Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-11-21
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ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
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FROM FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC FIELDS
Happenings National, Historical and
Political and Personal Events
Told In Brief Paragraphs
for Busy Readers.

All the land of Mexico is owned by
1000 families, many of whom live in
Europe.
More money is needed by the Amer
lean Red Cross for the Balkan war
sufferers.
The poor and scanty German wine
crop this year has caused lamentations
among the winters.
The construction of two more battle
ships is to be demanded from the
Swedish parliament by the admiralty
next year.
In his excitement to shoot an mag
mary ghost, Ben Levasy, farmer of
Baxter county, Ark, dropped his re-
volver and was killed.
August Heinze of Montana may sell
his extensive holdings in the Columbia
river district of southern Canada to
the Canadian government.
The latest dance dope in Chicago is
the Argentina Tango" It's combi-
nation of the grizzly BEAR, the "tur-
key trot" and the bunny hug"
The sheik-ul-islam, head of the heir
archy in Turkey, has issued an appeal
for a holy war in a manifesto adj
dressed to the ulemas and hodkas.
The Canadian Pacific authorized an
increase in the ordinary capital of the
company from $200,000,00O tot $780,
900, 900 at the annual meeting recently
held in Montreal.
In a recent fire which destroyed
the home of Joseph Mrachek, a ranch
man living near Chehalis, the infant
son was burned to death and the moth
er seriously injured.
The lord chamberlain of London has
withdrawn the prohibition of the cen
sor of plays to the production of Max
Reinhardt's wordless play, "a Vene
tian Night" and granted license fol-
it.
The fight against the white plague,
or tuberculosis, finds a divided camp
in France, some urging compulsory
declaration of the disease and Other
rigid rules for the inspection of dwell
ings.
A $4,000 accident policy, which had
been taken out by the Outlook Pub
fishing company for the benefit Of
Colonel Roosevelt, was turned down by
the colonel, who refused to accept the
money.
Bulgaria has no intention of remain
ing in Constantinople if they capture
it, according to one official at the Bull
garian legation in London. Bulgarian
troops will, however, go to the Turkish
capital.
Tight corset lacing caused the dealt
of Joseph H. Pennella, an actor, who
died at St. Louis after collapsing OF
the satge of vaudeville theater. He
had been a female impersonator fol
many years.
Messages were exchanged recent!
by the navy wireless station at Poin
Iona, Cal, and the new navy station
at Arlington, Va, approximately $500
miles across country. The signals
were unusually distinct.
Worry over the inability to flint
$4,000 in gold which she knew to b.
buried in an iron pot on her farm, i
believed to have caused the despond
ency which led to the suicide at Cour
Gil Grove of Mrs. Joseph Rutledge.
General Jose Maria Vallandares, tn
noted revolutionist, who in years pas
has caused much trouble to the gov
ernments of Honduras and Nicaragua
was killed Monday by government
troops in skirmish near Ojopona, hi
native town, which lies 25 miles soutf
west of Tegucigalpa.
Lewiston, Idaho.-The soliciting c
the needed s150,000 requested by q. 4
johnson for the construction of hi
proposed railroad from Lewiston
Nez Perez will begin at once. Thi
was decided at a meeting of the raj
road committee of the commerce.
club. This committee will work anon
. the Lewiston business men and farm
ers, who would be served by the pr,
posed railroad.
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