Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-07-31
news OF THE WORLD
SHORT DISPATCHES FROM ALL
PART OF The GLOBE.
4 Review Of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-National
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.


Two persons were killed and two 9TH
ers seriously hurt Saturday in a col
lision between an auto and a passenger
train.
James Stearn was shot to death at
his home near Woodstock, KY, it is
charged, by his 16 year old son, whom
he was chastising
At San Francisco, Gus Duprene,
well known sailor of this harbor, fell
into the open hold of the schooner Theo-
dore Roosevelt, and was killed in
stantly.
Cholera appears to have spread to
various Russian Baltic ports and a
quarantine has been applied at all Ger
man points against arrival from the
Baltic.
After a sensational trial at Fort
Francis, Canada, three Italians, Tono,
Bissant and Disinti, were sentenced to
five years in the penitentiary for black
hand work.
Orville Wright, aat Fort Myer, Sat
urday evening surpassed all previous
performances of the Wright aeroplane
in the matter of speed and in the sharp
ness of turns.
Governor Charles E. Hughes of New
York has left Chicago for Seattle,
where he expects to participate in the
"New York day" celebration at the
Alaska Yukon-Pacifc exposition.
After his father had saved four chill
dren and was struggling desperately to
save him, Thomas, the four year old
son of r. w. Fisher, physician of Salt
Lake, was carried away by the swift
current and drowned in Lamb g canyon.
The police of the Coast cities have
been asked to search for William An
tune, indicted nine times for duping
society people. One of the chief com
plainants is Mrs. E. T. Barnum, Pasa-
dena widow.
A belief that the 100000 worth of
diamonds, pearls and other precious
stones which were recently stolen from
a Frenchman in London have been
shipped to this country, is causing the
police of the larger cities a good deal
of trouble.
News has been received at st. Peters
burg of the murder of the young Prin-
cess Alexandra Mestichersky at her
fathers estate in Smilensk province.
The housekeeper, in revenge for being
discharged, decapitated the IA year old
girl with an axe.
Oregon caves, the "marble halls of
southern Oregon, are to be preserved
by the government against vandalism.
President Taft has just signed a proc
lamation making them a national monu-
ment. The government will improve
the facilities for reaching the caves.
The caves honeycomb Cave mountains.
They were discovered in 1874 by Elijah
Davidson while hunting Four levels
or floors have been explored. The caves
are in marble, relieved here and there
by delicate stalactites of alabasteT
whiteness.
Transcontinental and interstate rail
roads operating in Washington, Idaho,
Oregon, Montana and British Columbia
announce a rate of one fare for the
round trip from points in the Inland
Empire on trains arriving in Spokane
on August 10, when the irrigation and
industrial army of 10000 uniformed
men will have its parade beginning at
4:45 o'clock in the afternoon, in con-
neetion with the 18th session of the
national irrigation congress during the
week of August 9. There is also a
rate of fare and third for the round
trip, effective on August s, o and 10
with a minimum selling rate of 81. The
final limit on these tickets is August 16