Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-08-30
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which did much damage.
General Robert Williams died recent
ly at the Hotel Netherwood, near Plain
field, N. j., from apoplexy. He was II
years old.
A sensational saloon hold-up and
murder occurred Sunday while the car
nival crowd was on its way to the
masked ball
Robert G. Evans, United States dist
riot attorney for Minnesota, died sud
denly Sunday from heart disease on
the balcony of his home.
Archie McEachern of Canada beat
Champion, the French rider, In a %
mile paced race recently. at Queens
park. Montreal, winning by half a
wheels length in 1919, Canadian rec.
ord.
Prince Chun, brother of the emper.
or of China, and the member of the
Chinese mission on the way to Berlin
to apologize for the murder of Baron
Won Kettler, Germany's minister to Pc
kin, have arrived at Basel, Switzer-
land.
Word was received at Manila that
the insurgent Colonel Loreel, with II
officers and 13 men, surrendered yes
terday to Captain Brown of the Fourth
infantry at Talisa. The surrender of
numerous other smaller contingents
last week brings the total to more than
100.
Word from Charlottesville, Va, an
nounces the death of Miss Maude Cole
man Woods, in that city. Miss Woods
was pronounced the most beautiful
woman in America by a committee
from the Pan!American exposition and
her profile adorns the medals issued
by the board of awards.
AT indianapolis, Ind, fourteen per-
sons were injured, three seriously, in a
collision between Greenfield Interur-
ban car and train on the Earle rail-
road. The electric car was partly de-
molished. There were IL passengers on
the car. nearly all from Greenfield.
The seriously hurt: Emery Scott, mot
orman; Oba Fox, Greenfield; Charles
Daleyemple.
At Vailsburg, N. j., Sunday, w. S.
Fem of Waterbury added fresh laurels
to his list. After hard struggle in the
half mile open for professionals, he
started out with 33 other riders in the
five mile handicap for professionals.
He started off at clipping pace and
moved down his rivals one at a time.
Mcfarland had 100 yards on the young
ster. but this did not bother Fem. En-
tering the home stretch Fem had the
speed and fairly ran away from the
others, winning by about five lengths.
His time was 1915. The other worlds
record for the distance was 1898 2-5.
Mr.. Holbein, who Sunday, the ami
of Captain Webb's swim from
Dover to Calais, started from Cape
Gris+Nez (between Boulogne- Sur-Mer
and Calais) in an attempt to swim to
Dover, narrowly escaped drowning. He
covered the course to a point within
six miles of Dover and then collapsed,
after having been in the water IL hours
and 46 minutes. The tug which accom-
panied him took him from the water
and brought him to Dover England.
He swan with powerful stroke alter
nately on his back and on his breast,
a good pace. The first six
miles from Cape Gris-Nez were covered
in hours and 25 minutes. Much of
the time he swan with his eyes closed |
owing to the effect of salt water.
Two masked men entered the Elk |
saloon at 1913 South C street and ord |
cred the occupants to throw up their |
hands. Proprietor Hermsen took it to |
be a joke of the jewellers and remarked,
You are coming it pretty coarse"
The answer was shot from one of the |
mems revolvers that grazed the fore
head of Edward Pfankachen and slight
y wounded j. Kempin. Three pair of
hands shot into the air Immediately,
Ind the men meekly did the bidding of
he robbers. They emptied the till and
we're standing in front of the bar
when Kempin saw an opportunity to
escape. He bolted toward the door to
all for help. A shot from the revolver
# one of the men passed dangerously
lear his back and buried itself in the
wooden partition nearby. Ben John
on, an employee at the smelter, had
ust pushed open the door to enter the
aloon when Kempin rushed by him.
)ne of the robbers shot at the new
omer and the ball struck him above
he left hip. He died.
Chattanooga, Tenn.-Henry Noles,
he negro who assaulted and shot to
cath Mrs. Charles Williams, wife of
prominent farmer, near Winchester,
'enn., last Friday, was captured early
unday morning at water tank near
oman, Tenn. He was taken to Win.
hester by his captors and placed in the
ounty Jail. A mob formed but was
rderly but determined. 1t seemed that
he whole population for miles around
ad turned out to see the fate of the
-retch. A procession three miles in
,ngth followed the mob to the Will
ms home. Arriving at a point in
ght of the scene of his crime, the ne
70 was placed upon stump and burn
to death. The negro made no out
y at any time and died as stolidly as !
stole. There were no disorderly +,
,enes about the burning body. At
asst 5000 people witnessed the horri- &