The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-12-20
NEWS SUMMARY

Panama will be laid before congress
December II.
The question of spelling undoubteG- |
ly will receive attention at the hands
OF congress this week.
The yellow fever situation in Cuba
is satisfactory. There is one case IN
Havana and two in the interior.
During the past week eight terror.
lists have been executed at Warsaw
and eight others condemned to death
A military raid on the Rakoff Iron
works at Czenstochova, Russia, re-
suited in breaking up an extensive rev.
dictionary organization.
In an explosion of gas in the Balti,
more mine of the Parrish Coal com.
pany, at Wilkesbarre, Pa, two men
were killed and FIVE others injured.
Orders have been placed with the
Nikolaeiff ship-building yards for the
construction of four modern torpedo
cruisers for the Black Sea fleet of
Russia.
Charles G. Washburn has been nom
mated by the Republicans to succeed
the late Representative lockwood
Hoar, of Massachusetts, for the unex.
pired term.
With the coming OF the new state
of Oklahoma, 1t will require the co
operation of thirty-one legislatures TO
secure from congress a call for a con.
stitution convention.
]. F. Culpper, former chief of police
and widely known throughout the
southwest, was shot and killed in
pistol duel with negro named Brock
at Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
The Imperial budget, presented last
week, adds $4,000 to the salary of the
German ambassador at Washington,
owing to the increased cost of living
at the American capital
A report made to congress by the
governor of New Mexico shows that
26,195 voters in that territory favored
| joint statehood in the recent election.
while 14,435 voted against it.
A letter received at Phoenix, Ari-
IONA, reports the stoning to death of
an Apache squaw by tribesmen, one
mile from Fort Apache. The natives
charged her with being witch.
1t is reported that a side lead has
been opened in the old Comstock mine
at Virginia City, Nevada, which bids
fair to be richer than anything ever
yet taken from that famous property.
Lulu Bridges, an lSyear-old girl. was
arrested at Los Angeles and lodged
in Jail, charged with having accepted
bride at Paris, Mo, for leaving the
town to escape being called as court
witness
The Chicago Board of trade has
decided by vote of 566 to 277 10
reduce grain commissions from Ac
to &c bushel on orders filled for
outsiders and from sc to l-16c for
members.
The trial of Harry X. Thaw for the
murder of Stanford White, the archi
tect. will not begin until March OF
April of next year, unless District AT
arF.ata
his court calendar.
II has been determined by the pro
visional governor OF Cuba that Christ
mas gifts sent from the United States
to officers, soldiers and American EN-
ployees serving in Cuba shall be ad
mtted free of duty.
The Agricultural chamber OF Wes'
Prussia has adopted a resolution EN-
towering its executive committee IL
prepare to import Chinese as farm la
borers in order to relieve the pre-
sent sarcity of such labor.
AS a result on the explosion OF i
boxes of blasting powder on the 2
level of the Quincy mine at Hughton
Mich. two miners were killed. TIVE
seriously injured and number over
come by the gas and smoke
A term of six years for the presi
dent and the vice president of tn
United States is proposed by Sena
tor Culom in joint resolution intro
duced last week, providing for al
amendment to the constitution.
The biggest cavalry drill hall In IN
world is to be built at Fort LeaVer
worth. Kas. The quartermasters dc
partment will soon ask for bids 10
the erection of the building, Thic
will be $40 feet long by lao feet wldt
o formal split has occurred IN IN
Polish Socialistic party at Warsa"
majority OF the party mas bee
formed into a fighting organization
while the minority has joined tn
peaceful Socialists. The two diV
sions are now engaged in lighting eac
other with energy
Acting on reports submitted by IN
Interstate commerce commission, a
,ornev General Moody has directe
that suits be brought against iare