Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-01-12
SHORT ITEMS Clipped FROM
LATEPRESS DISPATCHES
FROM The DAILIES.
A Review of Happenings in Both East
ern and Western Hemispheres During
the Past Week-Natioual, Historical,
Political and Personal Events Told In
Short Paragraphs.

Agitation to start a suit against The
Standard Oil company in England has
been urged by London Truth
A distinct earth tremor was felt in
San Francisco about All a. IN. Satur-
day. 1t continued several seconds.
The people of Vienna are fleeing from
the capital temporarily to escape the
city census because of its inquisitorial
nature.
Jere s. Lillis, whom John z. Cudahy
cut with knife March last, has been
retired as president Of the Western Ex-
change National bank.
Boston was chosen as the place for
holding the 1911 convention of the
American Bar association. The date
was set as August 20, 80 and 81.
One passenger, James A. Bell Of Kan
sas City, WAS killed, five persons were
seriously injured and score of others
were bruised in wreck at Petus, Texas.
The Duchess of Orleans, wife of the
Pretender to the French throne, who
recently underwent an operation for
appendicitis, is said to be in critical
condition.
Mrs. Mary Beniche, widow of the
late Chief Beniche of the Chippewa
tribe of Indians, died Saturday at her
home at Baraga, Mich, at the age of
116 years.
"The African hunting trip, as organ.
lied and carried out by the Smithsonian
institution, via Roosevelt" is the sub
ject of the latest proposed congressional
investigation.
The contract for the construction of
the caisson for the drydock at Puget
sound navel station was awarded to
the Moran company of Seattle at its
bid, which was $4,000.
BY score of to the champion
Oak Park high school football team
of Chicago Saturday; won the northwest
championship by defeating Washington
high school at Portland.
With the head and face beaten al
most beyond recognition, the body Of
Frank Journey, a miner, was found on
q sand fat in the rear Of the railroad
depot at Kennel, Arizona.
One man was killed, another fatally
injured, and Is were seriously hurt by
an explosion of dynamite in a tunnel
100 feet below the surface of the East
river, New York, Saturday.
Jack johnson, heavyweight champion
pugilist of the world, is willing to fight
any man in the world under the aus
pices of Hugh d. Mcintosh, provided
he receives 10000, win. lose or draw.
For the FIRST time in the history of
the Western Bowling congress there will
be team from the Atlantic coast en-
tered in the big meet of the congress
which will be held in Spokane next
March.
Captain Frank Cody, head of the bal
looming department of the British war
office, recently won tho British Michelin
cup for duration and distance for 1910
by flying 100 miles in four hours and
so minutes.
"Farmer" Burns, after a confer
ence with Frank Gotch at Humboldt, in
which he was unable to persuade Gotch
to return to the mat, said he would
back Mahmout against Hackenschmidt
in place of Gotch.
The annual Solomon Derby race for
dog teams from Nome to Solomon,
Alaska, and return, IS miles, was won
by johnson IS dogs in 6 hours and min
utes, the best time ever made over the
course. Hill 8 team was second and
Grimmins' third.
Chief of Police Stewart of Chicago
complains that while 81 policemen have
been killed in their line of duty in a
year nothing has been done for their
families, but when % fremen are killed
the whole city opens its purses. He
will ask for pensions.
Foodstuffs exported in November
amounted to but 1851, 1858 in value, as
against $14,297 $3.50 for the month last
year. For the IL months ending with
November the 1910 figures were only
$79,661, 531, as compared with $102, 1884,
297 for the corresponding period of
1909.
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