The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-04-15
DO|NGS THROUGH THE WEEK
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF
An Interesting Collection OF Items from
the Two Hemisphores Presented In .
Condensed Form-Culled from the Tel
elgraph Reports.

The TwenIy-first United States in
fantry, 400 strong, have left for Ma
nila.
John D. Sims and Leonard Hale
were drowned at Shorebar, on the
north side of Feather river, CAL, last
week.
General John w. Turner, who served
with distinction on the union side in
the civil war. is dead.
Joe Walcott and Jim Judge were to
fight 20 rounds at Toronto. but the
fight came to an end in the eleventh
round, Walcott finishing his man with
terrible right on the point of the
jaw.
The jury in the case of A. B. Jones.
formerly cashier of the Utah National
bank, charged with shooting ex-
Banker Stout, rendered a verdict of
not guilty.
Henry Massoe and his son John,
farmers living in the northern part of
Harlan county, KY, were ambushed
and shot dead while on their way from
neighbor's house.
The statement of the board Of trade
In London for the month of March
shows decrease of 1920, 400 in i'm
ports and an increase of fl, Asa 100 in
exports.
1t is announced that Great Britain
will formally occupy her new terri
tory of Kow Loon, adjoining Hong
Kong, this month.
At the town hall in Liverpool, Eng,
the lord mayor presented to the cap
tain, officers and crew of the Cunard
liner Peruvian an Illuminated address
and medals in recognition Of their de-
votion to duty in behalf of the mercan-
tile marine service and Lloyds'.
The wife and daughter of John Car
rington, living eight miles east of
Veedersburg, Ind, were killed by a
dynamite explosion which wrecked
their house. Darlington had placed
about rs pounds of dynamite under the
stove to thaw.
At a meeting Of the Tammany gen.
eral committee last week resolutions
were adopted putting the organization
on record as favoring municipal own
ership of gas plants for all lighting
purposes
President Mckenzie of Elmira col
lege, N. Y, has already secured $780,.
900 toward a 100000 bi-centennial
fund. The celebration will take place
in September, 1908.
The stockholders of the Pan-Ameri
can Exposition company have decided
to increase the capital stock from ST.,
900, 900 to $2,500,0O0 in 250,000 shares
of $40 each.
England won the international foot
ball championship by score of to
Recently published official figures
show that in 1898 the Canadian gold
output was $13,700,O0O, placing Can
ada in fifth place as gold-producing
country.
The California state fish commits
sion is about to undertake the exter
mination of sea lions that infest the
California coast and which destroy
enormous quantities of fish.
A pitched battle was fought in the
streets of BrunsOn, S. c., last weel
between James Preacher, Charlie
Preacher and Aren Preacher, broth
ers, on one side, and George Reid
Mack Reid, James Reid, brothers, ant
Joseph Connolly on the other. Georg'
Reid was killed, Mack Reid probabl.
|. fatally wounded and Joseph Connell!
seriously wounded, and James Preach
er slightly wounded.
Vice President Hobart is slight.
: better but is not yet out of bed.
= Thomas J. Havemeyer Of New Yorl
). Is dead. He was a brother of Henr.
o. and Theodore Havemeyer and wa
formerly in partnership in the suga
!. business with them.
Top men in the mines in the south
: ern Illinois coal district have decides
: to strike as the result of their employ
. ers' refusal to grant a raise Of 25 cent
day. This will tie up at least 800
men.
Moses w. Dodd, founder of the pull
!. . fishing house Of Dodd, Mead Co. i
u dead.
" Edward Ryan. one of the victims O
!. the shooting at the race track at Men
= phis, is dead.
y The Jefferson day banquet OF tn
y Monticello club has been abandoned
= owing, it is said, to dissensions owe
'e the invitation list, and William .
y Bryan, who was to be the chief orr
&c tor, was wired not to come.
!. Matthew Hancock, colored, who she
{ and killed Ticket Broker George Pc
ton at Union station in 1897, wa
hanged in the Jail yard at st. Loui
Is last week in the presence of 500 PEI
1t pie.
IS Texans recently shipped their firs
ID cargo of cotton for the Japanese ma
h kets. It consisted OF 1882 bales an
y was loaded on the Japanese steame
in Tamba Maru.
Ii Impressive funeral services over til
er remains Of Major McConville of Id
e ho, who died while leading a chare
n against the enemy in the Philippine
n we're held Sunday in San Francisco b
the Knights Of Pythias at their castl