The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-08-07
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Field Marshal Roberts, now visiting
in Montreal, is improving from recen
sickness.
Colorado day, legal holiday In
that state, was observed with flag
raising and appropriate exercises al
Denver.
H. A. Wooster, wealthy rancher OF
Blairstown, Iowa, &c years old. was
killed by the overturning of his auto.
mobile recently.
Pat Grove, the outlaw, has a baby
boy of his own now, and the notorious
kidnaper says he would kill any alb
ductor of the child.
Reports regarding the situation in
Persia of a serious nature are exag-
gerated, as there is no real danger
to American interests.
Northwestern university, Chicago,
will open school of commerce next
October to give instruction in special
lied branches of business.
The South Manchuria railway will
be open from Dalny to Shanghai for
connection with mail and steamship
service on and after August H.
Bird s. Coler, president of the Dor
ough of Brooklyn, announces that he
Is candidate for the democratic
nomination for governor this fall
Armed with rapid fire 'revolvers, 10
policemen, under the personal direc-
ton of Chief of Police Shippey, shot
down every dog of the unmuzzled or
untagged kind in Chicago Saturday.
The Rev. John w. McGhee, ST.,
aged 81 years, died at his home in
Walla Walla recently of senile decay.
For nearly half century he was min
lister of the Methodist Episcopal
church.
Two burly robbers entered the Office
Of DR.. A. l.. Golf at Tacoma recently,
attacked his stenographer and, after
chloroforming her, took the key to
the money drawer and escaped with
everything of value.
The arrest of three men in Brooklyn
recently disclosed the fact that the
Adams Express company has lost
100000, according to the police esti-
mate, through a series of trunk rob-
berries in that borough.
Jacob Wesley Mcclure, aged A
years, formerly manager of a St. Louis
branch of a sewing machine company,
is being sought by the police on a
warrant charging forgery. A shortage
Of $4,000 has been discovered.
The final account of the executors
of the estate of the late Peter Larson
Of Helena and Spokane has been filed
at Helena The account shows that
the estate aggregates in value $1,153,-
214.62, of which $S029.5O is for real
estate.
Six smuggled Cinnamon were ar
rested recently at Almogordo, N. M.
They were locked up in a refrigerator
car loaded with fruit, bound from
Los Angeles to Kansas City. The seal
had been broken, the Cinnamon put
in and the car resealed en- route.
At Kamloops, B. c., recently, F. B.,
Cedio was hanged for the murder of
a daughter OF the proprietor of the
Niagara hotel at Greenwood. Cedio
was infatuated with the girl, and when
she refused to marry him blew up the
hotel with dynamite, causing the
death of the girl.
j. M. Morrill,, wealthy farmer liv-
ing at Blackberry Center, small vii
lage Is miles from Aurora, ILL.,, was
fatally shot recently and his house
keeper was murdered by John Ander-
son, who was employed on Morrills
farm. Anderson later committed sui
eide with a shotgun, blowing the top
of his head off. He was demented.
One of the largest deals in coast
timber limits of recent months is re-
ported to have just been completed
with the transfer of 10000 acres of
well-forested land on Drury inlet,
British Columbia, to American CAPT.
talists by John Murray, G. P. Otis and
H. Thompson. The purchase price was
$175,000, a large portion of which
has been paid. The buyers are New
Jersey men.
Two hundred Washington postmas-
tiers of the first, second and third
classes met in Spokane Wednesday
and Thursday of this week in the an.
nual convention of Washington presi.
Dental postmasters, of which M. T.
Harrison of Spokane is president. The
fourth-class postmasters also listened
to addresses by representatives of four
different subdivisions of the postoffice
department from Washington, D. c.
Air Ship at Spokane Fair.