The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1903-03-27
TELEGRAPH NEWS SUMMARY
c,uLEp FROM ASSOCIATED
PRESS DISPATCHES.
A Review of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-Nationai,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events Tersely Told.

BoaLner OF Louisiana lS Oeau.
William J. Bryan spent his birthday
recently serving on jury in the dis
trict court.
Mont Pelee volcano, on the island OF
Martinique, is discnarging dense
clouds OF reddish smoke.
Count Boni de Castelaine, accompa-
MED by the countess, was received by
President Roosevelt recently.
There was sharp earthquake shock,
accompanied by subterranean noises.
at La Union, Mexico, recently.
The entire plant of the Jennings
(Mich.) Iron and Engine works was
burned recently. Loss, $4,000.
Very Rev. Friedrich William Farrar
dean of Canterbury since 1895. died
recently in London in his I'D year.
Hamilton Fish, recently appointed
assistant treasurer of the United
States at New York, took the oath Of
office recently.
Col. John R. eleven, aged S5, Mex
ican war veteran, formerly on editor
in st. Louis and later in Davenport,
Iowa, is dead.
The Union Pacific has let contracts
to the extent of $40 O.00O, 900, chiefly for
double tracking the main line from
Omaha to Ogden.
Some of the Roman Catholic mis-
sionaries in north China are arming
their missions because of the fear OF
further Boxer uprisings.
At Halifax, N. S., a plot to permit
emigrants suffering from disease to es-
cape into the United States is believ-
ed to have come to light.
At Lorain, Ohio, the strike Of the
American shipbuilding plant, involving
about 1900 men, inaugurated several
weeks ago, has been settled.
Captain c. w. Hacket, veteran OF
the civil war and one of the most prom
inent wholesale hardware men in the
west, died at St Paul recently.
At Paducah, KY, robbers recently
blew open the vault in the deposit
bank of Bardwell and secured in the
neighborhood of $4,000. The robbers
escaped.
Rev. Edward Clark, foster father OF
Rev. Francis E. Clark, d. D., founder
of the society Of Christian Endeavor.
is dead of old age. Mr.. Clark was
born in 1920.
Ernest Lyon, the new minister to
Liberia, was presented to the president
recently by Senator McComas OF Mary
land Lyon, who is negro, will leave
at once for his post.
At Des Moines, Iowa, James Burns,
accused of the murder of jerry Cor,
coran, was found guilty Of murder in
the first degree and life Imprisonment
was recommended.
Marcus B. Raun, editor of the Aus
tria-Hungarian Gazette of New York
has been appointed special imml
grafton inspector to go abroad to ex
anime into immigration conditions.
A summons has been issued for Mrs
Hetty Green, reputed to be the wealth.
est woman in the United States. to ap
pear before Recorder Stanton and ex
plain why she has failed to obtain
aog license for her pet terrier.
TWO wagons have been found nv
miles north Of Atlanta, Ga, containing
eight or more dead bodies. lnvestiga
ton by the authorities developed tina
the bodies were being sent out OF tow
by medical college for interment.
Five men of the crew Of the tu
Pilot of Philadelphia were drowned l
collision between the tug and tn
steamship Winifred, in the Delawar
river off Marcus Hook, Pa, recentl!
The remaining three members OF tn
crew were saved.
Nathan M. Halleck, president OF tn
Mechanics National bank Of Middl
town, N. Y, died suddenly at Los Al
geles, Cal. He was on an extende
pleasure trip. Mr.. Hallock was
veteran of the civil war, and had r
ceived a special medal from congre'
for bravery in service.
The handsome residence of the Hur
bert family on the Avenue de la Grar
Armee, Paris, which was the scene
its triumph and eventual downfall IL
lowing the discovery of the empty sal
was sold at auction recently to salts
the creditors of the Humberts.
brought $64,400.
Robert Stokes and his wife of Po
land, Ore, were found dead on t
floor of their cabin, few miles fro
Bonneville, Cal, by brother
Stokes, who lives some distance fro
their cabin. He heard two shots a.
commenced an investigation whi
resulted in the finding of the bodl
OF his brother and sister in law wi
bullets through their bodies. The ca
is shrouded in mystery.
Treasurer Harry Niedlinger of
Marguerite Sylvia company, in Milw'
kee, was robbed of cash and moi
amounting in all to about $4,000 rece
~, the money having been taken FRI
beneath his head while he slept.
member of the company who sl'
with Mr.. Niedlinger is missing and
suspected of the theft.
At Cripple Creek, Col, the str
situation is rapidly assuming an ac
phase and there is every indicat
that every mine in the district, "
the exception of the Woods end
Portland companies. will be clio
down.
Miss Zeralda McVickers, daugt
OF Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. McVickers
Sumpter, Ore, shot and killed her
at the family home recently.