Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-04-12
NEWS OF The WORLD
SHORT DISPATCHES 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.

NEWS OF The deatn In HOngkOng or
Bishop James N. Fitzgerald of the M.
e. church has been received.
Three of the prisoners in the county
Jail at Los Angeles, Cal, made a des-
perate attempt to murder the night
Jailers and escape, but failed.
Governor Stuart of Pennsylvania
signed the bill making the rate of
fare on railroads within the state 2
cents a mile
The Mormons are said to be obeying
the marriage laws and President Jo-
seph Smith makes the promise again
in open meeting.
The Chinese government purposes to
raise foreign loan of $7,500,OOO for
the purpose of erecting and equiping
arsenals and for the construction of
railroad from Pekin to Kalgan, 125
miles to the northwest.
Pittsburg is threatened with beer
shortage as result of a strike of
1900 workers.
Gov. Sheldon of Nebraska signed
the anti-brewers' bill, the pure food
and the bill cutting express rates.
1t is now said that more than 5000
painters are on strike in Greater New
York.
A report from Geneva says there
were two earthquakes Friday in the
Rhaetin Alps on the Austrian-Swiss
frontier.
The steamer City of Troy was de-
stroyed by fire at Dobbs Ferry, N. Y,
recently. The 65 passengers were
landed safely.
F. G. Gould, held in Vancouver, B.
c., on charges of forgery, it is said,
tallies with a description of a man
wanted in Virginia on a charge of MUIR
der
Almost with his last breath Percy
L Wells, civil engineer of Waltham,
Mass, arose from his deathbed at
San Francisco just as he was about to
sign his will and dashed his head
against the wall with such force that
he died in a few moments.
Ernest HesDer, confessed slayer of
CAP Everman at Loon Lake, is under
arrest.
Premier Mcbride has left for Lon
don to represent the province in it's
claim for better terms.
Anthony Comstock recently made
three raids in New York in which he
seized $4,000 picture post cards which
he claims are obscene. -Four men were
arrested, charged with having the
cards in their possession.
At Chicago Adam G. Rhein, SO
years of age, recently shot and fatally
wounded his father in law, William
RomMell, and his mother in law, Mrs.
Minnie Rommel, and then killed him
self.
London-Miss D. K. Douglas, cham
pion lawn tennis singles player, was
married to R. L. Chambers recently.
1t has been announced that the
seventh cardinal to be created at the
consistory to be held April 10 will be
Mgr. Aguirrey Garcia bishop of Bur-
COS, Spain.
1t is stated that there is every prob
ability that Cardinal Merry Del Val
will resign his post as papal secre-
tary of state as a result of the publ
cation of the seized Montagini papers.
Howard Eaton of Wolf Mont. has
recently made the statement in Den
yer, Col, that the herd of between
400 and 500 bison owned by Michael
Pablow on the Flathead reservation
was soon to go into the hands of the
Canadian government.
At the meeting recently of the nin-
ers' union at Goldfeld a misunder-
standing caused the voting to be Jug
gled and no definite action was taken
in regard to the segregation of the
unions.
An order was issued by Secretary
Taft just before his departure from
the isthums that until further notice
the authority of governor of the canal
zone shall be invested in Lieutenant
Colonel Goethals. chairman of the COM
mission.
Statistics prepared by the immigra-
ton board at San Francisco show that
if every Chinaman who has sworn that
he was native born told the truth, ev-
ry Chinese woman in the country
must have been the mother of 80 chill
dren.
!, August Belmont, who presided at a
meeting of the representatives of cap
ital and labor in the mansion of An
drew Carnegie Friday night at New
York city stated that he believed the
extraordinary prosperous times which
the country had experienced during
recent years was certain to change.
He said capital and labor were in need
of such meetings now more than they