The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1902-09-12
WORLDS NEWS SUMMARY
cuI1ED FROM DISPATCHES.
4 Review of Happenings In Roth
Eastern and Western Hemisphere.
During the Past Week-Natlon.l.
Historical, Political and Persnn.Y
Events TerseIy Expounded.

Five hundred hop pickers of Mort,
Yakima, Wash. ARE on a strike.
The steam barge Houghton sank n,
her dock at Detroit, Mich, recent,
and two of her crew were drowned.
Hon. w. G. Anderson, congressma
from the Tenth district, in Tenn. 1894
1896 lis dead at his home of tyfoid
fever.
President Roosevelt having put his
stamp of disapproval on the proposed
cowboy race from Deadwood, to Oma.
ha, the contest has been abandoned.
Philip Corkin, the oldest engineer on
the Southern Pacific lines in Oregon,
committed suicide recently in Portland
by shooting himelf with a revolver.
Chas o. 'Neill, janitor of the New
York Fruit and Exchange building on
Park place, was probably fatally Shot
by his wife who then committed sui.
eide.
Mrs. James McGinn, aged 81, Of
Newcastle, Pa, was found with her
throat cut from ear to ear in pasture
field at Hubbard, five miles from
Youngstown, Ohio.
An estate estimated to be worth a.
100000 was left by B. B. McGregor,
son of the late Standard Oil magnate.
who died at Mamaoroneck after a sur.
gical operation.
Five persons We're killed recently and
ten were wounded in aconflict between
thet roops and the strikers at Candida,
a small town Of Apulia, in the extreme
southeastern part of Italy.
Asheville, N. c., extended a warm
greeting to President Roosevelt last
Tuesday. Fully 10000 people occupied
the courthouse square, where the pres
ident addressed them from a stand.
The latest advices from Columbia are
that President Marrouin and Minister
of War Fernandez have quarreled, and
that the later is developing tendency
to assume illegal and dictorial powers.
A fierce battle was fought recently
at Finaquillo, Venezuela, in which
the revolutionary army under Generals
Luciano Mendoza and Riera was COM
pletely defeated, thus insuring national
peace.
rhe Great Northen is arming its
trains i'll Montana against the hold up
men. Each passenger train is heavily
guarded on account of rumor that an
attembpt would be made to hold them
up.
Mrs. Mollie Westrobe of Clayton,
Miss. who while insane, murdered
and burned her five children near Haz-
elhurst, Miss. June l6, committed sui
eide at Greenville, Miss. by jumping
into the river.
+. w. Beneict and two companions
returning from an attempt to lower a
15-mile cross coutry automobile record,
at Topeka, KAN, lost control of the
machine and were thrown in ditch
and all seriously injured.
Richard Crocker announces that he
has disposed of the greater part Of the
large stable he had in England because
he found American horses have no
chance in England, as the handicap is
put on them SO heavily that there is
absolutely no possibilitiey of their win
ming race.
In the United States district court
at Boise, Idaho, Louis S. Desportei
pleaded guilty of the charge of en-
bezzling government funds while post
master at Bridges, Idaho. He stole
$3.50 and escaped to Utah, where he
was caught. He got 18 months.
According to the authorities in the
railroad world, the locomotive of the
future will be built with the cab in
front.
Presient Roosevelt has accepted an
invitation to review the parade of the
veterans to occur during the forthcom-
ing encampment of the g. A. r. on
Wednesday, October 8.
A large gas tank located on Wythe
avenue, Brooklyn, collapsed recently
and it is reported that 20 men were
killed. The men were ingaged in riv-
citing the tank when it collapsed.
In recent interview Sir Thomas
Upton informed reporter that he
would mail formal challenge for the
America cup to the New York Yacht
club within two or three weeks
David Anchord, one Of the largest
land owners in the northwest and q
pioneer citizen of the state of Montana
is dead, aged 81 years. Mr.. Anchord
at one time onwed 900, 90 acres of land
in Lewis and Clark county. He was
native of New York.
Ernest Ryerback, aged 23, clerk IN
the banking house of Knauth, Nachod
q Kuhn, shot and killed himself re-
Gently. His accounts with the bank
were wrong.
The state of Maine rolled up Dig
off year plurality for the republicans
in the election recently, it approxlmat-
ing 27O,O0, in comparison with 12,Ooo,
for the average of other years.
Extensive forest fires are destroying
large amount of property in Oregon
Considerable damage was done by