Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-08-20
news OF The WORLD
SHORT ITEMS FROM MOST ANY
PLACE ON The GLOBE.
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.

Funeral services over the body of Joe
Cans, former champion. lightweight
boxer, were held in Baltimore Saturday
Olaf Hansen of Seattle was elected
president of the world congress of
the deaf at its recent session in Colo
RADIO.
Salvatore Setta, a wealthy land
owner of Rome, was kidnapped Satur-
day by brigands, who are holding him
for big ransom.
James Radley, the English aviator,
Saturday flew one mile in AZ As seconds
on monoplane. This is a world s
record for speed.
Rigorous measures have been taken
by United States representatives abroad
to prevent the introduction into this
country of cholera.
At Cottonwood Falls, Kan, recently,
John Smelling, a white boy IS years
old, shot and killed Guy Shepherd, col
ored, during dice game.
The elimination of Mr.. Aldrich, ac-
cording to close political observers, is
soon to be followed by the retirement
of Secretary Ballinger from the cab
met.
Without opposition on the part of
her husband, Mrs. Margaret Emerson
McKim was granted a decree of di-
vorce at Reno, New, from DR.. Smith
Hollis McKim.
With the arrival in Paris this week of
Miss Katherine Elkins and her mother
it is expected that the definite an
nouncement of her engagement to the
duke d 'Abruzzi will be made
Following the example of some of
the large eastern railroads, the SEQ
Line has recently inaugurated a pen
sion system for the benefit of incapaci-
tated employees of Is or more years of
service.
For refusing to protect the cars of
the traction company from the strilz-
ers, 32 policemen were suspended at
Columbus, Ohio, by Chief of Police
Carter. They claim the merchants
forced them to.
Having been prevented five times by
attendants of the Illinois state asylum
for the insane from committing suicide
Mrs. Mary McArdle Saturday eluded
her guards and hanged herself in her
room at the asylum.
Since 1891, when the international
Typographical union first began the
payment of a regular strike benefit
there has been expended in strike bene
fits and special assistance to local
unions a total of $3,s3s, s07 O2.
The striking cloakmakers in New
York city number more than $4,000
men and women, according to brief
submitted to the supreme court by theil
!. employers, who seek to have the unior
restrained by a permanent injunction
y c. P. Rendon, deputy district attor
i ney of San Joaquin county, Cal, acct
d dentally shot and dangerously wounded
i himself with revolver Saturday. Rem
don attempted to put the gun in tn,
2 pocket of his coat, which was hang
/ ing on hall tree. The gun fell an,
O was discharged.
. The war department now has troop
all around the fires in western Mon
q tana and northern Idaho, either at mo
}. bilization camps or at home posts. B,
g joint plan of action troops neares
II the individual fires will be used t
g fight them. General Wood says tn
e Indian and forestry services will b
n given all the troops they may nee
II during the emergency.