The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-02-25
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST
CONDENSED FOR READERS


Investigations are to be made in
the alleged army scandals in Japan.
The diplomatic and consular bill,
carrying S4,119,4S1, which passed the
House last week, was passed by the
Senate
Hospitals will be established in
Portland, Spokane, Seattle and Taco
ma under the supervision of the
Augustine Synod.
An explosion in the plant of the To-
peka Powder Words at San Lorenzo,
CAL, cost the lives of eight men and
a property loss of $4,000.
Members of the House may de-
mand that Robert E. Peary exhibit his
proofs to the world before voting him
a gold medal AMI the thanks of Con-
gress.
The discovery of new plot against
the government and in the interest of
ex-President Castro has caused SEN
sation in Venezuela. Many arrests
of prominent persons have been made.
Sentiment in the Senate, as devel-
oped is generally favorable to the bill
authorizing the issuance Of 100000
900 of reclamation certificates, Sena-
tors Flint, Kean and Burton being the
only ones to voice opposition.
James Gibbons, the last of the lit
tie garrison that surrendered with
Major Robert Anderson in 1861 when
Fort Sumpter was. fired upon died
in Erie, Pa. Gibbons was credited
with sighting the first gun fired by
the Union forces.
If the various unions affiliated with
the San Francisco Labor Council obey
resolutions adopted by that organiza-
ton none Of their members will be
permitted to work in house where
Asiatics are employed.
A mistake in the delivery of two
barrels of oil nearly caused fatal re-
suits at Laurel, Md, when so persons
were made violently i'll by eating
doughnuts prepared in machine oil
instead of cooking oil.
There is a possibility of the gen.
eral reorganization of the Postoffice
Department. Senator Carter has In
troduced in the Senate a measure to
this end, and its duplicate was pre-
scented in the House by Representa-
tive Weeks, of Massachusetts,.
Five hundred persons attending a
theater at Patton, Pa, were precipi
tated into the basement of the build
ing when the floor collapsed. One
man was killed and many women and
children tangled in the debris were
injured.
An alleged conspiracy to defraud
the Government out of many thou
sands of dollars by forgery has beer
revealed by the action of the Fedora
grand jury in returning and placing
on secret file an indictment agains
B. T. Berry, a promoter, at Sar
Francisco.
An old statute of Kansas, which
clothes county officials with authority
to call out all men, women and chill
dren from IL to 65 years of age tt
fight noxious insects, may be in
voked this Summer when the chint,
bug, the great destroyer of growing
corn, makes it's appearance in Kansas
1t is we'll understood among ma
jority leaders of the House that NJ
immediate attempt will be made tt
meet the request of the Treasury DE
partment for an appropriation of $50
900. with which to carry into effec
the publicity provision of the corpor
alton tax law
With a view to preventing specula
ton in Carey act lands, Representa-
tive Mordell has introduced a bill au
thorizing the Secretary of the Interio
on application by any state or terri
tory, to withdraw temporarily from
entry lands which are desired for re
clamation under that law.
The Senate investigation COMMITTEE
has reported favorably the bill pei
hitting the homestead entrymen with
in the reclamation projects to assigl
their entries upon satisfactory proc
OF residence, improvement and cult
walton for five years, same as thougl
the entries had been made under OF