The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-11-03
news OF THE WORLD
Snort TELEGRAPH ITEMS FROM
ALL PARTS OF THE GLOBE.
A Review of Happenings in Both
Eastern and Western hemisphere
During the Past Week-National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.

Last Friday was President Roose-
velt's 47th birthday.
Ainsworth, Iowa, was swept by fire
recently The business district was de-
stroyed. Loss, $4,000.
A rearend collision between trains
in the Boston subway occurred recent
ly, but no fatalities resulted.
Negotiations for the new Russian
loan have been temporarily suspended.
The cabinet of Sweden has resign
ed in order to give the new ministry
a free hand.
The Spanish armored cruiser Cardi-
nal CisnerOS fOandered off VillanOva
recently after striking a rock. All on
board were saved.
Libau-SiX armed men entered the
Libau branch of the Moscow Interna-
tiOnal Trade bank recently and robbed
it of $780, Five of the men were
shortly afterwards captured and $780,
600 recovered. The sixth man with
$1,000 escaped.
Worcester, Mass.-Of all the crops
raised on New England soil the one
being nursed by Cyrus J. Brownell OF
No. AZ King street is the strangest
and the least pleasing to his neigh
bors. Mr.. BrOwnell is a snake far
mer, and he is rearing crops of rattle
snakes, king snakes, pine snakes and
other varieties of the reptile family for
commercial purposes.
The New York daily newspapers
continue to discuss Governor La Fol
lette and the presidency.
King Oscar has definitely and for
maI.y declined the offer of the NorWe-
gian throne to prince of the house
OF Bernadotte and in letter to the
president Of the storthing finally sew
ers ais connection with Norway.
Miss Alice Roosevelt, daughter of
the president, arrived in Washington
Saturday afternoon.
Plans are being discussed for a visit
to Great Britain of Admiral TOgOs
fighting feet at an early date, and 1t
is possible that the famous Japanese
can be induced to visit the United
States with his triumphant squadron.
The fleet United States triple screw
cruiser Columbia recently passed out
the Capes of Virginia, bearing Secre-
tary Taft and party, who left for the
Isthmus of Panama.
Telluride, Colo.-Charles DelsassO, a
miner, shot his wife, his 4 months old
babe and himself. The baby and the
man are dead, but the woman is ex-
pected to recover. DelsassO and his
wife had quarreled, and he was intOxi-
Gated when he did the shooting.
Chairman Shonts of the isthmian
canal commission has issued signed
statement emphatically denying that
there is any friction between Secre-
tary Taft and himself.
An elevator carrying seven employees
Cincinnati, recently fell seven stories,
causing probably fatal injuries to four
of the number.
The isthmian canal commission has
spent $4,OO9.573 to date.
The pension bureau reports loss
of 2OO3 civil war pensioners by death
during September. The net decrease
of pensioners was GAL, leaving total
of 99S,27O on the pension rolls Sep
TENDER 80.
]. B. Carroll committed suicide re-
Gently by shooting himself through
the head, at San Francisco. He left
a note, giving no reason for his act,
but saying that he was born in Gin
cinnati in 1857; that his father was
Christ Carroll of Terre Haute, Ind.
The duchess of ARGOS formerly
Virginia Lowery of Washington)
wife of the new Spanish minister to
Italy, has arrived in Rome from St.
Petersburg, the former post of her
husband. On opening her trunk it
was discovered that it had been robbed
in transit of jewels valued at $4,000.
1t is supposed that the robbery took
place between Turin and Rome.