Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-09-25
TELEGRAPH NEWS SUMMARY
cuLLEp FROM DISPATCHES OF
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

the Past Week--Natlonal, HistorE
cal, Political and Personal Events
| Tersely Told.
The formal announcement has been
made of the engagement of Miss Bryan
and William H. Leavitt of Newport,
X. /. The wedding, it is reported, will
be in October.
Frank Lund, a discharged street
railway employee, has been arrested in
Seattle by secret service officers on
a charge of counterfeiting.
| Two masked men held up A. J.
Goes saloon in Arlington, Ore, re-
Gently and secured $500 from the safe
and seven men in the saloon.
| Before crowd of 500 people Jerry
McCarty of Montana and Henry Walsh
of Canada, both middleweights, fought
20 hard rounds at Ogden, Utah. Nc
Carly got the decision.
Justice Loranger Of Montreal, Que
bee. has decided that the Canadian Pa
cific railroad must return the Chinese
who were refused entry into the United
States and who applied for writ of
habeas corpus. They will be taken to
Vancouver and thence to China.
Bracelet" of Oaklawn, a Holstein
cow owned by the Hardwood farm of
Spokane, has been awarded the blue
ribbon as the champion butter COW at
1.-The 0rap0n state fair
A fearful accident happened at
Schafer, AZ miles west of Williston,
N. D., recently Two little boys, one
a son of Charles Schafer, postmaster,
were playing with 20 caliber revol-
ver A little sister Of Charlie Schafer
ran around a log building just as her
brother fred the revolver She was
hit in the eye and died few hours
afterward. She was 8 years old and
her brother about IL.
Burglars entered the Wells-Fargo Of
flee at Santa Barbara, Cal, and robbed
the safe of $1049 in coin and currency.
The rear door was entered with a key
and the safe opened in the regular
way by the combination, which was
found in a book in drawer of one
of the desks in theoffice.
Brigadier General Frank D. Baldwin,
commanding the department of Col
orado, in his annual report urges the
reestablishment of the army canteen,
under proper restrictions.
Captain Miller, who WIS skipper on
the yacht Columbia during the sum-
mer, and Captain Barr's assistant on
the Reliance during the cup races, it is
stated, his bought from Sir Thomas
Upton his old cup challenger, Sham
rock II.
The price paid is believed was not
far from $1,000. The purchasers will
break her up for the value of the ma
terial.
CONSERVATION and excitement caused
by the dramatic announcement of Jo-
seph Chamberlain's resignation as CO.
lonial secretary, prevail among all
classes in the United Kingdom, to the
exclusion of every other topic.
The Chinese government will make
claim against the government of the
United States on account of the in
juries inflicted by residents of Tono-
pah, New, upon Chinese residents of
that place recently.
Last week Manager H. G. Stimmel of
the Spokane Interstate Fair; Manager
G. D. Jeffries of the racing department
of the fair, and John L. Smith, super
intendent of the fair, were in Salem,
attending the Oregon State Fair and
in Portland investigating the amuse-
ment features of the Jabour Carnival
company.
Considerable interest was created
among Pittsburg bankers recently by
the announcement that the Second Ma
tional bank of Connellsville, Pa, one Of
the strongest institutions of the coke
region, had decided to hereafter pay 5
per cent. interest on savings accounts.
The report of the board of officers
appointed to investigate the recent &C.
cident on board the cruiser Olympia, at
Norfolk, finds that Corporal Yerkes
of the marine corps, who was killed
in the explosion of alcohol, was mainly
responsible for the accident.
Ten thousand workers in Berlin have
gone on strike. The manufacturers
will hold a meeting to decide what
shall be done as to closing their works
entirely.
Mrs. Mary 3. jain and her 3 year old
daughter Pearl died recently from
burns caused by lighted gasolene, and
Harry. the 10 year old son of the
woman, is also fatally burned. The
boy had been In the habit of helping
his mother about the stove during the
day. He was somnambulist and dur
ing the night he went through the op-
Grafton of turning on and lighting the
stove in his sleep. A fire resulted and
Mrs. jain and Pearl ran to the boys
aid
Manager Collins of the Boston Amer |
lean league team announces that al
series of nine games for the worlds
between Boston, cham
pions of the American league, and
Pi.ttsburg, champions of the National,
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