Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-13
SUMMARY OF news
from WORLD over
SHORT ITEMS CLIPPED FROM
DAILY PAPER DISPATCHES
DURING PAST week.
Review of Happenings in Both East
ern and Western Hemispheres During
the Past Week-Nationa1 Historical,
Political and Personal Events Told in
Short Paragraphs for the Busy.

Speaker Clark of congress is suffering
with a severe cold.
A coal famine threatens Minneapolis
If the cold weather continues.
Uncle Sam has officially placed the
ban on baldheaded men for service in
the army
1t is said Colonel Bryan resents hay
ing his name filed in Nebraska as a
presidential candidate.
An involuntary petition in bank
ruptey has been filed against the Fed
eral Biscuit company.
Charles Taylor Catlin, prominent for
30 years as dramatic reader and re-
otter, is dead at his home in Brooklyn,
aged u years
The state department is taking no
further steps to have the war depart
ment embark troops now in Manila for
duty in China.
Governor General Forbes of Manila
denies that he has any intention of re-
signing, but intends to visit the United
States in March.
Fred Plougher, a conductor Of a New
York trolley car, was killed and five
others were seriously hurt when the car
was derailed Saturday.
A settlement of the strike of the laun-
dry workers in New York city, which
has involved more than 90. 600 workers,
is expected this week.
New Mexico, the 47th state to enter
the Union, ceased to be a territory Sat
urday, when President Taft signed the
proclamation of statehood
The federal government is now ready
to begin the construction of the Grand
Valley irrigation project in Colorado.
The project will irrigate about $4,000
acres.
w. II. Taber, president of the Ameri
can State bank of Terre Haute, Ind, is
in Jail charged with embezzlement OF
the bank IS funds. The shortage is
$4,000.
Buildings Of the Industrial Cotton Oh
company, containing 10000 tons of SEED
and other produce, were burned a.
Houston, Tex, recently, entailing $3.50,
600 loss.
Two very high personages, one ltal
ian and the other Turkish, met il
Paris Monday to discuss the question
of opening peace negotiations between
Italy and Turkey.
At Wickliffe, KY, Saturday, Franz
Turner shot and killed John Clay, 4
years old Turner said he killed Cha.
because he had given Mrs. Turner
pair Of shoes at her request.
Schedules in bankruptcy of William
J Cummins, former officer and directo
of the Carnegie Trust company, filed il
the federal court, show liabilities o
$4,6sO,OO0 and assets of $135,O00.
George w Wickersham attorney gen
eral of the United States J. J. Jusse
rand, French ambassador, and E. Have
NTH, Belgian minister at Washington
with their party, are visiting in Cubs
Professor Frederick Starr of the uni
versity of Chicago has been appointe
commander of the Order of Leopold ii
the highest honor in the way of deco
ration given by the government of Be
GUM.
Wholesale registration Irregularities
involving probably 20 per cent of tn
democratic voters of Acadia parish, Ia
are alleged in a series of 500 suits tn
filing Of which is under way in the ell
cult court.
The case against Barney Stevens,
wealthy real estate dealer Of Kansa
City, Mo-, charged with receiving nearl
$1,000 worth of plumber from Henr
Barr, confessed Spokane burglar, hs
been dropped on account of the gre'
expense.
The possibility of an eventual int
vention by the powers in China in son
form is an absorbing topic Of discu
sion in diplomatic circles at Paris. III
feeling, however, is that nothing of
concrete nature is justified or can |
carried out at present.
When the American Hawaii;
freighter Nebraskan arrived in S;
Diego from Salina Cruz, the mast'
Captain Knight, reported to the cole
tor Of customs the discovery by him
"a tins of opium, valued at SIS each,
storeroom of the ship. He threw
overheard.