Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-06-28
SUMMARY Of WORLDS NEWS
Jews OF THE WORLD In BRIEF
Complete Review of the Events of
the Past Week-In This and For
eisn Lands-Taken From the
Latest Dispatcher.

most disastrous fire.
i Dial Hawkins, lightweight champion Of
the Pacific coast, defeated Billy Arm
strong, champion of British Columbia, in
six rounds. The contest was fast and sci
entific and the best man won.
Colonies Infant and Guivara. repre-
sentatives of General Cables, have
signed the name of their general to the
agreement to surrender. Under the
| terms Of this agreement Cables is to
assemble his men at Santa Cruz, La
guna province, as quickly as possible
and there surrender himself and com
mand to the American authorities.
/ Attorney General James Donovan had
scarcely crossed the state line on the way
east until the Helena gambling house pro-
prietors began to brush off the dust from
their paraphernalia The attorney general
left for six weeks vacation at his old
home in Maine. One gambling house in
| Helena opened, another followed suit, and
the gamblers in Butte, Anaconda, Great
Falls and Kalispell are doing the same.
Donovan had closed gambling tighter than
| it had ever been since Montana was set
| tied.
A contract has been signed in New York
city for a complete outfit of rolling stock,
including pressed steel cars, locomotive and
passenger coaches, for the Republic and
Grand Forks road in Washington. The
| road will be 48 miles long and of standard
gauge. At Grand Forks it will connect
with Canadian Pacific railroad The first
trains will be run early in November if
nothing occurs to block the construction
work now under way. The road will be
used mainly to carry gold and silver ores
from mines in the Republic district, on the
eastern slope of the Cascades, to Canadian
smelters at Grand Forks
Ex-Governor Hazen S. Pingree of Mich
igan died in London last Wednesday. His
son was the only one present at the time.
Hazen Sentor Pingree was born in Den
mark, Me-, in 1910. In 1862 he enlisted in
the First Massachusetts heavy artillery
and served until the end OF the war, when
he located in Detroit, embarking in the
manufacture of shoes. In 1889 the repub-
lican party nominated Mr.. Pingree for
mayor OF Detroit and he was elected by
over 1000 majority. He was reelected in
1891, 1893 and 1895 by increased majori-
ties each time. In 1896 Mr.. Pingree was
elected governor of Michigan by $4,000
plurality, running ahead of the national
ticket by 10000 votes. He was reelected
governor of the state in 1898 by about
100000 plurality and served out his term,
which expired in 1900. Last March he
started on trip to South Africa, which
resulted in his death in London.
General Shafter did not consider the al.
legged frauds at San Francisco worthy of
a report.
AT the conclusion of the regatta held on
the Lower Elbe dinner was given ON
board the Hamburg American yacht Vic
tor Louise, at which Emperor William
made speech. His majesty told his hear
ers that he deduced from recent events in
China the guarantee that the peace of
Europe was assured for long years to
come, because of the mutual esteem and
spirit of comradeship created by the unit
ed action of the allied contingents.
The Denver Times says a gigantic
scheme is under way to transfer the rail
roads of the United States to the govern
ment. western financier who returned
from New York, where he investigated
the rumors afioat in financial circles. as
serts that the report of pending govern
ment ownership is general He declared
that in few years the Rockefeller, Har-
riman, Vanderbilt, Gould and Morgan in
terests would turn over to the govern
ment every line of railroad in the coun-
try, the government to pay the total val
ne of about $lo,OOO,OOO,OOO, a string of
banks to be controlled by the same in
terests to finance the deal.
The jury in the Barker case at Jersey
City has returned verdict of guilty of
attempt to kill Rev. John Keller.
A violent storm burst over a large
area OF southern Russia recently. flood |
ing several towns and greatly damag-
ing the crops.
Since the present serious condition
OF affairs in southwest Texas between
bandits and the authorities began, six
men have been killed-three American |
officers and three Mexicans-six wound |
ed, all Mexicans, one being a woman. |
and nine captured.
Bob Fitzsimmons and Gus Rubin
are matched to meet in a wrestling
match at Madison Square Garden on
the night of July 2. Graeco-Roman
style. the winner of two falls out of
three to be declared the victor. Char
ley White will be referee.
Thousands of people camped on the
border of the Kiowa, Comanche-Apache
reservations in Oklahoma, awaiting the
opening of that land to settlement, are
In destitute circumstances according to
Dr. j. McKenna, who recently returned
from the scene
Seventeen persons are believed to
have been killed and number injured
rs the result of fire following an ex-
plosion among quantity of fireworks
IS not known. The property loss will
n the store of A. Rittenburg at Pater-
son, N. ]. The cause of the explosion
lot exceed $4,000.
Civil government will be established
n the Philippines on July 4. Judge i
William Fl Taft will no daS;onotad ,