The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1902-07-04
cuLLED FROM DISPATCHES
A Review Of happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week--National,
Historical, Political ana Personal
Events TerxeIy Expounded.

Not in many years has Colorado
been visited by 80 many disastrous
forest fires as this summer.
The tenth triennial convention of
the international Sunday School asso-
citation at Denver selected Rev. B. B.
Tyler, pastor of the South Broadway
Christian Church of Denvers presi-
dent OF the ensuing triennium.
The largest cotton mill in the world
Is to be built within 20 imles of Kansas
City. Ten million dollars is to be in
vested. $a,10O,OO0 of which has already
been subscribed.
The flour mill at Palouse, Wash,
has been sold by j. C. Schumacher to
Metcald & Voltz of Kalispell. Mont,
who will take possession early in July.
The consideration is said to be 5000.
II the rains continue a few days
longer the damage to crops through
out the middle western states and the
loss to farmers will be beyond calcu-
lation.
The drouth which threatened the
most severe damage that Colorado has
known for years has been broken by
a rain as general in extent as It was
copious In quantity.
Word has reached Pendleton. Ore.
Of several sheep shooting ARRAYS in
the Grant county stockmen's war, in
which several hundred sheep perished
under merciless hail OF bullets.
Jesse James body, which has been
buried for 20 years in the dooryard of
the old James homestead near Excel
sior Springs, Mo-, was disinterred Sun
day and buried in the cemetery at
Kearney, Mo-, beside the bodies OF his
father and wife.
Alexander Robertson, member Of the
Salt Lake city council and paying tell
er in the Wells-Fargo bank, who dis
appeared and whose accounts at the
bank showed shortage of between
$4,000 and $4,000, has given himself
up to the police and is now in the
county JAIL
At San Francisco Mrs. Ignaza Ger
ardi an elderly woman, poured kero-
sene over her clothing and burned her.
self to death in the presence of her
family. Her daughter, Mrs. Maria
Gillotti, in endeavoring to save her
mother from the flames was also Sc
verely burned about the hands, arms
and face. She will be disigured for
life.
The cruiser Brooklyn, which Is to
convey the remains of Lord Pauncefote
to England, has arrived at Annapolis.
The remains Of the late British ambas-
sador arrived from Washington Tues
day, July l. An escort will meet the
funeral train. All the officers stationed
at the naval academy will also assem-
BILE at the railroad station and accom-
pany the funeral party to the acade-
my grounds. There were no services
in Annapolis. A salute Of 19 guns was
fred as the tug Standish with the re-
mains aboard left the wharf. The
Brooklyn sailed Wednesday.
At 10:30 Sunday morning an excur-
sion train on the Colorado Midland
railroad, coming down Ute pass from
Cripple Creek, struck broken rail and
seven cars piled into shapeless mass
One man, Francis M. English, prom
inent musician Of Colorado Springs,
was instantly killed and about 80 other
passengers were more or less seriuosly
injured, three or four probably fatally.
The cars that left the track and went
over the embankment north Of the
track contained 371 passengers, and it
was by the most miraculous escapes
that could be imagined that the death
list was not enormous.