Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1902-12-26
NEWS SUMMARY.

Four hundred thousand people In
Finland are In need of food.
Eighteen gypsies were last week
frozen to death near Blazeny, Hun
gary.
A semi-official announcement places
the Italian claims against Venezuela
at $4,000, 900.
Eight hundred pouches of Christmas
mail were destroyed by fire near
Pecksville, N. Y.
The car has granted amnesty to the
students who were banished for riot
ing on his name day"
Six children were killed, their
mother fatally wounded by explosion
of a gas tank at Fort Lee, N. ].
Governor Bliss will not permit the
McGovern-Corbett fight, which was to
have been held in Detroit next month.
The house committee on commerce
has reported favorably the bill requir-
Ing safety appliances for coupling cars.
President Palma has sent the Cuban
American treaty to the senate, with a
message urging that early action be
taken.
The internal revenue commissioner
renders decision that dealers in soft
drinks must pay special tax for liquor
dealers.
Colombian newspapers continue tc
publish violently worded articles
against the attitude of the allies to-
ward Venezuela.
Unofficial advices have reached
Washington that China intends to pay
the next installment of the Boxer in
demnity in silver.
The report that Don Carlos proposes
to abdicate his claim to the Spanish
throne in favor of his son, Don jaime,
is pronounced untrue.
1t has been learned in Rome that
one of the allies at present contem-
plates submitting the Venezuelan diff
fculty to The Hague court.
German railroad receipts for the
month of November amounted to $24,-
100000, an increase of s1,O62, 700 over
the same period of last year.
John Best, aged %, became sud-
denly insane at La Pere, Mich, and
killed a friend, wounded his mother
and sister and then took his own life.
The taking of testimony in the argu-
ment for a new trial for Albert T. |
Patrick of New York, convicted of the
murder of William Marsh Rice, has
concluded.
Consequent on the continued rain
fall very great damage has been done,
and thirty-three persons were drowned
at Tamis, village in the Cape Bon
district, Africa.
1t is said that Lord Curzon, during |
the coming coronation durbar, will sit /
upon King Solomon's throne. The
royal chair of that monarch is said to
have recently been found.
The Kentucky court of appeals has
granted James Howard a new trial
is under sentence of life
for the Goebel murder,
has already been tried twice.
According to advices from Hungary,
sixty-three persons were frozen to
death during the last three days.
Wolves are devastating the sheep
'olds, and have devoured three shep-
herds.
The round house of the Pennsyl-
rania road at Powellton avenue sta
ion. West Philadelphia, collapsed.
,urying fifty men in the ruins. No one
vas killed. but all were more or less
INJURED.
The Cass county IN. d. legislative
delegation of twelve members enthu-
iastically resolved to support L. P.
lama for United States senator. He
8 a banker and nephew of Senator
lana of Ohio.
The postoffice safe at Granville, O.,
Tas dynamited by two or more meE,
Tho escaped in a stolen rig. Pcstmas-
er Austin declines to say how much
he men secured, but it is believed to
Q large amount
In Los Angeles efforts are being
,ade by the general office clerks of
be Santa Fe system to form union
here are about $50 freight clerks,
andlers and checkers in the employ
[ the Santa Fe road there.