Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-05-31
NEWS SUMMARY.

burg, Va, was entered by robbers, the
safe blown open and about $40, 900 In
money taken.
San Francisco newspapers still in
sist there have been no cases OF plague
in that city and continue to denouncs
the Board of.Health.
The postoffice inspectors are still
bnsy over the postal accounts in Cuoa
and say IL will be month before their
report will be ready.
In Seattle Quartermaster Robinson
has awarded = contract for the pur.
chase Of 100000 feet OF Washington
FIR lumber for Manila
Captain Robert Searle, for many
years commodore of the Pacific Mail
fleet Of steamers, is dead In San Fran
cisco from complication OF diseases.
W. 8. Taylor, former Kentucky gov.
ernor, and Charles Finley, wanted at
Frankfort on charge of completely in
the Goebel assassination, are still in
indianapolis.
Honolulu advices to May 18TH say
that at that date there had not been
case OF the bubonic plague for forty
six days and business had resumed its
former activity.
OF the 450 delegates to the New York
State convention lee are pledged to
Insist on Bryan delegates to the Ma
tional convention, and l28. nearly all
from New York city, are unpledged.
Secretary Hay entertained at lunch
con the Boer delegates in Washington.
The affair was purely personal com.
pliment extended by the Secretary,
and had not even social significance.
Colonel Weisen berger. commanding
the national guard of Washing ton, has
issued an appeal to the various militia
companies of the state to accept Ia
coma's invitation to be present there
July 4th.
Judge johnson, chairman of the Ex-
ecutive committee of the National
Democratic committee, was elected
chairman of the Kansas delegation to
the Democratic National convention at
Kansas City.
Commissioner Wilson Of the internal
revenue bureau has held that bank
checks issued by clients of the United
States Circuit court, by direction or
authority of the court. are exempt
from taxation.
The Chinese Minister in Washington
has received numerous kilograms from
Chinese residents of San Francisco,
asking him to have revoked the order
that they shall be inoculated with the
anti plague serum
The Senate committee on appropria-
tions has decided to insert an item of
$4,000 in the pending deficiency bill as
partial payment of the claim of the
widow of DIR. Ricardo Ruiz, who died
In Cuban prison.
Ii Ping Hang, former governor Of
Shan Tung, who is strongly hostile to
Europeans and wi. ON the Chinese gov
ernment in 1897 dismissed from the
Governorship on the demand of Ger
many, with an express promise that he
should never again hold office, has
been appointed to an important post.
Options have been obtained on
twenty-nine of the thirty-five metallic
roofing plants in the country in an at
tempt to consolidate these concerss as
an allied company to the American
Steel Skeet company.
Mr.. Fisher, one of the Boer envoys,
says it is their purpose to visit ten or
twelve principal cities of the United
States and explain to the people what
ever they might wish TO know of their
cause. They came to plead with the
whole American people for sympathy
and support.
Notwithstanding government op-
position, the second reading OF the bill
/ to enable women to be elected alder
men and councillors in the new Bor-
i pugh councils formed under the Lon
don government bill OF 1890, was car
1 ried In the House Of Commons by q
vote of 24s to 129.
The water of largo lake near the
town of Zapotalan disappeared in the
recent earthquake in Mexico in agreat
issure in the earth, which seemed to
be produced by a second shock that
lasted about one minute
Governor Foster, elected by Louisiana
Democrats for senator, confessed that
/ he was not sound on the i6-to-I propo-
sition, but declared that he would obey
I the wishes of the Democratic platform
on that point. Senator McEnery. also
elected, made a similar confession on
the tariff.
Mail reports from the Philippines
show that there has been a steady in-
crease in the number of cases of bu.
bonic plague. There were thirty cases
in Manila during January, forty-eight
during February and fifty-six during
March
The president has sent to the Senate
a series of letters from the Chinese
Minister. WI Ting Fang, setting forth
reasons why u the opinion of his gov
ernment, the Shinese exclusion laws
should not be made applicable to the
pbilinnine islands