Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-08-16
NEWS SUMMARY.

crease and is virulent At Mlrid&, capi-
tai of Yucatan.
The imports of dry goods and mer.
valued at lo,47o,3l5.
The imports Of specie during the
past week in New York were S16,566
gold and $40, $50 silver
The total number of Auglo-Indian
troops ordered to China will not fall
far short Of 10000 men.
The plague patient who was discov-
cred August 6 on board vessel in
Hamburg harbor is dead.
The United States courts in Hawaii
were formally inaugurated on August
4th by Judge NJ. NJ. Estes.
The Spanish cabinet has approved
the extradition convention between
Spain and the United States.
The situation at Tien Tsin is again
perilous owing to the ass embling of
Chinese troops within striking dis
tance.
In Louisville, Ky. Mrs. VIM. Rosen-
berger and her child were burned to
/ death in a fire which destroyed their
i dwelling.
The exports OF gold and silver from
the United States the past week aggre-
4 gated sore, 3l3 silver bars and coin and
! s7,S9s,o ,oel gold.
The Prohibition state executive CON-
mittee OF North Dakota has placed in
the field full ticket headed by d.
Carlton for governor.
The American column, according to
all press accounts, il pulsating with
energy and anxious to march to Pekin
with the least possible delay.
Paul Jansen, who was arrested NJ
Rutherford, N. j., three weeks ago,
charged with counterfeiting, hanged
himself in his cell last week.
! Lewis G. Stevenson, son Of the DEM
ocratic vice-presidential candidate, has
been selected as western manager Of
the national organization of Demo-
cratic clubs
A better condition of affairs is re
ported in the northern camp at Nome.
Smallpox has entirely disappeared.
though there is still much sickness,
mostly pneumonia.
Ii Hung Chang has not put in an ap-
pearance at Tien Tsin. His former
residence, where he received General
Grant and other notables, Is now oc-
cupied by Cossacks.
Great Britain, the United States and
Japan have now approved the appoint
ment of Field Marshal Count Won
Waldersee as commander-in-chief of
the allied forces in China.
The postoffice department announces
the completion of arrangements where
by remittances may be made to the
troops operating in China or those who
will hereafter be sent there.
Mrs. Henrietta Hand, who knew per.
sonally eight generations of her family,
is dead at her residence in Brooklyn OF
water on the brain, resulting from old
age. She was born December 81. 1908.
Quite large quantities of bar silver
were taken from the native city Of
Tien Tsin. The Americans and Japan
ese are said to have about 1900, 900
ounces each of the government treas
ure.
1t is the general opinion among lead
ing Democrats that the withdrawal Of
Towne will not ALLEVIATE many Popu.
lists, and that it will increase the
chances of Democratic success at the
polls.
The Canadians are doing the trade
of the lower Yukon. They are freely
shipping goods from Dawson, and do
not, it is said, have TO pay duty. as
there are no American officers on the
boundary.
The advance OF the Russian and
French troops, numbering 5000 men,
toward Pesin has been prevented by
the enemy flooding the country Tho
allies it is said, will now advance on
Yang Tsun.
Official reports announce that the
Siberian railway is now open for traffic
, from Tchelibansk to Lake Baikal, -
distance of 3,O47 versts, and also from
Myosovaina to Syretnsk, distance of
1904 versts.
The Italian government has received
dispatch from Marquis Raggi at Pc
king, identical with those recently re-
: ceived from the representatives at Pc
: king of France, the United States and
other powers.
A circular has been issued by the
war department giving an order to the
postoffice department to the effect that
all offices in the Philippine islands
hereafter shall be under the control Of
the governor-general.
Paris police are busily engaged
watching the anarchist groups. Since
the attempt was made to kill the Shah
of Persia, an investigation has been
carried on which resulted in the dis
covery OF several meeting places Of the
Reds"
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