The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-10-14
DO|NGS THROUGH THE WEEK
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF
A Complete Review of the Events for
the Past Week In This and Foreign
Lands-summarix From the Lat
eat Dispatches.

Colonel Harry G. kessler, of the First
Montana volunteers, will come home a
brigadier general.
The Mallory steamer Leona was burn
ed and sunk at her wharf in East river
Saturday. The cargo consisted of to-
baco and 5000 bales of cotton, and val
ued at $250,O0O to 100000. is a total
loss, and the boat is little better than
wreck.
The Crocker Estate Company, which
s composed Of the heirs of the late
Chas. Crocker, has made gift to the
employees of the Southern Pacific rail-
road of the Crocker homestead at Sac
ramento, to be used as hospital
Gen. Otis has informed the war de-
partment of the arrival at Manila Of the
transport Athenian with a detachment
of the Third Cavalry and horses. There
were no casualties on the voyage.
Forty men employed at Cramps, rep.
resenting various trades. today joined
the striking employees of that company
There is likelyhood of serious wat
come soon. The water in the Nauna-
nu reservoirs Is lower than it has been
for years.
1t Is announced in st. Paul that the
Great Northern is figuring on the build
ing of It's air line between st. Paul and
the Canadian boundary at once. The
information comes from contractors
who have been asked to furnish esti-
mates.
AN epidemic of small pox has brok-
en- out on Orcas island to the terror Of
the Inhabitants, and with the result Of
completely stopping communication
Herewith.
Orders have been issued sending the
Forty-sixth and Thirty-ninth regiments
of volunteers to Vancouver barracks as
quickly as possible. The Forty-sixth
the Thirty-ninth at South Farmingham,
Mass.
The United States CONSUL at Daw.
son City has reported to the department
of state that w. II. Sutton, who died at
Dawson City last spring, has been iden.
titled by photograph furnished by the
attorneys Of the young mans family
who live in Minnesota.
The transports City of Para, Zealan'
dia, and Valencia have sailed for Man
ila with the Twenty-ninth regiment
and a large number of recruits from
San Francisco.
The war department has written to
the governor of Idaho informing him
that the state authorities must make
arrangements to control the Couel
d'Alene mining situation, as it Is desir
ed to withdraw the United States troops
as soon as possible.
Captain Bodfish, of the. steam whalei
Beluga, who has just returned to Sar
Francisco from the Artic, reports thai
some kind Of consumption is epidemic
among the Indians.
The big steel ship Edward Sewell
just launched from the yard OF lei
builders. Arthur Sewell & Company
Bath, Me-. is the ninth one of the fee
built by the Sewells and Is the fourtf
steel vessel constructed by the firm.
A logger going up to camp on the
Shelton Southwestern railroad one day
last week, threw his blankets off ant
they rolled under the wheels, ditchint
number of cars. Now Superinten
dent Kneeland's fiat has gone fortf
stopping everybody from riding on tn
train, even to the logging-camp moguls
The immense log raft which left Sc
attic few weeks ago In tow OF I'M
steamer Czarina, and which was los
of the coast and found a few days ag'
off Port Hartford, was towed into San
Francisco not much the worst for wea
and practically intact.
Visitors to the Spokane Exposition
this year are more than pleased witt
the entire affair. 1t Is an exposition II
every sense of the word and no longe
could be called fruit fair. All the de
partments are we'll represented, an
there Is no room to spare anywhere
The music and the vaudeville attract
Ions make the program very fine. nv
cry one is pleased with the treatmen
given visitors by the people of Spokane
and by the management of the expos
tlon.
When the transport Pennsylvanl
arrives with the First Washington
volunteers they will be given roya
reception by the Red Cross associatio
assisted by the citizens executive con
mittee. Through the generosity OF ~
executive committee the steamer Care
line has been placed at the disposai
the Red Cross association and will 0
kept in readiness for duty at Jackso
street wharf.
1t is thought that the construction
the proposed hotel for women in Me-
York will be begun in January. In In
amount of the capital stock is to be S4oo
600.
Admiral Dewey is home at Shelburn
W, at last and is happy to be within IN
shadow of the Green mountains and p'
side the waters of Lake Champlain, ava
from the noise and hustle that have lille