The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-04-30
NEWS SUMMARY

explosion In the Old Mine, CanInof'
at Alberta, Canada.
Despondent over business troubles
Charles r. Leland. formerly presiden
of the Commercial bank OF Duluth
Mimi, shot and killed himself
DR.. Simon f. Conover. United State
senator from Florida, at the time Q
the Hayes-Tilden presidential contest
died at Port Townsend Wash, OF
Sunday, of old age.
Nine corpses have been recovered
from the ruins of the recent hre a
| Chelsea, Mass. In addition severa
| people have died from injuries sus
aimed during the fire.
Taken for burglars, John and viii
liam ID. Frank, sons Of r. o. Frank, 6
grocer OF Columbus, Ohio, were sho'
and killed early In the morning by
City Patrolmen Heinze and Casey.
The jury In an action In the su
perior court of San Francisco, last
week decided that at least a large
part OF the confagration of April 10,
1906 was the work of incendaries.
John Tracy, discharged employee
of the street department OF North
ampton, Mass, shot and fatally
wounded George F. Birge. superin-
tendent Of streets and then shot
himself
The first engagement OF gold for
shipment to Europe since the financ-
ial panic of October last was an
rounced on April Is, the National
City bank OF New York taking ST.
100000 for Paris.
G. S. Wilmot, mounted policeman,
was shot and killed at Frank, Alber-
ia There have been daring burglar
les in the town, and it is thought the
policeman was shot while attempting
tn arrest a robber.
Richard Hall, tried at Dawson, was
acquitted of the charge of stealing
gold dust to the amount of $4,000
from a Yukon river steamboat last
which was consigned to
Seattle by persons in Fairbanks,
By vote of LOT to AZ, the New
England Methodist Episcopal confer.
ence adopted a memorial to the gen.
eral conference, recommending the
'epeal Of the article forbidding dane
ng, card playing and attending the
heater.
Death sentences were handed down
1t Tobalsk, Siberia, on the 10th, in
he cases of thirteen persons there
Who were implicated in a recent
'rison riot In which a warden was
Jilled. The men were tried by a
ourt-martial
The houe Of representatives OF
)hio has passed a bill to compel all
In the state to publish a
ime card of the arrival and depar-
ure of trains in newspapers publish
d in every town through which a
runs.
Sixty-two suits against eight rail.
Dads, charging violation of the |
wenty-eight-hour law, providing for
he protection Of cattle, sheep and |
ogs transported in cattle cars, were |
led at Chicago last week by District |
attorney Sims.
One of the worst snow slides in the
istory of the Canadian Pacific rail-
Dad occurred near Alberta canyon,
4 the Cascade mountains, in Canada,
weeping away two boarding cars
lied with Japanese laborers. Forty
len lost their lives.
A wage reduction averaging 10 per
emit has gone into effect in the cotton
10th. yarn and thread mills in New
,ngiand and New York state, en-
Toying a total of 43.500 operatives
ince March. the pay of 153,500 mill
and in the northern states has
cen cut.
Francisco Nicolazzo, under arrest
| Chicago, in connection with the
cath by poison of Mary Renda, 4
ears of age. has confessed to the
olice that he purchased the poison
nat killed the girl and placed it in
lie -four that was used for making
read
Friends OF Captain Van Schaick.
no was the pilot of the Inflated
teamer General Slocum, are urging
he president to grant him a pardon.
aptain Van Schaick Is now serving
ten-year sentence in Sing Sing
rison for negligence in connection
18th that disaster.
Several foreign newspapers having
nblished report that a plot has
cen discovered to blow up the Rus.
an emperor and other members of
lie imperial family. an official state
ent has been issued from st. Peters
arg to the effect that such rumors
ere without foundation.
John " Harris, teller OF the Mer-
,ants' National bank at Carlisle. Pa.
rs been arrested on a warrant charg,
& defalcation OF the funds of the
INK. The defaication Il Is alleged
mounts to $4,000 and covers many
'ars. during which time Harris en-,
ICED in many enterprises.
Advices received from Bogota. the
lpital OF Columbia. are to the effect ,
at President Reyes has left that
~ for the Atlantic coast ostensibly
endeavor TO remedy the present
crisis In that region. Sec, ,
tary OF Finance Angulo remains at ,
e head OF the government
The small steamer Goetalef can
red at Gothenburg. Germany. Thirty
forty persons were aboard the ,
n0nfnF IN ffNaA E.f ~.