The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1897-07-24
SUMMARY OF NEWS FROM ALL
OVER THE WORLD.
Industrial Items, Record of Casual
tie. and the happenings OF
the Week.

belief that there has been corner Ill
cycle tubing, resulting in several specu-
lators being pinched and a heavy advance
in prices.
The large sawmill of j. ]. Jones at Cot
tage Grove, Or, has been sold to the
Sugar Pine Door & Lumber Company OF
Grants Pass. The plant consists OF
large mill, six miles of fume, factory, dry
house, spur track and 1900 acres OF hr
and cedar
During. the present month the governor
of PENNSYLVANIA has been confronted by
600 different messages to approve or veto,
all of which have to be considered before
August l, making a greater task than
any which ever confronted president U1
the United States, the time limit being
the same.
The secretary of war has transmitted
to congress the report of the preliminary |
examinations made by Major T. w. Sy- |
mons of the corps of engineers ON the teas
ability of ship canal from the great
lakes across New York to the Hudson
river. The estimated cost via Niagara
river. Lake Ontario, Oswego, Oneida lake
and the Mohawk and Hudson rivers is
placed at S6OO,OOO,OOO But the major is
also of the belief that the Erie canal when
enlarged under existing plans OF the
state of New York, would result in COM
mercial advantages equal to those OF
ship canal, provided the restrictions were
removed.
1t it rumored among the senators that
the president will nominate Terence V.
Powderley, formerly grand master work
man of the Knights of Labor, to be com
missioner of immigration to succeed MI.
Trump.
Mrs John Bradbury of California,
whose notorious elopement with IL. Rus
sell Warde occasioned SO much newspaper
talk few days ago, has been forgiven
and Joined her husband in Chicago, where
the duo are stopping at the Wellington,
neither caring to be interviewed.
Charles w. Spaulding, accused of EN-
bezzling the endowment funds of the
University of Illinois, has been acquitted
a second time by Chicago court within
two months, the instructions to the jury
being that unless they were sure that
Spaulding intended to embezzle they must
acquit.
Backed by John d. Rockefeller, the
Standard Oil millionaire, Commander
Booth Tucker of the Salvation Army, in
company with the industrial and land
commissioners of the Santa Fe route, Is
looking over lands in Colorado with the
view of establishing an industrial colony,
which will be peopled by the reformed Of
eastern cities.
Tewfik Pasha, Turkish foreign minis
ter, has informed the ambassadors of the
powers that the sultan has agreed to their
demands and was prepared to accept the
views of the peace commission. 1t is re-
liably stated that the powers have fixed
the indemnity to be paid Turkey by
Greece at $4O00,OO0, allowing the for
mer a more liberal frontier line.
The governor of Tennessee has an
nounced that the successor to the late
Senator Harris will either be 7. NJ. Insley
of west Tennessee or James G. Richard
son or Benton Mcmillan of Middleton.
Efforts are being made by the commit
tee in charge of the Logan day ceremo
MES and the ex-confederates' association
of Chicago to secure the presence of Miss
Winnie Davis, "the daughter of the con
federacy," at the dedication exercises il
Chicago on the odd
Three boys, John Bridges, Charles
Sweeney and X. L. Montgomery, of Fort
Worth, were killed while sleeping on the
track at Austin, Tex, by an Information
al & Great Northern freight train, {
fourth boy, Henry Estis, also with thu
party, was dangerously injured and al
hour later the same train ran over anC
killed negro, L. f. Cox of Waco
The exploring expedition of Jess
Grant and associates, which landed OF
the Tiburon islands in the Gulf of Cal
ifonia was driven off by the Seri Indians
who are said to be canabals, the expedi
ton making but little resistance to tn
will of the Indians, but going to Quay
mas, where more men will be secured ant
a stronger party organized
In a runaway accident near Ouray
Col, Miss Myrtle Shaw of Pittsfield, Ill
was fatally injured and several others, al
members of Y. NJ G. A. excursion iron
Denver, were painfully injured, amoni
them being Major E. w. Halford privat
secretary to exPresident Harrison dun
ing his term of Office o. A. Reinhardt an
Dr. Elliot of Denver.
By the explosion of two dynamit
bombs at Guadalajara, Spain, in a castle
several perosns were killed and others in
jured.
A staff correspondent for an IndianaT