Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-03-07
NEWS Of THE WHOLE WORLD
cuLLED FROM DISPATCHES.
A Review of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past week-National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events TerseIy Expounded.

It is understood that the new salmon
cannery combine, taking in at least As
Of the largest cannery plants In Brit.
tsh Columbia, Is about completed.
Abdul Aziz Ben Feysul, descend.
ant OF the old Wahabi Ameers, with
an army Of 1000 men, has captured the
city of E'Raid. in Central Arabia.
At Harrisburg, Pa, two piers of the
famous old Comeback bridge on the
Harrisburg side were washed away to-
day. The bridge was built in 1916.
Frank Tyree and Lewis Schmidt,
prominent travelling men, were drown.
ed In the Big Sand near Pikeville, KY,
Cunday, by the overturning of boat
in which they were travelling down
stream.
Prince Henry went up Lookout
mountain Sunday and after viewing
the ground where the Union and Con-
federate armies met In conflict, and
hearing afresh the story OF the battles,
resumed his journey to the north and
west.
Sunday Wheeling, w. Va, was in
the grasp Of the worst flood it has ex-
perienced since that Of 1884, with but
one exception. Scores of factories
have been entered by the waters, fires
extinguished and 10000 men will be
forced into idleness for a day or two.
AT Warren, O., Henry Bishop Perk-
ms, one of Ohio's most prominent and
philanthropic citizens, killed himself
by hanging recently in his office. III
ness and suicide of favorite son, a
Yale graduate, a year ago, is believed
to have made Mr.. Perkins temporarily
insane.
The liberal forces under the com
mand OF General villa appeared at Rio
Frio, in the district OF Magdalena, Feb
ruary "a. After an engagement with
government troops from Barranquilla,
which lasted four hours, the rebels
were routed with so men killed or
wounded.
The high water in the streams trib-
utary to the upper Potomac in Mary
land, Virginia and West Virginia
caused the water to rise at Washing
ton to the height Of two feet above
normal tide. The water was the high
est experienced here since the memoir
able flood of 1889. but no damage of
Importance has been done.
Fully $4,000 people greeted Prince
Henry when he arrived in Indianapo-
lis, Ind. The run from Louisville was
made without special incident. The
prince dined at 8 o'clock and his
guests we're Admiral Evans, Colonel
Bingham, George w. Boyd, Carl Pol
lier, German consul at Cincinnati, and
Lieutenant Commander Won Egidy.
The 1S-year-old adopted daughter of
@. Q. Morse. prominent farmer of
Mckay creek, 20 miles south of Pen
dleton, Ore, died Saturday from the
effects of dose Of strychnine. The
poison was taken Thursday and every
effort was made to save the girl, but
to no avail There is no cause for the
rash deed. She was apparently happy
and there is no knowledge of her hav-
ing had trouble with any one.
Latin and Greek as taught in high
schools Of the country came in for
condemnation at the last days session
Of the convention of the department
Of superintendent of the National Ed
ucational association at Chicago. The
languages were branded as baby Lat
IN and Greek" and were described as
sanctified relics. The critic was Stan
ley Hall, president of Clark University.
In one OF the most remarkable op-
srations known to Surgery, says Bal
timore special to the N. Y. World, the
brain OF the Rev. William A. Stark,
pastor Of the Broadway German Meth
odist church Of this city, has been
actually lifted from its bed and the
roots Of certain nerves that had caused
he clergyman excessive neuralgia,
were extracted. The patient is said
to have stood the operation well, and
few doubts Of his recovery are enter
.ained. The operation was performed
1t the Johns Hopkins hospital.
Following the precedent of Lord
Roberts, who announced Gen. Cronjes
surrender at Paardeburg on the ami
Fersary of the battle of Majuba Hill,
February 81, 1881, Lord Kitchener ap-
oarently selected the same anniversary
% achieve big success by combined
movement lasting two days, against
he Boer forces within the Harrismith
md Van Keenan, line of blockhouses.
rhe Boer losses aggregate 600 men
TILED or captured, and 1000 horses and
$1,000 head of cattle fell into the hands
IF the British troops. This news was
20 welcome to the British that it was
read out In the house of commons by
he war secretary, Mr.. Broderick.
Senator Burrows has presented the
resolution Of censure upon Senators
rillman and McLaurin. Following is
he full text of the resolution recon-
nended by the committee:
That 1t is the Judgment of the SEN
tie that the senators from South Caro-
ina Benjamin R. Tillman and John
J. McLaurin--for disorderly behavior
nd fragrant violation of the rules of |
he senate during the open session of |
he senate on the 22d day of February
eserve the censure of the senate, and
hey are hereby so censured for their
reach OF the privileges and dignity of
his body: and from and after the