The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-07-12

lost theH vhlnAoteA Ah9 uTi8iu " tn~
Hre il uuknOwn.
| In san Francisco an early morning tn
in the Italian quarters destroyed three
ramshackls lodging houses. a youns
lady i missing and an aged wonaAn =
dying from burns received while trying
| 70 escape from one Of the destroyed build
ings-
Sumner Surrat. lineman In the
employ Of the Seattle Electric com
pany. while working on pole came
In contact with live wire and was
killed before help could reach him.
It IL estimated that 1000 volts passed
through his body.
T. Y. Judd, the wealthy milling man o.
Pendleton, Ore, accompanied by few
friends. has attempted the ascent Of
Mount Hood, n ,e25 feet, as far up in the
snow line ss an automobile can Be driven
Mountain climbing with an automobile Is
novel idea, that has never been tried in
this or any other country.
Sixteen harvest hands returning home
from the wheat fields OF western Kansas
were robbed by gang Of men near june
|tion City recently while riding on a
freight train. They were compelled at the
point Of revolvers to surrender their
money. One refused and was shot in the
leg. The robbers escaped after securing
from $40 to $50 from each man
No arrests have been made In con-
nection with the shortage Of SIC. 900 In
the mint 1T San Francisco and specula-
ton as to the real culprit Ii Of varied
sort.
To the disappointment Of all the
Americans ct Henley the Leander Row
INK club defeated the crow Of ths Unit
versity Of Pennsylvania in the mai
heat Of the grand challenge cup.
n : fair trial recently In smart
breeze Shamrock l. beat Shamrock IL.
by over 200 yards in = three mile turn
to windward. This il the older yachts
most decisive victory over the cup chai-
lenger.
Comptroller Of the Currency Dawes
has rendered his resignation to the
president, to take effect October l. Mr..
Dawes resigns his once in order to
enter the senatorial contest this fall
The Western Union Telegraph com
pany Is advised that the Argentine con-
gress has declared Buenos Ayres In
state Of seige for six months. and has
established censorship on AL messsgos
thereto.
The disciples Of John Alexander
Dowie visited Evanston, Chicago su-
hurh, the other night and. despite the
efforts OF the police force Of the place
. mob Of 1000 people drove them out
of the town
Mayor Phelan Of Ssn Francisco Is in
receipt Of . letter from Andrew Carne
gie Offering to- give $3.50 900 for = libra
~ building, provided the city furnishes
q suitable site and appropriates SIS, 900
. year for maintenance
Tho Metropolitan Museum OF Art In
New York Is made the residuary lesa-
tee Of the late Jacob s. Rogers. the loco
motive manufacturer, whose will has
been fled for probsts 1T Paterson. II
viii probably receive $4,000. 900.
The Chicago Tribune prints reports
from all over the country showing the
number Of persons killed and injured
a. = result Of celebrating the Fourth Of
July. The number actually killed Is
less than last year. beins 10, against
80 then, but the number injured Is con-
larger, the figures being 1911.
against 1926.
Albert C. Postwick Of Boston. the
nutomobilIst, broke the worlds record
for one mile on = ~ horse power ma
chine recently 1t E1kwood Park, Long
Branch. The record was broken in the |
second mile OF An exhibition squirt Of |
three miles, which he covered in |
s:s31<. He had made the flrst mile in |
l:1S94, the second in 1:1sH and the
third IN Ill
A forest nre southwsst Of Buena |
Vista, Col. has destroyed many thou
uands Of dollars worth Of valuable tim
Der.