Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-07-21
news OF THE WORLD
SHORT TELEGRAPH ITEMS FROM
ALL POINTS OF THE GLOBE.
A Review Of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemisphere
During the Past Week-NatiOnal'
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.

The crop report does not support
the predictions that famine is COM
ing in Russia.
Private advices from Washington
say that Governor Carter of Honolulu
will reconsider his resignation.
st. Petersburg. Negotiations for
the Russo-French commercial treaty
have been started at the ministry OF
finance.
Reports of the existence Of epidem-
les and contagious diseases among the
Russians continue to reach the Jap
anese army.
1t is stated that the management of
the Southern Pacific railroad has de-
cided to supplant Japanese section
hands with Greeks.
Lieutenant General Chaffee and par
ty of army officers who are to at
tend the French army maneuvers, will
sail from New York August 10.
The recent national convention of
the Young Peoples Christian union OF
the Universalist church elected Fred
erick w. Perkins of Lynn, Mass, pres
ident.
Three persons were killed and six
wounded by volley fred by Co.'S
sacks during antigovernment demon
strations in Kami Lenna street, LODI,
recently.
In a head on collision between two
freight trains on the Louisville &
Nashville near Upton, Md, four per-
sons were killed and eight injured,
one fatally.
The boiler of Santa Fe freight en-
CINE exploded at Kingman, Ariz., re-
Gently, killing Engineer Copeland and
the fireman, Bryant, and completely
wrecking the engine.
Gustav Heuter, a retired capitalist,
was shot and killed recently at his
home three miles from Alma. Cal. by
his young wife, who said the shoot
ing was done in self defense.
Dean Wright of the Yale academic
department, in report to President
Hadley, says one of the worst evils
in Yale is the segregation of rich stu
dents in expensive dormitories.
Frenzied by melancholy and con-
tinued brooding over fenced injuries,
Chares II. Davis slew his wife and 3
months old baby son and committed
suicide himself in his home at Spo-
kane.
At the request of the New York po-
lice Edward Park, an American charg-
ed with being diamond thief, was ar
rested on landing at Christiania from
the Scandinavian American line steam
er United States.
General Villjoen, formerly of the
Boer army, was married in st. Louis
last week to Mrs. Myrtle Dickerson
Lowden of Pittsfeld, Ill. General
Villjoen met his bride during the
worlds fair.
Despite the slightly lower tempera-
ture and a brisk northwest breeze,
the deaths from heat in New York city
last Saturday reached the highest
number of the summer. for there were
% victims.
General Napoleon ]. Dana, U. S. A.,
retired. Of Washington, was found
dead at Portsmouth, N H., at the
home of Mrs. George H. Joy, where he
was passing the summer. Death was
due to apoplexy.
A large four story building in course
of erection at Winnipeg was blown
down recently by a gale, and in fall
ing one wall crushed two adjoining
houses. Four were killed and up
wards of a dozen injured.
w. F. Patrick, a mining man vel
known throughout the west and espe
cially in California and Colorado, is
dead at Rhyolite, New. He was {
pioneer in the Bull Frog district, ant
made a fortune in Goldfeld.
At the weekly prayer meeting of the
Euclid Baptist church John D. Rookie
Teller said that the Christian faitI
demands that every man must do &C
cording to which he hath or accord
ing to that with which he hath beef
blessed.
Louis Apgar, 65 years old, married
and a grandfather, killed himself il
Jersey City recently by shooting, a
a result of sensational disclosures tina
lCA u4AdlSu IL TIC SAaA1AA5 VI q vi
vorce to George M. Myers agains
Clara E, Myers.
Chinese merchants of Victoria, 3
c., are furthering the boycott to b.
Instituted in China against American
goods and have decided not to Blu,
American goods. The Chinese mel
chants in interview say the boycott
will be carried out throughout China
Three men were killed on Holl
creek, near Lee City. KY, as the re
suit, it is believed, of feud of lon
standing. The dead are Frank Smith
aged so, and his two sons, William
and Manford, aged respectively, 2
and 81. Scott McQuinn is said t
have admitted killing all three.