The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-05-13
D)|NGS THROUGH THE WEEK
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF
An Interesting Collection Of Items from
tho Two Hemispheres Presented In .
Condensed FOrm-CulIed from the Tel
elgrsph Reports.

The government has decided to establish
a military post at Pyramid harbor in
Alaska.
General Charles P. Eagan, prominent
in the army beef scandal, has sailed for
Honolulu.
Hall Adali, the Turkish wrestler, met
defeat Thursday at the hands of Jack
Carrirk, of Wisconsin, champion of the
world.
The final organization of the Rubber
Goods Manufacturing Company has been
completed.
"A terrific explosion took place Thurs
day ih the mixing house of the California
Powder works.
Mrs. Augustus Styles shot and killed
her mother. Mrs. Catherine Schultz Thurs
day in Chicago.
A violent windstorm swept through
the western part of st. Louis early
Sunday.
John r. Lochhead, of San Francisco,
one Of the best known physicians of
the orient. is dead.
w. E. Brinckley was shot and in
stantly killed by William Wieland, at
Bayfield,, Col, Sunday.
General Otis has returned the Span
ish artillery and money captured in
Manila by the Americans.
The nitro glycerine house of the
California Powder Works exploded,
two killed, several wounded.
Edward Goodfellow, for many years
connected with the United States coast
and geodetic survey, is dead.
The powder mill plant of the Potts
vile, Pa, Water Company blew up, de-
stroying 18 tons of powder.
Rudyard Kipling has been offered
and has agreed to accept the degree of
LII. D. from McGill university.
DR.. William Lambert Russell is dead
at Barre, Mass. of mumps, aged 80.
He W as the oldest Harvard graduate.
Hugh Cavanaugh, aged Is, was killed
by basket ball at the New Jersey
Athle tic club last week in New York
city.
A fire destroyed the Odd Fellows
building in Santa Cruz. Cal. causing a
loss Of about $50,000, covered by insur-
ance.
Professor E. Benjamin Andrews, for.
mer president of Brown university,
will be elected president of the Color.
ado state agricultural college.
Nebraska was thoroughly drenched
with a heavy rain storm Sunday.
Articles of incorporation of the Gen
eral Carriage Company with an au-
thorized capital of $20,00O,0O0 have
haon f1od in Now Torcov
Cyrus Dolph, of Portland, has been
recommended by the examining board
at the Presidio for second lieuten-
ancy in the regular army.
Ex-Internal Revenue Collector Wei
born remains in the county Jail at San
Francisco, having been unable to Sc
cure bondsmen.
A mob of 1000 strikers and sympa-
thizers made it practically impossible
to operate street cars with safety in
West Duluth and they are abandoned.
The navy department has made an
allotment of the appropriation fund Of
$50,000 for the assistance of the naval
militia of the states supporting such
organi cations.
Jim Murphy. the comedian. is alarm
ingly sick in Wisconsin. The temper
ature is 102 and his lungs are much
sorer. A Chicago physician has been
telegraphed for.
Captain Sir Herbert Scarisbrick
Naylor-Leyland, Bart, who had repre-
sented the Southport division Of south
west Lancashire in the house of COM
mons in the liberal interests since last
August, is dead.
Governor Thomas, of Colorado, has
announced that within few days, If
President Mckinley and the secretary
of war continue to ignore his communi-
cations on the subject of the return of
the Colorado regiment from the Philip
pines he will take steps with the view
of securing the immediate recall of the
troops,
The French minister, M. Tichon, has
demanded mining concessions to the
value Of 100000 taels in the province
of SEE Chuan. as indemnity for the
recent imprisonment of French mis-
sionary.
United States cruiser Buffalo. for
merly the Brazilian dynamite cruiser
Nictheroy, has arrived in New York
after q record-breaking run from Ma
nila. She brought 500 officers and men
from Dewey's feet, more than half OF
whom participated in the battle of Ma
Mia bay. The men are those whose
terms Of enlistment have expired.
Fifteen cases Of smallpox are reported
at Leclaire, Iowa.
Vice-President Hobart is reported to be
improving slowly.
Charles A. Young of Springfield, Ohio,
broke 2ll straight inanimate targets, un-
known angles, thus breaking the world
record.
w. J.. Gooding, well known rail-
road man, and for several years editor OF
the Mi inneapolis Times, committed sui
eide in Walla Walla Monday.
The private funeral of former Governor
Richard Oglesby was held in the chapel