The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-20
ALL OVER THE WORLD
GRIsT OF THE TELEGnAPHIC NEWS
AT HOME AND ABROAD.
INDUSTRIAL Pointers. Occurrences In
Political Circles, Fire Losses
and So On.

by the reorganization committed
John b. Dyar. for 20 years a successful
business man of Detroit, Mich, has given
bills of sale transferring over 100000
worth of property and securities TO
trustee for the benefit of creditors. An
electric railroad project is said to have
caused hia embarrassment.
Harry Il. Hazen, 81 years of age, COM
mitted suicide at Kansas City in room
over a saloon. where he was drinking and
carousing with another youth and two
women. in whose presence the tragedy oc-
Cured
Stephen r. Mallory has been elected
United States senator in Florida on the
18th ballot. The vote was: Mallory, 3d.
Chipley "A; Call. /. Chipley led after the
roll call but the changing votes gave
the election TO Mallory
Eldorado Canyon, New, reports that an
Indian named Ahavote shot and killed
two teamsters of the Southwestern Min
ing Company named Lee Franzen and
Ben Jones on the ore road between the
mines and the mill the other afternoon.
and then went on to the cabin OF Chris
topher Nelson, prospector and killed
him also.
dispatch from Auxerre center of the
wine growing district department of
Yonne, France, says there has been
frost. destroying crops. vines. fruit and
vegetables. The amount of damage III
$4,000. coo. The inhabitants are in con-
sernation.
w. b. Bradbury, a San Francisco mil
llonaire has been sentenced in that city
to "a hours Imprisonment in the county
jail for violating the ciyic ordinance pro
hibiting expectorating on the floor ol
street cars. This was Bradburys second
offense. He claims the privilege of spit
ting when and where he pleases- as an
inalenable American privilege, and VIII
make test case of his punishment.
The Times, an Athens paper, states
that there has been an uprising IN cen
tral Macedonia, that 1000 insurgents have
captured the pass forming part OF the
principal Ene of communication of the
Turkish army and are advancing toward
Elassona and are preparing to unite
forces with the bands under Daveli, Ter
mas and other Macedonian chiefs.
A victory for the Cuban insurgents Is
reported 1t appears that General Ca
lixto Garcia and General Rabi fell on a
Spanish force which was carrying ROOD
and supplies from Manzan.llo to Bayamo,
captured the convoy routed General Lo-
nos column, and pursued nm so Vlsor-
ousy that he fled to the coast with the
remnant of the brigade and took ship
at Cabo de Cruz for Manzanillo.
! At a large convention of Austrian ofil-
cials held in Vienna it was resolved TO
call upon the government to undertake.
]
] with European powers with a view ol
"effectually meeting the common danger
/ to European economy arising from the
prohibitive tariff policy of the United
States"
The Slst annual report of the Bible so
ciety shows receipts of SlSS,S"' ana uis-
bursements for benevolent work were
s265. .66s The total gifts of the living
were s5S,S Never before with a single
exception have so many volumes OF the
Bible been sent from the Bible house II
one year to foreign countries. Ihe en-
lire number is 1Ol,354, and seven-eighths
of them went to Mexico, Central ano
South America
Ex-United States Senator Richard Coke
of Texas is dead.
There has been n sharp falling OFF in the
sales of wool.
The Tacoma Ledger Publishing Com
pany has been placed In the hands OF
receiver.
Three negroes, charged with assaultint
a white girl, have been lynched at Rose
bud, Tex.
Frank A. Vanderlp of Illinois is to IL
assistant secretary of the treasury.
The output of pig iron for the week end
ing May / was 120,2 $50 tons, against II3,af
April l.
The death is announced at HIicksville
Ohio, of A. p. Edgerton, civil service com
missioner under President Cleveland.
Two officers and nearly 100 soldiers wer
killed in a wreck on n Russian militar.
train Sixty others were seriously injured
The superior court of Lake county, Cal
? ifornia, has granted divorce to Mrs
I,angtry, the English actress.
. A mob of miners gave mine supsr'n
tendent a severe beating at Louisville
l Colo, because of cut in coal prices.
2 John Bloor secretary of the Montan
} senate, has been sentenced to jail .or on
r year for secreting the salary bill, to pre-
l vent its passage the last night of the ses
sion.
D Imports of merchandise - SIS. .3S2, ,0l9 fo
the week at New York alone-are "a pc
cent larger than a year ago making a
= increase of AZ per cent for the past week.
] An avalanche of sand and gravel at tn
u cut which is being made by the Newcas,l
Traction Company, south of Newcastle
I; Penn, buried five men. two of whom wci
u killed and three seriously injured.
). San Antonio. Tex, reports that wesl
y bound Southern Pacific passenger tral
= was held up by masked men and robbie
= about $50 miles west of that city. Safe
/, were dynamited in the express car. and
is believed that the robbers obtained b'
tween $1,000 and SS00O Officers are in h'
pursuit.
# The administration proposes to notti
Is the American citizens In Cuba who are
IS government will undertake to remo'
E. them to the United States If they desire.
ID There are indications of the possibili
10 of serious trouble between France Al
10 Morocco, owing to the incursion of Il
ID Moorish tribesmen into Algerian terrtor
lie Recent mail advices from Uruguay sta
III that the revolution has been checked alt
a bloody battle at Trea Arbetes. I'm whi'
large number of revolutionlsts We
killed and their leaders driven to the fro
n tier.
IN A dispatch from Melbourne says
n earthquake shocks have been felt In sou
he Australia during the last three days. Su
in terranean disturbances were particular
n severe at Kingston. where buildings a
no damaged and Inhabitants are living
ne tents for safety.
DE Richard L. Keeling. bookkeeper of :
Grafton & Knight Manufacturing Coz
pany. of Portland, Or. has been arrest
charged by his employers with lhv.
ru embezzled S2000. He was given an ,pp'
az tunity to make good the deficit, and wr'
~ to his relatives I'm Walla Walla. lie is
'as Jail.
az az A trial trip shows the new gunb'
81, ril Nashville to be the fastest vessel OF
class in the world. The time for the
mile run out. on Long Island sound. W.
hour. 35 minutes. 80 seconds. The elap'
=, IN time for the second run was l hour.
"a minutes, 1G seconds. The speed requi
eel by the government was isv' hhots'
Ter average speed made by the vessel '
er, 900 FOR each excess Knot TINS MEANS
! 1876 knots, making an excess Of speed