The Western news., 1907-06-19
NEWS+Of' THE WORLD
SHORT. DISPATCHES FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE GLOBE.
A Revew- of, Happenings in Both
Eastern and >Westsrn> Hem'sphenes
During 3 the past week-Natfonal,
Historical, Political and Personal
'.-''' "a ~. -
Events.

dispatch from Tula again reports
Count Tolstoi as being seriously ill.
The New York longshoremen have
returned to work and 10000 strikers
aeknowle,ie- defeat after hard aight.
Thomas Dobson, wealthy citizen
of Portland, Ore, died recently IN
Alameda, Cal. He was ia native Of
England, 63 years old.
Los Angeles, Cal.-William LeBar-
ron Jenny, a veteran of the civil war;
a prominent architect and engineer,
recently died at the home of his son.
Catania, siciIy-Nfte1- period of
ouietude-a somewhat violent eruption
of Stromboli occurred recentlN and
terrified the countryside. NO damage
was reported
: Char5eH with. h.assaplting and robbing
Mrs. Sallie Gibbons of Columbia, 5. G.,
of SCI, 900, Rufus Williams has con
fessed the crime in the county jail
at San Antonio, Texas.
-. Miss, Alice Bell was shot and ia
tally wounded in, San Francisco by
Roy Huff, a jeweler, who then blew
out his brains. Jealousy is given as
the cause of the tragedy.
The federal grand jury at Pierre ).
d., indicted on 95 counts Charles Z.
King, former president of the FIRST
National bank of Scotland, S. d.,
Charging him with embezzlement." ,'~'
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Mimi, was robbed recently OF $l5Qo
: in cash Later two men, heavily
armed, were arrested. They gave the
names of George Chester and w. K
White. Later $500 of the stolen
money was recovered.
In the capitalization of new national
banks founded during the time between
March IA and May 81 Washington
leads the Pacific northwest with ldaho
second, Oregon third. With the eX-
ception of California, Washington
leads all of the Pacific states.
With the purchase of the Everett
street railway from the Hill interests
by Stone & Webster, the Boston capl-
talists, owners now of every electric
traction line on Puget sound, the way
is made easy for the completion OF
the through Line from Seattle to Van
vouver, and work will be started at
several points this season.
District Judge Greeley iWhiteford OF
Denver has awarded Mrs. Rosa Hill
wife of Frank w. Hill, damages in
the sum of $4,000 against Mrs, Anna
Bent, wife of Edwin Bent, banker
of Ouray, Col, for alienation of the
affections of her husband. All parties
concerned are prominent socially.
Colonel S. II. Wreford, a prominent
business man of Brownsville, was shot
and killed recently as the result OF a
circular he issued in which he bitter
1y denounced Captain William Kelley
because of Kelley's testimony before
the senate committee, which is investi
eating the Brownsville affair in Wash
ington. Jesse Thorman, a stepson OF
Captain Kelley, is charged with the
killing.
Raising the point before Judge
Whitson in the federal court that the
reclamation service has not the right
TO condemn for its use property oh
tanned under the homestead act, Al
torney II. J. Snively seeks to preVen
the government from taking Chris
Hansen's land valued at $4,000. Th'
issue is one that will be common t.
a number of cases now awaiting trial
Judge Whitson has taken the matte
under advisement, intimating, how
ever, that he favors the position o
Mr.. Snively.
Three survivors of the Steptoe an
Wright campaigns against the confeC
Grated hostile Indians of the lnlan
Empire in 1858 went over the eXtent
ed Steptoe battlefield at Rosalia, Viii
man county, recently, and explained
nearly GO visitors from Spokane an
many citizens of Rosalia the scene
and stirring events in that disastror
fight. These survivors were: Thomf
j. Beall, Michael J. Kenny and j.
Rohn.