Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-02-16
news OF The WORLD
SHORT DISPATCHES FROM ALL
PARTS OF The GLOBE.
A Review Of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemisphere
During the Past Week-National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.

Carter Harrison, former mayor OF
Chicago, who has been spending the
winter at Pasadena, announces that he
will accept the democratic nomination
for mayor Of Chicago if rendered him.
st. Petersburg.-An imperial decree
provides for the issue of $35, 100000 |
in per cent state rentes to meet the
famine relief expenses and the urgent |
extraordinary expenditures as shown
in the budget statement.
The copper smelter interests, head
ed by Senator Guggenheim of Colo
RADIO, have decided to kill the bill
fathered by Ex-Governor McGraw of
Washington, making concession for the
Alaska Railway company
Statistics for the year just ended
show that people of the United States
consumed six and one-half billion
pounds Of sugar or 76 pounds for each
man, woman and child, the value of
which was $3OO,0OO,0O0
Ossing, N. Yin railroad wreck
here last night of train TO which was
attached the private car of Alfred G.
Vanderbilt, the engineer and fireman
were both killed. None of the Van
derbilt party were injured Several
of the trainmen have been arrested.
Wilkesbarre, Pa.-Seven dead min
ers were taken recently from the Wa
ramie comery of the Lehigh & Will
kerbarre Coal company. They were
killed by burning timbers. One other
is believed to be dead
Paris, France-A dispatch from ST.
Petersburg announces that Japan has
confscated the Russian Red Cross
proposition at Port Arthur.
, Wilkesbarre. Pa.-Seven miners are
entombed in a burning mine here
and their fellow workmen claim there
is little hope of rescuing them.
4 Austin, Texas-The senate has
passed a bill providing that every ex
4 press Office in the state handling ship
! ments of liquor must pay an assess
: ment of $4,000.
1 Halifax, N. S.-Two persons are
e reported killed and several injured il
n a collision upon the Halifax & Soutf
Shore railroad near Malone Junction
s observation-disclosures has introduces
n a bill in the house making bribery ;
l. felony. He states that it is his inten
e ton to prevent corrupt practices il
e elections.
Il Washington-The Japanese GOV
s. eminent has asked for permission t
IS confer various decorations upon tn
It American ambassadors to Russia an
% Japan during the Russo-Japanese wal
y. San Francisco-Judge Sewell ha
handed down decision in favor {
the Utah-Nevada Mining compan
against Captain Joseph Delamar {
n Nevada. The case involves over SIS
600, 000
N Mexico City-President Diaz hs
IL sent note to the governments {
m Costa RIGA, Guatemala and San Salv
,e dor, asking them to use every effo
is to get Nicaragua and Honduras to a
lie bitrate.
or Havana-Governor Magoon r
IN ceived a cablegram from Secretal
le- Taft Friday directing the postpon
ty ment of the decree increasing Il
n rural guards until the protests of tt
liberals can be heard.
Westinghouse bill has passed Il
senate appropriating $4,000 to ere
eu a monument to the memory of Gener
To- Henry Harrison upon the Tippecal
lis battlefield at Tippecanoe, Indiana.
or The war department has decided
hold the Tenth Nebraska cavalry un
Sc March /, when the railroad puts Il
ng cclonist rate into effect The depa
Up ment wanted a rate lower than nc
DIV prevails for hauling the troop, but t
III railroads refused The colonist rate
re lower than the rate the governme
ne asked.
IN Senator Kittredge has introduced
10 bill to make the president the suprer
an boss of Panama canal work.
Hartman is out with bid for
job on the interstate commerce co
mission.
he Nine men are dead and two injur
en- of an explosion yesterday as the
RS suit of an explosion on board Fren
lad torpedo boat at Lorente, France.
nd Louisville, Ky.-The Louisvi
to Railway company has voluntarily
Inc creased the wages of all employees
ent cent an hour without regard to lene
ont of service.
an
Anreee on Diplomatic Bill.