The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-25


against the lives of Lord Minto, Lore
Kitchener, Sir Andrew Fraser, the lieu
| tenant governor of Bengal, ana many
other British officials. On July l last
| Sir William HUT Curzon Wyllie, VINO
| had recently held important Indian ap-
pointments, was murdered at the I'M
perial institute in London by an Indian
student, who subsequently was hanged.
| DR.. Canvas LalcaCa, a physician OF
Shanghai, who was visiting in London
also was killed during the fusilade OF
shots, though his death may not haW
oeen intended.
Washington.-An official dispatch was
received Wednesday morning from Bu-
charest to the effect that the prime min
ister of Raumania had been shot and
seriously wounded by Roumanian an
archist.
San Jose. Cal.-Fire which started i'll
d room occupied by Father Victor
| White Vice-prefect of discipline and in
structor of Latin, shortly after O'CLOCK
Wednesday morning consumed proper
" at the Santa Clara college, three
miles from here, roughly estimated al
500, 900. The entire south wing, occu-
pied by the scholastic clergy, burned.
The destroyed wing continued three
valuable reference Libraries used by the
lathers, teachers and students. Amons
the books were historical records writ
ten by the early Jesuit Fathers. The
largest collection of sacred relics on
the coast, also in this building, was Il
| total loss.
The students were away on vacation.
The college is one of the pioneer insti-
tutions of this coast. A portion of the
| burned building was erected in 1873.
New York-When President Roose-
welt returns to New York he will find
a senatorial boom already to launch. 1t
was learned today that the former pres
dents friends are determined to send
| him to the senate in place of Senator
| Depew, whose term expires in 1911. Sem
ator Depew intends to make fight for
the seat. 1t has just developed that he
is sending out letters to his friends
| throughout the state, asking their sup
port.
Mr.. Roosevelt may also find at his
disposal the presidency of the Equita-
BILE Life Assurance comuany. 1t is un-
derstood that J. P. Morgan, the new
owner, will offer it to him.
Philadelphia, Pa.-After living in
ehree centuries, Mrs. Brayne Make
uesky, aged lis years, died in this city
saturday at the Jewish Shelter home.
.,he came to this country about twenty
years ago, with her family. She was
,he mother of nineteen children, several
OF whom are still living. Her descend
ants number about 150. Her Oldest
grandson, Abraham Mokedensky oil
New York, is 20 years old. Mrs. Make
| densky has always been proud of q
medal given her by Car Nicholas II OF
russia. She was born in Kiev. Her
lather was an innkeeper. One one oc-
casion the czar stopped over night at
ner fathers tavern and was so pleased
with his reception that he presented
Mrs. Makedensky, then a girl, with a
| medal
Denver, Colo.-The west slope of the
r;ocky mountains, from central WyonI-
ing down into New Mexico, is in the
grasp of a cold wave of almost Hnpa-
ralleled bitterness for this time of the
year. Lander, Wyo., reports tenn
perature of 80 degrees below, and Chey-
enne 10 below. AT Corona, Colo, near
the top of the divide, it was % below
Friday night. Pueblo reports IA below,
Leadville Is below, and Durango be-
low. AT Denver Is below was recorded.
The temperature is gradually rising.
Dallas, Tex.-With the thermometer
lowering around zero, Texas experienced
the most severe storm of the winter.
Snowfall vraying from a half to three
inches is reported almost from every
direction. The storm has extended
itself from Texas north through Ar
kansas, Mississippi and Tennessee, end
at Memphis heavy fall of snow is re-
ported.
The snow has greatly helped winter
wheat, and it is believed to have COM
pletely wiped out the boil weevil. Traf-
fic of all kinds and wire service is re-
tarded.
FL Paso Tex.-There has beena gen
eral snowfall extending over west Tex
as, North Mexico and northern Mexico.
It is the most extensive in years in this
region and. following long drouth is
exceedingly beneficial. The snow is four
inches deep in this section, and is still
falling. The temperature here is down
to Is degrees above zero, and water
pipes have frozen.
Albuquerque, n. M.-The blizzard
which began over this section Saturday
is still raging with unabated fury. The
snow is accompanied by almost unpre-
cedented cold. 1t was Is below here, the
Decatur, Ala.-For six hours Satur-
day the heaviest snowstorm ever seen
in northern Alabama prevailed, snow
falling at the rate of two inches an
hour.
Pueblo, Colo.-A o'clock Saturday
morning it was 15 degrees below zero,
the coolest since 1892, when it was is
below.
The coolest place in the United States
was Lander, Wyo., where it was so de-
grees below at o'clock Saturday morn
ing.
Colorado Springs, Colo.-The Colora-
do college weather bureau thermometer
registered at 8 o'clock Saturday morn
ing 10 degr IS below zero This is the
lowest poir cached in ten years.
Kansas City, Mo. = Temperatures
ranging from degrees below zero 10 10
degrees above prevailed over the south
west, accompanied by north wind.
The thermometer at Kansas City stood
at above zero.
Laramie, Wyo.-The government ther- |
mometer Friday night registered % de-
grees below zero. Today the sky is
sloudless and the weather moderating. |
Sioux City, Ia.-This section is still IN |
the grip of cold wave Saturday, de- |
grees below zero.
New Richmond, Wis.-The govern
ment thermometer registered 19 below |
zero here Saturday.