The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-08-12

Dispatches.
H. Victor Newcomb, formerly a sue
cessful business man Of Louisville, KY,
was declared insane ON the application
of his wife and son.
A. Sutherland. merchant, was shot
and killed in Ardmore, l. T., by e. w.
Fairman, and A. -Underhiu. bystand.
er, was seriously wounded by a stray
bullet.
David Dalton, a well known swim
ming instructor Of New York, who has
been stopping at Far Rockaway, was
drowned near Hog island near Rocka-
way Sunday.
Dunsmuir, CAL, was the scene of a |
double tragedy when Henry Brown,
mill sawyer, shot his wife and then
himself. both expiring Immediately.
At East Bernstadt, KY. Clyde
Thompson, aged 18, son of Deputy Unit
ed States Marshal George Thompson,
was shot and fatally injured by young
man named Holt.
A0 SVAAC60 oSAAOtO6 WIN WOAS "
England on July to compete with the
Oxford Cambridge team have returned.
| President Mckinley has purchased
the famous Mckinley cottage" at the
corner Of North Market street and
Louis avenue.
A special received from Terrazas,
Chihuahua, Mexico. which is located
near the scene Of the Yaqui uprising,
Is to the effect that the Indians are ar
ranging for a prolonged war.
The compositors and stereotypers Of
the New York Sun, 120 in number. are
ON strike. The press and composing
rooms were in darkness, but the editor
ial rooms presented their usual appear
ance.
Colonel ]. B. Sanborn of the First
regiment of the Illinois National Guard
has invited the Tenth Pennsylvania
regiment on behalf Of the Chicago regi-
ment of the Illinois National Guard to
stop in Chicago on August 80.
Fire entailing loss of about $780,
!, 900 was discovered in the works Of the
Glens Falls, N. Y, Portland Cement
Company. The buildings, which were
of wood, burned like tinder and in an
hour the entire plant was in ruins.
A horrible murder was committed in
Washington, D. c.. Sunday. The muir.
derer was Benjamin Smell, a special ex.
aminer in the pension Office. His vic.
tim was Liza Weissenberger, a girl IL
: years old, who had been employed in
., his household until three months ago
Garfield. Wash, has suffered the
a worst conf1agration in its history Sun
day, when six buildings in the center
1 of the business portion were reduced
Q to q pile of debris, together with nearly
: all the contents. The loss Is $23.950
1 with but $1,000 insurance on buildings
t Chief Wilkie of the secret service
r says that there are a great number o.
counterfeiters In the Philippine isl
e ands. They are SO numerous and sue
cessful that it will soon be necessar!
to make provision for secret servic'
agents in the islands.
y DR.. Mcintyre Of Santa Rosa, CAL,
's retired physician, man Of middle age
y hanged himself Sunday in a barn OF
le his ranch near Windsor. He was vel
known throughout the county. wa
y prosperous and apparently healthy, an
10 no known cause existed for his rasl
!" act.
The supreme court martial in Madri
- before which Generals Toral and Pal
: Ella have been on trial charged with Sui
:, rendering Santiago to the America
forces without having exhausted Al
=. means of defense has acquitted bot
.se officers, on the ground that they acte
In upon the orders Of their superiors an
only surrendered when it was impo
sible to do otherwise.
During a recent severe thunde
es storm in Paris the lightning conductc
Fe, on the Eiffel tower was struck 10 time
er A thunder bolt set fire to the Jeanne
y. factory, the Ceinture railway was foo
st ed, many buildings were slightly II
a jured and thousands Of fine trees wei
ge destroyed. The day had been terribl
% hot, the temperature registering II
degrees. Many sunstrokes were repor
ed, some of them fatal.
It is stated that the Kansas corn crt
~ will be 9963 with prospects for tt
o greatest yield ever known in the hi
=. tory of the state. The acreage Of col
~ is 8,234,560, and the estimated vie
90 per acre A bushels, which would gi'
,se the astonishing total of 362.000,0
bushels, or three times the yield Of Ia
year and almost 100,000,O00 great
than the banner year Of 1889.
RI. It is understood that the plan OF
he erations for the fall campaign in t
he Philippines contemplates division
the islands into several military
partments and General Lawton "
all have a command in which the caval
a troops will operate. 1t is probable tn
red General Wheeler will be given CO
rts mand of brigade Of cavalry In Cen
ng al Lawton's department.
re- The number Of enlistments for the
= unteer regiments up to Wednesday v
ll,2O7. H