Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-07-17
NEWS OF THE WORM
SHORT DISPATCHES FROM All
PARTS OF The GLoBE
a Review of Happening. !,
Eastern and Western Heml,..
During the Past Week-Na,,.'
Historical Political and Person.,
Events.

Although Pierce county and !,
state were the losers in the the
nearing as to the mental cona,., event
chester Thompson, SLAYER Of c,On Oh
Mead Emery, it now appears ~ ue0ise
torney Will H. Thompson fat las AT
Chester, will have to pay the h,n, u
his side of the case, an amount iOF
to $1,000. close
The efforts of Mexico ana 4.
United States are being exertas 'l y,
every way to prevent violationS ~
neutrality by any of the Can.. VI
American countries. A''a
San Francisco has placed ito IN
cial stamp of approval on the d,s4
toire gown. D"ec
AT Ottawa, Kan, Mrs. Mollie sto.
art was found guilty of the mnrdos ',
Mrs. Jane Schneick and her nur,.s
ment was fixed at life Imprisonment
The extremely hot weather of N.
last few days will decrease the Col,
fornia raisin crop 1000 tons.
Schurz, a thriving little Nevoa.
town in the center of the mining A.
trict, was recently wiped off the mon
by fire.
The most important up-countrv
townsite deal of the Grand Trunk Pa.
cific railway this year has been com
pleted in the purchase of land for tbs
site of a future city on the Buckley
river, in British Columbia.
Preparations are well under way for
the national convention of the indie
pendence party, which will be held at
Chicago, Monday, July 81.
Mayor John e. Reyburn of Phila.
delphia has instituted proceedings
against E. A. Van Valkenburg, editor
and president of the North American
and six members of the staff of the
newspaper, charging them with Grim.
inal libel.
A report from the City of Mexico
says: A lake of oil covering an area
of more than one square mile and Of
unknown depth, in the state Of Vera
Cruz, is on fire.
The bodies of H. D. Everett. govern.
ment forester, and T. R. Wakeey,
school teacher, who were murdered
several weeks ago by tribesmen while
on an expedition into the unexplored
mountain regions of the island Of
Negros, have been recovered by Lieu
tenant Ahern of the constabuary
forces.
Right Rev. Alfred A. Curtis, former
ly Roman Catholic bishop of Whining
ton, Del, and for a number of years
vicar general of Baltimore, died re-
Gently.
The cruiser Albany has been or
dered to Amapala, the Pacific port Of
Honduras, to remain as long as neces-
sary.
DR.. Frederick A. C.ok of Brooklyn,
the explorer, who is trying to reach
the north pole by new route through
Nansen strait, and whose friends were
fearful that he had met disaster in
the frozen north, has been heard from.
The Yokohama municipality has
voted the sum of $500 yen to cover
the expenses of the entertainment to
be given the officers and men of the
fleet while in that city.
Wenatchee friends of ]. K. Crute,
late of Stehenkin, are anxious to know
what has become of him, and from
what has been gathered it looks much
as though there had been foul play
and that Crute has been murdered.
A report from Dubuque, Iowa, says;
Mayor H. A. Schunk, who disappeared
recently, was later found in the Trap
pist monastery, IS miles away
Troubles in legal and political ai1alrs
are assigned as the cause for inc
Offi Qia1'c dnciro RI cb,tn tho world.