The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1900-04-07
THE TELEGRAPH SUMMARY
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF
A Complete Review OF the Events for
the Past Week-In This and Foreign
Lands-Taken From the Latest Dis
patches.


the Past Week-In This and Foreign
Lands-Taken From the Latest Dis
patches.
Ex-United States Senator Gibson Of
Maryland is dead.
San Francisco is to establish big COM
mercial museum, to be permanent.
The petition by Chief Joseph to have
his tribe removed to Oregon will probably
be refused.
Hans Hartell, hardware clerk at
Greenwood, B. c., shot himself with sui
cidal intent recently.
Mine owners in Nelson and Ymir dis
tricts make concessions, and the silver
lead mines are to start.
Midshipman w. w. Silleman, an Amer
lean youth of II, was recently mentioned
in South African dispatches for gallantry.
Alfred Plaw OF the University of Cali
forna smashed all American intercollegiate
records for the l8-pound hammer throw
Saturday. He sent it l56 feet . inches.
The Chinese general, Pana, who has
been terrorizing and devastating the prov
ince of Panay, has surrendered at Logaspi
to Brigadier General kobbe, who is bring
ing him to Manila.
A dispatch from Kobe. japan, an
ounces that Russia has demanded leave
to land troops near Mazanpho. Korea.
The dispatch says japan wants no out
side interference.
Ahe Hamburg-Am American Line steamship
Phoenicia, which recently arrived from
Hamburg and Boulogne, brought 2OSS
steerage passengers, the largest number Of
immigrants arriving by any steamer in
many years.
Signor Alberti, vice president Of the
house, took the chair at the opening of
the chamber of deputies Saturday at Rome,
and announced that Signor Colombo had
resigned the presidency and that other
officials attached to the presidency had
also resigned.
Lord Roberts reports the death at Moor
walls Pont of the Hon. Colonel George
Hugh Cough, G. B. Cough had been pri-
vate secretary Of the commander-in~ chief
of the British forces, Lord Wolseley, since
1897.
Attorney General Griggs has given an
opinion to the secretary Of the navy to
the effect that the secretary of the treas.
ury has complete authority in the matter
of the disposition of wrecks of Spanish
vessels along the shores of Cuba.
Robert Bradley, alias Barclay, would
be counterfeiter, has been arrested in San
Francisco by United States Secret Service
Agent Hazen. The man was apprehended
in room at 622 Clay street, and display
of revolvers was necessary to induce him
to surrender.
William B. Crosby of O'Fallon, H.
defeated j. A. r. Elliott of Kansas City
} in a lOO-bird match at Interstate Park
l.. l., by a score of 81 to SO. The mattel
, was for the Review medal and 500 8
/ side. Elliott had harder birds in the first
i part of the match and had little thu
/ worst of the luck throughout.
|, Venezuelan government officials repor
that severe fighting occurred near the city
of Bolivar, March 20. General Penalosa
, commanding the government troops, it i
i announced, defeated General Hernandez
. His forces killed 223 of the revolutionists
took 80 prisoners and captured larg
, quantity OF arms and ammunition. Th
government loss was small.
Secretary Wilson of the department
agriculture has received communication
from Secretary Hitchcock Of the depart
, ment of the interior, asking his aid il
solving the problem Of grazing in tn
western forest reserves. The division o
. forestry will commence Immediately al
: investigation which will last severa
months.
The queen was welcomed on her recen
trip to Dublin.
"A Newark, N. j., urn is at presen
working night and day filling orders TO
100000 campaign buttons.
The relatives of Consul General Cove
a at Yokohama, formerly Of Olympia, Wash
; have been notified Of the death of tha
Q gentleman at Yokohama.
: At the thirty-second convocation OF tn
. University of Chicago, A. A. Strong, mas
= ter of maroon athletics, was promoted t
l. a full professorship in physical culture an
athletics.
r. L. johnson, well known merchan
It of Arrow Head and Thompson's Landing
d B. c., disappeared from Arrow Head o.
Il March 81, and is supposed to have bee
Z drowned.
Il The Illinois Brick Company of Chicago
s. the brick combine of that city, has file
r. with the secretary of state certificate Q
J. increase of capital stock from $4,000 t
$ So 100000.
e The employing plasterers at Minneape
r. lis have locked their men out pending tn
e settlement of their dispute as to hour
vt The carpenters have asked for an advanc
h from 25 to 80 l-2 cents an hour.
Judge Shiras of the federal court at d.
It buque, Iowa, has rendered an opinion holt
If ing that arson includes the buring Of
D. store building as well as house. III
n point was never before decided by fet
eral court.
David j. Staples, pioneer of Californ
and for 80 years president of the Fir
,e mans Fund Insurance company, is dea
Ia aged 76. In 1860 he was delegate to Il
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