigs In some parts OF Louisi-
ans.
Eighty-six persons were killed on rail-
roads In Kansas last year, and 6l5 per
sons were injured.
Doctors have discovered two new
brands Of cholera bacilli to spring on the
public next summer.
Secretary Elkins has approved plans
Tor two bridges across the East river,
from New York TO Brooklyn.
David Dudley Field thinks Brooklyn
should DO annexed to New York and the
consolidated city called Manhattan.
The Edison Electric Company has been
ordered by the court to sell its lamps to
The Sunbeam Incandescent Company.
An old gold miner living at Atlanta,
Ga, says that the best gold fields in
America to-day are in North Carolina.
Published figures show that the num-
Der Of persons killed 1t grade crossings
In the city Of Chicago last year was 1926.
A bill before the Illinois Legislature
provides that In Chicago all vehicles
used TO transport prisoners shall be COW
cred.
New York and Boston capitalists have
arranged 70 start big spirits distillery
At Louisville, KY, in opposition to the
trust.
A total OF nearly $4,000, 900 has been
appropriated by the nations OF the world
and the various States for the Worlds
Fair exhibits.
There are about forty petitions before
the Connecticut Legislature to build
electric street railways and electric in
terurban lines.
The Mexican government has abolished
The payment OF subsidies to the press,
and three OF the principal daily news
papers Of Mexico are about to suspend.
Baroness Blanc, who has created a
sensation in New York by her matri
monial eecapades and stage ambitions,
has pleaded bankruptcy to her creditors.
A Minnesota legislator proposes to
raise fund for the State University and
general school fund by an annual tax OF
tax OF LIZ mills on all property In the
State.
Mr.. Parker OF Boston, Chairman OF the
Judiciary Committee, will introduce
bill into the Massachusetts Legislature
prohibiting the issuing Of free passes by
railroads.
6atolli is gradually bringing within
the folds OF the Catholic Church those
who have heretofore taken an independ-
ent stand and defied the local church
authorities.
Boston photographers are forbidden
TO work on Sunday any more. The city
has 30 ordered, and the Chief OF Police
has notified the photographers that he
will enforce the order.
John Hutchinson, Collector OF Inter
nal Revenue, has just issued the first cer-
tificate In the Hartford Conn., district
TO Chinaman under the Chinese exclu-
sion act Of May s, 1892.
The Duke Of Alba OF Spain has notified
the Secretary Of State that he will send
to the Worlds Fair an autograph letter
OF Christopher Columbus. a. well as
other valuable documents.
The House Committee on Foreign Az
fairs has reported adversely the bill to
give Rear Admiral Brown permission to
receive medals and other tokens from
the Hawaiian government.
The natural gas supply Of the great
gas belt around Findlay, Ohio, Is no
longer equal TO the demand. The pres
sure Ia 30 low that 1t Is useless for heat
Ing purposes, In homes even.
OF those who formed the original band
Of 500 Grant supporters in the nominal
ing convention Of 1880 some 300 are still
living. They are to organize AN associa-
ton to be called "The Old Guard"
The sundry civil bill as recently
agreed upon by the House Appropria-
tions Committee carries 1850, 900 for the
new Philadelphia mint and $500 900 for
REINFORCEMENT OF Philadelphia harbor. |
Lieutenant Totten, United States
army, has forwarded his resignation to |
the War Department. He was until re-
Gently Professor OF Military Science in |
Yale. lie will devote his time to liter
airy pursuits.
The Upper House Of the Alabama As
sembly, by vote Of seventeen to fifteen,
refused to pass the bill granting a PEN
zion OF 1900 per year to the widow of JEFF.
Ierson Davis. An attempt to reconsider
10 to DO made.
A movement 10 on foot in Bridgeport,
Conn.,, to move the birthplace Of the
midget, Carries s. Stratton,
General Tom Thumb, from lite present
lite to Seaside Park and convert 1t into
! public museum.
An Investigation conducted by the In
Llama Board OF Agriculture shows that
he State has paid $50, 900 for the heads
Il chickens, turkeys and various small :
sild birds which were palmed Off upon
he authorities for the heads OF owls and
lawks.
Birmingham, Ala, Is emulating the |
Example OF Newport, KY, in Its entan-
lement over the control OF its police ,
nrce. The Council refuses to support
he department, and the city 10 reported
O be virtually without organized pro-
ection. The street railway company is
n xed mp In the fght.
Stsmbouls grand performance OF {
:07,s. made on the Stockton, Cal. track .
n November % last, the world-famous 2
nile that crowned him king OF trotting
has been rejected by the I
Imsrican Trotting Register Association.
who covered . mile at Nash
lille, Tenn, in 2.07a< on November l2. I
}, according to the Register" the ac- q
trotting king. 9
The wiilof the late ex. President HAYES |
rovidss for the equal distribution OF the
state among the five children, after the I