Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-07-11
NEWS SUMMARY.


The split in the Liberal party 10 the
one subject of discussion In the British
political circles.
The State department has been ad-
two cases Of bubonic plague at Para,
Brazil.
Rioting has occurred in Buenos Ayres
because of the bill for the uniHcation
of the Argentine debt. Several per-
sons have been wounded.
The steamer Ha Ting. from Skaguay,
has arrived at Vancouver and brought
se5O,O00 in gold dust and Nuggets,
John Hill of Eldorado creek hsd
500, 900.
The Union Broom Supply company
has cornered all the broom corn crop
of 1900 and raised the price to 41e
ton. Fifteen Eastern manufacturers
are in the combination.
The total importations to San Fran
cisco Of opium prepared for smoking
aggregated ], 1904, ,5ls pounds from JAN
uary /, 1880 to June 20, 1901. Tho duty
collected was S13, s61, ,1sO.
Six bags of gold, each containing
$4,000 in $40 gold pieces. have disap-
peared from the San Francisco mint ~
though spirited away by magic. No
trace of the thief has been discovered.
Maj. O. l. Pruden, who was appoint
ID -. ~ Il, = ~
May, has resigned that position ana
has been reappointed to his old posi-
tion of assistant secretary to the Presi-
dent.
On the revised lists in the recent au-
tomobile road race from Paris to Ber-
| lin, the prize committee announce that
the winner, M. Fournier, made the
trip in II hours minutes and 80 sec
onds.
The Secretary of War has issued an
order to General Wood, Governor-Gen-
eral of Cuba, authorizing him to come
to Washington at his own convenience
for consultation with the Secretary of
War upon Cuban affairs.
Assistant Secretary Taylor tsle-
graphed the immigration authorities
at San Francisco to admit Su Shih
Chin, who had been detained there
pending the settlement of the question
of his right to enter this country.
Arrangements are being made for
the return of the Chinese court to Psk-
ing. Orders have been given for tha
rebuilding of two Of the large gates Of
the city. The cost of this work In co.
timated at 1000, 900 taels for each gate.
Frank Sheppard. colored ex-volua-
teer, was shot and killed Tuesday
night near Navajo Springs, Ariz. Tho
tragedy was the result of drunken
row and occurred on a train conveying
troops recently mustered out at San
Francisco to their Eastern homes. The
murderer dropped off the train.
1.-The fact that millions or more Mo-
hammedsns have been brought under
our flag in the Philippines. renders
Statehood of Territorial government
for some of the population of the Is-
lands an impossibility for many years
to come" says Gen. John c, Bates.
formerly In command of of the depart
meut of Southern Luzon.
J. p Morgan & Co. have purchased
the Northern Pacific Steamship line,
plying between Tacoma and Japan and
Chinese ports. The sale, 1t is said, al
| In of,.Ia Wa oh In ntp nd al
an Steamship company. This COM
pletes ]. p Morgan's round-the-world
system.
Excitement is high at Council City,
Alaska. over the killing of ]. Howard
by one Martin of the Big Four Mining
and Trading company of Council. The
men quarreled and Martin assaulted
Howard, who fell to the ground. He
expired soon afterward, and an autopsy
revealed the fact that his liver had
burst.
James M Eder, ex-consul of the
United States at Palmyra, Columbia.
who has just returned from that coun-
try, declares that American merchants
mine and plantation owners who have
large interests there, are suffering
much loss because this government
does not afford them sufficient protec-
ton.
.There is no doubt that this country
within few months will be in posi-
tion to ignore every other nation on
! the globe in the matter of food pro-
Ducts" says Secretary Wilson. I'VE
will produce within our own domain
everything that goes upon our tables
and upon our backs.
Rev. T.. G. Brocker of the Evangelical
church, Kearney, Neb., committed sui
eide at his home in that city by shoot
ing himself with revolver. He was
known as the cowboy preacher" No
cause is assigned. He leaves = wife
and six children.
The Berlin police have issued circu'
lar asking police authorities every.
where to be on the lookout for and
arrest Attilio Pierre and Enrico Giglo
Italian anarchists. who are described
as intending to come to Berlin for I
criminal pur pose"