The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1902-05-16
WORLDS NEWS SUMMARY
cULLED FROM DISPATCHES.
a Review - Happenings in Both
Eastern ana western Hemispheres
Quring the Past WeeI<-National,
Historical, Political ana Personal
Events Tersely Expounded.

e .vSAssS > A~AbsA1 AsAWV0AAAS0s
Jesse Stone, lieutenant governor OF
Wisconsin, Is dead. X
Thirteen persons were killed in q
landslide at Marcia, province of
Emilia. recently.
Lord Pauncefote, the British ambas-
sador, continues quite Ill, and his i'll
ness is giving the family some alarm.
A longshoreman known as "Cockney
George" was shot and instantly killed
by James Williams, at Portland last
Sunday.
Miss Alice Robertson, Washington
girl, has won the degree Of doctor of
philosophy at the University Of Cali
fornia. She Is the third woman SO
honored.
At st. Martins. N. b.. George Ross,
aged III years, is dead. On the occa-
sion of his 10th birthday the. munich
pal council Of st. John county pre-
sented him with ali easy chair.
Bressano at police headquarters &C.
knowledged the murder, and said he
felt better for having committed the
deed. It is believed that trouble over
a woman led him to kill Tornish.
The extensive box factory and plan
ing mill Of the Truckee Lumber COM
pany, around which the town OF
Truckee, California, was originally
built, was totally destroyed recently.
Ida and Lola vonderhyde. aged re-
spectively 15 and 18 years. daughters
OF George vonderhyde, harnes maker
of Carson, New, were drowned Sunday
afternoon at Gardeners dam, on the
Carson river, about six miles from
Carson.
The bulletins issued at Castle Loo
concerning the condition Of Queen
/. Wilhelmina, have been reduced to one
a day, and 1t is expected that they
will soon cease altogether. The
marked improvement in her majesty's
condition continues, and the constant
attendance OF her physicians Is no
longer necessary
Mark McIllvaine, aged II years,
of Somerset, Pa, while out hunting
with boy named Bricker, aged ID,
accidentally shot his comrade in the
mouth with target rife. Realizing
what he had done McIllvaine hurried
home and shot himself In the fore
head, dying within short time.
Bricker's wound is serious, but he Will
probably recover.
The cold weather of the past few
days having continued with its accom-
panying frosts, much damage has been
done to fruit trees in New York. The
farmers think the cherry crop has
been ruined. In eastern New YORK
and western Massachusetts, young
trees in general suffered. but many
buds were not far enough advanced
to be blasted.
At Bridgeport, Conn.,, Lawrence
Bressano, fireman in the Atlantic
hotel, crept into the meat room Sun
day morning and split the skull o.
Michael Tornish, the chef, with mea'
cleayer. He then took a large butcher
knife and slashed the body, cutting
of the nose and ears, gouging out I'M
eyes and cutting strip after strip o
the flesh off the victims body snrdi'
the flesh of the victims face. Whel
the upper part of the body was un
recognizable Bressano jumped on ]
and danced from the head to the feel
Upon the arrival Of the police, wn
were attracted by the frenzied yen
Of the murderer, Bressano turned nj
attention to his would be captors. II
was not subdued until knocked sens'
less.
For the first time since its construe
tion, Fort Worden, near Port IoWI
send, is occupied by battery
United States artillery.
Joe Cans, the Baltimore colore
lightweight pugilist, is champion
his class after knocking at the 600
for the past 10 years. Frank Eth
lost to him in the first round at Fol
Erie. =.
An Alaska transportation cut rat
war. which will probably be bitteri
fought with disastrous results to tn
lines engaging in 1t and q correspon'
ing benefit to the travelling public, na
been inaugurated.
The death OF Senior Severe, the Br
lillian aeronaut, who, with an ASSES
ant was killed recently by the expo
ion of his airship at La Paix, IN wnle
he was making trial trip, create
terrible CONSERVATION.
Eight hundred men are now -. !.
strike in Denver, Col. Six large unlo,
are involved. The lumber yaro
woodworking mills and the livery St
bles are completely tied up. wnl
many bakeries are practically close
owing to the strike of bakers.
The ice in the Yukon has Drok, ,.'
and the winter is over. The break
was unusually quiet this year. !. =, :
cmrred during a binding snowstorl
with the thermometer at 40 apo.
The water rose six feet, but little oa'
> age resulted. a,
In view of President Rooseve1
message urging an appropriatlon
$500 900. the house committee on
rronriations Immediately reported
Substitute relief bill for reiieI 2.
Pierre. making it 100000 and plac'
its disposition under the preslden'
the United States vo
AT Pittsburg, Pa, the sneriean -