Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-11-30
news OF The WORLD.
SHORT DISPATCHES FROM ALL
PARTS OF The GLOBE.
A Review Of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-NationaI,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.

DR.. Moncure d. Conway, the distin-
guished American, died suddenly in
Paris recently.
Mortally wounded by his own hand
Charles Tracey Barney, the New York
financier, summoned his family and
lawyers to his bedside and after calm
ly reviewing his private affairs and
giving minute expression Of his wishes
in certain matters, dictated and signed
will in which his wife was made the
principal beneficiary.
The shipment of cargo of 10000
bushels of grain from gulf ports has
gone direct to Odessa, Russia 1t is
the first in years.
The Buck Stove and Range COM
pany is going after the American Fed
Grafton of Labor for placing them on
the unfair list.
New York is to hear Madame Te-
trazzini, who. at the Royal Opera, in
London, won the title, the new Patti"
performances $500 each, the second
season of 40 performances $4,000 each,
and the third season of 40 perform
ances $2500 each.
After trial Mrs. Evelyn Romadtka
the wealthy Milwaukee woman who
was indicted for various burglaries
and larcenies in Chicago. was SEN
fenced to Imprisonment for the indie
terminate term of one to 20 years.
The Marconi wireless station at
Siasconset was destroyed by fire re-
Gently.
| j. B. Thomas, cashier of the Bank of
Albany of Albany, Mo-, a prominent
democratic politician, committed sui
eide recently. leaving no message to
explain his act.
The exit of Klaw & Erlanger from
the vaudeville field of theatrical pro-
auctions is announced.
Miss Mary Ellen Powers of Lock
port, well known in the theatrical pro-
fession as Miss Leah May. the tallest
woman in the world, is to be married
to Maurice Stapleton, a wealthy
farmer near Lockport, N. Y. Miss
Powers is feet inches tall and her
prospective husband is feet.
The directors of the Standard Oil
company have declared a quarterly
dividend of $40 per share on the cap
ital stock.
At Telluride, Col, P. A. Liley, for
mer city clerk, who confessed to en-
bezzling, was sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary for term of 33 to AZ years.
Federal Judge DIETRICH has issued a
show cause order for the railroads to
appear December 16 at Boise, Idaho
for final hearing, when they will be
compelled to show cause why they
shall not restore the old freight rate
, on lumber.
A band of outlaws belonging to the
, Aiyu tribe attacked the government
, officers at Taioku and killed 10 per-
, sons.
. Owing to the recurrence of minor
outbreaks in the section of Korea
south of Seoul troops have been sent
: to reinforce the patrol in that district.
Fire at Bay st. Louis, Miss. recent
i ly destroyed 100000 worth of prop
erty
II The Japanese cruisers Tuskuba and
4 Chitoz, returning from the jamestown
n exposition, have arrived at Yokohama
Harry Stout, horsethief and muir
! derer of Robert Williams, North
q western trader of Kamloops, B. c., was
> killed after a desperate battle with
mounted police.
p The Hon. Merikawa, the Japanese
4 consul at Vancouver, has com
r. plicated the Japanese situation by re
II fusing to accept the reduced amour
"a ($10,775) of claims awarded the Jap,
as consequential damages ensuing
70 from the September riots.
n A train on the Wabash railroad wa
- wrecked near North Pine recently. TIL,
~ engine, baggage and combination ca
10 and one coach were demolished Min
- were injured seriously
q, Three silk mills in York, Pa, owne
by the American Silk company, ar
closed down. Between 800 and 100
employees are thrown out of work
At Chicago, Policeman Robert M
o. Kerney was found shot dead recent,
10 The murderer escaped.
~ All the mills Of the New Englan
AZ Cotton Yarn company in New Bedfort
Gu Mass. and In Taunton, are idle.
%, Notices are posted in the Sanfor
~ (Me.) plush mills announcing ths
-. they will be operated three days
:" week only.
The continual drain of gold to Anne
lea has led to considerable uneasines
both in money and stock circles
Ike England
1g- Arthur Langford, while deer huntir
led near Grand Forks, B. c., leaned on Il
DIT, barrel Of his rife, the gun being di