Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-06-06
WORLDS NEWS SUMMARY
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Z Review of Happenings in Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events Tersely Expounded.

The transport Meade has arrived at
San Francisco from Manila. On board.
besides the passengers, are 2S officers
and s54 men of the Twenty-first in
fantry.
Two hundred garment workers of
Syracuse, N. Y. mostly Hebrews, have
struck for nine hour day, with the
same pay now given for 10 hours.
A daring Jail break took place at
Leadville. Col, recently. Five pris.
oners from the county jail are now at
large. They escaped by an under
ground tunnel. They had sawed off
the lock to trap door leading to the
sewer, broke the sewer wall and then
crawled to the outside of the jail
through small hole in the founda-
ton wall.
A letter found in the possession of
L. Wachman, travelling salesman who
committed suicide in a Chicago saloon
recently, leads to the belief that he
was member of New York suicide
club.
Max Kastan, 81 years of age, and
Mrs. Lydia McRowatt, the same age,
lost their lives Sunday in fire which
swept away many buildings at Rock
away Beach, N. Y. Thomas s. Nc
Know and s year old son Frank Mar
tin Hanson, aged 20, and Morris Kas-
tan, aged u.s. were injured and taken
to hospital in Long Island City.
Since being taken to the hospital
young McKrow has died and the father
is probably dying.
Bert G. Lewis, a special officer en-
ployed at local theater in Los Ange-
les, was waylaid and shot through the
body after midnight Sunday while OH
his way home.
Colonel Patrick Donan, for several
years past advertising agent of the
Oregon Railroad & Navigation com
pany, died at his home in Portland.
Colonel Donan was widely known
among newspaper men of the west.
The strike situation in the building
trades at Denver is unchanged, ex.
cept for the declaration of the owners
of the ornamental wire works that
they will start up tomorrow with non
union labor. No serious trouble is an
ticipated if the attempt is made.
]. Pierpont Morgan, leaving Rome
for Venice on board the Corsair, cables
the Rome correspondent of the New
York Tribune, said he was going to
Athens and will return to Venice in
two weeks and go to London for the
coronation.
There are $50 Americans at one ho
tel in Berlin, and other hotels are en-
PERTAINING numbers Of travellers from
across the Atlantic. The hotelmen
think Americans are more numerous
in Berlin this year than ever before.
Leading fruit growers and shippers
of California have formed shippers
combine, known as the California Fruit
Distributors, which will take charge of
the marketing of all shipments of
green deciduous fruits intended for
consumption throughout the east.
Hon. Michael Henry Herbert, who
Is nominally secretary to the British
embassy at Paris, will probably be the
next British ambassador to the Uni.
tide States in succession to the late
Lord Pauncefoote. Mr.Herbert's ap-
pointment will probably not be an
nounced until the remains of Lord
Pauncefoote arrive in England. The
only question in regard to Mr.. Her
bert's selection is the approval Of King
Edward
The consolidation Of the First Nation
al bank and the Metropolitan National
bank has been formally approved al
meetings held by the stockholders OF
the two institutions. On Monday
morning Chicago opened for business
it's first $100,000,000 bank.
The several hundred special officers
brought to Hazleton, Pa, Sunday night
for guard duty at the collieries in the
Hazelton district have been distrib
uted They will be housed and board
ed at the breakers Public sentiment
there is against the special officers and
the local labor union made an effort
to induce the servant girls at the no
tel where they remained over night
to strike. The girls are still at work
however Some of the mineworkers
leaders think the nfficars- .1aa1l -