Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-01-23
WORLDS NEWS SUMMARY.
cuLLED FROM ASSOCIATED
PREss DISPATCHES.
A Review Of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western iIemispheres
During the Past Wesk-Natlona
Historical. Political and Personal
Events TerseIy Expounded.

For the third time in the 13 days OF
the present year has a freight wreck
occurred at Schulder Spur, Montana,
on the Northern Pacific.
United states Senator Mason of II
linois has formally announced his with
drawal from the contest to be his own
successor, admitting the impossibility
Of his reelection.
The st. Paul passenger train on the
Burlington road, running so miles an
hour to make up for lost time, was
wrecked by spreading rails five miles
northwest of Alton. Ill. killing the en-
gineer and injuring four trainmen.
The place ON the supreme court
bench that was rendered and declined
by Governor Taft of the Philippine ISL
ands, has been offered to William II.
Day Of Canton, Ohio.
H. Peabody, republican, has succeed
ed James B. Orman, democrat, as gov
ernor of Colorado. The Inauguration
was made the occasion of the greatest
military parade ever seen in Denver.
Young Corbett, the featherweight
champion, was given the decision over
Austin Rice of New London, Conn,
in the 18th round of what was to have
been 20 round contest,
Luther Ernest, alleged to be the most
notorious cattle thief in the southwest,
was captured recently in Comacne
county, Oklahoma.
General David Vickers of Boise,
Idaho, has been appointed adjutant
general Of the state Of Idaho by Gov
ernor Morrison to succeed J. L.
Weaver.
At recent caucus Of the Utah re-
publican members of the legislature
Reed Smoot of Provo, an apostle In the
Mormon church. was chosen as the re-
publican nominee for United States
senator to succeed Senator Joseph L.
Rawlins, whose term of office expires
March next.
AS result of shooting ARRAY at
the Iroquois club (colored), Spokane,
yellow Charley Wallace. ex-Klondik-
er and bartender at the club. has died
with a ball through his heart. while
Cornelius A. Hughes, the proprietor, is
at the police station charged with muir
der. Hughes claims that he shot Wal
lace in self defense.
A collision occurred on the Great
Northern between the flyer and a
through freight near Evansville, MINI,
recently. w. G. Hudson, freight en-
gineer, George Weippler, freight fire.
man and John Nelson. engineer Of the
passenger. were seriously injured. The
mail car. two baggage cars and both
engines we're demolished. None of the
passengers were hurt.
Through the alleged interference OF
a messenger boy wreck was caused
ON the Baltimore & Ohio railroad east
OF Cumberland. Md, recently. in which
four employees of the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad were killed and three injured.
Narciso Gener Gonzales. editor OF
the State, is at the hospital in Column
bia. s. O., in critical condition from
a pistol wound inflicted by James H.
Tillman, lieutenant governor Of South
Carolina, and nephew of United
States Senator Benjamin Tillman.
Washington.-The secretary Of state
has supplied Senator Morgan, chair
man of the senate committee ON inter-
oceanic canals. a statement of expen-
ditures made on account OF the 18TH
milan canal commission. 1t. showed
that each member Of the commission
has been allowed compensation at the
rate of $1,000 month";. with travelling
expenses added. The salaries were
fixed in 1899, when the commission
was created, at the suggestion of the
president. In the cases Of Col. Peter
&c. Haines and Lieutenant Colonel o.
NJ Ernest of the army the allowance
is equal to the difference between their
regular salaries and $1,000. Under this
arrangement the aggregate amount
paid to the nine commissioners as sal.
aries up to February 2S, 1902, amount
ed to $225.2S9. The treveling expen-
ditures Of the commissioners at that
time had averaged about $4,000 each.