The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-04-26
NEWS SUNNI AIRY

Win Sf,fUV III caSn.
Second Assistant Secretary of State
Adee has started for Europe with the
intention of making a 2,O00-mile bi.
cycle tour of France.
During the last four weeks over 100
workmen have been killed or wound
ed at LODI, Russian Poland, as the
result of labor feuds.
Robbers dynamited the safe of the
Farmers and Merchants bank at Blk
bic, I. T., secured several thousand
dollars in currency and escaped.
For the second time in ten years
Los Angeles will entertain the Ma
ional Teachers association, which
will meet in that city July to 10.
The United States Steel corporation
has fixed the selling price for rails
for the season of 1908 at $28 per ton.
This is the price which has obtained
for several years.
Mrs. Aggie Myers was delivered to
the penitentiary officials at Jefferson
City, Mo-, on Friday to serve life
sentence for the murder of her hus
band at Kansas City.
Mrs. Esther Mcneil, founder of the
Women's Christian Temperance union
and first president of the organiza.
ton, died at her home in Fredonia,
N. Y, last week, aged "a years.
In an attempt to escape from the
state penitentiary at Raleigh, N. c.,
by three young convicts, one Of them,
G. L. Scruggs, was killed by the
guard. The others, were recaptured.
The assembly of New York passed
by vote of II to IS the bill to per
NIT amateur boxing matches of not
exceeding firteen minutes duration
under the authority of the Amateur
ACnleClc union.
Professor c. B. Berkeley, of the de.
partment of geology at Columbia, says
that the earthquake conditions pre-
vailing in Mexico are exactly similar
to those which prevailed in San Fran
cisco a year ago.
From 1897 to 1904 the United
States spent 1907, 100000 for military
An expenditure of $780,.
100000 is now considered normal, sc
great has been the increase during
the last few years.
Governor Hughes has signed the so.
called Bingham police bill, which will
permit practically a reorganization of
the New York City police force and
greatly increase the powers of the
commissioner of police.
State Entomologist Smith has re.
ceived reports from the various peach.
growing districts of Georgia, a sum.
mary of which shows that at least rs
per cent of the crop has been killed
by the recent cold weather.
At meeting of the Republican edi.
tors of the Tenth Indiana congression-
al district, resolutions were adopted
unanimously endorsing Vice President
Charles w. Fairbanks for the Repub-
lean presidential nomination.
1t is announced that in the course
If police Investigations into the re-
,ent murder of a physician at Warsaw
~ a hired terrorist, it was estab. |
ished that SIS each is the price paid |
~ the terrorists of Warsaw for muir
lers.
There were $4,000 deaths from the |
plague in India during the week |
ending April 10. Seventy thousand Of
hese occurred in Bengal, the United
provinces and the Junjab. The cpl.
lemic began in the Punjab in October,
1897.
The fires in hand window glass
,lants under nearly 1,40O pots in Pitts
,urg, were drawn Saturday as the re
ult of decision of the manufactur.
RS to close for the season. Between
10000 and 100000 employees are af.
ected.
Mrs. Mary Johnson, a negress, was
ound dead in rooming house in Chi
ago, her head having been almost
evered with Ratchet. Otis John
on, a negro, was arrested and admit.
ed he killed the woman because of
The international commerce of the
World now exceeds $26,OOO,OO 900, of
,hich $13,5OO,OOO,OOO is imports and
1850, 100000 exports, according to a
tatement issued by the bureau of
tatistics of the department of com.
1erce and labor.
The British steamer Andalusia, from
wansea, for Barcelona, foundered
.pril 10 off the Spanish coast. Her
aptain, first officer and sailor were
licked up and brought to Gibraltar.
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