Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-10-09
NEWS SUMMARY
cULLED FROM DISPATCHES OF
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
A Review Of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-Nationa
Historical, Political and Personal
Evens TerseIy Told.

Budapest.
Archbishop Kahn of st. Louis con-
tinues In critical condition.
The federal grand jury has resumed
the taking of testimony in, new post
office cases.
Wax Pasha, the Turkish ambassa-
dor at Berlin, has suddenly been call
ed to Constantinople.
Colonel Andrew C. McDrew of In
dianapolis was recently elected COM
mander in chief of the National Army
and Navy Spanish War Veterans.
An imperial trade has been issued
calling out $4,000 recruits in the dis
tricts Of the second and third army
corps, in order to compete the effec-
tiveness of the Nazim (regular) bat.
talions in Macedonia.
Cosmo Morgan, agent for the
American Beet Sugar company, has
received a telegram stating that q
difference of 20 cents had been made
between cane and beet sugars, drop
of 10 cents for the beet product. A
peculiar feature is that only a diff
ference of Is cents has been made in
the San Francisco territory as against
20 cents in Los Angeles.
The Union Pacific Railroad COM
pany has taken over the entire com
missary department of all the lines
from Omaha to Portland, Ore, which
for 40 years has been operated by the
Pacific Hotel company. The transfer
includes all dining cars, eating houses
and six large hotels.
Con" Coughlin, popularity known as
the Irish Giant" was to have fought
six rounds with Bob Fitzsimmons at
the Washington Sporting club, but he
was so greatly outclassed by the form.
er pugiiistic champion that he quit
before the expiration of the first
round.
The secretary of the interior has
informed the department of justice
that the Creek Indians have been sell.
ing allotted lands without the approval
of the secretary, which is against the
law and the treaty. The attorney
general advises that the deeds are
void and should not be put on record.
Coroner Hoye of Seattle declares
his belief that William s. Thomas,
the alleged murderer of Policeman
Albert G. Schaneman, was murdered
by an unnecessary surgical operation,
performed on him in the county Jail
Thomas died in jail, refusing to the
end to divulge anything concerning
the crime of which he was charged.
A coroner's jury has been impaneled
to inquire into cause of death.
Five persons were killed and a
score OF others were injured in a col
lision between the Wisconsin Central
limited passenger train and a Forty-
third avenue streetcar, at Fifty-sec-
ond avenue, Chicago. The streetcar
was crowded with passengers return
ing from the Harlem race track and
every man in the car was injured.
The motorman had received the signal
to cross and had just reached the
center of the track when the train
crashed into his car. Not one of the
passengers had time to escape.
The railroads of the entire country
are face to face with what promises
to be the greatest car shortage in their
history.
Martin Casey, aged SO, volunteer
fireman of old Chicago, is dead as the
result of an accident recently.
Colonel Richary Henry Savage, sol
der, lawyer and author, was run over
on Sixth avenue, New York, recently,
and now lies in Roosevelt hospital
seriously injured.
General Frederick Funston has ap-
proved the findings of the court-mar-
tial which tried Major ]. B. Goe, Nine
teenth infantry, on a charge of drunk
enness. Major Goe pleaded guilty to
the charge and the court sentenced
him to be confined to the limits of his
post for eight months and to forfeit
$50 per month of his pay during that
period.
Uncle Sans postal service is on the
increase. New Offices are reported at
Carlin, six miles north of Harrison,
Kootenai country, Idaho; Stacy, in
Douglas county, Oregon, and CASTLE,
In Jefferson county, near Clearwater.
Prince Ferdinand, accompanied by
his mother and children, have arrived
at Sofia. Their coming at this time is
regarded as tending to show that war
is not expected.
David Nation, divorced husband of
Mrs Carrie Nation, who was taken i'll |
Of stomach trouble at Medicine Lodge,
Kan. is dead.
Without an accident to mar the exc |
cution OF the death penalty imposed by |
the trial court, sustained by the court |
70 appeals, and not interfered with by |
Governor Odell, Willis, Frederick and |
Burton Van Wormer were put to |
death in 10 IL minutes at Clinton pris-
on, New York state, for the murder of |
their uncle, Peter Hallenbeek, at
on Christmas eve, 1901.
The Chicago packers have signed the
agreement providing for wage in
crease for cattle butchers of 20 cents
/ day. The advance affects all butch
ers receiving over 50 day.
AS a result of reconciliation re-