Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-10-26
news OF The WORLD.
SHORT DISPATCHES.FROM ALL
PARTS OFTHE GLOBE.
A Review of Happenings in Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.

The town of Seneca, S. c.. was Wis
tied by a fire recently and property
worth about $4,000 was destroyed.
A definite Anglo-French convention
covering the future administration of
the New Hebrides has been signed.
Sehimotir, Russia.-The peasants of
two villages, Pukosihofka and Doretz.
In this vicinity, have decided to emf
crate in body to the United States.
At the home of former President
Cleveland 1t was announced that Mr..
Cleveland is not i'll.
London.-P. McFadyn & Co., the
London house Of Arbuthnot & Co.,
bankers of Madras, announce that
they had been compelled to suspend
payment.
St. Petersburg. = The ministry of
education has finished the draft of a
propect for universal education in
volving an expenditure of 100000, 900
yearly.
New misconceptions of $780,
900 for the building of private auto
were made in this city. 1t Is said that
the course will cost $2.00O.00O.
hannesburg.@The rope of a cage
which was descending the East Sim
mer gold mine here Saturday snapped
and the cage fell 1000 feet. Twenty
three Chinese who were being lowered
were dashed to pieces.
II.
case of DR.. Frank l.. Brouwer, after
listening to the case for the last 10
days, returned verdict of mot gull
ty."
Five persons were killed and about
100 injured by a gasoline explosion in
the Meinerding dry goods and hard
ware store at Fort Recovery recently.
The city hall at Phoenix, B. c., was
recently discovered to be on fire, but
the flames were extinguished in a
short time, with damage estimated at
$500.
What is regarded as the worst snow
storm that has occurred so early in
northern South Dakota ragged all day
Saturday. Fourteen inches of snow
fell in IL hours.
A dozen bandits rode into the town
of Caribo. between Nogales and Her
mosillo, robbed stores and kept those
present covered with rifles until they
mounted and rode away with the plum
der.
Two powerful battleships of the
Russian navy were launched recently,
the Andrei Pervosvanni of 10000 TONS
and a smaller vessel, the st. Eustace
at Sebastopol
San Francisco. - Bernard Duffey
who was convicted of holding up and
robbing a man o. So cents, was re-
Gently sentenced by Judge Lawler to
ten years in the Folsom prison.
1t is announced from the White
House that herbert G. Squires of New
York has been selected as minister to
Panama to fill the vacancy caused by
the retirement of Judge Magoon.
Squires was former minister to Cuba
1t is feared that the sloop Daisy,
presumably a fishing vessel, has been
wrecked on the Vancouver island
coast during the heavy weather Of
last week.
A report from Ottawa says that the
department of justice has practically
decided to elevate w. II. p. Clement
of Grand Forks, Judge of the county
court, to the vacancy on the supreme
court bench Of British Columbia re-
Gently made vacant by the promotion
of Mr.. Justice Duff to the supreme
court of Canada.
The United States district attorney.
Dyer. father of ID. p. Dyer Jr., receiv-
ing teller of the United States sub
treasury who is under suspension
pending the investigation of an al
legged shortage of SCI 900 in the gov
eminent funs, has sent a letter to the
attorney general of the United States
offering to resign If his connection
with the government and his relation
to Teller Dyer causes the administra-
ton any embarrassment.