The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-09-09
ITEMS FROM ALI AROUND
rERsE TICKS FROM THE WIRE.
A Uomplets Review Of the Events for
tho Past Week in This and Foreign
Lsnds--Summarised From the Latest
Dispatches.

There was grave apprehension of trou-
bic Monday during the progress Of the
Labor day parade in Cleveland, 0.
The president and Mrs. Mckinley, ac-
companied by Assistant Secretary Cortel-
YOU, have arrived at the capital.
The single takers of New York arrang-
ed for big demonstration in celebration
of the Goth anniversary Of the birth of
Henry George.
His holiness, Pope Sophronius, patriarch
OF the Orthodox Greek church of Alexan-
dria, Libya, Ethiopia and all Egypt, is
dead, aged lO3.
A violent cyclone ragged recently in
the Azores islands, doing much damage to
shipping and to property all over the isl
and OF San Miguel. Sevreal lives have
been lost.
The Quaker City has donned its best
bib and tucker in honor OF the visitors
to the national G. A. r. encampment,
held there this week.
AS result of saloon brawl in Chica.
go, in which score of men participated,
several were injured by flying bullets,
and the establishment wrecked.
A pleasure yacht on the Maumee river
capsized near lronville, o., and it is be-
iieved the entire company aboard, niue
men and women, were drowned.
The transport Morgan City, bound for
Manila with 724 recruits, struck rock
at the entrance of the Inland sea. The
vessel was beached to save the lives OF
those on board.
While mentally unbalanced Henry EN-
de, of Chicago, a carpenter, shot and kill
his 5-year-old daughter. He then conf
mitted suicide by hanging.
Lieutenant Commander Winslow of Ad-
miral Simpsons staff says there was no
truth in the statement that the admiral
was to be relieved of command of the
Atlantic squadron at his request.
The Wilder guards, crack military or
ganization OF Knoxville, every member
of which was volunteer in the Spanish
American war, has volunteered to 60 to
the Philippines or wherever the president
may see fit to send them.
Jacob Dold's immense packing plant,
situated in the bottoms on West Ninth
street, Kansas City, was damaged by fire
to the extent of from $250OOO to $500 900.
The fire started in the fertilizing depart
ment, after midnight.
AS the result of fight between strik-
ers at colliery in West Pittston, Pa,
and repair gang, John Pollock was shot
and killed, William Thayer seriously in
jured and about eight men hurt.
The unknown woman who registered ut
%hn s,,l. -, -, nh
Mrs. w. L. Lee, and who died of poison
in the hotel, has been identified as Miss
Laura Lee French of Burlington, Ia, and
it is almost an assured fact that the dead
girl was murdered and did not commit
suicide
The Kansas and Washington regiments
are loaded on the transports; two bat
talions OF the Thirteenth infantry have re-
lieved Tennesseeans at IloilO and Cebu
The latter, with the Iowas, are the only
remaining volunteers, and they will sail
soon.
Many Spanish prisoners are escaping
from the Filipinos and bringing into the
American lines stories of hard treatment
They agree that the Filipinos are exceed
ingly short of rations,and that large sec
tion of their troops is reduced to the use
of home made black powder.
The steamer Caribee has arrived in New
York from Barbados with 81 OF the 8!
passengers of the Lamport and Hol'
steamer Wordsworth from Rio for New
York, which put into Barbados with he
engines disabled. The head of the 10"
pressure steam chest was blown out, IN
stantly killing Archibald Thomas, th'
chief engineer.
Sunday carpenter named Vanguilder
living in the southeastern part OF Sal
Lake City, gave his two children, glr
and boy, heavy doses of morphine an.
then shot the girl through the head, Kill
ing her instantly. He afterward shot tn
boy through the head, probably fatally
and then killed himself. 1t is belleve'
the man was temporarily insane.
John Y. McKane of Coney Island
dead.
Mrs. Sarah J. Baker, who died recent,
at Forrest home, was the Oldest American
actress.
The state department has been inform
ed that revolution has broken out II
Venezuela.
Tuesday was the hottest day in Cn'
cago since the establishment OF the weat
er bureau, in 1871.
Three new cases of plague and Oh
death from the disease were reporte
Wednesday at Oporto.
Lord Sandhurst, governor OF Bomoa.
in the course of speech at Poona' sa'
that the plague was spreading
At meeting of the Calumet q Hecl @
Mining Company held in Boston, d''
dend of 500 per share was declared.
Kid Mccoy knocked out Geonie
Thorne of England in the third rouna
the Broadway Athletic Club, New .oi'
American apples are in such great u u
mand in Germany this year that sn'i