Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-08-22
SUMMARY OF news
FROM WORLD over
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DAILY PAPER DISPATCHES
DURING PAST WEEK.
Review of Happenings In Both Eastern
and Western Hemispheres During
Past Week - National, Historical,
Political and Personal Events Told
In Short Paragraphs for Everybody.

In Short Paragraphs for Everybody.
Promises Of offices are not being
made by Roosevelt in return for sup
port. says he.
Julien Emile Frederic Massenet, the
well-known musical composer, died at
Paris Wednesday at the age of 70.
Thinking his wife burglar, Harvey
Troyer of Evansville, Ind, stabbed her
in the back and she probably will die.
At Wilson Creek, Wash, Wednesday
w. A. Jennings, young man firing on
the Great Northern, was killed by acct
dent.
General Pascual Orozco, chief of the
Mexican rebels, admits peace negotia-
tons have been under way with the
federals.
At Seattle Frank Majane, the Allan
tic City politician, was arrested
Wednesday as a briber and will not
oppose extradition.
DR.. Theodore Hansmann, who as
pratcicing physician of the national
capital half century ago numbered
Lincoln AMI Carl Schurz among his
patients, Is dead at the age of 81.
The Montana state board of equali-
cation has fixed the valuation of all
railroad tracks in the state. But few
Increases were made over last years
figures. Main lines were assessed at
$19,925 a mile and double tracks at
$23,925.
The Peruvian government will not
permit Protestant mission to go to
Putumako to investigate the alleged
atrocities reported by Sir Roger Case
ment, on behalf of the British govern
ment, to have been perpetrated on the
Indians in the Peruvian rubber gath
ering district
Judge e. e. Cushman of the United
States district court overruled the mo-
ton to quash the indictments against
Charles e. Houston of Seattle and
John H. Bullock of Portland, charged
with conspiracy to sell coal to the gov
eminent at an exorbitant figure. Case
comes UP in September at Tacoma.
Myron H. Morton, who opened the
first wholesale grocery in Chicago
died Saturday, aged Sc years.
Nat C. Goodwin, the actor, who was
injured recently at Los Angeles wher
his rowboat was dashed ashore, has
about recovered.
Edward Sweeney, superintendent Of
the United States mint at San Fran
cisco, and president of the Continental
Building and Loan association, dice
Saturday.
The nomination of Jacob Goult
Schurman, president of Cornell uni
versity, as minister to Greece ant
Montenegro, has been confirmed b,
the senate.
Sidna Edwards, one of the Hills
vile, Virginia, court house assassins
pleaded guilty Saturday to second
degree murder and was sentenced tt
sl5 years in the penitentiary.
The 1S-hour New York-Chicago flyer
due in Chicago Saturday afternoon
went into the ditch near Middle Point
Ohio. Three passengers were re
ported injured but none was killed.
The senate bill for the payment o.
$11,236 to Postmaster George H. Ho,
at Cheyenne, Wyo., for sums embez
zled in his office last year by sub
ordinate, has been reported fayorably
Watchman Garrick was killed ant
Engineer Harry probably fatally in
jured as the result of the derailmen
of construction train on the Goose
Lake line of the Canadian Northern
railway recently.
Lieutenant John Rogers, the pioneer
of the United States corps OF navy
aviators, has been detached from the
school of aviation at the naval acad
envy and will assume command of the
gunboat Yankton, at the request Of his
wife.
Mayor Karb Of Columbus, Ohio, has
suspended Chief of Police Charles j
Carter on charges of gross incompe
tency, accepting and converting fees
belonging to inferior officers and OF
knowingly permitting gambling re-
sorts to operate.
Nearly 800 telegraph operators OF
the Canadian Pacific service will re
ceive SIS month increase in wages
dating from July last under an agree
ment signed last night by the railway
telegraph officials and the CONNER
cial Telegraphers' Union of America
Spokane.-Losing his footing on s
slippery step and in the darkness, Lou
is A. Yenny, Is years of age, was
hurled from the steps of a caboose
Saturday night and received injuries
from which he died.