The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1903-03-20
TELEGRAPH NEWS SUMMARY.
cULLED FROM ASSOCIATED
PRESS DISPATCHES.
A Review Of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Wsek-National
HISTORICAL Political and Personal
Events TerseIy Told.

brasAa and furLner west.
Inc coualIlon OF berlah Wilkins O
the washington Post IL much i'm
proved.
lne steel, trust Is ,enlarging the Du
luth docks to zO,0OO,OOO tons capacity
expecting greater business in 1904. !.
the inquest into the murder Of Ed
win L. Buraick has begun In the police
court at Bu1alo. before Judge Murphy
the Burlington is extenaing its stu,
tracks west OF the Missouri river ant
will eventually change into a double
track.
The Southern Pacitc's 20 per cen,
decrease in January net earnings Al
due to light cotton and grain move
ment, besides heavy expenditures fol
improvements.
1t is reported that George T. Slade
a son In law Of J. J. Hill, has been Sc
lected for general superintendent ot
the Great Northern. Slade is now ysu
perintendent Of the Erie.
Bud Higgins, q mulatto, on trial for
the murder Of Mrs. Annie Butler, GRO
ated CONSERVATION in the courtroom
at Chicago recently by confessing on
the witness stand that he committed
the crime.
1t can be stated by authority that
President Roosevelt has not definitely
made up his mind to call an. extraor.
dinary session Of the Flfty-eighth CON
gress. He. however, is considering the
practicabtlity Of doing SO.
The final account Of the estate Of ex-
United States Senator William u Sew
all has been made. The senator left
$1,500,000, to be divided between his
widow and five children. There are no
outside beqyests. 4 The estate is In
bonds and securities.
The Louisville & Nashvilles Jellico
. & Corbin train was. wrecked by the
splitting of switch while entering the
Corbin (Ky.). yards recently. Walter
Graves. a merchant of Woodbine, KY,
was instantly killed. Two others were
fatally injured.
IL Is announced that Swift & Com
pany, of Omaha and KANSAS City, have
decided to establish an extensive pack
Ing plant in the northwest. The loca-
ton has not yet been decided upon;
but it is stated that either Portland or
Seattle will be selected. ~. -s
Mexican bandits recently held up the
stage which runs between Potam aud
Torin on the YaQui river in Sonora,
killing all of the passengers. Among
them was Filberto Alvarado, q wealthy
Mexican. who owns number of ranch
es along the Yaqui river.
Jack Munroe, the miner-pugilist of
Butte. won handicap catch-as-catch-
can wrestling match at New York city
from. Tom Jenkins of Cleveland. The
conditions governing the match were
that Jenkins must throw Munroe four
times in one hour. He succeeded In
downing the miner only three times.
Among the civil service estimates
for 1904 issued recently in London
appears the sum of $50. 1000 as a grant
in aid of the expenses of the royal
commission for the St Louis exposi
tion. A note appended explains that
any further contributions decided up
on wiil be provided for In the esti-
mates Of subsequent years. :.
Emperor William has ordered that
fire engines need not stop for himself
or the empress, let alone other mem
bers Of the royal family, ambassadors
. or detachments of marching troops.
This order was the result of a dispute
over the driver of fire engine refus'
ing to obey d lieutenant's gesture to
stop and let company Of infantry
pass
The secretary of the treasury mas
approved an agreement entered into
y Commissioner General Sargent with
the Canadian Pacific Railway COM
pany. whereby all ports along the Ca
madam border which have heretofore
been open for the admission Of Chinese
persons are closed. except Richf0rd
Vt). Malone IN. W. Portland. (Ore)
and Sumas (Wash.).
The Golden State limited on the
Rock Island system collided head-on
Just outside of Dwight. 80 miles west
OF Topeka, Kan, at o'clock in the
morning with westbound passenger.
Both engines were badly damaged and
the baggage and mail cars and the
smoker on the westbound train were
telescoped. Engineer Love of the west
bound train was killed. Fifteen 9TH
ers were injured. :.
The members Of the United Brother
hood Of Railway Employees announced
their acceptance Of the offer Of the Ca
madam Pacific railroad to ,arbitrate. but
the offer was made 10 days ago and
was at that time declined. Now the
company declares that as the offer was
refused 1t has since been Withdrawn.
Fhe company's offer was that COM
mittee from the other brotherhoods Of
the Canadian Pacific should arbitrate.
Martin Hauber. a pioneer Of Walla
Walla county, died from stroke OF
apoplexy recently.
According to the weather bureau
Wednesdays heat broke the record for
March for the entire 33 years since the
establishment OF the weather bureau
Tho Shamrock ILL.,, afloat, confirms
previous good opinions Of. her. While
In motion 1t was remarked that the
challenger moved smoothly and easily
Active negotiations for the sale Of
the Kendall and Barnes.King proper
Tics, In Montana. are in progress al
chicago, whore the promoters now are
At Bannock. Mont, George Pollock