The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-09-24

SHORT NEWS NOTES.



The employees of the Omaha &
Council Bluffs Street Railway Com
pany have voted to walk out. ALI
lines in both cities are tied up.
The Boston Chamber of Commerce
has adopted resolutions condemning
the proposed Spokane freight rates
and has voted to send delegates to
the hearing at Spokane September
29. The Chamber will file at once a
petition of intervention at Washing
ton.
AT the closing session of the Amer
lean Bankers Association convention
| in Chicago, resolutions condemning
in strong terms both guaranty de-
! post laws and the establishment of
postal savings banks were adopted.
In criticising these two propositions,
Arthur Reynolds, of Des Moines, Ia,
| chairman of the Federal legislative
committee, referring to the postal
[ savings banks, declared that the
danger of the political use of such
a power should cause all patriotic
men to hesitate before adopting such
radical measure"
1t is understood the Postoffice De-
partment will try to find out why
the offer of the Santa Fe road to put
on new mail train to run on So
hour schedule between Kansas City
and Los Angeles was withdrawn.
Just as the Government was about
to accept the offer of the Santa Fe,
it was withdrawn and no reason was
assigned.
Mrs. Edward T. Hartman, who,
by the terms of her husbands will,
was left all his property, probably
becomes the worlds richest woman.
She is expected to ask for an official
appraisement of the financier's es-
tate within two weeks. Until this
appraisement is made nothing def
mite will be known as to the amount
Of wealth accumulated by Hartman,
but in Wall street it is the common
opinion that it will be close to
500, 900.
More money was added to the
reclamation fund during the last
year than any year since the recla.
nation law was passed, save 1908
Receipts from the sale of public
lands last year exceeded those of al
previous years, save 1908. The tota
receipts for the year ending June 80
1909, amounted to $11,627,687. O
a this amount it is estimated that ap
, proximately $S,500,000 will b.
e turned into the reclamation fund.
After having warned the neigh
: borhood that unless three white mel
= in the strictly negro town of Taft
s. Okla, left town Immediately, dealt
d would follow, negroes dynamited tn
e store of the one of the whites. Th
e building was partially demolished.
i The Irish land bill introduced i
Il Parliament on March 80 by August
inc Birrell, Chief Secretary for Ire
land, passed through its final stag
in the House of Commons by vot
OF 174 to 81. The House of Lord
o probably will pass the measure afte
modifying the clause regarding con
o pulsory acfuisition Of lands.
n Official announcement has bee
y made of the appointment of Y. Uch
IS da, ex-Minister of Foreign Affair
l. and now Ambassador to the Cou
'e of Austria, to succeed Baron X. tt
y kahira, Japanese Minister to Wasl
s. ington.
10 Rival propositions to carry II
~ mails from Chicago to Seattle in s
~ hours have been submitted by II
~ Great Northern Railroad compar
70 and by the Chicago, Milwaukee
St. Paul railroad. This would cl
70 16 hours off the present schedule fl
~ the 1900 miles. The threaten'
- speed war has for its reward Il
II four-year contract for carrying Il
ie ! overland mail from Chicago for Il
Puget Sound country, Alaska al
transpacific ports and from Chicai
to St, Paul and Minneapolis.
a. Notwithstanding Catho
al priest, Father John Nolan of Mulla
er skilled mechanics, engineers, mine
re and common laborers, so resider
r. of Shoshone county will appear /
X fore Judge w. w. Woods of the d
ne trict court Saturday, September
st. and become naturalized citizens.
lg principal nations are represente
ct natives of Ireland, England, Swed
te and Finland predominating.
i'd Sandpoint-A loose bolt in t
whiffletree, Jared out in crossi
ty railroad track, caused a bad ru
,,r ouay Ci,ndaV aftarDOOn In the