The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-11-27
cULLEp FROM DISPATCHES or
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
A Review Of happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During tho Past Week-National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events TerseIy Told.

Butler, Pa.-The Park theater build
ing, the Central hotel, the Butler Bus
mess college and several adjoining
buildings were destroyed by fire re-
Gently. LOSS 100000.
Louisville, Ky.-Fire has destroyed
the old Masonic temple, occupying half
a block in the heart of the retail bus
mess district. The loss is about q
quarter of million dollars. among the
largest losers being the Masonic tenn
pie building, $125,000; insurance. $685.
900; Hopkins theater, scenery and
property, $4,000; ]. G. Fowler Drug
company, $4,000; Rodgers & Krul,
jewelers., $4,000.
Walla Walla, Wash.-The trustees
of the will of Joseph Stubblefield. who
left an eighth of million dollars en-
dowment for home for INDECENT wild
ows and orphans of Oregon and Wash
ington, decided that Walla Walla
should be the location Of the home.
The location was secured by a $4,000
donation from various sources here.
Salt Lake, Utah.-Peter Mortensen,
the slayer of James r. Hay. was shot
to death in the southeast passage OF
the state penitentiary yard recently.
Cheyenne, Wyo.-Tom Horn was
hanged recently. No attempt at res
cue was made and the execution pass
ed off quietly.
Seventy-five employees of the Great
Northern shops at Hillyard. Wash.
were laid off indefinitely recently.
Peoria, Ill.-Thirty-one men we're
killed and at least Ii were injured re-
Gently in head end collision between
a westbound freight train and work
train on the Cleveland, Cincinnati,
Chicago & st. Louis railroad, between
Mackinaw and fremont, Ill.
The Indiana National bank of Elk
hart, Ind, has been closed by the
comptroller Of the currency.
Washington.-Th house by rising
vote of 335 to 81, passed the bill to
make effective the Cuban reciprocity
treaty. The dissenting votes were
about equally divided between repub-
icans and democrats, but there was
no record vote, the minority having
too few votes to order the yeas and
nays.
The fire at Vera Cruz recently de-
stroyed seven blocks Of dwellings leav-
ing 1900 persons homeless. The COM
mercial interests Of Vera Cruz were
not harmed. The loss will not be
great. A gale continues to blow, fore
ing steamers to come into port.
The Northern Securities company
hopes to evade further conflict with
the federal courts by surrendering it's
right to vote the stock of it's subsidi;
airy companies, and it wants merely
the right to hold its stocks.
Reynolds London weekly newspa-
per in a recent issue says it is inform
ed that Lord Lansdowne, the foreign
minister, had signed convention with
Italy similar to the recently conclud-
ed Anglo-French treaty.
Captain ]. B. Brown, for over &c
years keeper of the lighthouse at Point
Bonita, near the entrance to San Fran
cisco harbor, is dead. He has a rec
ord of having saved two score lives.
Major General John G. Bates. com
handing the departments of the Lakes
and the Missouri, has turned over the
department of the Missouri to its new
commander, Major General S. 8. Sum
ner. No immediate change in the per
sonnet of the staff will occur and Ma
jor e. J. McClernand will remain al
chief of staff.
The last statement of the United
States treasury balances in the gen
eral fund, exclusive of the $3.50 ,000, 00t
fund in the division of redemption
shows: Available cash balance. $217,
49S,332; gold, Sis, 453,744.
Chicago.-The use of Finsen ray
for the cure OF consumption is claim
ed to have worked three cures tina
are permanent, and further expert
ments are said to have shown tn
beneficial effects of the treatment Dr.
Mary e. Jackson of Hammond, Ind, 1
testing the rays in case of tubercu
losis, and is said to have ended tn
disease in three patients.
Cambridge, Mass.-Harvard strul
gled bravely against Yale Saturday 4
their annual football match, but wa
defeated, 16 to 0, principally becaus
her offense was weak and Yale's d.
tense grew stronger as the crimso
players were within striking distanc
Of the Yale goal. Nearly 10000 pc
sons watched the game, and while
was not as spectacular as that b,
tween Yale and Princeton a week ag'
better football was played.
The cotton mills known as the Fa
River Iron works. owned by M. G.
Borden of New York, will follow tn