The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-02-07
THE TELEGRAPH summary
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF
A Complete Review Of the Events Of
the Past Week-In This and For
etgn Landn-Taken From the
Latest Dispatches.

The lower house of the Utah legislature
passed the characterization bill by a vote
of 81 to 6.
A man is under arrest at Joplin, Mo-,
on suspicion that he is Pat Grove, wanted
for kidnapping young Cudahy of Omaha.
At Truckee, CAL, John Ishan, known as
Young Botus, an Indian, while intoxi
Gated, kicked and beat his wife to death.
PRESIDENT Mckinley has decided that an
extra session will be necessary, but he may
not call it until he has entered upon his
second term.
The Spokane Falls l. Northern round
house at Spokane was destroyed by fire
recently with loss conservatively esti
mated at over $l5,OOC.
The will of Mary Dclafeld Sturges, wild
ow of the Chicago banker, is filed and
shows the estate is valued at three mil
ions. Six children share equally.
Lord Kitchener reports that Dewet has
been engaged by Knox 40 miles north of
Thaba N'Chu. Dewet intends again at
tempting an invasion Of Cape Colony.
Fire recently almost destroyed the en-
tire business section of the little town Of
Tolono, nine miles south OF Champaign
Ill. The loss is estimated at 100000,
partially covered by insurance.
Major General Arthur Macarthur will
be relieved from duty as the commanding
gea.ral OF the division of the Philippines
in april next, and will be succeeded by
Brigadier General James F. Wade.
In a row in the Italian quarter at the
North End in Boston recently one man
was killed and three were seriously
wounded. One of the men, Raphael Faiia,
is under arrest charged with murder.
Charles F. w. Nicely, the former chief
of the bureau Of finance Of the Cuban post
Office department, who was arrested in
Rochester, N. Y, in May last, charged with
embezzlement of $3.50, 600 Of the department
funds, has arrived at Havana.
Two lives were lost at the burning OF
the Hotel Jefferson, lO2-lO6 East Fifteenth
street, New York. The damage by fire is
estimated at $4,000. The dead are Enora
Downing Is years old, nurse, and Eliza.
beth Reynolds, 80, a waitress.
The Western Society of the Army of the
Potomac has held its annual banquet at
Chicago. Nearly l5O members were pres.
ent, in spite Of the Indictment weather,
Captain Bradley Dean, president Of the
society, presided. The toasts were of a
patriotic nature, dealing with the services
rendered by the army Of the Potomac
during the civil war.
Louis Deburgh, recruit in the pro.
visional battalion at the Preside, Cali
fornia, claims to have fallen heir to for.
tune Of $4,000, and some valuable prop
erty near Paris, which has been bequeathed
to him by the Countess de Lavon Of
France, who, he says, is his aunt. He
claims to have served in the Boer army
and says he was taken prisoner by the
English, but escaped ON Portuguese sloor
while on the way to St. Helena.
At Columbus, Ohio, the following list
OF toasts for the Jefferson Jackson Lincoln
banquet, which is to be held on Encoln's
birthday, has been given out: William j
Bryan, Jefferson" John p. Altgeld
Jackson" Charles A. Towne, Lincoln; =
Senator-elect Carmack Of Tennessee, "Jef
ferson to Lincoln" Senator Pettierew
Lincoln Down to HANNA" Representative
De Almond of Missouri, "Our Government
Should Be Controlled by the Ballot Bo,
and hot by the Musket."
The legislature Of South Carolin.
for the second time has killed q bill
prohibiting child labor In cotton mills
The anti-Jesuit demonstrations
which began in Madrid in connection
with the anticlerical play, Electra
have spread to Valencia.
The French torpedo boat No. "a sanl
recently within . mile Of shore q
Havre a. q result Of the boiler explod
ing. All the crew were lost with tn
exception of two.
John P. Mason. 4S years old. the I'll
legged defaulting clerk Of the Cont
mental bank Of New York. committe,
suicide by shooting himself in tn
head.
Fire from An unknown cause d.
stroyed the large plant Of the Nations
Wire company Of Fairhaven. Conn.,, On
failing q property loss estimated .
| 1926. 900.
Omcial orders were received by Co
Mills from Adjutant General Corbin I
take steps TO graduate the FIRST elias
Of cadets on Monday. February IS, 4
West Point.
Fire at the w. b. Darthman Lumbe
company's plant. ct Nashville. Tenn
destroyed lumber. ware houses, IL tel
ement houses and nine freight car
Loss, 500. 900.
At all the blast furnaces throughor
the Mahoning valley. Ohio, the bottol
nllers and helpers have accepted . r
duction Of 10 cents Per day in wage
taking effect immediately.
i Recently John Greer, Q woodchoppe