The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-11-24
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
At Columbus, KY, IL business houses
and nine dwellings burned. Loss, $4,000,
Steamship Campania will take out $780,
600 ounces of silver today from New
York.
A fire destroyed the business portion of
Ithaca, Neb. The loss is estimated at
$25 900.
p. J. Donahue, we'll known as a writer
on sporting topics, died at Lakewood, N.
j., aged 3D.
The Pullman Palace Car Company has
paid it's regular quarterly dividend of
50 a share.
The French senate without debate
adopted a bill imposing an increase of
duty upon raisins.
Employees of the Buffalo, Rochester &
Pittsburg road struck because cent cut
in wages was made
The president has appointed Edward K.
| Lowery of Ohio second secretary of the
legation at Pelxin. China.
Sheffield, 10 miles south of Mason City,
| on the Iowa Central railway, was de-
stroyed by fire. Loss, 100000.
Two trains collided on the Lorraine G.
| Wheeling road near Massillon, Ohio.
| Two engineers and the firemen were
/ killed.
Rev. DR.. william Grenough Thayer
! Shedd professor of systematic theology
in the Union Theological Seminary, is
dead, aged 70.
! Bishop John Claudius Neras of the
Catholic diocese of San Antonio died af-
ter a lingering illness. He was born in
France in 1928.
The S6th anniversary of the founding Of
Denver was commemorated Saturday by
a banquet under the auspices of the real
estate exchange.
]. j. Higgins, a Chicago electrician, shot
and killed Mrs. Kate Mclaughlin, his
| landlady and then afterwards killed him
self by shooting.
Officials of the colonial office at London
say there is no truth in the report that
another inter-colonial conference will
shortly be convened.
Hamilton Stuart, state editor of the Cal
weston, Texas, News, is dead. He was 81
years old, and the oldest American edi-
tor in active service.
At meeting of the National Baseball
League a committee was appointed to
draw up an address with regard to the
new American association.
A reduction from 40 to So cents for min,
ing coal has taken effect at the Roches-
ter & Pittsburg Coal and Iron Company's
mines at Punxsatawney, Penn.
| Jay HICKS AAG inuAutIGI VI INdLGlliilusil
Myers, paid the death penalty at Stur-
gis, S. d. The condemned man was
barely able to walk to the scaffold.
R4y Richard Carroll, a prominent
| Baptist preacher, hanged himself near
Maynorchville, Ky. He was SO years of
age and has been preaching s. years.
; Secretary Herbert has issued an order
for a court-martial in the case Of Cap
tain Carlisle r. Rerter in command Of the
/ marines at Norf0lk navy yard, on charges
Of drunkenness.
t The steamer Madiana reports that on
/ the morning of November the earth
' quake shock was felt on the Island OF
: Croix and occasioned some alarm among
| the inhabitants.
, The Whitehall, KY, castle of Genera
2 | Cassius NJ. Clay is closed to all visitors
General Clay is fearful that some harm
y may come to his bride, and will not al
: low her to leave the house.
Boston and New York capitalists in thu
q City of Mexico have furnished funds t
d start a newspaper to be published il
- English and press agency to operate il
Mexico, Central and South America.
G.. X. Whitworth, chancery court clerk
shot and instantly killed Chancellor AL
: lison in the hall of the courthouse a
!. himself. Allison was shot without warn
70 ing.
8 DR.. ]. ]. Robinson, L. L. D., who ha
s resigned from the Yale law school, witt
Y which he has been connected for 20 years
n will be dean of the new school of philos
) ophy of the Catholic University of Amer
lea at Washington.
y Major John NJ. Kelly. acting agent a
a Fort Belknap, Mont, is in washington
II with a delegation of Grosventres and AS
) sinibones, who have come to washington
= to see the great father" They have n
u grievances to present.
Judge Gibbons of Chicago granted tn
y Pullman company a change of venue fror
!, his court on its petition filed some week
q ago in quo warranto proceedings brough
5. by Attorney General Maloney. The sui
e will probably go before Judge Baker.