The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-05-28
NEWS SUMMARY

carrying a total of about Sls0,OOo,0ua |
was passed by the senate last week.
Three persons were killed and ten
others injured during a tornado which
badly damaged the town OF Boilin-
ger. Ia
General Lorenzo Torres, comman-
der OF all the troops In Sonora, has
concluded peace with the renegade
Yaqui Indians.
The armored cruiser Maryland was
the trophy winner In the recent tar
set practice at Magdalena bay. The
Illinois was the former holder OF the
trophy,
A tornado which swept througi.
Mercer and Henry counties, Illinois.
last week. touching several towns and
did considerable damage, Mrs.
Gottch. an elderly woman. was killed
al Cleveland.
Senators Morris and Roddie en-
gagged In a fist fight on the floor of the
senate at Guthrie, Oklahoma, as re-
suit of Roddie calling Morris liar.
Senator Roddie sustained serious
bruises On tnc neSQ.
John W. II. Geiger convicted OF mis-
use OF the funds of the Central Ma
tionai bank of Baltimore. Of which he
was cashier, committed suicide on
May Ia He was about to begin Ave
years prison sentence.
More cars are idle at the present
time than for years. The latest re-
port on the number OF idle cars In
the country is that Of April 20. This
shows 4l3.605. an increase OF S7.ssS
over that of April Is.
Governor Allen Gard Of Lanao prov.
ince. p, l.. who was injured by Moro
bolomen recently. Is not dead as re
ported. He Is now said to be improv
ing. and II is expected that he will
recover from his wounds,
The director and vice-director OF
the prison at Astrakahn, Russia, have
been condemned To eight years In the
penitentiary for having inflicted or
certain prisoners such cruel treat
ment that one OF the men died.
A call has been issued by the ma
tional body OF the first National Good
| Roads congress, TO meet In Chicago
June l5. and in Denver, July G. the
day before the opening OF the Repub
lican and Democratic conventions.
Jim Lynn, a negro, who murdered
Sarah James, a white girl le years Of
age. and fatally shot her mother, Mrs
Julia James ut Pueblo, Colo. was ar
rested at Limon Junction, Colo. while
seeking friends with whom 10 hide,
The St Paul railway will begin a
once construction OF seventy locomo
tives of the highest type. This viii
result In restoring TO employment II
the west Milwaukee shops of tina
company the full force OF 5000 men
The Republican state convention
held at Macon, Ga, selected four un
instructed delegates to the nationa
convention. Three delegates ara SALE
TO favor the nomination of Taft ans
the fourth is supporter OF Govorno
Hughes,
Two twin children, years of age
were burned to death in a fire whicl
destroyed their home in Oakland, Cal
Mrs. Robert Nunemacher. whose hus
band is gardener, carried her othe
children TO safety. but could ont res
cue the twins.
The National Drainage congress me
in Washington on May H. interes
was conferred In the presence OF w.
Bryan. who was the principal speake
at the afternoon session. senate
Francis G. Newlands of Nevada spek
at the morning session.
The wives OF the members Of tn
diplomatic corps at Pekin were RI
ceived by the Dowager Empress +
audience at the summer palace o
May Is II was noticed that the en-
press had aged materially since tn
last audience OF year ago.
General Snsrsk. commander OF th
Russian punitive expedition into Pc
sian territory. has been ordered to r.
sumo his advance into Persia and /
punish the bandits with IRE an
sword He will destroy villages. b,
spare the women and children.
The right of President Rooseve
J summary 10 dismiss a negro soldie
OF the Fifteenth infantry for sllsse
, participation In the riot at Brown
willie. Texas. was sustained by JudR
Hough in the United States distris
, court, New York City. last week.
The jury in the case OF Robert :
/ | Hollowell OF Paducsh, KY. who sue
t | his brother. John II. Hollowell. an
1 twenty-seyen other alleged night RI
, ers. for 500, 900 damages for drivin
him and his family from the stat
I brought In verdict awarding u
= plaintiff $4,000.
a An Official Telegram received
D London by the Indian Office report
4 twenty-seven deaths from cholera
: the regiment Of Munster FuBilier
+ which a week ago was sent into n
q cholera camp from Major Cener
Willcock's force now operatir
9 against the Mohmsnds.
!, The Denver a. Rio 0raBde railroa
K acting for the Western Pacific, hi
n sold sl5.0o0.O00 twoyear per Gel
e notes. with the privilege Of extendir
b them for three years. from 1910. Pr
+ ceeds Of the sale OF these notes vi
II be used in completion Of the constru
ton Of the Western Pacific.
d The revolutionlsts In Yum Nan pro
s ince, China. have met a setback. tt
h second column Of insurgents. the or
& that WAS advancing on Meugh -TSre