Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-06-09
AROUND THE WORLD
TELEGRAPH SHORT NOTES FROM
ALL POINTS OF THE GLOBE.
A Review of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.

ENeNtSs
The national convention of the Elxs'
edges will meet in Buffalo, N. Y, ON
July 10.
Vive Admiral Uriu, with a Japanese
squadron, is at Gutzlaff island, in Han
Chow bay.
The Tweedmouth collection of pic
lures was sold at Christies Saturday
afternoon and realized over $235,000.
Forest fires are raging northwest of
near Northland, Mich. Much
has been done.
II. l.. Corley. station and express
agent at Seligman, Ariz., confessed
himself a defaulter and shot himself
through the heart.
The Japanese celebrated the victory
at the battle of the Sea of Japan Sat
urday night, by a torchlight and Ian
tern procession at Honolulu.
General Sir William Nicholson, who
was recently appointed governor gen.
eral of Gibraltar, has been compelled
for private reasons to resign his COM
mission.
General II. V. Boynton, president of
the Chickamauga Park commission,
died recently in Atlantic City, N. j.
He suffered from a complication of
diseases.
"Bluebeard" Johann Hoch is to be
hanged June 23. Judge Kersten, who
some time ago sentenced him to be
hanged, fixed that date as the day of
execution.
The British steamer Kuling has ar
rived at Shanghai, towing in a Rus
sian destroyer which was found help
less north of Shawaihan with three
crews aboard.
Lord Eduard Talbot, conservative,
who was seeking reelection to the
house of commons from Chichester on
his appointment as junior lord of the
treasury, has been reelected.
The war department has received
cablegram from Governor Magoon of
the isthmian canal zone, reporting two
new cases of yellow fever among the
canal employees on the isthmus.
] Mayor Tom l.. Johnson of Cleve-
] land says the main issue in the state
D and municipal elections in Ohio next
D November will be city ownership and
: operation of public service utilities.
S The death roll resulting from the
Q hurricane which recently swept over
Natal anu the Subsequent Dul SllnB VI
a the reservoir at PiHetown, was nearly
1 500 Hindoo laborers and so Euro
: peans.
e Governor Higgins of New York has
8 signed both the Raines bill and the
Amber bill, designed to abolish the
IL disreputable hotels operating under
IS the present provisions of the liquor
. tax law.
II Papers in an action for divorce
il brought by Brodie L. Duke have been
II served on Mrs. Alice Webb Duke
70 whose marriage to Mr.. Duke in De
3 cember last was the beginning of sen
sational litigation.
. The British ship Afghanistan, from
81 Hamburg for San Diego, Cal, has
81 been in collision with the British mar
- of war Caesar, the former sinking
- with 23 of her crew. The Caesar hal
:, put into Dungeness.
~ The strike situation in st. Peters
:, burg is again attracting attention. Tel
~ thousand men struck Friday and Sat
- urday. A number of minor demonstra
tions have been broken up and som
are announced for this week.
y Diplomatic activity in Washingto
~ indicates that the European power
;" are prepared actively to assist tn
~ president in any efforts he may max
~ in the interest of peace. 1t is learne
vs. on high authority that the Germa
~ emperor heartily shares the wish {
~ President Roosevelt for an early en'
=. ing of the war.
,lf The Neue Freie Presse announce
Ter that Baron Ferjervary has formed
cabinet for Hungary and that tn
he names of those who will accept por
nd folios under his premiership will
made public at the beginning of nel
'"i week.
Dy fatal storm swept over Minnea
81 oils Saturday. During the few mi
use utes that it ragged Elizabeth Cam,
aia years old, was struck by lightning al
'ne killed. Several houses were fired al
VI telegraph and telephone wires we
leveled.
In consequence of the intention
exercise legal control over emigrati'
ila from Austria-Hungary Representative
10 of commercial and industrial societi
,ras and steamship companies will me
e. June &c at Vienna to investigate t
conditions of emigration.
A lawsuit between two of the o
est families in Spain has been in
bid courts for 1888 years. An announ