Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-12-18
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
A Review Of happenings In Both
Eastern and Western HsmIspheres
During the Past National.
Historical, Political and Persona
Events Terssly Told.

seaiiag schooner Selkotu Maru mas
been lost with all hands.
COLOMBIAN troops suner some severe
harosnips ON the AIrato river. -Four
Thousand more warriors started out,
lmen ieLurhed 10 bogoua.
Lora ADnger oieu IN the Lariboisie
hospitai at raris recently from neart
fanure brought on by the shock OF q
.ne STAIRS OF restaurant.
The state department has been in
formed mat maj steps nave been TAX
en- Tor the formation OF permanent
republican form OF government In Pan.
ANA.
sunday, for the first time this win
ter, Inc transportation Iaclnties on
the chicago rallroad systems we're
more or less crippled by heavy fail
OF snow.
Serious charges against Consul Gen
erai Oilyer j. hughes at Coburg, Ger
many, nave been brought to the at
tention of the state department al
Washington.
President Roosevelt recently enter
tanned at iuncneon the omcers OF the
National League of Republican clubs
and prominent league workers from
various parts OF the country.
United states Minister Squiers, OF
Havana, sailed for New York. whence
he will go Immediately to Washing
ton. 1t is said the CUBAN government
has granted all his requests.
A drowning accident occurred re-
Gently Of CrawforG pay, near Nelson,
B. G., when J. Grown of Fernie lost
his life. Deceased was employed as a
deckhand ON the steamer Valhalla.
Beginning with the new year the
railroads Of the west will adopt very
stringent rules about issuing passes.
1t will be pretty hard matter for
people to get favors of that sort after
January /.
The last statement of the treasury
balances in the general fnund, exclu-
sive OF the s15O,000,00O gold reserve
In the division Of redemption, shows:
Available cash balance $220,559, 591;
gold. $11S.O30.122.
Senator Hanna has decided to re-
quest the senate committee on mill
tary affairs to subpoena General Wood
to answer some Of the charges made
against him by opponents of his con-
firmation as major general.
The president has sent the following
nominations to the senate: Assistant
treasurer, 1nomas ]. Adkins, of st.
Louis, Mo. Envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary to Panama,
William I. Buchanan of New York.
Norman Wolf, Jack McGovern, Jas.
Burns and Jas. smith were killed and
several other men injured by boiler
explosion recently at Montgomery &
Palmers sawmill, IL miles from So
Iona, Colo. at the head of Onion creek.
Ben G. Aylor. the Webb City, Mo-,
mineowner, who shot Gordon Allen, a
wealthy Joplin man, two months ago,
was acquitted by jury in the circuit
court. The jury was out only eight
minutes. Aylor's plea was self de-
tense.
Altoona, Pa.--Orders have been is
sued for the employees In the Pennsyl-
vania shops to work 10 hours a day,
with overtime when necessary, to get
out the WORK. Between 1000 and 5000
additional men win be given employ
ment.
According to computations made by
State Insurance Commissioner Host,
Wisconsin may recover from $3.50. 900
to 100000 in back taxes from 151 fire
insurance companies operating at pres
ent and from forty that have operated
here for 80 years.
It Is reported that the Northern Sc
curities company mas disposed of $685.
100000 OF the total of $96,000,O00 Of
Great Northern preferred stock for
merly held in its treasury In order to
defeat the government suit In the
Urited States supreme court.
The Westminster abbey authorities
have declined to permit the ashes of
Herbert Spencer to be sepulchered in
the British Valhalla, according to a
N. Y. World dispatch from London.
They were informally approached, but
expressed regret that 1t was impossi-
Bile.
No change will be made in the name
OF the Protestant Episcopal church
in the immediate future and the next
triennial council Of the church will
take no action ON the movement which
has been on foot for a change of name
OF the church to the Catholic Church
OF America.
Word has been received from Love
lock. New. to the effect that P. H.
Cook. travelling freight agent for the
Union Pacific. while showing an auto
matte revolver to ]. w. Walters. agent
at Lovelocks. accidentally discharged
lie weapon and killed Walters instant.
~. A coroner's jury has acquitted
Cook of any blame.
Nat @. Goodwin, the comedian. has
narrowly escaped death in an auto
mobile accident on the Brooklyn
bridge recently. He was thrown from
the machine. struck against the iron
railing and fell back into the road
way. An artery in his temple was
severed. and only his presence of mind
In throwing one arm out saved him
from probable death in the East river.
During a performance recently in
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