Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-03-16
NEWS OF The WORLD
SHORT TELEGRAPH ITEMS FROM
ALL PARTS OF THE GLOBE.
A Review of Happenings in Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week--National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.
Susan B. Anthony is very sick.

Susan b. Anthony is very sick.
The state of affairs in Servia grows
from bad to worse, and there is ever!
prospect of storm.
Thomas e. McKenna, for many years
managing editor of the Rocky Noun
tain News at Denver, is dead
The heaviest snowstorm of the win
ter prevailed in Kansas last Saturday
Street car traffic was demoraIized
Edwin Bindley, prominent million
aire and president of the Duquesne
National bank, died in Pittsburg re
Gently.
Announcement is made that the
American Window Glass company has
again advanced the price of window
glass per cent.
The interstate commerce commits
sion has formally ordered an inves
tigation of the alleged railroad monop
Oiies of coal and oil.
Greensboro, N. CDR ]. B. Mat
thews was found guilty of the murder
of his wife and was sentenced to the
penitentiary for 20 years.
Frederick ]. H. Krackle has been
appointed by the president to be naval
officer at the port Of New York. to
succeed Robert H. Sharkey.
The new German tariff which has
just come into force will. it is believ-
ed, be heavy blow for the English
salt export trade to Germany.
FL Paso, Texas.-Senor JabOco
BlancO. chairman of the Mexican in
ternational boundary commission. died
here after several weeks illness.
New York.-Prince Tsai Tseh, head
of the Chinese imperial commission
now passing through this country on
its way to Europe, has arrived here.
Fire in San Francisco recently in a
five story stone bdilding at 321 San
some street, between California and
Sacramento streets, caused loss Of
over $75O,OOO.
A more favorable attitude is being
taken at st. Petersburg toward the
dazzling scheme for a tunnel under
Boring strait and an all rail route
from the United States to Europe.
The Constitutional League of the
United States was recently incorporat-
ed at Albany, N. Y, to assist in main
tanning and enforcing the constitution
of the United States in all its prOvi-
sions and throughout its Jurisdiction. !"
San Francisco.-Attorney George D.
Collins, convicted of perjury, was sen
fenced by Judge Burnett to confine-
ment for IA years in the state prison
at San Quentin. Notice of appeal was
given.
Chief Engineer Stevens, in cable
gram from Panama to the isthmian
canal commission, announces a salts
factory condition with respect to the
freight situation on the isthmus, only
TOO tons being on hand.
The case of William R. Hearst
against the anthracite coal carrying
roads has been ordered by the inter-
state commerce commission to be re-
opened and was assigned for reargu-
ment in Washington on March 90
Constantinople-The porte has
yielded to the American demands and
has informed the American legation
that orders have been sent to Beirut
to admit free of duty all consignments
for the American schools in Syria.
Trenton, N 1.-THE sentence of
death imposed upon Mrs. Antoinette
TOlla for the killing of Joseph Sonta
has been committed to seven and a
half years Imprisonment by the court
Of pardons.
Harry Vaughan, George Ryan and
Ed Raymond, the convicts found gull
ty of having murdered Prison Guard
John Clay in the prison mutiny at the
Missouri penitentiary on November
"a last. were sentenced to be hanged
on April 20.
Secretary Hitchcock has transmit
ted to congress a draft of bill chang
ing the present law relating to the ap
pOintment of administrators and guar
dians of Indian estates, and estate Of
minor children. The secretary desires
to appoint all guardians himself anC
contends that the present law has re
suited in many abuses.
Unless congress authorizes a specia
appropriation the navy department
viii be unable to complete or under
take the repairs recommended for tn,
battleship Massachusetts,, now at thu
navy yard in New York. The worl
will cost 100000 and will require tw,
years time.