Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-20
news OF The WORLD
SHORT DISPATCHES FROM ALL
PARTS OF The GLOBE.
A Review Of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemlspheres
During the Past Week-NationaI
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.

News of the death in Hongkong of
Bishop James N. Fitzgerald of the M. !
e. church has been received.
Three Of the prisoners in the county
jail at Los Angeles, Cal, made a des-
perate attempt to murder the night
jailers and escape, but failed
Governor Stuart of Pennsylvania
signed the bill making the rate of
fare on railroads within the state 3
cents a mile.
The Mormons are said to be obeying
the marriage laws and President Jo-
seph Smith makes the promise again
in open meeting
The Chinese government purposes to
raise a foreign loan of $4,000 for
the purpose of erecting and equiping
arsenals and for the construction of
a railroad from Pekin to Kalgan, 125
miles to the northwest
Pittsburg is threatened with a beer
shortage as a result of a strike of
1900 workers.
Gov. Sheldon of Nebraska signed
the anti-brewers' BILL the pure food
and the bill cutting express rates.
1t is now said that more than 5000
painters are on strike in Greater New
York.
A report from Geneva says there
were two earthquakes Friday in the
Rhaetin Alps on the Austrian-Swiss
| frontier.
The steamer City of Troy was de-
stroyed by fire at Dobbs Ferry, N. Y,
recently. The 65 passengers were
landed safely
F. c. Gould, held in Vancouver, B.
c., on charges of forgery, it is said,
TALES with a description of a man
wanted in Virginia on charge of muir
der.
Almost with his last breath Percy
L Wells, a civil engineer of Waltham,
Mass, arose from his deathbed at
San Francisco just as he was about to
sign his will and dashed his head
against the wall with such force that
he died in a few moments.
Ernest Hesner, confessed slayer of
ZAP Everman at Loon Lake, is under
arrest.
Premier Mcbride has left for Lon
don to represent the province in its
claim for better terms.
Anthony Comstock recently made
three raids in New York in which he
seized $4,000 picture post cards which
he claims are obscene. Four men were
! arrested, charged with having the
, cards in their possession.
At Chicago Adam c. Rhein, 81
years of age, recently shot and fatally
wounded his father in law, William
Rommell, and his mother in law, Mrs
Minnie Rommel, and then killed him
self.
London-Miss D. X. Douglas, cham
pion lawn tennis singles player, wa
. married to R. L. Chambers recently
l. 1t has been announced that tn
r. seventh cardinal to be created at thu
Q consistory to be held April Is will b
s Mgr. Aguirrey Garcia, bishop of Bul
e COS, Spain.
g 1t is stated that there is every prot
/" ability that Cardinal Merry Del Va
h will resign his post as papal secre
It tary of state as result of the publ
y cation Of the seized Montagini papers
e Howard Eaton of Wolf, Mont, ha
recently made the statement in Del
yer, Col, that the herd of betwee
- 400 and 500 bison owned by Michat
- Pablow on the Flathead reservatio
- was soon to go into the hands of tn
4. Canadian government. tt
Ig At the meeting recently of the mil
to ers' union at Goldfeld a misunde
d. standing caused the voting to be jul
g. gled and no definite action was take
in in regard to the segregation of tn
IN unions.
An order was issued by SecretaI
Taft just before his departure fro
the isthums that until further motto
IN the authority of governor Of the cam
al zone shall be invested in Lieutenal
10 Colonel Goethals. chairman of the col
mission.
Statistics prepared by the immigr
70 ton board at San Francisco show th'
O. If every Chinaman who has sworn th'
In he was native born told the truth, e
nv Chinese woman in the COUNT
ha must have been the mother of 38 CHI
be dren.
cy August Belmont, who presided at
" meeting of the representatives of ca
IT. ital and labor in the mansion OF A
er drew Carnegie Friday night at Ne
ip York city stated that he believed II
es. extraordinary prosperous times whi'
on the country had experienced duril
lit recent years was certain to chang
of He said capital and labor were in me-