The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1900-07-21
THE TELEGRAPH SUMMARY
1Ews OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
Complete Review Of the Events 0f
the Past Week-In This and F0F-
eign Lands-Taken Trom the Lat
est DisDateAes.

Dor.
Captain Coghlan, who commanded
the Raleigh in the battle Of Mannila,
is critically i'll.
Jack Moffet, of Chicago, got the de-
cision Of AL. Neil Of California. in the
twentieth round of a glove contest at
San Francisco, recently.
A terrific electrical storm. accom-
panied by rainfall Of 1.72 inches rag
er in Dubuque. Iowa. for three hours
recently. Nellie L. McQuillian, aged
16, was killed by tightening.
The transport, Hancock, has arrived
in San Francisco, "a days from Man.
lila, via Nagaski. She brought 101
passengers and CAT soldiers. Five
deaths and two suicides occurred on
the voyage.
Senator Gear, the venerable statesman
from Iowa, is dead. He had not enjoyed
health for a year or more, but was not
considered dangerously i'll until the final
summons came. He was beloved by all
associates.
Captain Healy, Master Of the Nc
Culloch came to Port Arthur under
guard insane. He first attempted to
Jump overheard, then attempted to op-
en- blood vessel with a piece of q
broken medicine bottle.
The directors Of the Dime Savings
bank of Newark, N. j., has closed the
institutions door until it's affairs can
be Strengthened out. Charles West
ervelt. the banks secretary and treas
urer has been arrested.
Six coal and ice storehouses. three
stables, frame dwelling, number
of outbuildings and six Pennsylvania
freight cars were destroyed by fire re-
Gently at SewickleX, a suburb of Pitts
burg, Pa. Samuel Woods, a stable
man, was burned to death and eight
horses were creamated. Loss $50, 900.
Announcement is made that that
George H. Davis has been appointed
manager of the New York baseball
club, displacing Buck" Ewing. The
change. it is stated, was necessitated
by the inability of Ewing to suppress
the feeling of factionalism that has ex-
listed among the players during the
present season.
Four men were caught in the act of
robbing Mason & Whitehill's general
store at State Center, Iowa last week.
| A number Of citizens surrounded the
building and pitched battle ensued.
Ben. Whitehill, one of the proprietors,
was shot in the leg. One of the rob-
bers was also wounded, and with one
of his associates was captured. The
other two escaped.
"The gold democrats. will not put a
| ticket in the field this year." says w.
D. Bynum, chairman Of the gold dem
ocratic executive committee in 1896.
1--WE cannot get our electors on the Of
| fetal ballots in New York, because the
votes were cast for the party candi-
date for governor in 1898 and the state
law requires that certain number of
! votes shall have been cast for state Of.
ficers in the preceding election before
the nominees of any party can go on
the official ballot in the pending con.
test.
! Charles w. Barnes, suspected of be.
ing one of the robbers who stopped the
Illinois Central train and looted its ex
press car of $4,000, three miles south
of Wickliffe, KY, recently, has been
arrested at his home in St. Louis
John Nelson, of 1858 Finney avenue
Barnes partner, escaped from the de
tectives, leaving a trail of blood. 40
shots were exchanged between the fu
| gitive and the officers. who pursued
him to Vandevanted station, where he
eluded them.
Fire destroyed five large and three
small buildings formerly used by the
Chicago Great Western railroad as re
pair shops at West Park, just outside
st. Paul. About three carloads oi
shingles were destroyed. Loss, 5000,
900. There was high wind blowing
and the flames spread from the oil
house to the adjoining buildings and
freight cars, of which there were q
great number in the yard. The shops
had been used as store houses by the
Coast Shingle company, and 300 car
loads Of their product were In the
buildings.
Among the cadets for West Point ap
pointed during the past week under in
crease provided by recent legislation from
states at large, are the following: Torrey
B. Maghee, Rawlins, Wyo.; Henry Point.
ing, Laramie, Wyo., alternates Kendall
Fellowes, Spokane, Washington; Leo p
Quinn, alternate, Spokane, Washington;
Edward Lee Compte, Park City, Utah; R
L. Irvine, alternate, Logan, Utah; Rupert
Dunford, Salt Lake City, Utah; Gerald
Childs, alternate, Ogden, Utah; Arthur w.
Lane, Portland, Oregon; Henry R. Adnr
alternate, Astoria, Oregon; Hugh L.
Waltham, Modesto, CAL; Carl H. Adams,
alternate, New Ontario, CAL; Lowe A.
Mcclure, Carson City, Nev.; Fred A.
Garges, alternate, Reno, Nevada.
| The secretary of the treasury has
received letter from G. Rudolph, 1876
Broadway, Brooklyn, N. Y, ON the sit
uation at Cape Nome. The depart
ment sees no reason to doubt the trust