Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-02-15
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
SHORT DISQUALIFICATION ALL
PARTS OF The GLOBE.
A Review of Happenings in Both
Eastern and Western Hemisphere
During the Past Week-National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.

Carter Harrison, former mayor OF
Chicago, who has been spending the
winter at Pasadena, announces that he
will accept the democratic nomination
for mayor of Chicago if rendered him.
st. Petersburg.-An imperial decree
provides for the issue of $35, 100000
in 4 per cent state rentes to meet the
famine relief expenses and the urgent
extraordinary expenditures as shown
in the budget statement.
The copper smelter interests, head
ed by Senator Guggenheim of Colo
RADIO, have decided to kill the bill
fathered by Ex-Governor McGraw Of
Washington, making concession for the
Alaska Railway company.
Statistics for the year just ended
show that people of the United States
consumed six and one-half billion
pounds of sugar or 76 pounds for each
man, woman and child, the value of
which was $30O,000.000.
Ossing, N. Yin a railroad wreck
here last night of a train TO which was
attached the private car of Alfred c..
Vanderbilt, the engineer and fireman
were both killed. None of the Van
derbilt party were injured. Several
of the trainmen have been arrested.
Wilkesbarre, Pa.--Seven dead min
ers were taken recently from the Wa
mamie coInery of the Lehigh & Will
kerbarre Coal company. They were
killed by burning timbers. One other
is believed to be dead.
Paris, France-A dispatch from ST.
Petersburg announces that Japan has
confiscated the Russian Red Cross
proposition at Port Arthur.
Wilkesbarre. Pa.-Seven miners are
entombed in a burning mine here
and their fellow workmen claim there
is little hope of rescuing them.
Austin, Texas-The senate has
passed a bill providing that every ex-
press Office in the state handling ship
ments of liquor must pay an assess
ment of $4,000.
Halifax, N. S.-Two persons are
reported killed and several injured in
a collision upon the Halifax & South
Shore railroad near Malone Junction.
observation-disclosures has introduced
bill in the house making bribery
felony. He states that it is his inten-
ton to prevent corrupt practices in
elections.
Washington-The Japanese gov
eminent has asked for permission to
confer various decorations upon the
American ambassadors to Russia and
Japan during the Russo-Japanese war.
San Francisco-Judge Sewell has
handed down a decision in favor of
the Utah-Nevada Mining company
against Captain Joseph Delamar of
Nevada. The case involves over S.
600, 900.
Mexico City-President Diaz has
sent a note to the governments of
Costa Rica, Guatemala and San Saliva
dor, asking them to use every effort
to get Nicaragua and Honduras to ar
bitrate.
Havana-Governor Magoon re-
ceived a cablegram from Secretary
Taft Friday directing the postpone
ment of the decree increasing the
rural guards until the protests of the
liberals can be heard.
Washington-A bill has passed the
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a monument to the memory of General
Henry Harrison upon the Tippecano
battlefield at Tippecanoe, Indiana.
The war department has decided to
hold the Tenth Nebraska cavalry until
March l, when the railroad puts the
cclonist rate into effect. The depart
ment wanted a rate lower than now
prevails for hauling the troop, but the
railroads refused. The colonist rate is
lower than the rate the government
asked.
Senator Kittredge has introduced a
bill to make the president the supreme
boss of Panama canal work.
Hartman is out with a bid for a
job on the interstate commerce COM
mission.
Nine men are dead and two injured
of an explosion yesterday as the re-
suit of an explosion on board a French
torpedo boat at Lorente, France.
Louisville, Ky-The Louisville
Railway company has voluntarily in
creased the wages of all employees 1
cent an hour without regard to length
OF service.
To Celebrate Pope's Jubilee.