The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1900-08-25
The TELEGRAPH SUMMARY
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF
Complete Review Of the Events Of
the Past Week-In This and For
elgn Lands-Taken From the Lat
est Dispatches.
A race war is feared in Georgia.

A race war is feared in Georgia.
Another big forest fire is raging in
Yellowstone National Park.
Nome sickness is overrated, as only
six smallpox cases have been reported
by Lieut.. Jarvis.
The stereotypers' proposition to with
draw from the l. T. U. was voted down |
at the last convention.
Vest makers on the east side to the |
number of $500 are on strike. The
strike was sudden one.
Harry A. Hanbury has been appoint
ed receiver Of the Traders Fire Insur-
ance Company Of New York.
The comptroller of the currency has
appointed r. d. Garrett temporary re-
ceiver of the Somerset National Bank,
Somerset, Ky.
The United States cruiser Baltimore,
with Rear Admiral John G. Watson on
board, hOmeward bound from Manila,
has sailed from Gravesend for Belfast
An American consular officer has
gone from Lorenzo Marques to Nooitge-
dacht to distribute money to the Brit
ish prisoners there, each of whom re-
ceives "a.
The battle between Fitzsimmons and
Sharkey at Coney Island will be decid-
ed on Saturday night, August 25, in
stead of Friday, August "a, as was
originally intended.
| 1t is officially announced, according
to the Petit Blue, that the czar will
visit Paris, arriving at Cherbourg Sep
temper IA, reaching Paris the next day
and remaining there five or six days.
| One man lost his life and three were
injured in fire at Chicago recently,
+. which destroyed the building at 1890
Des PLANES street. The dead: Edward
Grace, burned while asleep in the build
ing
Cyrus Field Adams, colored editor,
linguist and orator, and Bishop Ar
mott of Ohio, also colored, have been
appointed by Chairman Hanna mem
bers of the advisory committee of the
republican national committee.
The Canadian Pacific has decided to
grant schedules to the allied mechanics
and boiler makers and recognize them
as body. Both officials and men ex-
press confidence that the strike will be
settled soon.
The total wheat crop of Oregon,
Washington and Idaho for 1900 is now
ESTIMATED at from 32.000.OO0 to 35,O00,.
600 bushels. This is reduction OF
about 100000 bushel from the earlier
estimates The wheat is said to be OF
very fine quality.
In regard to the rumors that Japan
was about to raise a war loan in the
United States, Mr.. Uchida, consul OF
Japan in this city, said: Il am in a
position to state that our government
has no intention at present to float any
loan in connection with the war In
China"
Sir Henry Simpson, veterinary sur
geon to the queen and former president
of the Royal College of Veterinary Sur
geons, has been found drowned al
Datchet, Buckinghamshire, where he
owned the South Sea estate. He was
born in 1912 and was at one time mayor
: OF Windsor.
Captain Oberfin M. Carter, serving {
sentence in the federal penitentiary fol
defrauding the government on south
ern contracts, was visited at Leaven
worth by DR.. Carter of Chicago, hi
brother, and L. d. Carter of Oakland
ILL.,. an uncle. After a conference Car
ter's relatives are quoted as saying
they have strong hopes Of securing
pardon for the captain.
The preliminary contests in the ex
j. hibition of fire apparatus came off re
- Gently at Cincennes, Paris, some 500
firemen, representing all the nations
] participating. The American repre-
: sentative, Chief Geo. c. Hale of Kansa
- City, and the men of the Kansas Cit.
i fire brigade, caused great wondermen
by their quick Harvesting and running
:" together with their method of life-sav
ing. They received an ovation and b.
common consent were assigned the frs
I place.
/ Two steamships have arrived fror
Nome. The Roanoke with 200 passer
gers was treasure ship in every sens
of the word, she having cn board $3
600 900 in gold and cargo OF fur
valued at $1,OO0,000. The gold wa
most all from Dawson, having bee
shipped down the Yukon to ST. Micl
aels.
One of the largest combinations
capital ever effected on the Pacific coas
is about to go into operation. All tell
phone companies in California, Oregon
Washington, Nevada, Idaho and Ar
zona have been consolidated under on
gigantic corporation called the Pacif
States Telephone & Telegraph Con
pany, which has franchise granted !
oregon, and which will have Its hea'
quarters in Portland.
The recent hot wave continues in tn
eastern and southern states.
Two men went insane at Des Moines r
. GENTLY on account of the heat.
United States Consul Fee at Bomba
reports to the state department that che
era is raging there
The Lokal Anzeiger announces the el
gagement of Queen Wilhelmina to prln'