The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-07-31
IlND'S NEWS SUMMARY
rn111Ep FROM DISPATCHES.
,~w Of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western hemisphere~
the Past week-National I.
u,.,oricaI. Political ana Personal
SANTA Tersely ExpOunded.

The navy department has decided to
.ouin the lighting system Of the Amer
;can navy with a system OF wireless
biography.
charles Weiley, aged Is, Of Nor
vood. Mo-. Sunday shot and killed
Miss Josephine Sheridan. his former
eveetheart, at her home, and then shot |
and killed himself.
Miss Katherine Foley of Butte.
Mont. was thrown from a horse at
spokane, about $3.50 o'clock Sunday
afternoon. and was instantly killed by
breaking her neck. She was visiting
at the home of c. Harrington, in CON-
pany with her father and sister, Mrs.
]. ]. Harrington. also of Butte.
A lone highwayman stopped an AS
tor street car on Division street, Spo-
kane, Sunday night, and relieved the
conductor of about $50 and took all the
Gosh contributed by eight passengers.
The masked robber then disappeared
into the darkness.
Walla Walla was selected as the
place for the saengerfest Of the North
Pacific Saengerbund.
Another body. that of man be-
neved to be w. e. Farrell OF Butte,
Mont, has been found in the debris
of the Milwaukee train wrecked near
Ettera, MINI.
In a recent speech at Part. Cape
Colony. General Botha said that all
South Africa was under one flag. but
that the Beers had not been van
ouished. Darkness was in front of
them, he said, but faith and hope
would guide them through 1t. Africa
was their fatherland, their birthright
and their Inheritance.
Fitzhugh Lee says the crisis In Cuba
is over and that the natives must now
make good.
Aupi Mamm Mari. q native Of India.
who has resided in San Francisco as
far back as the memory Of the white
man runs, is dead. at the age Of 1870
years. Aupi MANN Mari had a most
romantic career.
The interstate commerce commits
sion has issued bulletin on collisions
and derailments Of trains and casual
ties to persons for the three months
ending March 81. 1902. According to
this showing, the number Of persons
killed in train accidents was 212 and
injured Pill. All accidents Of ether
kinds, including those sustained by
employees. while at work and by pas
sengers In getting on or of cars, bring
the total number up to S13 killed and
1858 injured. During this period there
were 1920 collisions and 1913 derail'
ments. of which 221 collisions and "a
derailments affected passenger trains
resulting in Al fatal accidents to pas
sengers and S26 injured. The DAMAGE
to cars. engines and roadway by these
accidents amounted to $1,914.258.
A wedding that Is calculated to
create quite a little surprise in Salt
Lake society was celebrated at Sar
Francisco when Charles w. Lawrence
and Miss Emma L. Sutherland, both
Of whom are we'll known and promi
nently connected in the Utah metropo
lis. were united In marriage.
William Nixon, a suspicious char
acter of the lisorderly district OF Sc
attic, tried to win a woman's affection
in the guise of outlaw Tracy. and II
nearly dead as the result OF his fool
hardy act. He told an actress in ,
music hall that he was none othe
than the famous desperate. and threat
ened her life II she told. He made he
buy him drinks and promise to suppl!
him with money. Saturday night whel
he entered the theater he was attacke'
by policeman and the proprietor. Jo
Williams. a brother of Deputy Sherif
Jack Williams, who was wounded II
battle with Tracy at Bothell July :
He was pounded into insensibility. AM
has not fully regained his faculties YET
The mistake was discovered whel
the mans features were compared t
those of . photograph at police head
quarters. It 10 almost . miracle tina
the policeman did not shoot irst an
investigate afterwards. as he was toll
positively that the man was Tracy an
reward Of nearly 500 DIS offered 10
the desperate, dead or alive.
Pacific coast lines have announce
that proportionately low colonist rate
to Western points win be placed !
effect during the fall. in con1unctio
with the rates announced previousl
to Spokane and territory west. Tn
former were made on the same basl
as the spring colonist rates. which pr
duced the largest homeseekers' NOV
ment ever known.
The rates announced will cover tn
territory from st. Paul west to Sp'
Kane. This will give less than q on
way rate to every pont from st. Pa'
TO Seattle and Portland and return.
Putnam Rradlea Strong of Ne