Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-10-11
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The probable early retirement of
Whitelaw Reid as ambassador to Great
Britain is announced.
The warehouse of the Los Angeles
Times Mirror company burned Satur-
day, entailing a loss Of about $35,OOO
At Hanover Germany, the German
airman, August Birkmeier, was killed
Saturday, when his machine crashed to
the ground.
The corning mill of powder plant
at Peoria, Ill, blew up Saturday, injur-
ing one employe. The building was
demolished.
Half of the city fire department and
many fireboats had to fight blaze
in the Pacific Lead and Oil works on
the waterfront of San Francisco, Satur-
day.
The summer capital officially will be
a lonely place for the next two weeks.
President Taft is on a siz days auto
mobile trip through Vermont and New
Hampshire.
Charges of extortion in insurance
rates in San Francisco and demand
that the tolls Immediately be lowered
were made upon the San Francisco
board of underwriters recently.
Raymond d. Fosdlck, who resigned
recently as commissioner of accounts
of New York city, has been elected
comptroller of the finance committee
of the democratic national committee.
Elder B. H. Roberts delivered the
principal address before the delegates
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints, who were at Salt Lake City
attending the eighty-third semi-annual
conference, last week.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, who is a lieu
tenant colonel in the national guard OF
New York, was a passenger witt
George W. Beatty when the aviator
made flight above Hampstead Plains
recently. They went up 500 feet.
Mobilization of former Greek re
serves and Bulgarians is going on il
earnest at Chicago and a Greek mill
tary association which normally hal
800 members has increased its mem
bership to 1900 in the last two days.
Indianapolis, Ind.-Hermert S. Hook
in, said by Ortie e. McManigal to hav
been one of the organi -ers of the "dy
namiting crew." has given information
against the other defendants in tn
trial of the accused dynamite plot
ters."
All Manchester, Mass, from the sea
of an aeroplane James Bryce, British
ambassador to the United States, OF
tanned q birdseye view of the Massa
chusetts north shore Saturday. TIL
diplomat is visiting friends at Mar
chester.
Nancy, France.-Dr. Krauss, former
ly of San Francisco, but for some tim
in practice here, has been arrested Of
the charge of incendiarism. There wa
a sensational scene at the hearing be
fore a magistrate, when Krauss trie,
to commit suicide by swallowing
poison.
President o. L. Dickson of tn
White Pass & Yukon railway, an
nounces that the Yukon river service
of the company, which now extend
between White Horse and Dawson
Yukon territory, will be continued mex
year to Fairbanks, Alaska, 500 mile
northwest of Dawson.
Nicholas ]. Mcnamara, the wealth,
resident of San MateO Cal VIII,
caused the arrest in New York of hi
wife, housekeeper and chauffeur al
they were en- route to Europe, wal
made defendant recently In two dam
age suits for $25,OOO each brought b!
the servants for alleged false imprison
ment
New Westminster, B. C.-Two 10
year convicts, Smith and Wilson, VIII,
were working in thes tone shed at tn
provincial prison, guarded by w.
Craig, attacked him Saturday, and al
ter one of the had struck him on tn
head with hammer the convict tool
his pistol and made a rush for liberty
Guard j. H. Johnston barred their way
and the convict with the pistol fire,
three bullets into him, inflictinl
wounds from which he died soon after
ward. Other guards fired upon the cor
victs and wounded them. They wer
captured and will be tried for murder
Their wounds are not serious nor
that of Guard Craig
Fatal Auto Accident.