The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1900-09-29
ITEMS FROM ILl AROUND
rERsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
4 Complete Review Of the Events for
the Past Week In This and Tor-
eign LanAs-SunAnTiseA TFoA the
Latest DisDatehes. =

the fleet now In the Orient.
The inheritance tax ON c. p. Hunting
toms estate will amount to more than
100000.
Galveston. Tex. martial law has been
abolished and the civil government re-
sumed control Of affairs.
The extraordinary rainstorm in
northern India lasted week. Halt the
city of Calcutta is submerged.
United States Senator Hanna will
make an extensive tour Of the west,
particularly in Nebraska and South Da-
kota.
Colonel Joseph H. Wood, grand mar
shall of the Grand Army parade during
the recent national encampment in Chi
cago, Is dead.
James ]. Corbett, the pugilist. will
return to New York by the first avail
able steamer to effect reconciliation
with his wife.
All the trainsmen's br0therhoods'
men of Sunbury. Pa, about 1000, en-
ployed by the Pennsylvania. have insti-
ruted a boycott against the Reading
Railway company.
A recent fire in New York totally
destroyed the large grain house and
, elevators on the Atlantic dock, Brook
lyn, causing q loss of 100000 to build
ings and contents.
Four masked men recently held up
the express car ON the st. Louis-Port
land train on the Burlington road at
the village of Wooodlawn. few miles
northwest Of Lincoln.
Methuen has recently completely
routed a Boer convoy at Hart river
west OF Klerksdorp and recaptured 9
15-pounder lost at Colenso. He alst
captured 25 wagons, 5000 cattle, 4.0O'
sheep, 10000 rounds Of ammunition ant
20 prisoners.
| The Fiji islands are taking steps to fed
crate with New Zealand.
II General Stewart L. Woodford, forme
minister to Spain, was married to Mis-
Isabel Hanson, his secretary, recently.
= Ferguson, Ia, was almost entirely d
= stroyed by cyclone recently. Four pc
= sons are reported to have been killed an
a number injured.
A conservative estimate places Il
losses by the recent storm in various Sc
tions of the state of Texas at 100000
exclusive of the Galveston disaster.
II Felix Marchand, premier Of Quebec,
dead.
News has been received at Drummol
Luce Bay, of hurricane at Oford, X
land, September 20. Nearly all the lis
ing smacks were driven ashore. Ihe
was great destruction of property.
HI Lord Roberts reports that General 1
Hamilton found at the Crocodile riv
near Hectorspruit, l3 guns. includi
several lost by the British. They w
mostly destroyed.
Sheriff Cole has received MESA
from Colville to the effect that the i
perado who was killed in fight W
officers near Addy, WASH, recently
. Thomas Downer Of Spokane.
. 1t is stated upon reliable authority t
Ia the committee to which was referred
proposed extradition treaty between
United States and Peru has reported III
it. Triaing alterations III the treaty
suggested. and these will be discussed
week.
The German steamer Herzog, which
ed for Europe from Lorenzo Marq
had as passengers the Transvaal attor
general, Van Alpen, Assistant Secret
Of State Grobler, State treasurer \
herbe and carried large quantity OF
gold.
Two hundred men employed by
Page Boiler company at Norwich, Go
went out on strike last Wednes
when informed that voluntary incr
of 10 per cent in wages, which was 81
ed in April of this year, no longer G.
= be paid. Owing to lack OF orders
company's works were closed five W
= ago and operations were resumed
.. week.
II Mexico's congress has declared the
sult of the presidential election. Gel
Forfro Diaz was unanimously elected
will be inaugurated next December.
president has entirely recovered iron
recent indisposition. The American
? ony has subscribed 10000 pecos for Il
lief of Galveston.
Lausanne, Switzerland.-A secret
cular. addressed by Joannicius, the n
nolitan of Kitff, to all the Russian
), bishops virtually communicating
stoi. the Russian novelist and socis
former. is published. 1t declares that
stoi is an avowed enemy Of the c
and therefore unless he recants the
synod will prohibit celebration OF a
vine service and expiatory masses i
event of his death.
Governor Sayers of Texas re
conditions at. Galveston as great
~ proved.
The Belgian king is to abdicat'
will soon retire in favor Of the
of Flanders.
r Lawrence Pierson, OF Lexington
Lake Forest University's crack
II back, was probably fatally hur
Gently.