The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06
ALL OVER THE WORLD
GRIST OF THE TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
AT HOME AND ABROAD.
Pointers, Occurrences In
Political Circles. Fire Losses
and So On.

Belamy Storrer of Ohio. has been APP
pointed minister to Belgium.
William d. Howland of New Bedford
Mass, the treasurer of several manufac-
turing corporations. is missing.
President Diaz of Mexico, has issued a
| decree establishing a naval school at Vera
Cruz to be opened July next.
John OBJ. Scoby has been appointed
receiver and Frank Deckabach register of
the land office at Olympia, Wash.
| Fire has destroyed the Central elevator
| at Peoria ILL.,. causing a loss of $4,000;
insurance, $4,000.
! Among the latest nominations sent to
| the senate by President Mckinley are the
| following: William r. Day of Ohio, iirst
assistant secretary of state; George Nj.
| Fisk of Ohio, to be secretary of the en-
bassy at Berlin; Thomas r. Purnell, dis
trict judge for the eastern district OF
North Carolina; Edward G.. Bradford,
| district Judge for the district of Della
ware; Cassius M. Barns, Oklahoma to be
| governor
Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria, is
on a visit to the czar of Russia at st.
| Petersburg
The death is announced of John Fore
| paugh the circus man. in a railroad acci- |
dent near Tampa, Fla.
The water in the river at Spokane Is |
falling and all danger of a flood for the |
present is past
N Burruss. San & Company, banking
firm of Norfolk Va, has assigned. The !
liabilities amount to between SSiOOOO and
1850, ,000 and the assets are stated by the |
firm to be 0000 available, with nominal
assets much more.
A Houston & Texas Central train was
thrown from the track al Fairbanks and
the forward coaches smashed. one man
was killed and 13 injured. 1t was the
work of train wreckers.
New York shipped s1,5OO,OOo in gold to
Europe Thursday.
o. w. Day of East Sound. WASH com
mitted suicide by blowing off the top of
his head with a Winchester rife.
Nicholas Schofield, pioneer citizen and
wealthy business man of Vancouver,
Wash, is dead.
Fire caused the loss of four lives in
Brooklyn. Before she was suffocated
mother thew her two children into the
street, the fall killing them
} Congressman Henderson's local sur
geons, at Dubuque, Iowa, have advised
amputation of his leg above the knee
erysipelas having developed some days
ago.
Eugene Taylor, linotype operator on
the Denver Times, in eight hours made
record of 0lS00 ems. The previous iec-
ord, $1,000 ems, it is alleged, was held by
I Baker of Seattle.
The Rio Verde valley in Mexico has
] been visited by a terrific hail storm which
e ruined growing crops and caused great
loss of life. Reports have been received
of the killing of Al persons by hail
stones. On one hacienda II farm hands
S were killed. Some of the hail stones
r weighed over three pounds.
= According to returns received at the
]. mint the gold yield of California last year
e was Sl7, ,1S1, 562, which is an increase over
1885 of Sl.S47,245. The yield of silver was
d s422. .436, a, decrease in production for the
e year of S117, ,S53
,, United States Marshal Fred Higgins
+ and a posse of five had'a running fight
0 with Black Jacks gang of desperadoes
e in the mountains of western Grant coun-
J. ty, N. NJ, 10 miles east of Clifton, Arl-
It zona and killed Sid Moore one of the
e desperadoes. The others escaped.
d When the steamer Weber arrived at San
: Francisco from Stockton, the dead bodies
II of DIR. ]. c. Mccall and Frank Boley,
t. both of Stockton, were discovered in a
o stateroom. An autopsy showed that death
e had been caused by drinking whisky
with morphine. Both of the men had
} been drinking heavily for several days.
al The annual report of the Union Pacific
al shows that the passenger earnings IN
lie creased $50,504 while the freight move
y ment shows an increase of $52l, ,l44 Tor the
lie year. There is, however, decrease OF
rs 800 204 in value of material on hand and
"a a decrease in interest on bonds of S5S,63S
s. The Oregon Short Line was operated for
n the year at deficit of S5iS,243 as against
ir S55S $50 last year.
in Tacoma reports the burning of the
er Standard Oil Company's worehouse II
b. that city, causing a loss of $4,000
The Presbyterian synod at London has
formally rejected the charges of heresl
preferred against Rev John W. Watson
is d. d. Qan MacLaren), by vote of i
c. to /.
a. boiler explosion at Alderman's saw
to mill in Kanawha valley, West Virginia
ay killed two and seriously injured five othe
IT, men.
ry William p. Nichols, president of the de
10 funct Bank of Commerce of New Orleans
se has been convicted of the embezzlemen
of of $4,000 of the bank funds.
President Charles w. Spalding of tn
M defunct Globe Savings bank of Chicago
cir has been arraigned to answer to charge
M of embezzement. He waived examina
"a ton and was held to the criminal court.
is A new steamship line is to be estab
ed lished between San Francisco and Japar
nd via Honolulu. Five first class steamer
will be operated and probably branc
al line will be maintained between Yoke
ra- hama and Seattle and Portland. TIL
is new company will be operated in oppos
tion to the existing lines across the Pa
led cific.
be Work has begun on Spokane's arm
lgs post.
lily Gin Pom has been executed at spokar
ce. for the murder of a Chnaman.
the Tennessee's centennial exposition
:. Nashville was opened Saturday.
Senator Jones of Nevada will suppo
the republican schedules of the Dingl'
mp tariff bill.
led May day passed quietly in London al
w. on the continent of Europe.
ngs Between 100000 and $i.OOO0OO in go
in were shipped Saturday from New Yo
INK to Europe.
and The queen regent of Spain has signed
OF decree providing certain reforms
The Cuba.
was Fire consumed a large number of bt
lrg- mess houses at Cartersville H., causi
a loss of SIS, 600.
Business failures last week were 237.
against 23S for the corresponding we
I of last year.
ems More than 100000 pounds of wool We
mere imported into this country during April
J 10 The three months restriction of the oi
tent put in cotton goods is ended and the mi
mon are running on full time.
al m The duke of Leeds will probably 81
-ach ceed the earl of Aberdeen as govern
az ~ general of Canada.
,,ia,. Bradstreet's reports disappointing b
mess throughout the country, in spite
the moderate improvement in most of
great industries.
a. President Mckinley has appoin
! tts Judge Morrow of California to the
-. cult judgeship OF the Ninth district.
rons Howard c. Hackett. sporting editor
anon the New York World, one of the !
ings. known newspaper men In the country
liata dead.
mark Black Jack, for whose arrest rev
has been offered. has been killed, IS m