The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-02-27
news OF THE WORLD
short DISPATCHES FROM ALL
PARTS OF The GLOBE.
A Review Of Happenings in soth
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-Natienai'
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.

DEPOSITS in the national banks of
Chicago are now the largest in their
history.
William Loeb, secretary to the pres
ident, is suffering from an attack OF
the grip.
Minnesota will send solid Taft
delegation to the national republican
convention at Chicago.
Crosby S. Noyes, the veteran editor
of the Washington Evening Star, died
recently in Los Angeles.
At Sedalia, Mo-, the Missouri Pa
cific railroad shops, employing TOO
men. are closed until March 2.
Mary Botha, the youngest sister
of Botha, the famous Boer general,
was recently welded to r. G. Hawk
ms, London barrister
The cabinet factory of Edward B.
Jordan & Co, at Brooklyn, n. Y, was
totally destroyed by fire recently, en-
failing a loss Of 100000.
Rumor has it that E. II. Hartman
will be a delegate to the national re-
publican convention from OsWego
county, where his home is.
At Sacramento, Cal, the Morning
Union, one of the oldest papers in
California, has been purchased by the
Calkins newspaper syndicate.
Capt. Kellogg, American embezzler
and forger, failed in his attempt to
secure q stay of eKtradition proceed
ings at New Westminster, B. G.
The Rt. Rev. Henry Yates Satterlee,
D. D., for the past II years Protestant
Episcopal bishop OF Washington, D. c.,
died recently. He was 65 years Of
age
1t is reported that the Rock Island
and the Santa Fe railways will in
crease their force of telegraphers to
comply with the new federal nine-hour
law
Announcement has been made at Ber-
lin that Andrew Carnegie has contrib
uted Sl2,0ee to the Robert Koch in
stitute for the investigation Of tuber-
culosis.
Miss Annie Wallace Of Atlanta, Ca,
was married recently to Marx Frank
ling HewAnd of Boston She will re-
ceive S1ee,ee0 from Andrew Carnegie
as a wedding nresent.
The jury in the case of Mrs. Estelle
CerWeil, charged wt&h the murder OF
George T. Bennett, contractor, in
Los Angeles, On July %, 1907, ~e-
turned verdict Of acquitted.
The nomination OF Louis A. Cool
idge Of Massachusetts, to be an as
sistant secretary OF the treasury was
ordered reported favorably by the
senate committee Oh finance
The Indian appropriation bill, which
was reported to the senate carries
$9,S25.Ss9, an increase of S1,Sf0,123
over the total appropriations made by
the bill as it was passed by the house
AT San Francisco SO longshoremen
employed in unloading lumber for the
Pacific Lumber company went on
strike On being notified that their
wages would be cut frem 81 to S3.5G
a day.
At recent meeting in Seattle par.
ticipated in by representative Of ene-
third of the soc shingIe mills in the
state OF Washington, movement was
started to keeps the mills Suspended
till April Is.
1t is thought probable that the
Yerl1es home, and the art collection
which it contains, will be saved to
New York city from mortgage, to
which it is to so after the death OF
Mrs. Yerkes.
The shops Of the Denver G Rio
Grande railway at Salt Lake City
which closed down February Il fo1
an indefinite period, reopened Monday
morning, giving employment to more
than $50 men.
Emphatic deniais are made of .
rumor which has beea circulated 70,
the past week that Earico Caruso. the
tener, was to desert the Aetronolitau
opera house for Oscar HamaIerstein'
Manhattan opera house
Warren Stone, grand chief Of the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Fireznen
in speaking Of the proposed reduction
ct sae wages OF raArsad ennFoyag. as
serts that aaE reduction is ensusti
fed aad win be resisted by the men.