Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-12-15
NEWS OF The WORLD
SHORT DISPATCHES FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE GLOBE.
A Review of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western HemlsFheres
During the Past Week-Nationsii
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.

Brigaaler General Whit has been az
signed to command the troops In CuDa'
The fuel famine in northwestern Da-
kota has assumed serious proper lions.
The supreme court Of the United
States will be asked to pass on the con
stitutionality Of the eight Aour LABOR
law.
The entire business section OF San
Sara. Tex. was wiped out by fire re-
Gently. The loss aggregates $lOO'OOo'
partly insured.
Judge Church, at Anamosa, Iowa.
ouashed indictments against F. +. Sny-
der. the Ohio banker, charged WIN
fraudulent banking.
At Prairie Du Roche, ILL.,, the IL year
old son Of William Blow shot and Kill
ed his year old sister accidentany
while playing with a gun.
At Springfield, H., Bishop Seymour
died recently. The deceased was a
noted ecclesiastical writer and Episco-
nal bishop of Springfield since 1879.
Edward Fehre. a scion of Russian
nobility, exiled from the land OF MS
birth. alone and friendless In Seattle
recently died amid squalor and dis
tress.
Governor Folk of Kansas has grant
ed respites Of 80 days to Myers and
Frank Hoffman, sentenced to be hang
ed for the murder of Meyers, the wo-
mans husband.
James Vale of Wellsville, Ohio, was
instantly killed in a street car wreck
near East Liverpool, Ohio. All OF the
passengers In the car were injured
several. it is thought fatally
About 300 citizens of Louisville, Ky.
gave a banquet to Henry Watterson
the event being in the nature of q
stirrup cup for the distinguished edi
tor. who will spend the winter IN
Spain.
William A. Boyce, a pioneer news
paper man. died in Santa Barbara
Cal, recently He was for 20 years
connected with the San Francisco Cal
and later was news editor of the Los
Angeles Times. He was Ga years Of
age.
owen Ford. postmaster at San Mar
COS. Tex, for several years past, sho'
and killed himself with pistol as he
was leaving his carriage at the office
The coroner rendered a verdict OF &C
cidental death.
Palestine, Text is learned tina
the six train robbers who assaulted
Pacific Express messenger on . Cot
ton Belt train at Eylau Saturday, sc
cured close to $4,000 Five Of thu
robbers are now under arrest.
Mary Twain wrote to Speaker Can
non and asked him to get, by persuas
ion, violence or otherwise, the thank
Of congress for his not bothering then
for II years. This was refused ant
Mark has proceeded to lobby for tn
copyright law.
Attorney General Ellis of Ohio ha
began to probe the charges Of robber.
in connection with the contracting b.
n state commission for the erection OF
the state house grounds Of a monumen
10 the victims of the Sultan steamboa
disaster during the civil war.
Captain w. Bentley of Grand Forks
B. c.. makes the startling statemen
that fully one third of the Hindus VIII
have thronged to Grand Forks in hur
dreds are women disguised as mer
He is in close touch with the Hindui
has given the brown men more after
ton than any other resident of the dis
trict. and his remarkable statement
accepted without dispute.