Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1899-07-05
NEWS SUMMARY.

S "'O0NJ SOhhEiuinB LuC agreement
of Marianne islands, Germany, has
been signed in Madrid.
The search for the murderers of Mar.
tin Meier, the wealthy Swiss recluse of
Chicago, has been given up.
The French chamber OF deputies have
adopted resolution authorizing duly
qualified women to practice at the bar.
Arthur f. Carey has reached Lynn,
Mass, after tour around the world
on wheel. He left Lynn July /, 1896
In a battle with high-binders in
Chinatown. San Jose, Deputy Sheriff
Y. L. Bache was shot in the side and
badly wounded
Fifty students from Uruguay will be
sent by their government to attend
agricultural and industrial schools in
the United States.
Almost every article of trade into
which iron and steel enters TO any
considerable degree will be higher in
price after the coming month.
According to advices brought from
the Orient by the steamship Glenoble,
China still continues in state of un-
certainty which borders on revolu-
ton.
William Jennings or Chill" Ryan,
one OF the convicted Mocomb train rob
bers, has made written confession of
the crime of which he has been found
guilty.
In consequence of his daily exertions
during the religious ceremonies, the
pope is now suffering great prostra-
zion, together with slight attack of
fever.
The French consul at Meng Tseu,
province of Yum Yam. China, where
enti-foreign disturbances recently oc-
Cured, reports that the situation is un-
changed
There were incorporated with the
secretary of state of New Jersey dur
Ang June 2O5 companies, making total
OF ], 179 companies for the six months
of the year.
In East Waco, Texas, the water from
brazos river has flooded the city. Main
street is SIX feet deep, the business
houses are under water and all mer-
ehandise is ruined.
A. Altman, a clerk in leading.dry
goods store at Racine, Wis, week ago
received silver dollar in payment for
goods that brought him $1,000. The
coin is dated 1904 and is very valua.
BILE.
The merchants of Buenos Ayres are
beginning crusade against unpopular
laws on taxes and duties of that coun-
try, which are very exacting, espe.
,cially on foreigners doing business
there.
A semi-official note has been issued
i'm Paris declaring that there is no
foundation for the rumors of a dis
agreement between the British and
French squadrons in Newfoundland
waters.
Mayor James Balbirnie of Muskegon,
Mich, was assassinated by j. w
layer, disappointed ofice-seeker.
layer shot Mayor Balbirnie while the
latter was standing in the doorway of
his store.
A German, whose name is not given,
stole 50, 900 in gold dust from miners
cabin at Cape Nome. He was arrested
by committee of miners to whom he
confessed the robbery. The committee
hanged him.
The confederation of artisans of Lii
ma, Peru, has decided to take criminal
action against the chief of police, who
is charged with torturing prison ers,
among whom were some members of
that organization.
Important tests with thorite, a new
high explosive, are being conducted
by the board OF ordinance and forti6-
cations at the Sandy Hook proving
grounds. It is the invention of an
Oregon professor.
The encouragement of Peru has
brought action against two priests
who are charged with illegally treat
ing a child suffering from a disease.
The priests have fed. The child was
attending church school.
The Chicago Packing and Provision
company has shut down, announcing
that they would not attempt to oper-
ate their packing houses until the
strike was over. Practically all the
other packing houses were in the mar
ket.
Captain P. s. Bonus, in charge of
the United States recruiting station at
Chicago, has asked permission to en-
list colored recruits, and to restore the
lenient physical examinations which
were in vogue during the war with
Spain.
The San Francisco Call says that
under the name of Virginia Drew and