The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-02-13
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trict OF Chicago caused damages OF
SIS 1000.
The prohibition bill was killed In the
lower house of the South Carolina leg
islature by vote OF GA to SO.
Former United States Senator War
ner Miller of New York has made an
assignment for the benefit Of his cred
itors.
Two thousand unemployed men
marched to the city hall in Detroit one
day last week and begged the mayor
to provide them with work.
Thirty-eight collieries Of the Read
Ing, Pa, Coal G. Iron company, en-
ploying 10000 men, which have been
idle since January 90. resumed work
last week.
A. l.. Sloss, cashier of the First Ma
tional bank of Appleton, Mimi, COM
mitted suicide by blowing out his
brains with a shotgun while temper
arily insane.
The body OF Ouida, the novelist, has
been inferred in the English cemetery
at Florence, and the grave Is marked
only by a wooden cross. Ouida died
in the direst poverty.
James Fades Howe, philanthropist
and friend of the itinerant unemployed,
Is planning a convention in st. Louis,
to be attended by the unemployed in
the east and southwest.
George Barley, Albert Heney and
Emil Cashier, farmers living near
Princeton, Iowa. were killed by an
electric car which struck buggy in
which they were driving.
A bill, the effect of which will be to
tax dowries given by New York state
women under their marriage to for
igners, was introduced in the New
York legislature last week.
William j. Bryan was unanimously
endorsed for the presidential nomina-
ton at joint caucus of the Demo
cratic members of the West Virginia
senate and house of delegates.
Nine miners met death in the New
River colliery, known to miners as the
Lower Boone mine, forty-five miles
from Charleston, W. Va, in an explo-
sion that partly wrecked the mine.
The Missouri supreme court has de-
cided the law requiring that free re-
turn transportation be given to ship
pers with each carload of livestock by
the railroads of that state is unconsti-
tutional.
Terrific floods have occurred
throughout Bavaria, owing to the sud-
on many of the branch railroads, a
| large portion of the tracks being in,
undated.
The Alva (Oklahoma) Bank of Com
merce with $4,000 capital stock, is
closed, and Cashier Lou Westfall is
missing. He is charged with looting
the institution of practically all of it's
| deposits.
i The executive committee of the Car
| negie hero fund commission has given
| 1000 to the widows and children of
| the $50 miners killed last month in the
Darr mine disaster at Jacobs Creek,
| Pennsylvania.
Two japanese have come ashore at
| Punta Arenas from the British steam
err Orita. They are supposed to be
present in Punta Arenas. for the pur-
pose OF observing the passage of the
American fleet.
Three hundred school children calm
| ly marched out of the school building
| at Hopper. Neb, when it was discov-
| cred that the structure was a mass of
flames. Seven teachers cleverly di-
rected the fire drill
A passenger train on the Salt Lake
| railroad inside of the city limits of
Los Angeles struck Brooklyn avenue
car of the Pacific electric line The
conductor of the car was killed and
| six passengers injured
A mob of twenty citizens of Live
Oak, Cal, made raid on two houses
occupied by seventy Hindus, who had
| been discharged from the employ of
the Southern Pacific and ordered the
Hindus to leave town. The Hindus
went
An official of the Krupp gun works,
whose name is not given, has been ar
rested at Essen on the charge of be-
! traying military secrets. 1t Is declared
that he sold the plans of certain guns
which the Krupps are building for
Italy.
The Lisbon newspapers announce
that Antonio Almeid, one of the repub
lican leaders, has been placed under
arrest in connection with the recent
attempt to overthrow the monarchy.
The arrest has caused great sensa.
ton.
The police of Lubin, Russian Poland
have unearthed band of robbers com
posed entirely of women and the lead
ers have been taken into custody
These women are said to be RESPONSE
BILE for long series of highway rob.
berries.
According to the Mexican Herald. a
trade war on large scale is soon to
be fought In the republic of Mexico
the contestants being the Standard Oil
company and the firm or Pearson a
Son, Ltd, The former concern now
controls the oil business of the repub
lie.
The Prince of Monaco has given pub
lie notice that he will not be respon,
iole for the debts incurred by his son
Louis. who is at present living a CAV
life In the French capital. The latest
exploit or Louis was the abduction OF