Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-07-04
WORLDS NEWS SUMMARY.
cuIIED FROM DISPATCHES
A Review of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-NatiOnal,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events Tersely ExpOunded.

Not in many years has Colorado
been visited by so 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 Denver, 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, $3,100,000 of which has already
been subscribed.
The -four mill at Palouse, Wash,
has been sold by ]. G. Schumacher to
Metcald & Voltz of Kalispell, Mont,
who will take possession early in July.
The consideration is said to be $4,000.
If 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
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 persisted
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 a shortage of between
$4,000 and 100000, 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 disfigured fol-
life.
The cruiser Brooklyn, which is tC
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 1. An escort will meet the
funeral train. Ali 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 10 guns was
fred as the tug Standish with the re
mains aboard left the wharf. The
Brooklyn sailed Wednesday.
At 1920 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 ii
was by the most miraculous escapes
that could be imagined that the death
list was not enormous.