The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1897-07-10
AT HOME AND ABROAD
SUMMARY OF NEWS FROM ALL
OVER THE WORLD.
Industrial Items, Record of CASUAL
ties and the Happenings of
the Week.

President Mckinley spent a quiet day
with his mother at Canton, Ohio, Sunday.
The coal miners of Streator district in
Illinois, with total OF about $4,000 men,
have laid down their tools in answer to
the call of the national association.
The most disastrous fire that ever oc-
CURED in the city swept over the princi-
pal business portion of Batesville, Ark,
Sunday, entailing loss to property of
$4,000. The fire is supposed to have been
caused by Une explosion of fire crackers.
Patrick Grace, Chicago saloonkeeper,
and his wife were shot and mortally
wounded by three masked men who at
tempted to rob the saloon. Grace has a
bullet in his right temple and his wife
was wounded in the forehead. The rob-
bers escaped.
A terrible storm is reported from South
Germany. Hail stones as large as hens
eggs fell. Crops, vines, trees and whole
orchards were destroyed, thousands OF
hares and cartridges with otner game
were killed, and great damage done to
property. The loss is estimated at many
million marks.
Five persons were killed and 40 injured
during the celebration of the Fourth in
Chicago.
Governor Rogers delivered the Fourth
of July Grafton at New Whatcom, Wash,
discoursing on "The Rights of Man"
At the Tammany celebration in New
York the name of Cleveland was slightly
applauded but loudly Kissed" while the
report states that "the audience broke in
to a wild cheer at the mention of Bry-
ans name.
The Turkish troops, after sharp fight
with the inhabitants, have occupied the
village of Kalabaka, in north Thessaly.
The cheers of 10000 people greeted Will
liam j. Bryan at Forest park, Los An
geles, Monday, where he spoke for two
hours and 20 minutes, and held the close
attention of his audience.
A dispatch from Danes island dated
June 2S, announces that the filling of
Professor Andres balloon was completed
June %, and that everything was ready
TO start on his attempt to cross the Arc
tic regions on July /.
Special dispatches from Bombay say
that 600 to 1000 rioters We're killed dur
ing the recent rioting in the vicinity of
Calcutta, and it is added that native Of
ficials put the death roll as high as 1900.
The American Chamber of Commerce
gave its third Independence day banquet
in Paris, Monday Covers were laid for
500, and the company included many la
dies. Among the guests were Chaunccy
NJ. Depew, NJ. H. De Young and General
Horace Porter, the American ambassa-
dor. Ambassador Porter presided.
Three hundred citizens of the United
States, residents of London, and visitors
sat down to the annual dinner of the
American society in London Monday. The
official guests included Hon. Whitelaw
Reid, General Miles, former Vice Presi-
dent Stevenson, Terrill, formerly minister
to Turkey, and Bishops Potter, Doaue,
Whipple, futile, Leonard Perry and
Quinard.
The Fourth of July was celebrated gen
orally all over Montana, but as a rule
without oratOTy. Congressman Hartman
spoke at Livingston and Mrs. Ella Know
les Haskell at Marysville. The soldiers
home at Columbia Falls was dedicated,
the principal address being made by Rep
itoCiildilNt Iltu w ulltSiut. IlSCWuclt
in the state, however, there were horse
} races, base ball games and other forms of
sports, and no speechmaking. The wealth
er was generally cool.
Prof George Weston, the aeronaut, and
his assistant, Section of Aberdeen, WASH,
were fearfully crushed while the former
was attempting an ascension and para
chute jump at Eureka, Cal, Monday.
When the balloon was inflated and the
restraining ropes cast off it shot up 60
, feet with Section entangled in the ropes.
He was dropped to the earth and sustain
, ed fractures and bruises from which he
will die. Weston chung to the parachute
and strong wind carried him with ter
rife force through the tops of some trees,
and he, also, dropped to earth, crushed
and mangled in a terrible manner.