The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-12-17
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST
CONDENSED FOR READERS


i. The Navy Year Book for 1905
shows the race for second place
among the navies of the world still
to be close between the United
States and Germany,
Red Cloud, the famous Sioux chief
died at his home near Pine Ridge
agency, South Dakota, at the adj
vanced age of 8S years.
! Fifteen lives and $4,000 worth OF
property, both on land and sea, is
the total known to have been taken
by the storm that swept New
Foundland and its waters recently.
Industrial education. which formed
lively topic of discussion at the
Toronto convention of the American
Federation of Labor, is to be taken
up with the national department OF
commerce and labor in Washington
y Phineas Bachelor, said to be the
Oldest member of the Independent
Order of Oddfellows in the world,
died at at Bangor, Maine, aged SO
years. ~ So Ha VIZ
The residence Of Harry B. Wan
dell, city editor of the St. Louis
Star, was dynamited early Saturday
morning. The occupants escaped in
juries.
The Standard Oil interests have
financed the merging of independent
telephone companies of the east and
west central states into the Cont
mental Telephone & Telegraph Conn
pany for the purpose of fighting the
American Telephone & Telegraph
Western Union combination.
y Mrs. Allen r. Read, recently con-
victed of assault with intent to
blackmail Mrs. Genevieve Phipps, OF
Denver, has been sentenced to not
less than one year nor more than Is
years in the Colorado penitentiary
d Willett M. Hays, assistant secre-
tary of agriculture, will start mag
azine devoted to the scientific breed
ing of plants and animals.
Politicians and state officials ad-
nit that renewed interest in equal
| suffrage in Kansas means that soon
err or later the women are going tc
vote and enjoy equal privileges with
men.
The American Federation of La
Dor will support the railroad switch
men on strike in the northwest to
the extent OF its powers.
Bishop Pascal, who has charge
of the diocese of Prince Albert
which embraces the sub-Arctic coun-
try to the north of that city, brings
back with him story of the find
ing of traces of a balloon in which
S. A. Andre. Swedish explorer, at
tempted to drift across to the North
Pole
At a monster meeting in Albert
hall, Herbert Asquith, British pre-
mier. laid down the policy on which
! the Liberal government is appealing
to the country. He repeated VIVA,
had been said by other ministers
that, if it were returned to power
the government would demand the
| limitation of the power of the
| House of Lords-and he pledged
that the liberal party would gran,
self-government to Ireland.
Charles NJ Schwab has given to
the children of New York property
which is estimated valued at $780,
900. He decided magnificent pleas
ure resort to the Sisters of Charity
of New York.
That the bitteresr sort of an in
tercity feud is to wage between San
Francisco and San Diego over the
| question of the Panama Pacific ex-
position in 1915 is the verdict OF
those who have been following the
activities of the two California cities
during the past week.
Evasion of lawful duties by the
rich, and their frequent willingness
to bride customs inspectors are
characterized by Secretary Mac
Veagh as one of the leading OBJ
! stacles in the way of Strengthening
! ou the custons-frauds in New York
For the first time in the history
of Yale university the Ten Eyck
prize for speaking was won by a
Chinese, when Yum Hsiang rs 40
of Shanghai, China, was awarded the
| honor.