The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-06-12
WORLDS NEWS SUMMARY
CULLED FROM DISPATCHES.
CUILED
DISPATCHES,
Review of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemisphere.
HfstoPfcal.. Political and Persoual
Events Tersely Expoundea,

| ~Ve0to Iefoely EXpO0D0e0.
Mr.. Kruger has decided that he will
end his days in Holland.
A 7O-mile gale blew in New York
| City last Sunday afternoon.
Ferdinand NJ. Boomer, A. M, profes.
sor OF modern language at Harvard
university since 1870, died recently.
Jockey Arthur J. Booker, aged 90
was thrown Memorial day at the
Gravesend race track, N. Y, and died
Sunday.
Plentiful rains in portions of south
Australia and New South Wales have
relieved the drouth. and the outlook
is now more hopeful.
King Victor Emmanuel has present.
ed Signor Gioletti, the minister of
war. with life sized portrait of him.
self in token of his esteem.
Many persons in Tacoma last Sun.
day say that they saw steam issuing
from Mount Rainier. and in some QUAR-
ters there is apprehension of trouble.
President Roosevelt is willing to aid
In settling the mine strike. He SAYS
he stands ready at any time to render
any service possible within the SCOPE
of his office.
The liberty bell has left Charleston.
s. c.. for Philadelphia on a special
truck attached to passenger train
and accompanied by an escort of COM
mittees of councillors Of PHILADELPHIA.
Professor Friedrich Hirth, holder of
the chair Of Chinese philology at the
University Of Munich, has accepted the
oher of the Chinese chair at Columbia
university, New York. and will begin
his lectures there next October.
The noisy jubilation with which Lon
don has resounded for the past week
was followed Sunday by more sub
dued. although not less impressive.
public demonstrations Of thankfulness
for the return of peace in South Africa.
The governor of Alabama recently
pardoned three of the four white men
convicted Of lynching Robin White, a
negro, and sentenced to 10 years in the
penitentiary. The case is famous. as
the only instance In Alabama where q
white man had served one year.
AT st. Paul, Mimi. a fight with pis-
tolls and shotguns Sunday between
three citizens and about 80 italians.
employed in a camp on the Chicago
Great Western road. at the end Of the
Concord street car line, resulted in the
serious injury Of four men. A. Rob.
erge was shot in the abdomen and face
and will die.
bull Tight was given in the Plaza
de Toros Of Nueva, Mexico, recently,
the unique feature Of which was the
successful performance of Romulas.
the famous Mexican wrestler, who sue
ceeded in throwing a wild bull from
the San Luis Potosi ranch. Romulas
grappled the bull and threw him at the
first attempt.
An excursion train on the Detroit &
Mackinaw railway. made up of an en-.
CINE and IL coaches, carrying over 500
people. was wrecked at Black River,
Mich. while running 40 miles an hour.
One man was instantly killed, three
were probably fatally injured, and
nearly 50 others received injuries of
various degrees Of severity. ranging
from bruises to broken limbs.
A dispatch from Las Palmas, Canary
Islands. says that q prominent engi-
neer OF that town named Figures. as
serted he has discovered a method of
utilizing atmospheric electricity with.
out chemicals or dynamos and that he
Is able to make practical application
OF his method without employing any
motive force. Senior Figures expects
that his invention will bring about a
tremendous Industrial revolution.
An official statement issued by the
war ONCE at London shows that the
total reduction Of the British forces
In South Africa up to May 30 of the
present year was 97.477. This in
cludes killed. wounded. prisoners,
deaths from disease and men invaded
home. OF these many have recovered
and are joining their regiments, leav-
ing 2S,4S4 dead or permanently inca.
FACILITATED. The total number Of troops
killed in action, or who died Of
wounds. is 1892. while the total mum.
Der Of deaths from disease is 1880.
Among the June magazines the Re-
view OF Reviews gives . graphic and
comprehensive account of the Mar.
Unique catastrophe, illustrated from,
the most recent photographs taken On
the Inflated island. Mont Pelee's
eruptions are described from the sci.
entist's point of view by DR.. W. J.
MCGEE. OF the Bureau Of Ethnoloxv at
Washington. The Review has again
dfstanced All tia rOntompor>r,o. -. q