Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-10-16
NEWS SUMMARY
cuLLEp FROM DISPATCHES OF
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
= Review Of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western HemIspheres
During the Past Week-NatIonaI
Historical, Political and Personal
Evens TerseIy Told.

was unveiled recently.
The Chinese minister is at Essen
Germany, where he is buying arms
and other war material.
The Alaska cable from Juneau to
Sitka has been completed and an Of
nee established at the capital city.
Uncle Sans statement of the treas
ury balances shows: Available cash
balance, $229,112,270; gold, $106, 77O,-
$50.
Robert W. Baxter, general superin-
tendent of the Nebraska division of
the Union Pacific railroad. has re.
signed.
Charles Hilty killed a man named
Massey at Fort Gibbon, Alaska, re-
Gently, in drunken quarrel. Hilty
is in Jail and claims self-defense.
Six persons were hurt recently in
collision between a streetcar and
freight train at Third West and First
South streets, Salt Lake. No fatal
tiles.
The Worlds Sunday School execu-
tive committee has officially an
nounced that the fourth worlds Sun
day school convention will be held
in the city Of Jerusalem, Palestine,
April 1920, 1904.
Thieves broke into boarding house
in the Avenue Victor Hugo, Paris, dur
ing the lunch time recently, and stole
$1400 in money, besides some jewelry
from the room of an American named
Miss Maude Wildwood.
Governor Peabody of Colorado has
announced the appointment of gen
trail court-martial to convene in Den
yer October 10 for the trial of the
officers against whom charges of the
regularity have been made
The Kansas supreme court has re-
versed the case of Cory versus Spen-
Ger from Leavenworth. This gives
the 5000 veterans in the National Mill
tary home the right to vote as citi.
zens of Leavenworth county.
General Henry M. Duf1ield, the UNI
pire of the tribunal appointed to ad
just the cases of Germany against
Venezuela, reports the findings of the
commission. The total amount of the
claims presented was 6,049,000 marks
The claimants, however, were awarded
!, $40 900 marks.
Abraham H. Kohn, son of the late
Henry A. Kohn, millionaire banker
and merchant of Chicago, died recently
at San Francisco, under circumstances
which have aroused grave suspicious
through the mysterious and secretive
conduct of those who attended him
during his last hours.
A special election was held in Sar
Francisco recently for the purpose o.
deciding upon an issue of $4,000 mu
nicipal bonds for the purchase of the
Geary Street railway. It was pro
posed to operate the road by the city
The issue was defeated by 14,4S1 yeas
to 10,745 nays, two-thirds being re
quired to pass.
Rear Admiral Louis Kempff hal
been retired from active service. HI
was born in Illinois and has seen &C
tive service in all parts of the worlt
since his appointment to the navy II
1857. His last sea service was II
command of squadron at Haiku
China, during the recent difficult.
when the forts were bombarded.
At Chicago recently Mrs. John Fisk
20 years of age, and her IL month
old boy, were found dead from as
phyxiation. A younger child wa
gasping for breath when discovered
but a heavy cover over its face ha
delayed the action of the gas. Mrs
Fisk had been in i'll health, and |
believed by the police to have planne
the death of herself and children.
At Knoxville, Tenn, recently, Hal
old F. Gribbles, professional ba
player, smashed the worlds bowlin
record on regulation alleys for tel
pins, making 29 successive strikes an
spare on his thirtieth ball. He col
tinued to roll strikes until he ha
rolled so balls, his record being a
strikes and a spare. The best pr
vious record claimed was q success
i've strikes.
From figures CLEANED from appa
emily authentic sources, it is learne
that during the past three years $1O4
}4S,369 have been spent for bette
ments and equipment on the line
of the Hartman railroad systems, IL
GLIDING the Southern Pacific, the Unio
Pacific, the Oregon Short Line, th
Oregon Railroad & Navigation cor
pany, Chicago & Alton and the Kal
sas City Southern.
The American Association of Ira
cling Passenger Agents will hold Il
annual meeting in Portland, Orego
next year, and the 1000 or more del
: gates will visit Spokane, Seattle, T
coma, Victoria and Vancouver, in
body, If plans adopted unanimously
the recent meeting at Spokane by Il
first district of the Pacific Coast A
sociation of Traffic Agents are carrie
out successfully.
: Elijah Slocum, aged SO years, col
, mitted suicide at Seattle recently
. drinking carbolic acid in whisky.
/ health and dependency over Il
death of his wife, are given as Il