Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-09-12
SUMMARY OF news
FROM WORLD over
SHORT ITEMS CLIPPED FROM
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.

Senator Dixon was renominated by
the Progressives of Montana.
The August statement of the London
board of trade shows an increase of
$45, 100000 imports and $28,48O,O00 in
exports.
Loan agents are now said to have a
dan soldiers than they have ever had
before.
DR.. G. 0. Cregan, president of Fargo,
North Dakota, college, was nominated
for governor by the progressive state
convention.
Several inches of rain fell in Mon
tana last week, causing delay in the
threshing, but doing much good to
the fall grain.
The weavers at New Bedford, Mass,
will continue the strike which has kept
1900 operatives idle there for the
past two months.
Four hundred employees of the Great
Northern ore docks at Superior, Wis,
went on strike Monday, demanding an
increase in wages.
Capt. Reese and Capt. De Laffittee
were dropped from the army rolls re-
Gently through the approval of SEN
fences of court martial.
The California state railroad COM
mission decided to assume supervision
October l of all passenger train time
tables on California railroads.
Brigadier General Almond B. Wells,
u. S. A., retired. died at Geneva,
N. Y, Sunday. He had been in i'll
health for the last two years.
1t is reported that the Chinese
troops in the southwestern part of the
province of Yum Nan, which borders
on northern India, have revolted.
The heaviest September storm of
record in Carson, New, cleared away
Sunday after the fall of foot or more
OF snow on the countain tops.
At San Francisco Monday Police
Commissioner Spiro and Fire Commits
sioner Donohue were suspended by
Mayor Rolph on charges of malfeas-
.ance in office.
Reduction in cable messages, sent
under certain prescribed conditions,
to take effect at an early date between
the United States and Canada and
Great Britain, are announced.
The district in western Kansas in
fected by a mysterious horse disease
has spread from eight to 26 counties,
according to reports to the state live
stock commissioner at Topeka.
The funeral of the late Lieutenant
General Macarthur, U. s. A., retired,
was held from the generals late resi-
dence in Milwaukee Monday, the SER
vices at the home being private.
A triple romance was brought to
light at Philadelphia, Pa, when an
nOuncement was made of the approach
ing marriage of three sisters by name
of Feeney, who will wed three Fill
pinos now serving ON battleships at the
IHlidueIpnla navy yarO.
The Rev. H. Crete, pastor OF the
Lutheran church in Germantown, Iowa,
was burned to death before the eyes
OF his children and several other per-
sons while pinned beneath a wrecked
motor car. The blaze was started
from a lantern with which his rescu-
ers were working.
With the head nearly severed from
the body and the arms and trunk
frightfully slashed. the body of Lydia
Berger, known as the most beautiful
woman of the night life in San Fran
cisco. was found in her apartments
Thousands of dollars worth of dia-
monds and pewels that had been worn
by the woman are missing.