Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-04-29

cuLLED FROM DIsPAfdl
THE AssocIATED PRESS.
A Review Of Happsninas In Both
Eastern and Western HemIspheres
During the Past Week--NationaI,
Historical. PoIir,cal and Personal
Events TerseIy Told.

At Chicago State Senator Michael r.
Butler. with his bartender and two
friends, have fallen. victims to lone
holdup. The men left the senator's
saloon with 5000 in cash and jewelry
valued at $500.
Russia is negotiating with Greece
and Argentina for the purchase of war
ships.
The total sum of Toronto's losses in
the recent fire increases rapidly as
the experts reduce the figures from
rough estimates to something like &C
curate amounts. The loss is placed
at $13,OO0,0O0, with insurance Of $780,
100000.
The resignation of A. e. Mitchell as
superintendent of motive power on the
Northern Pacific has been announced.
Mr.. Mitchell goes to the Erie road.
The pension appropriation bill, car
rying an appropriation of over $137,-
900 900, and the emergency river and
harbor appropriation bill. which car
ries 100000, we're passed by the
senate, leaving only general deficiency
entire list Of supply bills to be con-
sidered by the senate.
An additional force of $500 work
men, making an all night working
shift of nearly 1000 men. will, be-
ginning last week, force the work Of
the worlds fair to completion for the
opening.
Edouard Naville and H. R. Hall an
nounce the discovery through excava-
lions on behalf of the Egyptian explo-
ration fund the most ancient shrine
yet uncovered in Thebes. 1t is NOR
tuary chapel of the period of King
Mentuhetep Nebkherura of the elev-
enth dynasty, $500 B. C. 1t is in an
exceptionally good state of preserva-
ton. It is not doubted that great
deal will be learned through this dis
covefy of the history and art Of the
eleventh dynasty.
The reichstag of Berlin voted $780,
900 for the German settlers in German
Southwest Africa, who have suffered
through the Herroro uprising.
The contract by which the control
of the Panama canal passes to the
United States is signed and sealed.
The title to the canal is now vested
in the United States.
A son was born Saturday night to
Representative and Mrs. William r.
Hearst.
George H. Primrose, the minstrel,
and Miss Asher Nerney a San Fran
cisco singer, were quietly married re-
Gently in New York.
] Mayor B. B. Brown of Pueblo. was
indicted by the grand jury on four
counts, three charging false preten-
ses and one alleging forgery. All the
charges grow out of payrolls in the
city departments.
The Canadian government proposes
to deal directly with foreign nations
and not through Great Britain as here
tofore.
President Roosevelt has selected
Judge Beakman Winthrop of the court
of first instance of the Philippine ISL
ands to succeed William H. Hunt as
governor of Porto Rico.
The body of man found dead at
Omaha has been identified as that OF
Major James w. Davis, aged "a. The
man evidently had taken his own life
by swallowing strychnine.
Miltonvale, Kan, was nearly de-
stroyed by fire recently. The loss is
. over $4,000.
At Peoria not wheel is turning at
the big plant of the Glucose Refining
company, the 800 employees having
gone on strike.
A telegram from Nome says the
Arctic Brotherhood hall, which cost
$4,000, has partly been destroyed by
fire and that the local lodge of the
order has subscribed $4,000 to rebuild.
Lodges of the order are asked to sub