The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1900-03-24
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NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF

NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF
A Complete Review Of the Events for
the Past Week-In This and Foreign
Lsnds-Taken From the Latest Dis
pstshes.
Funds for home for Schley are rap
Idly pouring in to Washington.
Nine inches or sleet and snow covered
the streets Of New York last week.
Cecil Rhodes snesrs at Butler and de-
slares the strength Of the Boers Is over
estimated.
Nine persons were injured In an acci-
dent to q Ninth avenue elevated rail-
road train near Rector street, New
York.
Kansas will have big exposition in
1904 in celebration of the 5Oth ami
versary of the organization Of the ter
ritory Of Kansas.
A military commission at Bayom-
bong has sentenced to be hanged 80 ma
ttves, who have been found guilty of
numbering their countrymen.
A dispatch from Buenos Ayres says
that national forces have been dispatch
ed to the province of Entrerios to sup
press the revolution that recently broke
out there.
Francis Truth. head Of the Divine
Healing Association, was arrested re-
Gently at Boston, charged with using
the mails for fraudulent purposes.
Announcement is made of the engage
ment of Miss Katherine Stauffer Clark,
the youngest daughter OF United States
Senator William A. Clark Of Montana.
to DR.. r. L. Morris of New York.
The mints of the United States will
be busy for some time to come in under
taking to carry out the provisions Of
the act that has just become law and
that permits the secretary of the treas
ury to add $20,000,OO0 to the stock of
subsidiary coin.
Mrs. Ida Greycroft, the largest wo-
man in Indiana, died at her home near
Kokomo, falling from her chair while
playing dominoes. She weighed about
$50 pounds and was 80 years old.
Thomas Pooley, saloon keeper of
Butte. Mont, shot his son-!n-law, Thos.
Littlejohn, and the latter's wife, Lydia,
during a difficulty on the street in the
upper town Sunday.
Louis Billow has been found guilty
of murder in the first degree at Ere
mont, Neb, for killing Jacob Hess. the
father Of his sweetheart, several years
ago. He was arrested In the state of
Washington last fall.
BY the fall of "hang" at the Mon
ongahela furnace at McKeesport one
man was cremated, two fatally burned
and two others badly injured. George
Martin was the cremated man, and he
absolutely disappeared.
Two cons of Eugene Ferrin of Alfred,
N. Y, aged 9 and years, were burned
to death in the Ferrin farmhouse. Mr..
Ferrin rescued his wife and two OF
the children, but was driven back In
the flames and badly burned in vain
attempt to save the two that perished.
At Cnur d'Alene City. Idaho, in Phei-
fer's saloon, two colored soldiers, Hayes
and Hayden, were shot. Hayes was shot
through the lungs and will die. The
ball passed through the body. Hayden
was shot in the breast, the ball enter
ing near the heart and ranging up
ward. The wound Is serious. After
being shot both negroes walked down
to the garrison, about half mile.
Frank Cass, aged 18, was killed at
Levin, Cal, in friendly boxing bout
with Bert. Whidden. In the eighth
round Whidden struck Cass with a six
ounce glove on the left side of the neck
Death resulted in half an hour. Cass
weighed 10 pounds, being 20 pounds
heavier than Whidden.
After the conference between the In
ternational Association of Machinists
and the administrative council of the
National Metal Trades Association
President James O'Connell of the un
ion declared that strikes would be call
ed Immediately in all parts OF thu
United States and Canada. Sucl
strikes would involve 100000 men ant
cause to be shut down for an indefinite
time plants having an aggregate earn
ing capacity of millions of dollars. Chi
cago labor troubles are responsible To-
the disagreement which Is expected t
precipitate the general machinists
strike.
Compulsory vaccination IL to be enforc
ed in Rossland, B. G.
Machinists' strike at Chicago will no
be as sweeping as predicted.
Lieutenant Schroeder will succeed CAP
tain Leary as the new governor of the Isl
of Guam.
Thousands of deaths from buboni
plague in the stricken district of Indi
are reported.
Peter Berner is in Jail at Wallace, Ida
no, charged with the murder of F.
Whitney, December, 1897.
A recent fire at Red Lodge, Mont
burned two big brick blocks, and farm
er by the name of John Davis perished.
John F. Norton, a Northern Pacifi
switchman at Tacoma, was run over in tn
yards and received such injuries that deaf
followed few hours later.
Secretary Root has returned from hi
brief stay in Cuba and is full of data an
ideas concerning the natives and their CT
pacity for self government.