The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1900-08-18
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.

Beers are tired of war, as captured
otllcer says the majority are tired OF
Kruger.
me Kentucky legislature will meet in
extra session to modify the Goebel elec-
ton law.
Severe floods have occurred at Yoko-
hama and it is reported that 200 persons
have been drowned. Railway traffic is in
terrupted.
A hard shock of earthquake was felt
at Silverton, WASH, recently, shaking
window panes and crockery to pieces in
many instances. The shock lasted three
minutes.
The northbound Northland express,
which left Grand Rapids, Mich, and
southbound passenger train No. collided
in the dense fog August Is at rierson, 20
miles north OF Grand Rapids. Seven per-
SONS were killed and nine severely in
jured, one of whom cannot recover.
A big fire nearly destroyed Columbia,
B. G. 1t started in the Escales hotel,
which was soon reduced to ashes, and
spread to the Model livery barn and a
blacksmith shop. The Presbyterian
church and several other buildings burn
ed. A strong wind prevailed.
| Chief Justice Henry Greene OF the Penn
sylvania supreme court is dead.
Ex-senator Ingalls, Of Kansas is dead.
He passed away at East Las Vegas, N. NJ,
recently.
The democrats of New York will hold
their state convention at Saratoga, Sep
tember IL.
| A. +. Mamroeve, at one time private
secretary of William II. Seward, is dead al
New ork.
Inc census office has announced the pop
ulation of Greater New York (Manhattar
ana Bronx boroughs) as 2,O5O,6OO. The
population of the borough of Manhattan
is ,S5O,O93, and that Of Bronx 2OO,5O7.
General Dewet has crossed the railroad
and is going north in order to join Com
mandant Delarey, who is heading fol
Rustenburg. Kitchener and the ethe
generals are pursuing him and pressing
him hard. His force is reported to b'
beyond Ventersdorp.
Twenty OF Chicago Chinatown's leading
citizens left for San Francisco, where the,
will take the first boat to China. Th,
men are, according to statements made by
some of them, responding to the emperor
call for volunteers from America. Every
member of the party is said to have mill
tary training in some capacity.
A cable dispatch was received from Bo
gotta announcing the resignation of Presi
dent Sanctlemette of the republic of Col
ombia. Vice President Maroquin viii
serve out the four years of his term. Th
change will alter the political system o
Colombia, and may even end the revolu
tion which has been in progress for II
months.
Russias occupation of New ChwanI
without adequate reason has caused tn
decision to land troops at Shanghai, il
which Great Britain is supported by Japan
Germany, apparently, is paying no heet
to Russia's action in the north, but oh
jects to the action at Shanghai, and pro
poses to offset it by stationing a squad
ron there
A sensation has been caused by the dis
covery that Wharton Barker, middleof
the road candidate for president on tn
populist ticket, is ineligible for the offic
to which he aspires. 1t is said that Will
experimenting some improvements il
Russia some years ago Mr.. Barker wa
made "lord of st. Wieceslass" by tn
ear. Before accepting the title he di'
not ask congress to grant him the priv
lege, and he is therefore ineligible becaus
he forfeited his citizenship by accepting
the honor without permission of the Unite
States.
Such furious ebullition OF race hatre
as found vent in the rioting that occurre
at New York recently, the outgrowth Q
the murder few days ago of Office
Thorpe by negro named Arthur Harris
has not been equaled in New York in man
years. As result of the disturbance
, which ragged from midnight until o'cloc
| and burst out in flame of passion an
| violence at intervals until daybreak, ther
| were about 80 persons injured by piste
| balls, razors or knives, rocks and club
| OF these, one negro, Lloyd Lee, may nc
| recover and of Policeman Kennedy is ais
| seriously injured.
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