Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-01-12
SHORT TELEGRAPH ITEMS FROM
ALL PARTS OF The GLOBE.
A Review Of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-Natlonai,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events

ed whether the shooting was accider
tai or with suicidal intent.
At attorney announces that BYtzsim
mons and his wife have effected
complete reconciliation.
The smeltermen employed at tn,
British Columbia Copper company
smelter at Boundary Falls, b. c., hav,
won their strike for an eight hour day
Both smelters resumed operations a
once.
On January 6, 1859, George Wash
ington and Martha cambridge Custis
were married.
The Kansas supreme court decided
that the law providing for separate
high schools for the whites and ne.
groes at Kansas City. Kan, is valid.
1t is officially announced that Mid
shipman Stephen Decatur. Jr., of
Portsmouth. N. H., has been found not
guilty on the charge of hazing and has
been released from arrest and restored
to duty.
Five men were instantly killed, four
others fatally hurt and seven seriously
injured by the explosion of ton of
dynamite at the quarries of the Dol.
ese G. Shepard company at Gary, ILL.,,
recently. All of the men injured are
foreigners.
A 100000 fire occurred recently in
the $35OO00 plant OF the Lacombe
Electric company at Denver. The in
surance is placed at rs per cent.
Train service on all lines running
out of Moscow, Russia, has been es-
tabished.
William G. Dins. president of the
Citizens Investment company. was
found guilty of obtaining money under
false pretenses by a jury in the cir
cult court at st. Louis. and sentenced
to 10 years In the penitentiary.
The gigantic project of connecting
by rail the island of Vancouver with
the mainland OF British Columbia has
been long mooted. but is Just now
taking some practical shape for the |
early commencement of this great en-.
terprise.
The National hotel at Washington,
one Of the oldest obstetrics in the city.
was threatened with destruction by |
fire recently. The monetary loss is
$75. 900.
Leonard B. Imboden and James A.
Hill, convicted of conspiracy to wreck
the Denver Savings bank and direct
its funds to their use. were sentenced |
by Judge Palmer in the district court
to be confined In the state prison lor
nine and ten years at hard labor.
CASTOR Smith. Frenchman under
for bringing two young
French women into the country by
way of Canada for immoral purposes,
was sentenced in the federal court at
Salt Lake by Judge Marshall to two
and one half years Imprisonment and
to pay fine OF 500.
In fight between Norton and Arm
old families near Sand Springs. Ky.
recently. James Arnold and his son
were killed and Mrs Arnold was shot
through both arms. The families were
related by marriage The trouble
arose from a dispute over the CUSTODY
of a grandchild of Arnold.
The state department has received
a cahlegram from Nicaragua announc-
ing that the Albert brothers. who have
been In prison. have been pardoned
by the government.
On account OF the serious condition
of AFFAIRS on the Siberian railroad.
many stations Of which are in a con-
iition OF anarchy. II districts through
which the line passes from the Ural
mountains to Lake Baikal. a distance
II 1900 miles. have been placed under
martial law.
The Montreal express on the BOSTON
: Maine railroad was wrecked near
ioosick Falls. N. Y, and seven per
ons injured.
jacob Z. Rustman. president of the
emerson Ice company of Chicago. was
ound dead in his office with a bullet
round in his head Beside the body |,
'as found a revolver. The police be.
eve 1t to be a case OF suicide. I,
Arthur w. Ryder of Harvard univer.
Ity. an authority on Sanslrit Ian =
uage and literature. will act as in 4
ructor at the University of Califor.
la.
From advance sheets Of the official
atholic directory. 1t is found that the
tai Catholic population of the Unit 4
States is 1861 .944. an increase of Il
s,151 over last year. Y
Although Japan is advancing by "
APPS and bounds toward a state OF B
comparable with that OF
western nations she has not reach.
In the matter of newspaper pro- tn
ction the standard of excellence that in