Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-28
news OF THE WORLD
SHORT ITEMS FROM EVERY
WHERE, ALL The time.
A Review of Happenings IN Both East
ern and Western Hemispheres During
the Past Week-National, Historical
Political and Personal Events Told in
Short Paragraphs.

Elinor Williams of Cleveland, Ohio,
once nurse in the home of John D.
Rockefeller, and widely known local
character, is dead, aged 100 years.
Ezra Kendall, comedian, died of apo
plexy recently in sanitarium at Mar
linsville, Ind. The first news of his
death received by friends outside the
immediate family was when the body
was brought to Cleveland.
Native reports estimate that a thou
sand deaths from smallpox have &C.
cured at Chang Chow, one of the
largest cities in China, in the last week,
principally among children. The bu-
bonic plague also is reported to have
broken out again at that place.
George H. Schumann, president of the
Louisville Anzeiger company, and one
of the Oldest German-American news
paper men in the United States, died
recently at Louisville, KY, aged 10
years. Mr.. Schumann had been at the
head of the Anzeiger for 80 years.
tional Educational association an
nounced that the 4Sth annual conven-
ton will be held in Boston July 2 to s,
1910. San Francisco was under consid-
Grafton, but the choice of Boston was
deemed advisable, as the association
met in Denver in 1909.
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt will sail for
Naples February Is on the liner Ham
burg on her way to upper Egypt. Ac-
cording to news received from East
Africa recently, ex-President Roosevelt
will arrive at Khartoum March Is.
After remaining two or three days at
Khartoum he will meet Mrs. Roosevelt
He will be back in the United States
June 1.
Richard H. Rushtou of Philadelphia
president of the Fourth Street Ma,
tional bank, one of the largest fnan-
cial institutions, died recently from
complication of diseases. Three years
ago his nervous system was almost
wrecked by bomb explosion. An un
known man who had been refused
money, dropped bomb at Mr.. Rush
ton s Office door, instantly killing him
self and the cashier of the bank.
The body of Alma Cunningham, a
daughter of P. Cunningham of San
Francisco, who has been a patient in d
sanitarium here ever since the disaster
of 1906, when her nervous system was
shattered, was found recently floating
in a reservoir several miles from a
sanitarium in Mill Valley, Cal. 1t is
unknown whether the girl fell from the
steep hillside above the pool or threw
herself into the water,
John R. Walsh has been initiated into
the Office as reading cleak in the bu
reau of criminal identification at the
federal prison. His duty is to read
newspapers and clip from them "write
ups" of criminals, which are preserved
at the prison. Walsh IS hands are drawn
up with rheumatism, Gripping him in
such a manner that he is unable tc
work deftly. He worked with pre-
occupied air and made slow progress
through a large pile of newspapers.
Jeffries and Johnson will meet to de-
eide their argument over the title OF
heavyweight champion of the world al
Ely, New, next July 4, according to a
statement made by close friend of Tex
Richard, one of the promoters of the
match. Jeffries and Richard met at
Salt Lake recently and held several
hours secret conference No official
announcement of the outcome of the
meeting was made, but a friend OF
Richard, who claimed to be Gin on the
know" whispered "Ely'
One of two charges of criminality
against American railroad men in Mexi.
co that have attracted nationwide at
tention in the United States was dis.
posed of recently, with the release from
prison at Monterey of Joe Woods, an
engineer who has been confined for
three months on charge growing out
of the accidental killing of fellow
engineer. The other case, that of Con-
ductor James A. Cook, who is being
held in Jail at Guadalajara for com
plicity in the robbery of train in his
charge, has been passed to the jurisdic-
ton of the prosecuting attorney.
Drastic proposals for dealing with
drunkenness are contained in the po-
lice jurisdiction and summary offenses
bill, which is now before the Queens
land parliament in Australia. For a
first offense the culprit will be fined
20 shillings, for a second within six
months 40 shillings, and for any sub
sequent conviction within similar
period so shillings. After a third con-
viction the offender "shall be deemed
a habitual drunkard,' and power is
given the court to remand a drunken
person to some hospital or asylum for
curative treatment at his own expense.