The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-06-23
news OF THE WORLD
SHORT TELEGRAPH ITEMS FROM
lLLIPOlRTs Of THE GLOBE LOBE
A Review Of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-NationaI,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.

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The wheat harvest this year in Kan
sas is earlier than it has been fol
five years before.
A part of the business section Of
Johnson City, ILL.,, has been destroyed
by fire. Loss, 100000.
says he and Mr.. Hartman are on
friendly terms in railroad affairs.
Otis Bolts, Fl years old, was execut-
ed in the county jail at Peoria, ILL.,,
last Saturday for the murder Of his
wife in January last.
The law prohibiting the wearing OF
feathers taken from all kinds Of birds
except those of domestic fowls, has
gone into effect in Missouri.
Great alarm is felt at Baku, especial
ly among the Armenians, as it is fear
ed that in the street fighting massa-
ores may commence any day.
For the first time in the history of
the West Point military academy, two
representatives of the Chinese empire
have been admitted as cadets to that
institution.
The president has appointed COM
mittee of five to report to him on i'm
proved methods of doing the public
business in the various bureaus and
departments.
A check for $4,000 is said to heve
been given by Charles H. Thaw of
New York to Frances Rush, formerly
a chorus girl, who received a divorce
from Thaw recently.
Frederick Arnold, aged 20, and New
ton Andrews. aged FL, were hanged
at the Colorado state penitentiary Fri
day for the murder of Mrs. Amanda
Youngblood in Denver two years ago.
Mystery surrounds the death of Mrs.
John Young and Miss Media Pyle, 10
years of age, whose bodies were found
close together in Pecatonica river at
Freeport, Ill. A suicide compact is
believed to have been entered into
by the two.
Secretary Of War Taft has emphat-
ically put an end to reports that he
would succeed Chief Justice Fuller of
the supreme court. A report was cur
rent that Fuller was to be appointed
of the Hague tribunal to make
way for Taft.
Mrs. Paul Kress has killed her four
small children and committed suicide
at her home near Killer. Wis. She
used a butcher knife, cutting their
throats. The eldest was six and the
youngest a baby. The woman had
been in i'll health.
General Kuropatkin has telegraphed
to marshal of nobility at Moscow
his regret at the peace agi-
tation among the zemstvos and NUM-
cipalities, in view of what he considers
the complete certainty of victory by
the Russian army.
Admiral Bob. Evans, on a recent
visit to Japanese man of war. was
surprised to be saluted Familiarity by
the commander, who, he found, had
formerly served as his "boy" or per-
sonal attendant on his flagship. That
Is the reason no more Japs are to be
used in Uncle Sans navy.
Commissioner of Pensions Ware has
decided that after July all orders for
the medical examination of pension
claims shall emanate from the medical
branch of the bureau, under the direc-
ton of the medical referee. The pro-
posed change will dispense with the
use of more than 200 examining sur
geons.
In a recent decision handed down
by the supreme court of West Vir-
ginia, the ruling Of Tax Commissioner
Dillon that oil, gas and coal leases are
subject to state taxation is sustained
and will bring up on the tax books
$500 100000 of valuation and several
million dollars annual revenue to the
state and counties.
A requiem mass was celebrated Sat-
urday at the naval chapel in St. Pc
tersburg for the repose of the souls
Of the officers and other members of
the crew of the battleship Alexander
I'LL, who, the admiralty announces,
went down to man in the battle of
the Sea of Japan. There was only
one survivor of each of the compile |
ments of the battleships Borodino and
Navarin.