The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-24
.CIRCLING THE GLOBE
FROM ALL PARTS OF THE NEW
AND OLD WORLD.
Comprehensive Review of the I'm
pOrtant Happenings of the
Current Week.

Fully 10000 blackberry pickers have
assembled at Liberty, Mo, to gather this
years crop, estimated at GO,O0O crates,
the largest on record.
On recommendation of the coal mine
examiners, r. H. Norton of Roslyn has
been appointed coal mine inspector for
Washington.
Roselle, village IS miles west of Lar
ned, Kas., has been almost wiped out of
existence by cyclone.
Governor Rogers has appointed Nelson
W. Durham, editor of The Spokesman
Review, delegate from Washington TO
the international gold mining congress
which meets in Denver July q, and s.
A cyclone struck Asneris. France las
week during the progress of fair, up
rooted 200 trees, blew off the roof of 4
fireworks factory, blew down chimneya,
caused a boiler to explode and kill seven
persons and wound Is and killed num-
Der dining in cafe.
Nicholas Ford, ex-congressman and for
two years a leading merchant of st. Jo-
seph, Mo-, once a leader of national prom
inence in the greenback movement, died
at the home of his daughter. Mrs. Nc
Donald, at Miltonville, Mass
The Iowa State University at Iowa
City, was struck by lightning and burn
ed the other day entailing a loss of $780,
600 in books, $4,000 in aparpatus and
$4,000 to the building.
James II. Smith and Samuel H. Hick-
man, two Taylor Station, Mo-, farmers,
were killed by lightning in a barn, the
flash also setting fire to the barn and
roasting Hickman to crisp.
The buying of 10000 balls of Austral
ian wool by one Boston house and 100000
tons of pig iron by Wall street broker.
and advancing prices for stocks are proof
that the actual conditions are understood
by some capable men," says r. G.. Dunn's
weekly review of trade "There is proof
OF gradually charging business in every
important department. More establish
ments have been set to work and more
hands employed, and while prudence
still finds speculative excuses. the prog
ress towards better things is unchecked
glucose trust, comprising every big
factory in the United States but two. was
formed last week, and since then prices
have. steadily been trying to reach the
sky.
sc'ere storm raging through the gulf
states Saturday morning leveled all TEL
egrnph wires between Memphis and New
Orleans, and lightning set fire to the
Western Union telegraph building in
Montgomery, Ala, entailing loss of $40,-
600.
After three postponments the attempt
to hold meeting in North Yakima to
select delegates from Washington to the
national poulpist convention meeting in
Nashville, July 4, has been declared fu-
tile.
As result of charges of unfairness
made by President William b. Prescott of
the International Typographical union
and Henry Castle, auditor of the treasury
for the postoffice department, senate
civil service investigation is now going
on in Washington.
AT Cologne on Friday Emperor Will
liam delivered sentimental speech at
the unwilling of the monument to EN-
peror William |, during which he said:
Il remember the glorious time when the
tall forms of my grandfather and father
were seen among the citizens of Cologne
and according to human calculation my
much lamented father should stand here
now
During thunder storm at Moscow
Idaho, last week, lightning struck the
Northern Pacific coal shed, near which
Section Foreman w. P Costello and four
men were standing, two of them being
Knocked down by the shock and Costello
rendered deaf for half an hour.
John Walters was killed by his broth
er-in-law, James Rhodes, at the Warm
Springs, Mont, asylum. The two had
gone after wood, when, without provoca-
ton, the latter knocked the former down
with club and then split his head open
with an axe, later showing his victim 20
the attendants
The British residents of San Francisco
devoted three days to celebrating the dia-
mond jubilee of Queen Victoria. Saturday
Sunday and Monday, the first day being
given over entirely to sports at the
Chutes, the second to tie deum services in
Grace church and a huge banquet took
place on the evening of the third day.
Judge j. Y. Moore of Spokane, disar-
pointed in not being appointed Judge of
the circuit court to succeed General Nc
kenna, has filed an application with Sec
rotary Gage for the office of comptroller
OF the treasury. The secretary gave but
little encouragement, remarking that the
position was greater than the one he held
himself.
Rev. William T. West, Methodist
clergyman, has been arrested at Seguine.
Tex, on information furnished by his
sister-in-law, charging him with having
murdered girl, Miss Susie Beeh. with
whom he eloped from his former charge
at Chesterton, Ind. West deserted his
family at that time and murdered his
guilty companion in st. Louis. He made
known the crime, was about to be arrest
ed, He'd to various parts of the world. ana
his presence was at last disclosed by his
sister-in-law while the latter was suffer
ing from fit of anger.
A REVOLVER AND A HAY FORK
Fatal Fight in Field Near Nal