The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-03-14
NEWS SUMMARY

partially destroyed by fire. Loss,
200 900.
Seventeen persons condemned b.
court-martial for participating in the
recent rising at Tukum. were shot al
Riga, Russia.
By vote of As to 10 the senate rat
flied the Santo Domingo treaty This
was one more vote in the affirmative
than was required.
The announcement is made of the
resignation of John f. Stevens as
engineer in chief of construction OF
the Panama canal
Adolph Tingle, British subject,
was court-martialed and hanged at the
citadel at Warsaw for having robbed
street car conductor.
Governor Beckham has determined
to send troops to Jackson KY, dur
ing the trial of James Hargis
charged with the Cox murder.
Robert G. Gill, broker, was fined
$3.50 in Chicago for operating a buck
ct shop for women. The court over
ruled a motion for a new trial.
The police and private detective are
searching San Francisco for William
Walker. the missing bank treasurer
Of New Britain, Conn. They be
lieye he is there
The governor of Indiana has signed
the two-cent railroad fare act 1t has
40 emergency clause and goes into
effect with the publication of the new
laws about May or June.
Two men were killed and five bad.
-ly burned by an explosion of gas in
the Woodward mine at Kingston, Pa
The mine is very gaseous and the
men work with safety lamps.
Thomas Baldwin, a rich farmer and
former merchant of Colfax, Ills, shot
and killed Charles Kennedy and wife
and Mrs. Sim Eisman and daughter
Cora. Baldwin was arrested.
Replying to a correspondent, Lord
Curzon says it is his desire to re-
enter public life next autumn and. ii
suitable opportunity presents ITSELF
to obtain seat in parliament.
Senator Joseph s. c. Blackburn OF
Kentucky, who will retire from the
United States senate on March 4, is
to be made a member of the reorgan-
lied Panama canal commission.
James NJ Parsons, formerly of Bos.
ton, Mass, was shot and probably
fatally wounded in Sonora, Mex, near
the Sinallo state line, in defending his
mining claims against two Mexicans.
A. T. Lawshe has been selected tc
succeed Third Assistant Postmaster
General Madden. Mr.. Lawshe is
from Indiana and was auditor for the
postoffice department under President
Mckinley.
A bill for the creation of a commit
tee to consider and recommend leg
islation for the improvement of
rivers and harbors was favorably re-
ported by the house committee on
rivers and harbors.
The nomination by the president
Of Amor Smith to be surveyor of Gus
toms at Cincinnati, removes from the
list one of the places to which the
president had in mind the possible APP
pointment of a negro.
Bridge No. 1913, near Iser, on the
Southern Pacific. fifty miles east OF
Ell Paso, Tex, was destroyed by in
cendiaries with the evident purpose
of wrecking a passenger train. The
fire was discovered by the crew of
an extra train, which barely escaped
running into it,
Senator Bailey of Texas. who has
just returned to Washington from that
state. was in hts place on Sunday for
the first time this session. He re
ceived a hearty welcome from both
sides of the chamber.
Nothing that has happened for a
long time in Hawaii has created the
same widespread interest as Cover
nor Carriers recent announcement
N an interview. explaining his atti
tude toward the Japanese; that he has
been willing that his daughter should
marry a Japanese.
Frank Mabry, well-known banker
| of McGregor, Texas. entered plea
Of guilty to the charge of embezzle
ment and misrepresentation OF funds
Of a national bank and was sentenced
to FIVE years in the penitentiary.
The result of the negotiations that
have been going on for some time be
tween Vice-President G. r. Hudson
and a committee representing the en-
gineers of the Mexican Central rail
road is an agreement by which the
engineers receive an increase of abou
IL per cent in wages.
The California senate killed Hart
mans anti-prize fight bill by vote
Of &c to IL. Senators Wolfe OF Sar
Francisco and Mccartney Of Los An
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