Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-31
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
SHORT DISPATCHES FROM ALL
PARTS OF The GLOBE.
4 ReV'sW Of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western HemIsphsrse
During the Past Week-katIona
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.

. The Central hotel at Pontiac, III.
} caught fire and was destroyed recently
The Imperial Bank of Germany has
reduced its discount rate from eh Del
cent to, 6 per cent.
The National hotel at San Rafael
J Cal, was held up recently by an armed
/. man and Constable Edwards was shot
: in the neck and and seriously
wounded.
an explosion in a heating stove
started a fire at Madison, H., that de,
stroyed the greater part of two city
fn the heart of the business sec.
Gently.
Mayor Mcclellan of New York has
asked for thes Resignation of Magis,
trate Otto H. Droege, following a
scandal as to conditions in the court
over which he presides.
That freight traffic conditions are
recovering from the financial strin.
gency is the statement of several
traffic managers and other high rail-
way officials at Chicago.
The cruiser Washington of Read Ad-
miral Daytons squadron arrived in
Frisco from Magdalena bay on the
28th.
The police Of Rio Janeiro have gath.
cred up six sailors from the American
battleships who had either deserted or
failed to return on board before their
vessels sailed from there.
Petitions in bankruptcy have been
filed against the Cream City Park
Amusement company of Chicago by
creditors of the concern.
James Stillman, president of the Ma
tional City bank of New York, has re-
signed from the directorate and also
from the executive committees of the
Union and Southern Pacific.
George w. Wilson, furniture clerk.
was arrested at Los Angeles recently
on an indictment returned three years
ago by the grand jury in Buffalo. New
York, charging him with deserving his
wires child, which is felony under
the New York statute.
H. S, Massingham of Mandon, N. d.
has been arrested at Billings on a
charge of forgery, it being alleged that
Massingham cashed checks in Billings.
drawn on Mandan banks, in which he
had no account. On advices from Man |
dan, Massingham was taken into Gus.
tody.
The first shipment through the Sa-
bine lake canal, the last cut in which
was made by the government recently.
was of export lumber for England bv |
a lumber company of Orange, Texas
Congress has expended $536,3O0 on
this canal. 1t is Is miles long, connect
ing the Sabine and Neches rivers.
Dredging began January II, 1906.
Congressman Hobson of Alabama
declares that President Roosevelt is
with him heart and soul for a great
naval establishment.
Fred Gilmore, aged 10 years, was
drowned at Grand Forks, B. c., re-
Gently while skating.
Viscount Aoki, ex-ambassador to
has arrived home.
n. r. Schade died suddenly at the
national capital recently. He was. a
son of the late attorney and statisti.
clan, Col. Louis Schade, and was him
self lawyer and journalist
The mysterious disappearance of
Alec Latham, former chauffeur for
RUFF and an important witness for the
prosecution in the coming graft trials.
is still unsolved at Frisco.
Leslie Shaw expects to be a candi-
date for the republican presidential
nomination if he can get the Iowa
Miss Eunice LETTERS, who is to marry
Edward R. Taylor, mayor of San Fran
cisco, is one of that city's best known
charity workers.
coming from Guaymas to Portland
the British steamer St. Hugo ran
through great schools of whales.
The meat trust cinch is one thing
1t least that has not been affected by
money stringency.
Jack London and his wife have ar.
rived in Frisco on the steamer Mari.
posa from Tahiti
Henrietta M. Johnson was run down
ana killed Sunday at Seattle by an
automobile driven by Guy C. stratton,
secretary of the Acme Single com.
'any. j. F, Ives, vice president of the
Stimson Mill company, who was in the
'utomobile, and Mr.. Stratton. gave
1900 bail The girl was crossing the
street on her way home from Sunday
school. s