The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-08-08
SUMMARY TELEGRAPH NEWS
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
n Complete Review Of the Events OF
the Past Week-ln This and FOr-
ei9n Lands-Taken From the
q Latest Dispatches.


has approved the bill suspending MARTA
law. President Roca will promulgate thu
bill today.
Edward III. Teneyck, the worlds cham
MON amateur sculler, announced that III
had retired from racing forever. He re
tires champion who has never been beat
en- in q race.
According to widespread rumor in cir
Giles of organized labor general strike O
all unions, which will be as fatal to busl
r,ess interests as has been the San Francisco
walkout, is imminent in Seattle.
Mark L. Wilson,, theatrical manager
aged about 40 years, committed suicide in
Philadelphia by inhaling illuminating gas
In one Of Wilson's pockets was badge Of
the Order Of Elks, issued by lodge ia, Of
Tacoma.
Maria Pia, queen dowager Of Portugal
and mother Of the present King Carlos
had narrow escape from assassination
recently. Her majesty was taking course
of baths at AK, but was 30 perturbed by
the attack upon her that she left hastily
for Rome.
III NJ. Demars, . Frenchman working q
claim in the Canadian Forty Mile, has paid
royalty showing his cleanup to be 5000.
It was taken from a claim on Miller. This
II the only claim ON Miller which has paid
royalty. The Forty Mile district'is very
quiet this season.
Lieutenant Croft Of the Nineteenth in
4antry, with = mounted detachment Of
sCebn scouts, has had an encounter with GU
.insurgents Seven of the rebels were killed
and - taken prisoners. OF Lieutenant
CToft's force two were killed and three
Alightly wounded.
"A boom across the mouth Of convenient
slough at the Patterson logging camp, four
aniles above Selkirk, gave way, liberating
100000 feet Of logs, which are now sailing
toward the mouth Of the Yukon. The
amount lost was about equal to four big
rafts, and was valued at $4,000.
A pet cat overturned kerosene lamp
In the home Of James Mccoy, in Brooklyn.
In the fire that resulted James Mccoy and
his two children illiam, aged ID, and
Edna. agsd i4--were burned to death, ana
lrs. Mary Mccoy, the mother. was prob
ably fatally hurt BY falling from win
dow to the ground.
Mrs. X. B Price. aged 50, leaped from the
Proctor street bridge. in Tacoma. and was
dashed to death against the rocks in the
Rsalch O5 feet below. She was well know n
in social circles and had been i'll for several
mohths. It il believed dependency, result
ing from the condition OF her health, was
responsible for her act.
A lively tornado around Kilmer, 10 miles
nOrtheast Of Topeka, did much damage re-
Gently. Several buildings were unroofed,
windmills destroyed and one farmers bug.
ay was carried through the air 200 yards
and landed upside down on wire fence.
Orchards and crops suffered. People in the
Path OF the storm fed to their cellars and
caves and escaped injury. After the wind
two and one half inches of rain fell.
The decision Of the umpires with regard
to the sham naval action of the Scilly
isles, near London. indicates that the en-
counter used up cruisers at such q rate
that it was. feared the maneuyers might
come to an untimely end for want of ships.
CT the IL cruisers knocked out nine have
been released TO continue the proceedings.
The bulletin issued from Naples regard.
ing Signor Crispi announces that he has
suffered q relspse and is weaker. His ter
sibls struggle for breath can be heard even
IN the roadway Of the street where has
Gesidence stands. The members of his fam.
lily and his two secretaries surround the
deathbed. 1t is said that the family have
refused priestly Offices. The last words
pronounced by Sgnor Crispi before he be-
came 60 feeble were. ON hearing the tele-
grams from King Victor Emmanuel and
Dowager Queen Margharita: "Oh, good
king, good queen"
The Baltimore 4 Ohio passenger train
from the east, which was due to arrive in
the Grand Central station, Chicago, at 9
O'Clock Wednesday night, was held up by
five masked men between Edgemere and
Grand Calumet Heights Ind, 81 miles out
from Chicago. One of the mail cars, which
contained no money, was dynamited and
wrecked. The attempt at robbery was
made after the two mail cars had been de-
tached from the train and run quarter of
a mile ahead. The failure of the robbers
to make rich haul was due to the fact
that the express car, which contained the
trains treasure. was in an unusual place.
1t was the fourth car in the train After
wrecking the mail car and obtaining no
booty, the men disappeared in the dark.
ness without attempting to rectify their
The only loot that they carried
AWAY with them as a result of their ad-
venture was the gold watch of the en-
gineer.
Cadillac Of Detroit has been officially
selected to defend the Canada's cup
against the Canadian challenger.
According to a Seattle nevsnaner q