Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-01-25
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-National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.

Bishop w. w. Duncan of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church is very ill at
Spartensburg, S. G.
Whitelaw Reid, American ambassa-
Cor TO the court of st. James, has
sailed for Europe.
Walnut river and Timber creek are
flooding the bottoms at Winfield, Kan,
and families are moving out.
Fifteen hundred cIoal1makers en-
ployed by Freedman brothers, a New
York firm, are on strike. About one
fourth of them are women.
Fred e. Lenbrock who on December
81 attempted to assassinate Judge
Charles S. Cutting of the probate
court in Chicago has been adjudged
insane.
King Edward has headed the Man
SION House Kingston relief fund with
a subscription of $4,000, the corpora
ton Of London adding a similar
amount.
st. Petersburg statistics show that
during 1906 1882 persons were SEN
fenced to death for political offenses.
Thousands were sent to the mines, and
- editors prosecuted.
Sienens and Dabner, the gaspipe
thugs of San Francisco, were sen
fenced to hang
The house of representatives, by a
vote Of 1873 to so, has voted to in
crease the salaries of members to
$500 per year,
The anniversary Of the birth of
Robert e. Lee was elal orately cele-
brated at the New Willard at the
National Capital in the presence of a
distinguished audience. The decora-
lions included the intermingling of the
Stars and Stripes and Stars and Bars.
The Marine band was present by di-
rection OF the secretary of the navy.
Addresses were delivered by Repre-
sentative John Sharp Williams and
others.
President Roosevelt was unable to
attend, but sent a letter paying tribute
to the character and public life of Gen
eral Lee.
The Earl of Aberdeen, former gov
ernor general Of Canada, and now lord
lieutenant Of Ireland, has abandoned
his dream of riches from the Cold
stream ranch in the Okanogan district
of British Columbia, and the famous
property is to be cut into five and
ten acre tracts. He will retain the
home ranch of few hundred acres.
John S. McMillin has resigned as a
member of the Washington state rail-
way commission. His resignation has
been accepted and the place made va
cant thereby has been rendered by
Governor Mead to former Governor
John H. MeGraw, who is at present in
the east.
Forced to leave one child to perish
In the snow while she pushed on with
the other to the nearest house after
her own home had burned to the
ground, Mrs. c. e. Jaques, living on
Lake Wenatchee, finally reached shelf
er in terrible condition. She was so
badly frozen that one of her feet had
IL be amputated. The child she res.
cued is also badly frost bitten, but
will recover.
James Evans, wanted in Seattle on
a charge of larceny and embezzlement |
has been arrested in Los Angeles, Cal. |
The French cabinet has approved |
the bill provi1ing for the suppression
of courtmartial in time of peace. The
bill applies to the navy as well as
to the army.
Bakersfield, Cal.-There was ter
rife explosion at the mouth of the tun-
rel of the Mount Summit Lime com
pany, II mics from Keene; Saturday, |
and as a result George Drogesh was
knled and three other, workmen were
injured.
More interest was taken in the mum
icipal election this year in Phoenix
than ever before. George w. Rum
berger, mayor, was a candidate for
reelection, and was opposed by D. ].
Mathescn, postmaster. The latter
won.
The convention of the National
WoOlgrowers' association, which was
in session at Salt Lake last week, aft
er electing it's old officers, with one
exception, to serve another term, pass
ing resolutions fayoring legislative ac-
ton in the. interest of the sheep in
dustry, choosing Helena as the next
meeting place after a spirited con-
test, and getting on better terms with
the forestry department than ever be-
fore through Clifford Pinchot, chief
forester Of the United States govern
ment