Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-04-17
NEWS SUMMARY.
cULLEp FROM ASSOCIATED
PRESS DISPATCHES.
\ Review Of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemlspheres
During the Past Week-National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events Tersely Told.

| Gteutb Jersey iStus
| On Roosevelt day, May 26, the rail
road Will materially reduce rates for
visitors to spokane and other points
| Arrivals from the klondike says the
trail between White Horse and Daw-
son is lined with dead and disabled
horses.
The United States government is In
the market for 40,44l,000 pounds OF
barley. bran. corn. nay. oats and
straw at Seattle.
Senator Clark's application asks for
a franchise for complete system OF
street railways, covering the most i'm
portant streets Of Los Angeles, and
makes It q condition that the fare
charged on the lines of the new sys-
TEN shall be 3 cents.
| Miss Fireda Pink, an Is year old
girl senior at the Indianapolis high
school, is at the point Of death as a
result of injuries received in a basket
ball game at Charlottesville.
| Ben L. Thompson, cashier Of the
Bank of Commerce, was shot to death
on the public square of Sherman, Tex,
recently by w. e. Stone of Texarkana.
The men met on the street and without
preliminary parley drew their revol-
vers and opened fire.
| Adlai e. Stevenson, formerly vice
president of the United States, lost
his hair and mustache and received
painful burns on the face, head and
hans recently while trying to extingu-
ish fire at his home in Bloomington,
Ill.
In the second round of what was
scheduled as a 10 round go before
the Butte Athletic club, Harry White
knocked out Henry Taylor and the
latter is at the hospital and reported IN
a dying condition. Both fighters are
colored.
President Roosevelt is in the Vel
lowstone park and for the next 16 days
he expects to enjoy complete rest and
cessation from public duties. He will
be in almost constant communication
with Secretary Loeb at Cinnabar, but
nothing except of the utmost import.
ance will be referred to him.
The British Columbia legislature has
reenacted the antioriental immigra-
ton legislation framed on the lines of
the Natal act and provided an educa.
tional test to be passed by Chinese
and Japanese desiring admittance to
the province. The bill passed a sec.
ond reading
Judge Robert Y. Hayne, one of the
most prominent jurists in California,
Is dead.
Canadian Pacific contracts have been
let for replacing over 200 wooden
bridges with steel.
| Three thousand tanners and curriers'
returned to work in Chicago, ending
a strike Of several weeks.
A representative of Morgan's firm
says Charles Schwab will be reelected
president of the steel trust.
| The rumors of a plot against the
life of King Alexander of Servia has
received apparent confirmation.
At Lexington, KY, James w. Bess,
convicted of killing Mrs. Martin, March
6, was recently sentenced to hang Fri
day, June IL.
| The state of Washington has pur.
chased 220 acres of land on American
lake, near Murray station, for the ma.
tional guard encampment grounds.
| Captain Pershing's force captured
Bacolod, island of Mindanao, recently
killing 100 ,Moros and wounding many
others. Three Americans were wound.
ed.
At Denver, COL, the announcement is
made that the cigarmakers and tobac.
co shippers strike, which has been in
progress for several weeks, has been
settled.
The fire and police board of Denver
has issued an order that no more open
gambling would be permitted and
every gambling house was promptly
closed.
The gross postal receipts for the
month of March at so of the larges,
postof1ces of the United States aggre
gated $5.720,200. a net increase of 81
per cent.
Robbers recently wrecked the vault
of the bank of Smithson, eight miles
east of Sedalia, Mo-, with dynamite
but were frightened away before they
secured any booty.
1t is reported that the Venezuelan
trevolutionists have defeated the forces
of the government in the neighbor
hood of Caracas, captured two cannon
and a large quantity of ammunition.
The Chicago election commissioners
have finished their canvass of the vote
for mayor in the recent election. The
official count is: Harrison, 146'2OS:
Stewart, 1889; Harrison's plurality
1879.
The Turf, Field and Farm, the old
est paper of its class in existence. hay
ing been published over 40 years ago
has discontinued its publication. The
Spirit of the Times has purchased the
property and it will be consolidated
with that paper.
A disastrous explosion occurred re
Gently on the battleship Iowa while the
vessel was at target practice in the
gulf. The forward port 10 inch gun
burst from a premature explosion q,
shell. IL feet of the piece outside the
turret being demolished. Three mer