The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1900-04-14
THE TELEGRAPH SUMMARY
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF

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the Past Week-In This and For
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Latest Dispatches.
John Finnegan lasted 66 seconds In
q recent fight with Jeffries at Detroit.
San Francisco laborers have asked
for an exclusion act against
the Japs.
Ernesta Baldanza, the tenor, who 12 ,
years ago sang with Patti in leading
roles, is dead.
There is rioting in Puerto Rico as
the natives resented the arrival there
of party Of Jamaicans.
The German flag has been raised in
Samoa. The establishment of undis- i
puted rule took place ON March I.
The squadron Of the United States
navy recently formed In Chinese waters
is to have headquarters at Hong Kong.
Street cars in Chicago are tiel up as
the employees refused to do additional
work asked of them without additional
pay.
An ultimatum has been issued and
China is warned by the powers to sup
press the boxers" under Lenalty Of in
vasion.
w. H. Alexander, farmer, shot and
killed his wife at st. Helena, Cal, and
then took his own life by cutting his
throat with razor.
Two hundred miners have been laid
of at the Portland mine, near Cripple
Creek, on account Of the high rates de-
manded by the smelters for the treat
ment Of gold ores.
L. P. Hummer, the insurance agent
who was arrested at Republic. Wash.
Is charged with embezzling $4,000.
Buffalo county, Minn., officers will
bring Hummer back for trial.
The thirty-eighth anniversary Of the
battle of Shiloh was celebrated by
grand reunion Of both federals and con-
federates on the field where they once
fought. The celebration lasted two
days.
A duel was fought In the outskirts
Of the City of Mexico yesterday by two
women connected with prominent fami-
lies of the capital. Pistols were the
weapons, and one Of the participants
was seriously wounded.
The extreme vigilance of Great Brit
ain in protecting the secrets Of the Es-
quimalt Notifications and naval yard
was exemplifled recently when Lieuten-
ant Reginald, r. NJ, was shot by a SEN
try for failing to answer a challenge.
Scott will die.
Ex-Governor Bradley of Kentucky
and other attorneys for. Republican
Governor Taylor, have gone before
Chief Justice Hazelegg with motion
for a writ of error to the supreme court
at Washington in contests over the Of
fees Of governor and lieutenant gov
ernor.
General Otis has been formally re-
lieved Of the command Of the United
States force sin the Philippines and Of
the Eighth army corps. The general
himself requested a change, hence Mac
Arthur is appointed the next military
governor of the Philippines. Business
reasons impel the change.
The past weekly bank statement is
| as lOl1OW6. Jul RAu6 AO0OA w. NS~A OssSSp
81, ,931 $50; loans, increase, $12,954, 300;
specie, increase. $2.4s2,400; legal ten
ders, decrease. $744,000; deposits. In
crease, $14,679.0 900; circulation, In
crease, $437, 1000. The banks now hold
$7,904,80 in excess Of legal require
ments.
One man was killed and another bad.
ly injured in a fight in Chicago, caused
by an argument over Admiral Dewey's
candidacy for president. Eugene Tuck
er, a colored man, was shot and instant
" killed by George Miller, q barber.
The latter was badly cut about the
throat with a razor, and may die. They
were drinking in q saloon when the
argument arose.
The situation in Ashantee, Africa, IL
unchanged. A Coomassie runner re-
ports that all the Ashantee tribes are
In arms. The king Of Bekwai alone
remains loyal. It is believed that the
Ashantee golden stool has been found
and that the uprising is due to the en-
deavor of the governor Of the colony
Sir Frederic Mitchell Hodgson, to TAKE
possession of it.
The Tacoma chamber of commerce ha
chartered vessel for an excursion t.
Alaska.
Revenue agents recently raided Tobacco
!. stores of San Francisco and found man.
packages overweight.
Capitalists of Berlin, through Chicag
: firm, have made an offer to purchase tn
: Ferris wheel. If the negotiations g
through the wheel, which was one of tn
features Of the worlds fair, will be shippe
to Berlin. The wheel weighs 22OO IONS.
"H. G.. Frick will dispose of all his hold
ings-something over $4,000 OOO-in tn
Carnegie company just as soon as he can,
said big stockholder. "He will not n
main to hamper Mr.. Carnegie or hi
, partners"
u Some estimates place the amount of til
recent robbery at the home of Orrin v
Potter, the multimillionaire and expires
o dent of the Illinois Steel company of Oh
Il cago as high as $4,000. The plunder, tt
most valuable secured by thieves in Ch
Q cago in years, consisted Of diamonds jew