The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1900-10-20
THE TELEGRAPH SUMMARY
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF
Complete Review Of the Events Of
the Past Week-In This and For-
etSn Lands-Taken From the
Latest Dispatches.

Gov. Richards, Wyoming's executive,
Is In q Chicago hospital,
Fred Collins shot and killed Arthur
Dando at Peterborough, B. c., resulting
from drunken row.
The navy department has been in
formed Of the arrival Of the transport
Westminster at Manila with subsis-
tence stores aboard.
The government authorities Of Santo
Dominingo report that the rebels are
surrounded and are asking for guaran-
tees previous to surrcndering.
The Wisconsin recently completed
the most successful trial trip ever made
by battleship, and she is pronounced
the finest vessel ever turned out by the
Union Iron Works.
The coroners' jury of New York re-
turned verdict to the effect that Kate
Scharn had come to her death by as
phyxia and strangulation at the hands
Of some person or persons unknown.
Considerable alarm is felt at the
British embassy In Berlin, over the
condition Of Dowager Empress Fred
| erica. A fortnight ago 1t was not ex-
| pected she would survive the winter.
The ten men from Idaho, convicted
Of seizing train near Wardner at the
time Of the Coeur d'Alene troubles have
just been released from the peniten-
tiary, in accordance with the recent de-
cision of the circuit court of appeals.
They have railroad tickets for Moscow,
Idaho, and hope to secure work in the
mines.
It is understood that the final dispo-
sition of silver, some $275,0O0 in
amount, taken by the American ma
rines at the capture Of Tientsin, may
be determined by congress. In the
meantime the silver Is being treated as
| trust fund of which the government
Is custodian until q determination is
| reached as to its rightful disposition.
Spokane's registration for the election
Of 1900 is S276.
The registration books of Seattle show
approximately l6,80O names on the books.
| Ex-Postmaster General William L. Will
son died suddenly Wednesday at Lexing-
ton, Va.
Ex-Secretary Of State John Sherman,
| whose health has not been very good oi
late, is quite i'll.
Eight thousand FIVE hundred and one
voters are registered in Tacoma a gain oi
1929 over two years ago.
4 Sir Henry Wentworth Dyke Acland
Radcliffe, librarian at Oxford university
since 1851, is dead, aged 85.
i The surrender of Tunis Botha, brother
of Commandant General Botha, at Volks
rust, October l3, is reported.
Joe Pazen, proprietor Of the Pazen The
atrical exchange in Chicago, was shot il
the abdomen by Zorah Card, an actress.
Kruger has postponed his departure fol
Europe until October 20. He will sail OF
the Dutch cruiser Gelderland and land al
Marseilles.
The Colby mine at Bessemer, Mich, hal
been shut down and 800 men thrown ou'
of employment. The Dunn & Tobin mine
near Crystal Falls have also closed.
Lord Salisbury, according to the Dali.
Express, has offered the portfolio of wa
in the reconstructed cabinet to Lord BAL
four of Burleigh, secretary for Scotland.
The night shift men OF the Rockdal
plant Of the American Steel 4 Wire com
pany at Joliet, ILL.,, have been laid off in
definitely. About 400 men are affected
Large customs frouds, carried on b.
Chinese and Japanese, are reported to hav
been unearthed by American officials a
the boundary line between Vancouver an
Whatcom.
Among the passengers on the Empires
of Japan, which has arrived in Victoria
were Baroness Won Ketteler, Dr. w. A. l
Martin and several Others who wen
through the siege of the legations in Pekir
John Hughes, postmaster at Cambria
near Wilkesbarre, Pa, shot and killed on
of two burglars who broke into his Office
When Hughes fired they ran. Later on
] of their dead bodies was found by tn
roadside. His identity is unknown.
Passengers who arrived from the Orien
;. on the Empress Of Japan say that res
dences and stores at Tientsin and Peki
were looted by soldiers, correspondents an
missionaries. An immense amount OF 81
yer and valuables were taken.
The westbound fast mail was wrecke
at Topaz, 80 miles from Pocatello, resul
ing from rear-end collision with freigf
train occupying the main line. Enginet
Alex Breckman and Fireman Oswald Shor
both of Montpelier, are badly injured. Be-
Emerson, a tramp, was killed.
The total number of paid admissions
the Spokane industrial fair was l09,95
which is grand record for l5 days. Du
ing the same period last year 1888 peop
paid to enter the exposition, so the IL
crease this year is 34,776.
The steamship Humboldt has arrived
Seattle from Skagway, bringing in klor
dixie treasure and 200 passengers, includ
ing number of prominent mining OF
orators. OF the gold the Canadian Ban
Of Commerce owned consignment Q
$500, ,292 S5, sent to the local assay Office
j. E. McAlpin is owner Of $4,000 and tn
remainder is distributed among numbe
Of the passengers.
The population Of Arizona, as officiall!
announced, is l22,l42, against 5000 il