The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1900-09-01
THE TELEGRAPH SUMMARY
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF
Complete Review Of the Events Of
the Past Week-In This and For
eign Lands-Taken From the Lat
est Dispatches.

disastrous electric storm.
Carnegie says he Will not stump the
country In the interest OF Bryan.
Three cities in New York Will be
honored by William Jennings Bryan's
presence in October.
The Chicago Stock Exchange will
construct private telegraph lines and
send its own quotations.
A humber OF whites were recently
slain by blacks in New South Wales.
Ten were beaten to death. Natives
surprised helpless women and children
at night.
The San Jose scale has made its ap-
pearance in the borough of Brooklyn.
The scale has been discovered in 35
different places in the borough.
During storm recently two little
children of Charles Bunker were killed
by bolt of lightning while at play on
their fathers farm two miles north Of
Milwaukee.
The grand circuit meeting at Read
Vile closed with the notable feature of
Anaconda pacing mile in 2:O2R,
thereby winning the 2:04 class and de-
feating by a narrow margin Frank Bo-
cash and Searchlight.
Reports from Cape Nome by the
steamship Tacoma indicate that much
lawlessness prevails there, and from
eight to dozen robberies occur night
ly and people are not safe from attacks
OF thugs after nightfall.
General Lord Roberts has confirmed
the sentence of death imposed upon
Lieutenant Cordua, formerly of the
Stats artillery, who was convicted Of
being a ringleader in the plot to alb
duct General Roberts and kill British
officers.
Another gold strike on the Alaskan
coast is reported. Salmon fishermen
made the strike near Kadyak creek
1t is another case of beach gold
and the grains are SO promising that
a number of miners leaving Cape Nome
have gone to the new district.
Elder Marion S. Hawkins, mission
ary of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints, is under arrest at
the Four Courts, St. Louis, accused OF
pushing Clarence Fuhrer, years old,
to his death beneath moving train
at Mount Vernon, Ind.
The whole number of deaths at Nome
since June /, as shown by the records
of the coroner, is Il, of which 29 were
natives. There has been only one
death from smallpox. There have been
in all 20 cases Of smallpox in the hos
pital, nearly all of which were of a
mild form. Most of the deaths are
from pneumonia.
A terrific storm ragged at Nome Au.
gust T. 1t wrought disaster along the
waterfront, and as result the beach
is lined with wreckage and stranded
vessels of all descriptions. According
to waterfront man, out of 68 steam
launches only five remained aaoat, and
| of 72 barges but seven are riding the
sea the others having either sunk or
| drifted ashore.
Whipped into insensibility in less
| than two rounds" is the story in brief
of Tom Sharkey's meeting with Bob
Fitzsimmons at the Coney Island Sport.
ing Club recently. Fitzsimmons was
the victor, Sharkey the loser. Sharkey
was confident that he would prove to
be Fitzsimmons' master in the ring,
but the result of the battle and the
brevity of it proved that Fitz is still a
great fighter and able to beat the best
of the heavyweights. He has beaten
Corbett, Rubin and Sharkey.
United States army transport Lawton
has arrived from Nome with 22O passen.
gers. two-thirds of whom are destitute
miners returned at the expense of the gov.
ermnent.
The fight between Peter Maher and Joe
Choynski, which was to have taken
place at the Broadway Athletic club, had
to be declared of OH account Of Choyn-
skis sickness.
Charles H. Barnes, alias John II. Mel
son, the alleged Kentucky train robber
who escaped ten detectives in st. Louis
recently, was reported through police
channels to have been located at Trail
British Columbia.
The Canadian Pacific strike is practi
cally settled. "A committee OF men is in
consultation with Manager White and
Mechanical Superintendent Cross and tht
mechanics and boilermakers' schedules
have been fully agreed upon.
One of the features of the G. A. r
encampment which attracted much at
tention was the veterans bicycle roat
race, in which 20 old soldiers started
The winner was j. Patterson, 81 years
old, of Greenfield, Ind. Patterson covered
the distance in 1888, taking the tim'
prize also. M Hamerly, 65 years old
finished second in 22:6S.
The Yaquis are on the warpath. They
were on the Yaqui river and within {
few miles of Guaymas. 1t is understood
that an able general is on his way from
Mexico City to take command of th'
Mexican forces and wipe out the indians
Peter G. Stewart of Tacoma recent,
died of old age. In lS43 Mr.. Stewar
came across the plains and settled il
Oregon, and was one Of the executiv