Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
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Wednesday, February IA.
At Alameda, Cal, James Wise, a
well-dressed stranger, committed sui
eide Sunday.
Baron De Rio Branco, minister of for
egn affairs in the Brazilian cabinet,
died recently.
Chicago street railway companies
were fined $500 recently for INSULT
cient heating of street cars.
The floods continue in every part of
Portugal, but the southern districts are
the more seriously affected.
Like carrying coal to Newcastle, -
a carload of sunhower seed has been re-
ceived in Kansas, the Sunfower state,
from Europe.
Louisville, Ky, is to have an eight
story hotel for negroes exclusively. 1t
will contain 300 rooms and will cost
about $4,000.
S. o. Bourea of Port Arthur, Ont,
crossed frozen Lake Superior to Duluth,
in an automobile, a distance of 1916
miles, last Sunday.
President Taft has decided to delay
the appointment of successor to the
late Justice Harlan of the United
States supreme court
Robert Long, aged 80, stationed at
Fort Dupont, Delaware City, Saturday
shot and killed his 19-year-old wife and
then committed cnioida
The coasts of Tripoli and Cyrenaica
still are commanded by the Turks and
the Arab allies to such an extent that
Italian action is great restricted.
Colonel William H. Stewart, former
commander-in-chief of the Union Con-
federate veterans, died at his home in
Portsmouth, Va, of pneumonia. He
was 70 years old.
Lieutenant Commander Samuel B.
Thomas, U. S. N, son of the late Rear
Admiral Charles M. Thomas, died re-
Gently in Los Angeles. He had been
married few days.
AT Chicago several persons were in
jured by falling debris, and traffic was
obstructed in the downtown quarter
when fire did $4,000 damage to the
Temple Court building.
Earl Spencer of London has resigned
his office as lord chamberlain. His |
action is attributed to the widespread
criticism recently of his conduct of the |
office of censor of plays
The Saxon court is negotiating with
the authorities in Vienna with a view
to obtaining declaration that ex-
Crown Princess Louise of Saxony is
irresponsible for her actions.
Refugee officials of the Diaz regime
in Mexico can not be extradited from
the United States for executions or
other acts which they may have ordered
while holding positions of authority.
Three children were burned to death.
one man fatally injured and woman
seriously hurt in a mysterious explo-
sion which destroyed the home of Isaac |
Smith, farmer living near Maxwell, |
Iowa.
Fifteen midshipmen of the fourth
class of the naval academy failed in
semi-annual examinations and are
forced to resign. Among them is Rob- |
ert S. Lamotte of the state of Wash
ington.
reduction of the cavalry force of
the United States army from IS to 10
regiments, with a consequent reduction
OF the enlisted force of the army by
1880 men was passed in the house of
congress Saturday.
By a vote of to 5 the senate com.
mittee of privileges and elections ap-
proved the report of the subcommittee
generating Senator Stephenson from
charges of corruption in connection
with his election.
Christiania.-Th designations of the
ministers of foreign affairs, Justice.
commerce, defense and public instruc
ton were due to their opposition to
the movement to make the peasant dia-
lect Norway's literary language.
Ernest Terah Hooley, who was one
of the leading men in the financial
world of London few years ago, was
sentenced recently at the Old Bailey to
a years Imprisonment ON a charge of
obtaining money by fraudulently repre-
senting as free of encumbrances some
he had sold to the complain
ant.