Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-08-24
SHORT ITEMS Clipped FROM
DAILY PAPER DISPATCHES
DURING PAST WEEK.
Review of Happenings in Both East
ern and Western Hemispheres During
the Past Week-National, Historical,
Political and Personal Events Told in
Short Paragraphs.

Kansas City Saturday.
There will be no final action on the
direct election of senators at this ses-
sion of congress.
Elgin, Ore.-Albert Huntley, alias
Oscar Hunter, who, it is claimed, stole
two horses at Milton, Ore, was cap
tured here.
Baker, Ore.-One of the biggest
funerals ever held in Baker was that
of Louis Mansfield, who shot his wife
and then himself.
The Pope is improving slowly from
violence of pains in his equity leg, but
two weeks must elapse before period of
convalescence, doctors say.
Berlin.-A Munich newspaper says it
has discovered an insurance company
whose business deals with insuring mar
ried couples against divorce.
shington.-Andrew Carnegie has
sent to Washington $4,000 of the
100000 he promised for identifying
the grounds of the Panama-American
union building.
New York.-The ancient "'lineup"
of crooks, practice started by In
spector Byrnes and regarded with ven
GRAFTON by police headquarters for 25
years, has been done away with.
New York.-Secretary of War Slim
son and party have arrived home on
board the armored cruiser North Caro-
lima from an inspection of the Panama
canal and trip to the West Indies.
London.-The inquest into the death
of Jameson Lee Finney, the American
actor who lost his life in the Carlton
hotel fire recently, resulted in a YER
dict of accidental death by suffocation.
New York-The election of General
Edward A. McAlpin as national presi-
dent and chief scout of the American
Boy Scouts is announced. General Nc
Alpin was drummer boy during the
civil war.
London.-After days of work a
"strike" of gold has been made at
Kildonan, Sutherlandshire, and Will
lam Heath, Klondike expert, who is
directing the experiments, considers the
outlook as "highly promising"
Chicago.-In a desperate hand-to-
hand battle on top of flying train
with flashes of lightning the only
illumination, Charles Letzel of Chicago
was probably fatally wounded. Let
zel's assailant, tramp, escaped.
Washington.-For the first time
since he has been member of the SEN
ate Senator La Toilette now sits on
the republican side in that body. He
moved over to the seat so long occu-
pied by Senator Frye of Maine, who
died last week.
Memphis, Tenn.-Clad in a uniform
of gray the body of General George
w. Gordon, commander in chief of the
United Confederate veterans and mem
Der of congress from the Tenth Ten
nessee district, was laid to rest in Elm
wood cemetery Saturday. General Cor
don died August 9.
A bill has been introduced in the
ne marriage shall be performed unless
the prospective bride has previously
obtained certificate attesting a salts
factory knowledge of cooking, laun-
dry and dressmaking. There is a good
chance of it becoming law.
Hope, B. Give men who were
working with gang at placing a cable
across the river were drowned in the
Fraser river at Saddle Rock when their
boat was capsized by the swift cur
rent. A scow with three men was
swept away, but stranded lower down
the river and its occupants were
rescued.
Washington.-As strategic meas
ure the navy department is preparing
to extend the wireless system of
Alaska. A powerful station will be
erected on one of the Aleutian islands
next year. 1t will be superior to any
in Alaska at present and will have a
radius of 1900 miles at night and 500
miles during the day.
Salem, Mass.-Mrs. Ernest Webb of
Danvers owes her life to the effort of
10-year-old Edwin Cam of st. Louis
Cam, who is an expert swimmer, swan
at top speed quarter of a mile when
Mrs. Webb was seized with cramps at
Juniper Cove bathing beach recently,
and, despite the woman's unusual
weight, brought her safely to shore.