The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-08-26
ITEMS FROM ALL AROUND
rERsE TICKS FROM THE WIRE,
Complete Review Of the nvents for
the Past Week In This and Foreign
Lands-summarixsd From the Latest
Dispatches.

Ulop0SCR0os
The executive council of western
Australia has passed a bill enfranchis-
ing women.
Mrs. Ada Shaver, Of Spokane. aged
so years. threw herself into Hangman
creek and was drowned.
Major Russell Harrison, inspector
general, is critically Ill with yellow
fever at Santiago de Cuba.
Five lives were lost Sunday by the
capsizing off Pointe Au BarQue. Mich.
Of the schooner Hunter Savidge.
Paris was the scene of the most SER
ious disturbance Sunday. recalling
some of the aspects of the commune.
The transport Garonne has sailed for
Manila from Seattle. She had 400
horses belonging to the Third cavalry
on board.
| Preparations continue actively in the
matter of arranging for the speedy
transportation of the troops to the
Philippines.
Five hundred tons of supplies for
Puerto Rican sufferers were placed on
board the transport Panther at Phila.
delphia last Sunday.
Sir Thomas Lipton's yacht Sham.
rock, challenger for Americas cup. has
reached New York port, accompanied
by her tender, the steam yacht Erin
An explosion of oil in the five-story
brick building at 1929 Dearborn street
Chicago, gave the fire department the
hardest fight it has had in three
months.
Frank w. Funk, accused Of the mur
der of William Brooks at Washington
ID. c., was captured at Columbia, Mo
A strict blockade has been establish
ed in the Rue de Chabron and the au
thorities have begun a regular siege oi
the building in which M. Guerin and
his anti-Semite colleagues have en-
trenched themselves.
General Mercier, who was minister
of war when Captain Dreyfus was con
demned, and who in the present tria'
is the virtual prosecutor, says the cap
tain will be convicted.
A head-on collision between two troll
ley cars occurred on the Norristown
Chestnut Hill & Rockborough railway
in Plymouth township. Thirty persons
were injured, three fatally.
James p. Young, Of Chicago, pri
vate in Company d, Third infantry
volunteers, was killed by freigh
train at Evanston while on his way t.
Fort Sheridan to report after day,
absence.
Jack Mccormack Of Philadelphia
knocked out kid" Mccoy in the frs
round at Chicago. The bout was t,
have been for six rounds, and it wal
generally thought Mccormack stood n,
show at all.
An incendiary fire destroyed an en-
tire block in the heart Of Sydney, Mo.
inflicting loss of not less than $40,
900, with no insurance. 1t was will
great difficulty that the rest of tn
town was saved.
Two Of the boilers at the Pittsburl
Vitrified Brick Works at Pittsburg
Kas., exploded and the engineer, fire
man and yardman were Instant.
killed and four other employees were In
jured. The engine and boiler house
, were demolished.
Intelligence has been received iron
/ the French Soudan, indicating tha
, Lieutenant Klopp and Lieutenan
/ Mounier, who were sent to take CON
mand of column of troops there, hav
both been assassinated.
e General Merritt says: $50 far as
= know there will be no immediat
0 change in military commanders in tn
! Philippines. General Otis, whom n
: gard as one of the most capable and ell
I cient officers in the service, will col
t tinue in charge Of the American forces
q One of Henry J. Baumgartner's hon
9 ing birds of Milwaukee, Wis, won tn
e $50 mile race under the auspices G
q Milwaukee district, National FEEDERS
J, tion of American Homing Pigeon Far
e ciers, from Winona, ILL.,, to that city
The bird not only defeated field G
III contestants but broke the Unite
= States record for that distance. Th
J. winners flight was made at the rate Q
J. 1,651.19 yards minute.
q Passengers of the steamer City OF tt
peka, which have arrived from Skat
8 way, Alaska, bring news Of the frs
J. legal execution in the Klondike.
s triple hanging occurred at Dawso
y August A. The parties hanged wer
i two Indians, Dawson Nantuck and Jill
Nantuck and one white man. Edwar
Henderson. Henderson was convicte
of numbering his partner named Pete
a son.
e Admiral Dewey is in excellent healtl
|. He will stay at Nice for some time.
= Martial law has been proclaimed at Hi
versum, Is miles from Amsterdam.
Isaac H. Congdon, for many years 81
perintendent of motive power and mi
chinery of the Union Pacific railroad,
n dead.
n Thirty-fve shipwrecked seamen who ha
a nothing in the world but few tattere
and torn clothes on their backs, some il