The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-29


er 3 to the 18th.
On September 22nd the Filipino
rebels ditched train and firing
into it killed five Americans.
Major Fred Reed as acting rep
resentative of Governor Steunen-
berg will represent Idaho at the
reception Of Dewey.
One thousand lives were lost in
a typhoon in japan few days ago.
Out of 1890 people employed at
the Besshim mines, more than 600
were killed.
The American Institute of Min
ing Engineers, claimed to be the
largest technical society in Amer
lea, met in San Francisco Sep
tember 25th and held n three days
session.
Madrid, Sept, 2l.-Rear Admiral
Montiio, who commanded tn G
Spanish naval forces in the battle
Of Manila bay and who has been
on trial before the supreme court,
has been condemned to retirement
without the right of promotion
Elk.
Weiser Signal, Sept. 2lst.-The
eight annual session of the Grand
Lodge of Idaho Knights of Pythias
opened in the Odd Fellows hall in
this city Monday morning. ~
The next session is to be held in
Lewiston on the second Tuesday of
next June.
The Transvaal situation mani
tests no definite steps yet, but Eng
land is gloomy and fears the con-
hict is sure. All is apparently in
: President Kruger's hands but Lon
don fears he will not back down
which means trouble or a weaken
ing in some other quarter.
The Filipinos, previous to Sep
TENDER 25th, succeeded in getting
possession of Z. S. gunboat, Ur-
danta, in the Grin river on the
north side of Manila bay. The
boat was small; carrying ouly one
FOUNDER, one Colt automatic gun
and one Nordenfeldt Is m. IN. gun
The crew are prisoners or have
been killed. The commander was
Welborn 9. Wood, a naval cadet
from Oregon.
st. Louis, Sept 21st-The con
ference Of governors and attorneys
general to discuss the trust ques
ton adjourned sine die this after
noon after passing resolution
which in general are based upol
, a plan similar to that suggested b,
Bryan at the trust conference il
, Chicago, that is, all trusts and mo
noplies should be placed under tn
, cotrole of and be regulated by stat
and federal legislation.-Ex.
American residents of the fou
p Central American republics o
q Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragu
$ and Salvador, have united in wha
a is practically a round Robin
5 making complaints about Ministe
e Hunter, and asking bis recall
n They allegc that Mr.. Hunter
not sufficiently active and persis
a emit in demanding protection fC
American citizens from illegal e.
actions of the factions in power.
>, Now that a strike has been d,
:, clared upon the Chicago PostofhC
:, building, because the stone wei
: not cut 10y union labor, it is ven
doubtful if President McKinlt
will attend on October 9th, for Il
! purpose of laying the conversion
~ President Mckinley recently b
- came an honorary member of Il
Stone Masons Union in complain,
with their desire that union lab
be reconized, and the stone mt
have TO be laid by President Diaz
4 Mexico, where the labor vote do
10 not cut SO much figure in polite
!, According to present arrang
w. ments, the President will visit 70
Y States --- Illinois, Minnesot
y South Dakota and Iowa - on L
g western trip next month. He W
y be at Galesburg, ILL.,, on the Il