Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-10-07
SHORT TELEGRAPH ITEMS FROM
ALL POINTS OF THE GLOBE.
A Review of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.

the congress on colonial expansion
recently, gave emphatic denial to re-
cent reports that he intended to abdl-
cate.
A destructive fire occurred recently
at Highlandtown, a suburb OF Baltl-
more, the plant of the Red &c" OIL
company being consumed, as was the
plant of Sherwood Bros, manufact-
urers of oils and grease street rail-
way car barn and several small dwell
ings and business structures. The
less is estimated at 100000
Mrs. Chadwick is now seeking re-
trial.
A lockout in three of the big cleo
trical works in Berlin began Saturday
morning. 1t affects all the factories of
the Algemiene, the Siemens-Halske
and the Siemens-Shuckert companies,
except one lamp factory, and throws
about $4,000 workmen out of employ
ment.
The trust again boosts plate glass,
the first three grades advancing
cents by agreement.
George Barrett, accused of attempt
ing to blackmail Paul Morton, presi-
dent of the Equitable Life Assurance
society, and for whom the police have
been searching all over the country,
was arrested at Thornton, N. NJ, on
the charge of insanity. He will be
committed to an asylum at once, as
there is no doubt that his mind is I'M
balanced.
Contrary to semi-official assurances,
the insurrectionary movement in the
Sanjak and Bazaar district of Asiatic
Turkey is growing, and the Servian
population is mutinying against the
Turkish authorities.
Fire has practically wiped out the
business section of Jacksonville, O.,
on the Detroit & Southern railway
Loss, $4,000.
Guayaquil, Ecuador.-The president
has asked congress for authority to
negotiate a foreign loan of 20,000,000
gold.
The state of Alabama has quaran-
tined against the entire state of Mis-
sissippi.
The department of commerce and
labor has dismissed from the immi-
grafton service James A. Anderson,
an inspector at Buffalo, N. Y, for
smuggling Chinese into the country.
Baron Rosen, the Russian ambassa-
dor, the baroness and their daughter,
have arrived in Washington from Mag
nolia, Mass, and reopened the embas-
sy M. Jusserand, the French am
bassador, also arrived.
About 1000 upholsterers employed
in 20 shops of the Interior Decorators
and Cabinetmakers' association. at
New York, struck to enforce a de-
mand for an advance of so cents a
day. Several independent firms have
according to the workmen, granted the
increase,
The Oceanic Steamship company s
steamer Alameda, which sailed from
San Francisco for Honolulu, is ashore
at Fort Point, on the southern side
of the entrance to San Francisco bay
j. S. Thatcher, an eXChicago de
tective, called at the office of Marsha
Vollmer, at Berkeley, Cal, and iden
titled the safecracker killed by Police
man Lestrange in his fight with foul
thugs in West Berkeley. He says hi
is John Conway, desperate Chicago
safecracker
Emperor William, according to {
dispatch from st. Petersburg, in add
ton to comforting on M. White Ger
manys highest order, the Black Eagle
presented him with his portrait fran
ed in gold and inscribed with the EN-
pecors own hand.
The arrival at Hodeida Yeomen
province Of Turkish Arabia, of tn
British cruiser Fox promises to lea,
to a speedy settlement of the British
claims in connection with the piratica
attacks of Arabs on British dhows il
the Red sea.
Snow is falling on Sakhalin, and ow
ing to the impossible condition of tn
roads the Japanese troops still re
naming at Alexandrovsky can not b
withdrawn overland into Japanese tel
ritory.s Strong gales are constantl
prevailing, making it next to imposs
BILE to remove them on transports be
fore navigation closes, which will b
within a few weeks, and preparation
will be made to winter the men there
The departure of Viceroy Lord Gun
zon and Lady Curzon from India ha
been postponed, as King Edward de
sires Lord Curzon to remain and oil
ficially welcome the Prince and Prir
cess of Wales. The viceroy and hi
wife therefore will reach Bombay i
time to preside at the ceremonie
ooooaotod with tho arrival of tha ro,,c