Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-02-13
WORLDS NEWS SUMMARY
cuLLED FROM ASSOCIATED
PRESS DISPATCHES.
A Review Of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemisphere
During the Past Week-National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events TerseIy Told.

The breaking of an elevator cable |
in the Joseph Creswell building, at |
Denver, recently, caused the manning |
and bruising of seven persons, one
of whom may be crippled for life.
The date for the international Ep-
worth league convention, to be held
in Detroit next summer, has been
finally fixed. The session will begin
July 16 and continue through Sunday,
July 10.
News Of the death at Garnet of
Jack Riley, pioneer miner of Mon
tana is reported. Riley had been con-
cerned in the development of practi
cally every mining camp Of Montana
and the Occur d'Alene district and
was well known among miners. His
death was sudden and probably due to
heart disease or paralysis.
A movement is on foot, according
to Glendive report, for the forma-
ton of new state to be called Mon
tague, and which is to be formed by
separating that portion of Montana
east of the Belt mountains and that
portion of North Dakota west of the
Missouri river.
Recently occurred grim tragedy
with dire results to the Finnish set
tiers on Maolcom island. some dis
lance up the coast from Vancouver.
In a terrible holocaust which broke
out while the men were at a meeting,
in a common living house in which
"a families were living, IL women and
children were burned to death and
IL injured.
A shaft sunk on Ell Dorado creek
near Dawson struck second bedrock
IS feet below the first bedrock with
six feet of pay gravel running as high
as $25 to the bucket. The strike was
not far from the famous gusher,
which is now about under control.
The new strike knocks all mining
theories and opens a way to remark
able possibilities. Other shafts are
now beink sunk. If lower bedrock
actually exists, the Klondike district
may repeat itself, judging by the pay
ore found. 1t is believed there are
still other strata below those found.
The gusher, when struck, ran
stream three feet wide, seven inches
deep at the rate of "a miles an hour.
William Costello was recently found
frozen to death one mile from Curlew,
Wash.
Ira Ward, the last surviving member
of the first territorial legislature of
Washington, is dead.
The creation of the state of Mon
tague is canard. there being nothing
whatever to found such story.
The correspondent of the London
Standard at Tientsin confirms the ru-
NOR that the empress dowager is
dead, the news being concealed until
after the New Year observances.
All the gambling houses in Ana
conda are closed by order of the new
county attorney. Gambling is against
the law, but has been running in most
places in Montana under either PRO
lection" or sort OF regular fine sys-
tenn.
General Miles, accompanied by a
party which included Henry White,
secretary of the United States en-
bassy; the United States naval at
tache, Captain Glover; Consul Gen
eral Evans, and others, were recently
the guests of Colonel Cody at Olympia
hall, in London, where the Wild West
show is being given.
The biggest individual cleanup of
the present racing season at San Fran
cisco came off recently, and Charley
Clark of Montana got the money.
Nearly every bookmaker in the ring
was loser when the sixth race came
along and most of them were ready
to take desperate chances to get out
on the day by killing" Diderot. Clark
pulled down $4,000.
President Roosevelt is suffering from
the effects of a cold.
Secretary of the Navy Moody has
accepted Hobson's resignation.
The people of the United States last
year smoked $500, 100000 cigars.
The postofice money order depart
ment handles about $300,000,000 a
year.
Adelina Patti has finally signed a
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commencing November next.
The Great Northern and Northern
Pacific will start their summer trans
continental trains March 1 or March
Is.
Maurice Grau, the operate mana
ger, who has been suffering from shock
caused by a carriage accident, is
worse.
Charles T. Weatherby, who is want
ed at Luverne, Mimi, on various
charges of forgeries, said to amount
to $4,000, was caught in Montana.
Terry McGovern and Joe Bernstein
went the limit recently in a six round
bout. Both men finished in fairly
good condition, neither showing dis
tress.
The officials of the Reading railroad
announce that they have the coal sit
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