The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1903-03-06
TELEGRAPH NEWS SUMMARY
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During the Past Wsek-National
Historical, Political and Personal
Events Terseiy Told.
A gale Of almost unprecedented VIC
lence swept Great Britain recently.
AL Wade Of Toledo, O.. has confess
ed to the murder two years ago OF
Kate Sullivan.
Frank q. Ward Is now general man
ager of the Great Northern road. sue.
ceeding John F. Stevens. resigned.
Harvard beat Yale in the first game
Of the finals for the intercollegiate
hockey championship by . score OF 6
to Q.
Colonists and homeseekers to the
Pacific northwest will be given until
June 15 to come under the special
rates.
President Palma has signed the sol
diers' pay loan bill, which authorizes
the issuance Of bonds to the amount
OF $35.ooO.00o.
Miss Darice, Justice. who has been
found asphyxiated in a San Francisco
boarding house, lived in Salt Lake fol
nearly three years.
The Santa Fe has reached an agree
ment with the conductors and train
men regarding q scale of wages. It Is
understood that the advance will be
Is per cent.
At the Duquesne garden, Morrif
Woods Of Verona Lake, N. Y, became
champion Of the United States and
Canada by defeating the best skaters
Of the two countries.
q. T. Burdick, president Of the Buf
falo Envelope works, was found dead
In his room recently. with his skull
crushed. The indications are that II
was the work of burglars.
A dispatch received from Gros
Morne announces the complete de
struction Of Port de Paix, Hayti. by
fire. Only the vessels belonging to the
Haytien company were saved.
The Chinese commission to the Jap
anese industrial exposition at Asaka,
Japan. headed by Prince Tsai Chen,
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gold standard sentiment In Japan.
The large shortage In the hog sup
ply throughout the entire country Is
causing the packed meat market to
increase its present firmness and ad-
vances all along the line are expected
within short time.
After making the astounding confes.
sion that he has murdered no less than
Ave human beings. Albert Knapp Is
covering In his cell at Hamilton. O..
and begging the officers Of the law to
protect him from lynching.
An Vancouver, B. c.. the clerks en-
ployed In the freight, passenger and
telegraph departments Of the Cana
dian Pacific railway went ON strike
recently to enforce recognition Of the
United Brotherhood Of Railway EN-
ployes.
The fast passenger train, Chattanoo
ga to Salisbury, leaving Chattanooga
over the Southern track. was wrecked
by spreading rails about three miles
west OF Lenoir City, Tenn. recently
Three persons were. killed outright
and "a injured.
It is announced at the law ofilce OF
Henderson, Lincoln, Hurd & Kiesel
that Speaker Henderson has retired
from the firm. Although not ofiicially
announced, 1t was stated that Hender-
son will enter a New York law firm as
successor to ex-Speaker Reed.
A peculiar postal robbery has Just
come to light at Vancouver, b. 9. A
registered mail sack, containing at
least $1,000 in bank bills. besides doc
uments of value was opened, the con-
tents abstracted, the sack locked up
again. and the thief escaped, leaving
no clue. The robbery took place be-
tween the postoffice on Van Anda isl
and. British Columbia, and the Van
couver Office. and the sack was rided
of its contents ON the night Of Febru-
ary II or the morning Of the day fol-
lowing.
was instantly killed by falling tree
recently near Blue & Deschamp's saw
James J. Hill, president Of the
Northern Securities company, has sail.
ed on the Celtic. His trip to England
and the continent is for rest and
recreation.
Angus B. Macdonald, aged Is years
mill, seven miles north OF Rossland
B. C. He was prospector and Is said
to possess valuable mineral land In
East Kootenay.
A strange case Of infatuation. fol
lowed by a suicide, is reported at
Highwood, small farming town near
Fort Benton. Mrs. Ames, widow
despairing of the love Of William Gray
a wealthy farmer, took her life with
strychnine.
At Pocatello, Idaho, James A. VIII
son, telegraph operator. recently at
tempted to commit suicide In the
dining room of the Pacific hotel by
shooting himself. The wound will
probably prove fatal. Wilson's home
Is In Boise. His brother is general
agent ,of the New York Life Insur
ance company at SpoRne.