Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-08-08
WORLDS NEWS SUMMARY.
cuLLED FROM DISPATCHES.
Review of Happenings i'm Both
Eastern and Western Hemisphere
During the Past Week-NattOnai,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events Tersely Expounded.


substantial interest in the G. H. Ham
mond company and the Hammond
Packing company, and the transfer OF
stock is completed.
An excursion train on the Ann Arbor
railway, made up of II coaches and
carrying 700 people, was wrecked six
miles north of Cadillac Sunday. SO
far as known no one was killed.
Battle still being fought desperate
ly." These were the words contained
in a dispatch received at the Colon
bian legation from General Salazar, the
governor of the department of Panama.
The strike of the employees OF the
Camden Interstate Electric railway has
almost completely tied up the lines
from Guayandotte, w. Va, to Hanging
Rock, Ohio, and intermediate points.
The monthly comparative statement
of the government receipts and ex-
penditures shows that for the month
of July, 1902, the receipts amounted to
$49, 3O5, 691, and the expenditures $685.
S13 SGT, leaving deficit for the month
of $7,5O7,S76.
The body of Mrs. George Wolf, who
has been missing since June 81, has
been found in the sand four miles
south of Chippewa Falls, Wis. Mrs.
Wolf was last seen alive on the night
of June 27, driving with her husband,
who has since disappeared.
At the regatta of the Northwestern
Amateur Rowing association over a
course of mile and a half, with turn,
the junior four of the Western Rowing
club of St. Louis defeated the Grand
Rapids Boat and Canoe club crew No.
2 by half length. The worlds record
of 9:28k was lowered to 9:1S.
In streetcar collision at Elkin, ILL.,.
two cars were telescoped. Fifteen pas
sengers were imprisoned in the wreck
for nearly an hour, and all are more
or less injured. Those most seriously
hurt: Frank Warner, motorman;
Frank Minnard, Mrs. D. c. Hunter and
two children, Mrs. M. E. Eberlin and
daughter.
A head-on collision between milk
trains on the Ontario & Western road
at Horton, N. Y, recently, resulted in
the death of four persons. Both en-
gines were wrecked and several cars
were ditched. The dead: Andy
ONeill, engineer; Robert Reese, fire.
man; Michael Tulley, trainman;
Frank Monroe, trainman.
Spokane was visited Sunday by three
railway nrnCi6nntc &c kho
first time in history that the chief ex-
ecutives of the three principal lines
centering in Spokane have met here
They were James ]. Hill, president of
the Great Northern and Northern Sc
curities company; Charles s. MelIen,
president of the Northern Pacific, and
A. l.. Mohler, president of the Oregon
Railroad & Navigation company.
The announcement from China that
Minister WI is to remain here indefi.
nitely is explained by the further an
nouncement that there has been
change of plans, and that LANG
Chang, the newly appointed minister
to the United States, who is now in
London. acting as secretary to Prince
Chen. instead of coming directly to
washington to assume his office as
originally intended, Is going first to
make visit to China. This will con-
sumo four to six months, so that Min
lister WI probably will not be able to
leave the United States this year.
AT Los Angeles, Cal, a Santa Fee mas.
senger train running from Redondo
Beach ran through an omen switch
Sunday and crashed into an oil train
both engines were wrecked, as was
also one coach and four oil tank cars
Inc fuel tank of one of the engines
exploded Immediately after the crash
setting fire to the wreck. Two of the
tank cars became ignited and exnloded
with great force. Burning oil was
scattered IN every direction, and the
large oil refinery plant of the Coombs
f.ehnlng company was set on fire. The
pant was completely DESTROYED az
were all the cars in the wreck excan+
one. oAoep'
The monthly statement of the M.
tlonal debt shows that at the close Of
business July 81, 1902, the debt less
c .as In the treasury, amounted to
'9fS'S1O,S67, which is an increase as
compared 90 with July 1 of s445312e
rms increase is accounted for bv the
reduction in the amount of cash nm
D"'eu as
interest bearing debt, 1881 O7O s4O. |
leot on which interest has ceased
since maturity. $1,274.s1O; debt bear
!, no interest, 1896, 5S7 ,s16: total
6l'S27,SS4,s66. This amount bowever
l 1.s not include sS41, 965, OSs in ce-.
lncates and treasury notes outs+ond
ng' which are Offset by an ennal
OF cash on hand held for their
redemption. The cash in the treasurv
s classified as follows:
GOLD reserve fund, $3.50 600 ooo.
rust funds. $S4l, s65. Os4; general 49,
,Ioe, OLA 500 including s126 1872 se1 IN
,sa bank depositaries; total az
AGAINST which there arc
remand liabilities outstanding amornt
ng to ss24,5O4,99s. leaving a cash bai
'nce on hand of $3.50, 1874 500 n Da''
North Dakota Storm.