Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-06-08
NEWS OF THE WORLD
SHORT TELEGRAPH ITEMS FROM
ALL PARTS OF The GLOBE.
A Review of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western HemIspheres
During the Past Week-NationaI,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.

Egypt is sore at Britain and fears
are entertained for safety OF the Eng
,ish.
Mineral school lands of Oklahoma
are to be held for benefit of state.
Archbishop Ireland of st. Paul ar
rived In New York on the steamer La
Touraine from Havre.
More building is being done this
spring in Butte than ever before.
George w. Skies, a newspaper man
well known in Helena, succumbed to
Brights disease at Butte recently.
The senate has passed the resolution
providing for the purchase of supplies
for the Panama canal in tn, United
States unless the president deems the
prices unreasonable or extortionate.
The governments of Sweden and
Norway have negotiated loan of $751;
10000 at 81 per cent with Swedish,
German, French and Belgian banks.
According to the Metropole, King Lee
opold is about to reply energetically
TO British interference in the Congo
Independent state and to the accusa-
ton that foreigners are shut out from
the Congo.
Italy is passing through a series OF
labor troubles
The sudden but natural death of AL
eddin Pasha, vail of the archipelago,
gave rise to story that he had been
assassinated.
Mrs. Emma Watson, daughter of
Claus Spreckels of San Francisco, was
married to John w. Ferris of San
Francisco in New York.
Bill Miner. the noted crook who was
convicted at Kamloops, b. c., last Sat |
urday. of train robbery, was at once
sentenced to Imprisonment for life. |
William Dunn was also given a life |
sentence and Lewis Colquhoun was
sentenced to serve rs years. They will
appeal.
Arizona and New Mexico have been
given right to vote for or against |
Joint statehood proposition.
Clarence Eddy, the well known or
ganist, has been divorced.
United States Senator Joseph r. Bur-
ton of Abilene, Kansas, has placed his
resignation in the hands of the govern
Dwight Coburn was appointed by the
governor to succeed Senator Burton.
Coburn has not definitely accepted the
appointment.
President Roosevelt has declined to
entertain any proposition looking to
further investigation of the alleged
drug trust before the proceedings re-
GENTLY instituted at INDIANAPOLIS nv the
attorney general are pushed. Follow
ing interviews with representatives of
the National Association of Retail
Druggists, the president has concluded
that he will leave the whole matter in
the hands of the department of Justice.
Meager returns from all parts of the
state of Oregon indicate that George
Chamberlain is reelected governor by a
substantial majority. The indications
are that the remainder of the republic
can ticket is elected hands down.
The body of Earl Ferris, who was
drowned couple of weeks ago in the
Entiat rapids near Wenatchee, Wash.
was found this week at Trinidad. The
body had fioated down the Columbia a
distance of 40 miles.
John X. Maxwell, Iowa state golf
champion in 1900 and transmississippi
champion in 1908, died of Bright's dis
ease recently.
An earthquake shock was felt in San
Francisco and in Oakland last Monday
night 1t was of short duration. No
damage has been reported.