The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-07-24
late TELEGRAPH BREVTES|
cULLED FROM DISPATCHES OF
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-NationaI,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events TerseIy Told.
At Buffalo, N. Y, Henry G. Moffatt's
brewery was destroyed by fire recently.
Fire has destroyed the Sabine hotel
and natatorium at Port Arthur, Texas,
The Northern Pacific directors have
declared the regular quarterly dividend
of IN per cent, payable August l..
Charles Derrick, a millionaire con-
tractor and builder of Buffalo, N. Y,
is dead from a surgical operation.
At Hamilton, Ohio, recently Alfred
A. Knapp was convicted in the first
degree for the murder of his wife,
Hannah Goddard Knapp, by jury.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, the
celebrated American artist, died re-
Gently at his residence "a Cheyne
Walk, Chelsea, near L. i, at the
age of 50 years.
Lightweight persons, charged with
taking part in the recent riot and the
attack upon the soldiers at Evansville,
Ind, have been indicted by the grand
jury. More than half of those indicted
are negroes.
The five lodges at Peoria, ILL.,, of the
Knights of st. John, at a joint meeting
have accepted the offer OF the inter-
national body to hold their next an
nual convention in this city on June
20, 1904.
The special report of the treasury
experts on their examination of the at
fairs of Auditor Petty of the District
Of Columbia fixes the shortage in that
Office, for which James M. A. Watson,
clerk, is now in Jail, at $73,397.
After standing as hostelry about
40 years, the Lodi hotel, at Kearney,
IN. j., has been destroyed by fire. Gen
erals Washington and Lafayette are
counted among the historical person
ages who put up at the old tavern.
Heart failure, due to over motion, is
the cause assigned by the physician
for the death of p. M. Arthur Of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
who died suddenly at a banquet in
Winnipeg. He was one of the strong
est and wisest of American labor lead
ers.
| In carrying out the program for the
reduction of the force in the Philip
pines, the secretary of war has directed
that three regiments of cavalry and
three of infantry be returned to the
United States as soon as Transports
ton is available. The regiments hav-
ing the longest service in the islands
will be selected.
At Wichita, Kan, DR.. w. L. Doyle
shot and killed George P. Varnouf
recently. He then took strychnine and
was dead Is minutes later. The trag
edy was the result Of feud of long
standing and it arose over Doyle graz
ing his horse on parking under the
care of Varnouf.
The Chicago packing firms, the "Bie
Six" made defendants in the beef trust
cases, have appealed the suit to the
supreme court of the United States
This is the case in which the packers
were enjoined from the continuing Of
an agreement which the court held t.
be in restraint of trade.
The 200 outside laborers of the In
ternational Paper company's mills a
Corinth, Saratoga county, N. Y, threat
ened to go on a strike. The com
pany's plant, valued at 100000, alst
; had narrow escape from destruction
by fire. Five hundred cords Of pull
wood were consumed before the fir,
was subdued.
It has been announced that the Chi
nese at Honolulu will hold a mas
meeting to make an emphatic protes
against their exclusion from the Unite,
, States. They will ask their govern
ment to enact tariff regulations agains
American goods as a matter of reta
!, fation If the immigration restriction
- are not removed.
The continuous rise of the Oder rive
. Glogue, Germany. The entire PORTO
Of Glogue, in the neighborhood of tn
cathedral, Is submerged and the primo
pal bridge crossing the Oder is threa
ened. Large areas Of Seidmost, Schr,
i Eau, Bobering and other small town
q are inundated, causing number of I,
talities.
Colonel John A. Matile, comman,
!. ing the Twenty-fourth infantry at Fol
Harrison, who is to be promoted to
:, brigadier generally and retired A,
gust 8, has been in the United State
= army AZ years. He entered in 18f
as private at Is. He served throug
= the civil war, a number of Indian wal