Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-07-10
NEWS SUMMARY

neutrality laws along the Mexican
border.
severe wind and electrical storm,
followed by cloudburst. did consid'
cradle damage to railroads near Ell
Paso, Texas.
A receiver has been appointed for
the Norfolk & Southern railroad. on
petition of the Trust Company Of
America, joined by the railroad.
Returns show that Patterson has
defeated Carmack for the gubernator-
ial nomination of Tennessee, by a
majority ranging between 1000 and
10000
Bishop Henry G. Potter of New
York is regarded by his physicians
as being in critical state of health
The bishop has been i'll for some
time with stomach and liver trouble.
Mrs. Frances Cleveland, widow OF
former President Cleveland, left
Princeton last week for her summer
home at Tamworth, N. H., where she
will remain with her children until
September.
A cloudburst at Wellington, Kan,
resulted in five deaths by drowning
Five inches of rain fell within an
hour, and FIVE feet of water flowed
through town, taking houses from
their foundations.
1t is oficially admitted in Caracas
that bubonic plague is epidemic
there Rumors are current there of
the presence of pernicious fever at
| Puerto Cabello. This Hines is sup
| posed to be yellow fever.
Three small children of Mr.. and
Mrs. Adam Claus were burned to
death at Windsor, Cal, in fire
which destroyed the house occupied
by the family. The parents were
absent when the fire started
| The cholera has again spread from
Pangasian province, p. l., to the
| province of Nueva Ecija through re-
cent festivals. Only one town is af-
fected, and the authorities are en-
deavoring to confine the disease
there.
In order to test the right of DR.
l.. e. Cofer, who is in charge of the
United States marine hospital ser
vice at Honolulu, to act as president
of the territorial board of health, II
Is probable that a suit will be
brought.
Matthew Ford, town marshal of Os
horne, Mo, killed a robber in ex
change of shots about 1 o'clock II
the morning. Ford found two mer
In a hardware store att Osborne, ant
/ al, faII@ Cd
of the men.
The body of a woman about 81
years old, the hands and feet tie
with ropes, was found in a room o.
the third floor of a rooming house Il
Chicago. Finger marks on the throa
indicated that the woman had beel
choked to death
Booth Co., one of the largest cor
Germs dealing in fish and oysters Il
the west, pleaded guilty at Chicag
last week to having accepted rebate
from railroad companies. An indie
ment against the company was re
turned a year ago.
Twenty-Five members of the Manil
and Fiber Paper Manufacturers al
ISOLATION, who were fined $4,000 rt
Gently for operating a combine in n
straint of trade, paid their fines I
the United States circuit court l
New York City last week.
A mysterious explosion, followe
by a fire, which occurred at an earl
hour at Diamond and Chenery street
San Francisco, caused the death
four persons, seriously injured fot
I others, and completely destroyed tn
/ buildings, causing loss of $4,000.
| The first revolutionary outbreak
| the republic of Mexico beyond tn
l f.orders of Coahuila occurred June
| at o'clock, when the garrison at p
| tomas, Chihuahua, seventy mile
| west of that city, was attacked by
| band of fifty men, who were repulse
1 Albert Brown. negro % years
Il age. who was convicted sever
Il months ago of killing his young
II brother, Harvey, in quarrel over
II girl, was hanged in the Jail yard
H Washington on June 20. Presidel
Roosevelt had refused to stay the e
ecution.
Albert Gallaher, for many years
III the secret service of the Unite
states and one of those detailed
the personal bodyguard of the la
President Mckinley at the time
his assassination, died in Chica!
HI last week. It was Gallaher who Sc
ed Czolgosz.
The Venezuela court of eessati'
has confirmed the decision of t
| civil courts of first instane. &C
| demning the New York and Bern
dez Asphalt company to pay fl
Of $5,000,000 to the Venezuelan &c
eminent No appeal from this Ia
III judgment is possible.
III Two hundred soldiers belonging
III the French colonial infantry we
III seized with a sudden nausea in tn,
ii barracks at Saigon. Cochin Chi
III This unexpected Illness cannot
accounted for, and it is believed
III men are victims of an attempt
l Wholesale poisoning.