Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-04-12
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.
Il. church has been received.
Three of the prisoners in the county
Jail at Los Angeles, CAL, made 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 2
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 $75O0,OOO for
the purpose Of erecting and equiping
arsenals and for the construction Of
railroad from Pekin to Kalgan. 1875
miles to the northwest.
Pittsburg is threatened with a beer
shortage as result of a strike Of
1900 workers.
Gov Sheldon of Nebraska signed
IN ullIA-Dl CWClD Dlll, JHG pure IOOu
and the bill cutting express rates.
1t is now said that more than 5000
painters are on strike in Greater New
York
f. G. Gould, held in Vancouver, B.
c., on charges of forgery, it is said
tallies with description of a man
wanted in Virginia on a 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 few moments
Ernest HesDer, confessed slayer of
"Al" Everman at Loon Lake, is under
arrest.
Premier Mcbride has left for Lon
don to represent the province in it's
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 G. Rhein, so
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 Mics n Z no,,uIo, oho,,,
pion lawn tennis singles player, was
married to R. L. Chambers recently.
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.
1t has been announced that the
seventh cardinal to be created at the
consistory to be held April Is will be
Mgr. Aguirrey Garcia, bishop of Bur-
COS, Spain.
1t is stated that there is every prob
ability that Cardinal Merry Del Val
will resign his post as papal secre-
taTy of state as a result of the publi-
cation of the seized Montagini papers.
Howard Eaton of Wolf, Mont, has
recently made the statement in Den
yer, Col, that the herd of between
400 and 500 bison owned by Michael
Pablow on the Flathead reservation
was soon to go into the hands of the
Canadian government.
At the meeting recently Of the min
ers union at Goldfleld a misunder-
standing caused the voting to be jug
gled and no definite action was taken
in regard to the segregation of the
unions.
An order was issued by Secretary
Taft just before his departure from
the isthums that until further notice
the authority of governor of the canal
zone shall be invested in Lieutenant
Colonel Goethals. chairman of the COM
mission.
Statistics prepared by the immigra-
tion board at San Francisco show that
If every Chinaman who has sworn that
he was native born told the truth, ev-
ry Chinese woman in the country
must have been the mother of 3S chill
dren.
August Belmont, who presided at a
meeting of the representatives of cap
ttal and labor in the mansion of An
drew Carnegie Friday night at New
York city stated that he believed the
extraordinary prosperous times which
the country had experienced during
recent years was certain to change
He said capital and labor we're in need
Of such meetings now more than they
had ever been.
coXey Breaks Out Again.
New York-The Herald savs. Tocol