The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1902-01-10
WORLDS MEMS BRIEFLY TOLD
cuILED FROM DISPATCHES.
A Review of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemi.pheres
Historical, Political and Personal
Event.. Tersely Expounded.

Ourran, Is uead at Newcastle, Nyo.
President Castro of Venezuela has writ
ten an open letter, copies OF which hav,
been received by officials at Washington
in which he defends the general policy
he has pursued and throws considerable
light on his aspirations.
1t is reported among the Chinese Off
Gals that NJ. Lessar declared that unless
the treaty was concluded by the Russian
New Year Russia would break off nego-
tiations with China and maintain her oe-
cupation of Manehuria.
The Chicago river is to be widened to
a 200 foot channel between Lake and Van
Buren, streets. A strip of land varying
from Is to 60 feet is TO be condemned ON
the west bank of the stream. The long
disputed question of which side of the
river would be cut away has been finally
settled by officials of the bolrd OF sanitary
trustees The approximate cost of this
long desired improvement will be $780,
0OO
While standing but few feet from his
S year old daughter Floy, George yro-
man, postmaster at Wayside, Wash, de-
iberately shot her through the breast, the
wound resulting in her death a few mo-
ments later. Then turning his Smith &
Wesson revolver ON himself, Vroman fired
two more shots, one of them entering his 4
body over the heart He fell to the
ground and when found was groaning,
dying few minutes later without being
able to make any statement
1t is understood that Helena and
Butte had been admitted to the Pacific
Northwest league.
BY the decisive score Of 40 to 0 the
Michigan university football team to-
day defeated Stanford university.
Hon. James v. Reed, of Lewiston,
Idaho, died recently at his apartments
OF paresis, with which he had been
stricken since last February. 4,
At Havana the indications are that
the entire Palma ticket will be elect
ed and that Tomas Estrada Palma.
the nationalist candidate for the presi-
dency of Cuba, will receive the unani-
nous vote OF the electoral college :
President Roosevelt's first annual 1
reception was attended more largely
than any other New Years reception /
IL a uuAlOCl VI CoA D IL 60 oANN -
sons filed through the White House
and shook hands with the president =,
The Philadelphia Press says an in
crease of from to IL per cent in the '
wages Of about $4,000 trainmen will 2
be announced soon by the Pennsyl- /
vania Railroad company to take effect e
January 1. 1t will apply to all the c
trainmen on the lines owned by or Il
operated by the company. The cleri- Y
cal force is not included in the plan II
The Beers ambushed a party of the
Scots Greys last Sunday near Bronx a
(about 40 miles east Of Pre- e
torfa on the railroad). The British cas- Il
ualties were six men killed and ten e
wounded. o
Gen. ]. Franklin Bell is conducting
vigorous campaign in Batangas pro- IL
vince. Every available soldier is in IL
The field. The columns under the COM h
mand Of Colonies Whit and Dougherty Ct
are doing excellent work and driving
he Filipinos in every direction. Ii
A cold blooded attempt at murder a:
vas made on Eugene A. Marsh, cat a,
lie dealer. while in his shack, Spokane. w
asst Sunday evening. 1t is supposed
" the police that the attempt at muir ST
Ter was made to rob him of s400 be az
ieved to be in his shack. Mr.. Marsh W
vas shot in the head, but was not seri-
Iusly wounded. III
Admiral Sampson's malady pro -
resses slowly but very steadily toward
he end. Medical science cannot check
J. Symptoms OF arterial degeneration NJ
ave appeared, such as are incident TO GO
is malady, injecting great uncertainty
ito the case Moreover. the patient ~,
becoming less tractable and respons-
re to treatment
The total reduction of Great Britain's 7
Hillary forces in South Africa from al,
le beginning Of the war TO December, ~.
lcluding deaths from disease, men re- -.
orted missing, ETC., amounts to 24,299 -.
zen. OF this number 1870 we're ac- -
tally killed or died. A total of GA 800 ~
EN- were invalided home, the majority -
! whom recovered and Joined their 'ou
,mmands. pan
Denver will present decidedly mar CUT
al appearance il plans adopted at
Getting Of citizens Sunday afternoon
e carried out, and the temper Of the .
Getting would indicate that they will stat
}. Because of the many crimes that Jud
I'VE been committed there within the pay
st year or two, which have brought cons
rror to Denver's residents, the latter .
I've orgaized committee of safety was
T the purpose of protecting the people men
;aingt criminals. Att
Miss Alice Roosevelt, eldest daughter mon
President and Mrs. Roosevelt, was
rmally presented to Washington 80. CT
sty January at a ball given in her The