The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-01-04
news OF The WORLD
SHORT DISPATCHES FROM ALI
PARTS Of The GLOBE.
A Review Of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western hemispheres
During the Past Week-National,
Historical. Political and Personal
Events.

Former President Grover Cleveland
is confined to his house suffering
from an attack of acute Indigestion.
The jury in the case OF Colonel
William D. Mann of Town Topics,
charged with perjury. returned YER
dict of acquittal.
The eastern continent Is covered
with the heaviest fall of snow in years.
Railroad traffic in France, Spain.
Switzerland and Belgium is serious
ly hampered.
President A. j. Cassatt of the Penn
sylvania railroad died suddenly last
Friday.
Vigorous objection will be interpos-
ed by the churches of Washington. D.
c., to the adoption by congress Of the
uniform divorce laws agreed upon at
the recent convention of the national
congress of uniform laws.
DIR. ]. A. Matlack has resigned as
physician of the United States prison
at McNeils island and DR.. c. P. Jen-
to, formerly of London, Ont, has been
appointed to the vacancy.
The Red Cross of the United States
has sent $3.400 to Chill as contribu-
ton to recent earthquake sufferers.
William e. Quimby, editor in chief Of
the Detroit Free Press, has sold his
interest to E. D. Stair and P. H. Nc
MILAN and severed his connection
with the paper.
A terrific storm is prevailing in the
straits of Gibraltar.
The report that peace between the
German forces and the warning Here
ros has been signed in Damaraland IS
denied.
The pope has received many import
ant donations to help him in the
difficulties with France.
Cardinal Cavagnis was found dead
in bed recently. having succumbed
to paralysis of the heart.
The trial of Harry X. Thaw for the
murder of Sanford White will take
place on January 2.
Mrs. Russell Sage, widow of the
financier, has given out statement
her intention to distribute immediate
ly the money left her by her husband,
and much less does she intend to dis
tribute it everywhere and to every
body.
A London dispatch reports that the
Baroness Burdette-Coutts, the richest
woman in England, is gravely ILL.,
limo mi q a
lives, be SO in April next. She visited
her bank and attended to business
daily until week ago.
Charlemagne Laurier, M. p, half
brother of Sir Wilfred Laurier. prem
Ter of Canada, died recently in Mon
treal.
Night is being rapidly turned into
day in Chicago. With the first Of the
year the postoffice will be kept open
to the public all night and Uncle Sam
will be ready at all hours to deliver
mail to those who call for it. A few
months ago an all-night bank was
opened, and there is now practically
little that can not be done in Chi
cago during the night as well as dur
ing the day.
When Attorney General Bonaparte
and United States District Attorney
Devlin of San Francisco confess them
selves unable to reach a legal solu-
ton of the Japanese problem in the
Golden Gate city, how vain appear the
attempts of the numerous interpre-
tiers of law and constitution all over
the country.
Victoria. B. C.-The provincial gov
eminent is able to show a remarkable
good fins ncial standing at present.
There is no reason to believe from
information received at the treasury
department that when the time comes,
July next, for the redemption of the
outstanding per cent bonds, the
treasury department will decide to
pay cash for them rather than refund
them into bonds at lower rate OF
interest There are $115,0O0,00O OF
the As outstanding.
Cornelius w. Van Voorhis, finan
cier of New York. has been arrested
charged with the appropriation o.
money belonging to the firm to hi!
personal use. He was held in SO,
900 bail.
Samuel D. Cox, editor of the Min
atare (Neb.) Sentinel, was shot ant
killed recently by E. s. Kennison, ,
hotel man. The men engaged in I
scuffle on the street over a persoa
difference, when Kennison pulled hi
revolver, firing three shots.
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