Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-09-23
THE WORLDS NEWS NOTES
cuLLED FROM DISPATCHES OF
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
A Review of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-NationaI
Historical, Political and Personal
Events TerseIy Told.

i Grover Cleveland, democracy's great
leader, may be persuaded to speak for
Parker in the northwest.
Foreign Minister Lamsdorff's reply
to the British ambassador, Sir Charles
Hardinge, on the subject of contra
band of war, admitted the conditional
character of all articles mentioned n
section 10 of article of the Russian
regulations, except horses and other
Itasts, which Russia insists remain in
the category of absolute contraDano.
Important developments regarding
China's attitude toward the belliger-
ents is anticipated in well informed
rumors of closer relations between
China and Japan, of the possibility OF
| the Japanese turning over Port Ar
thur, when captured, to China, of their
restoring Manchuria to the Chinese,
etc.
Judge Parker, democratic candidate
for president, was one of the pallbear-
ers at the funeral of DR.. Jacob Cham
bers, which took place at Kingston,
N. Y, recently.
Showered with blazing paint, a man,
woman and baby in a New York
tenement have received burns that will
likely prove fatal. The man acciden-
tally dropped the blazing match into
a bucket of paint.
DR.. Henry Ridgely, president of the
Farmers Bank of Delaware, and one
of the most prominent citizens of the
state is dead. His death was due en-
tirely to hiccoughs. He was 81 years
of age.
President Loubet of France, in the
course of a speech to the provincial
mayors said he looked forward with
satisfaction to the serenity of private
life at the close of his present term.
The triennial catalogue of Yale uni.
versity shows that there are 12,744
living graduates and 1921 dead grad
yates of Yale, total of 22,035.
An unusual influx of Irish immi-
grants in the last two months is re-
ported by the immigration authorities.
Charles S. Griffin of Lawrence, Kan,
instructor in political economy in the
Imperial University of Japan, was
drowned while bathing, according to
word received by his parents. He
was graduate of Harvard.
Chicago.-Acting Building Commits
sioner Stanhope has approved the ap-
plication of the Lyde and Behman
Music hall company for license to
conduct theatre in the building for
merly occupied by the Iroquois theater-
The grain and commission firm of
A. B. Costigan & Co., San Francisco,
has failed, with liabilities of $129,759
and assets of $48,602.
Survivors of Is Pennsylvania regi-
ments that fought in the battle of
Antietam on the And anniversary Of
the battle, dedicated monuments at
Sharpsburg, Md, to the same number
of regiments as memorials to the valor
of their comrades.
A monument in honor of Manuel
Mont former president of Chilli, and
former Premier Anthony Varas, his
colleague for number of years, was
unveiled recently with great ceremony
In the presence of the diplomatic corps
and the civil and military authorities
The event inaugurated a series of ma
tlonal festivities in celebration of the
tranquility and progress of the coun-
try
In endeavoring to turn out to avoid
farmers wagon an automobile con-
tanning two men and two women was
precipitated down 80 foot embank-
ment near Baldwin, Mo-, killing John
kalleen of New York city, one of the
occupants.
Preparations for the autumn tour of
the veteran actor, Joseph Jefferson,
nave been abandoned on account of
i'll health
proclamation has been issued by
the government offering $4,000 reward
Tor the capture of the bandits who held
up the Canadian Pacific railway train
at Mission Junction and robbed the ex-
press car.
Inc Bristol hotel of Cincinnati, was
damaged $4,000 by fire recently. caus-
ing panic among the 80 guests, who
were aroused from sleep. All escaped
La Forte, Ind.-Fire has destroyed
i've nVe-story buildings inside the
state prison walls at Michigan City,
.ausing loss of over 100000. The
IRE started from dry kiln chair fac
Dry according to a statement by the
although rumors are in
'ircuiation that the convicts fired the
buildings.
Loo Tow