The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1900-07-14
THE TELEGRAPH SUMMARY
Gzws OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF

GTws or THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
I Complete Review ef the Events Of
the Past Wssk-In This ana For-
eisn Lanas-TalksA From the Lat
est DisDa4eAes.
A fire loss Of $l25,0OO was caused by the
fireworks.
Franklin McLeary, the Canadian
actor, died recently brain fever.
In the athletic tournament at London
the Americans captured the lions share
of the prizes
Twelve persons at Chicago succom-
bed to the excessive hot weather one
day last week.
Senator Jones Of Arkansas has been
reelected national chairman of the
democratic committee.
In New York city at noon last Satur-
day. the thermometer registered 80
degrees, the highest July record.
Rear Admiral Cotton has been as
signed as commandant of the Norfolk
navy y0IuS NAY0 3kC0I Au0kk6A o1X A0As
Peter Maher knocked out Steven
O'Donnell in the first round Of what
was to have been 25-round bout at
the Broadway Athletic club. N. Y.
| Charles A. Towne, before the silver
republican convention. said he believed
it his duty to support the ticket nomi-
mated by the democratic convention.
Charles Leroy said to be a promi-
nent citizen Of Fullerton, CAL, commit
ted suicide in sleeper on the Santa
Fe train as it was arriving at Joliet.
A part Of the local plant of the Nat
ional Steel company at Columbus, Ohio.
has again been closed down. throwing
many men out OF work. It is said the
shutdown is indefinite, the cause being
given as repairs and invoice.
i Henry Wade Rogers, LII. D., late
president Of Northwestern University
has accepted an invitation from Yale
law school to take the place of e. L
law department Of Yale University dur
Ing the coming year.
} Antonio Soso and Jose Vasquez, tw,
> prominent Mexican cattle men, quar-
3 relied over cattle brand in San Pedr,
: valley and both men were killed In
r fight with guns. A feud between COW
a boys employed by the two men kille,
1 has arisen ana serious trouble 1
feared. i@f
: The selling committee of the Fal
9 River (Mass.) Manufacturers Associs
' tion estimates that on Monday 1000
i 900 spindles will have Joined the move
|. ment to certain production for tw
!. months beginning July II. This mean
|. loss of $500,000 in wages to 1900
operatives.
Adlai e. Stevenson. who was vic
president during the second term {
: President Cleveland, has again bee
. nominated for that Office, having bee
Z selected by the democrats as their cal
q didate on the first ballot. This con
!, pleted the work of the convention
= which at 1921 adjourned sine die.
/. On the charge of having set fire I
the tenement in Hoboken, the destru
v tion of which recently caused loss {
e thirteen lives. Henry vagt a salool
d keeper, has been arraigned. Vagt d.
;. MED the charge against him. He wa
8 held for the grand jury on charge {
l. arson.
VI The bubonic plague quarantin
which Texas has enforced against Sa
% Francisco for two months has bee
% modified to some extent. DR.. Morton
,e state quarantine officer, will issue pc
d mits for freight and express to ente
If Texas from San Francisco that has n,
been in the Chinese quarters Of tt
/. city. The quarantine against passe
is gers will remain in force.
n- The past weeks bank statement Il
e. five days shows the following change,
Surplus reserve, decrease, $1,270,17l
a. loans, decrease, $5,578,600; specie,
O. crease, $1.365,700; legal tenders. d
re crease. $1,504,600; deposits, decreas
$6,400,300; circulation, increase, Sc
of 100. The banks now hold $15,589, q
as in excess of the requirements of the
re per cent rule.
) Samuel T. Paisley, the former supe
IN intendent Of the bureau Of highwa.
Of and sewers of Pittsburg, against who
lie there was charge of embezzlement
mt over $4,000, is dead at Newport New
Id Va. He was in the service of the CT
ID for rs years. Last May he sudden
left the city, since which time no de
mite information concerning him W
made public until the announceme
tv Of his death last night.
~ During q fierce storm at Clevelan
q Ohio, recently, the yacht Idler WI
.e capsized and sunk six miles OF tn
a port and six lives lost. Following a
:. the names of those drowned: MI
James Corrigan, wife Of the well-knov
vessel owner; Miss Jane Corrigan, MI
Charles Riley, all daughters Of Jam,
Corrigan; Miss Eta Corrigan, daugh
9 er of Captain John Corrigan; an infaI
y daughter Of Mrs. Riley.
L Nearly a million and half acres
4 land situated in Wyoming, Colorad
a Nebraska, Utah and Kansas has bee
e sold by the Union Pacific railroad COZ
pany during the fiscal year just ende'
These are greater than any previou
sales. Most Of the land was purcha