Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-08-08
news OF THE WORLD
SHORT DISPATCHES FROM ALL
PARTS OF The GLOBE.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding CouHtry-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Pace-Crop Outlook Good.


in Montreal, is improving from recent
sickness.
Colorado day, a legal holiday in
that state, was observed with a flag
raising and appropriate exercises at
Denver.
H. A. Wooster, wealthy rancher of
Blairstown, Iowa, &C years old. was
killed by the overturning of his auto
mobile recently.
Pat Grove, the outlaw, has a baby
boy of his own now, and the notorious
kidnaper says he would kill any alb
ductor of the child.
Reports regarding the situation in
Persia of serious nature are exag-
gerated, as there is no real danger
to American interests.
Northwestern university, Chicago,
will open school of commerce" next
October to give instruction in special
lied branches of business.
The South Manchuria railway will
be open from Dalny to Shanghai for
connection with mail and steamship
service ON and after August a.
Bird S. Coler, president of the Dor
ough of Brooklyn, announces that he
is a candidate for the democratic
nomination for governor this fall
Armed with rapid fire revolvers, 1C
policemen, under the personal direc'
ton of Chief of Police Shippey, shot
down every dog of the unmuzzled OF
untagged kind in Chicago Saturday.
The Rev. John W. McGhee, Sr.
aged 81 years, died at his home il
Walla Walla recently of senile decay
For nearly half century he was min
lister of the Methodist Episcopa
church.
Two burly robbers entered the Office
of DR.. A. L. Golf at Tacoma recently
attacked his stenographer and, after
chloroforming her, took the key to
the money drawer and escaped with
everything of value.
The arrest of three men in Brooklyn
recently disclosed the fact that the
Adams Express company has lost
100000, according to the police esti
mate, through a series of trunk rob
berries in that borough.
Jacob Wesley Mcclure, aged A
years, formerly manager of a st. Louis
branch of a sewing machine company
is being sought by the police on &
warrant charging forgery. A shortage
of $4,000 has been discovered.
The final account of the executor!
of the estate of the late Peter Larson
of Helena and Spokane has been filed
at Helena The account shows tina
the estate aggregates in value $1,153,
214.62, of which $S029.50 is for rea
estate.
Six smuggled Cinnamon were ar
rested recently at Almogordo, N. M
They were locked up in a refrigerato
car loaded with fruit, bound from
Los Angeles to Kansas City. The sea
had been broken, the Cinnamon pu
in and the car resealed en- route.
At Kamloops, B. c., recently, F. Z
Cedo was hanged for the murder o
a daughter of the proprietor of tn
Niagara hotel at Greenwood. Cedi
was infatuated with the girl, and whei
she refused to marry him blew up tn
hotel with dynamite, causing tn
death of the girl
J. NJ Morrill,, a wealthy farmer liz
ing at Blackberry Center small vi
lage Is miles from Aurora, ILL.,, wa
fatally shot recently and his hous'
keeper was murdered by John Ande
son, who was employed on Morrill,
farm. Anderson later committed su
eide with a shotgun, blowing the to
of his head off. He was demented
One of the largest deals in Goa:
timber limits of recent months is r
ported to have just been complete
with the transfer of 10000 acres
well-forested land on Drury inle
British Columbia, to American car
talists by John Murray, c. p. Otis an
H. Thompson. The purchase price wi
$4,000, a large portion of whic
has been paid. The buyers are Ne
Jersey men.
Two hundred Washington postma
tiers of the first, second and thil
classes met in Spokane Wednesds
and Thursday of this week in the a
nual convention of Washington pres
dental postmasters, of which M.
Harrison of Spokane is president. II
fourth-class postmasters also listen'
to addresses by representatives of TO
different subdivisions of the postoffi
department from Washington, ID. G.
Air Ship at Spokane Fair.