The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1902-10-17

A delegation of Chicago clergym,
and business men called on Goyern
Stone of Pennsylvania recently al
urged on him to take prompt action
settle the coal strike.
Governor Taft is going to Cavi
shortly for the purpose of meeting IL
municipal presidents of the PROVING
to discuss with them methods for IL
suppression Of the ladrones.
Another destructive fire, the secon
within month, has swept over
portion of Beaumont, Tex. causing on
probable fatality and entailing a pr
perty loss roughly estimated at 500
900.
The gunboat Bogota, the vessel c
the Columbian government (which hs
been fitting out at San Francisco 70
some time, has sailed for souther
waters. She is manned almost entirel
by Americans.
Samuel Renshaw, q mail carrier O
Portland, Ore. jumped from the rail
road bridge into the Willamette rive
and was drowned. Overwork ant
worry are thought to have unbalanced
his mind. The body was recovered.
The street railway of New .Orlean,
tried to obey the order Of the mayor t.
run passenger cars, but with almos,
the entire force of city police concen.
trated at the scene Of action the fou1
cars started got no farther than five
squares from the canal street barn,
and the attempt was abandoned.
General J. T. Stewart of Pennsyl.
vania has been elected commander
In chief of the g. A. r. for the next
year. The next encampment will be
held in San Francisco, California.
At Altoona, small town near the
North Dakota line, J. j. Toews, a
school teacher, who had some trouble
with the school trustees, meeting them
on the road while going to school, drew
a revolver and shot A. Rempel. 7.
Hiebert and P. Keller. Toews then
returned to the schoolhouse and shot
three pupils, two Of them daughters of
Mr. Rempel. He then turned the re-
volver ON himself and will die. Hem
pei, HILBERT and two of the gilrs are
also fatally wounded.
While laboring under mental aberra-
ton, the result Of strain of perfecting
an appliance for patent on an air brake
which is pending in Washington,
Charles Cawley, II years old, of Home
stead, Pa, recently killed his mother
and one sister and fatally injured four
other children. He also tried to kill
his two older brothers, but was detect-
ed, overpowered and turned over to
the police. The weapon used was an
ak, with which he crushed and hacked
his victims beyond recognition.
Major M. D. G. Wright, who held a
position on the board of review in the
United States pension Office, is dead,
aged go years
General Daschamps, the former gov
ernor of Porto Plata, Santo Domingo.
has taken up arms against the provis-
lonal governm s,t of Santo Domingo
and risings have occurred in Monte
Christi, Dajadajan, Savanette and
The Paris Jockey club has with.
drawn the licenses of the American
Jockeys, Milton Henry and j. Reiff.
excluding them from riding on any
French race course.
This action is the outcome of very
careful Investigation made by the de-
Eectlye department, which secured
proof that Henry and Reiff upon sew
eral occasions have prevented favorites
rom winning.
With no apparent motive Evangelo
Derlgo, a shoemaker, 10 years old, has
mot and instantly killed Alphonse Sal
,rone, a brother of the the dead man.
md Joseph Dirute, at Rockville Center.
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What is said by PHYSICIANS at the
3ellevue and New YORK postgraduate
to be the smallest living child
yer born has been placed in an incuba-
or at the latter institution. The child
boy and weighs one pound and
even ounces.
A severe windmstorm and a delupe
rain struck Layfayette, Ind. recent. {
:. South of the city many barns and {
utbuildings were blown down. The
ylt streets are flooded and signs and
ecorrations of the fall festival were {
estroyed.
Major John F. O'Brien, a well known 8
aslness man and confederate veteran. b
dead, aged 50. While he was lien. +
nant OF engineers in the confederate o
my, station d at Charleston, S. G..
designed and construct ted the battery Z
ON which the first shot of the great :,
vii war was fired. "
Edward 7. Krantz, aged IS years. o
as found dead in the belfry of Trinity :.
ethodist church, in Washington He =
as hanging by a rope around his neck =
at had cen fastened to ladder. !,
George H. Cooper. aged 81, also y
suicide at his home by .,
'nging himself to closet door. Mr. :,
'oper was clerk in the treasury de- =,
rtment. -"
twenty mine presidents and21 repre-
natives Of local lo1~or ...:,