The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-09-10

Last Sunday an attempt was made at
Cleveland, o., to make the Sunday labor
law obnoxious by its rigid enforcement.
The graves of American soldiers at San
tiago are being located, preparatory to
returning the remains to the United
States.
The last PROCLAMATION of Gov. Gen.
Blanco tells the Spanish residents that
they will soon be strangers in the island
of Cuba.
James Cox, a farmer near AIiddlesboy-
ough Ky, was shot and killed by his
son Perry during quarrel. They had
been enemies for years.
Senator Lodge, while in New York for
conference with Col. Roosevelt, was
robbed of purse containing large
amount OF money.
The real objective point in Gen. Mer-
ritt's return to the United States from
Manila, it is rumored, is to get married
to lady in Chicago.
Valuable discoveries of amber hay G
been made in British Columbia, which
will be able to supply the pipemakers Of
the world for 100 years.
United States Minister Buck reports
from Japan that there is no dissatisfac-
ton there over the annexation of Ha-
wall to the United States.
The Cars call for a conference of the
powers to discuss general disarmament
has caused profound sensation in all
European capitals.
AT Buffalo, N. Y, John Carrigan was
murdered while asleep in bed at his
home by his son, Frank, who nearly sew
cred his head with an ak.
Eggs are selling for 25c each in Ha-
vana, and provisions generally are very
scarce notwithstanding that vessels now
arrive daily with supplies
About 500 American Hebrew families
are preparing to emigrate to Puerto Rico
as soon as the United States government
will permit them to do so.
Owing to the failure of the harvests in
many parts of Russia peasants are feed
ing their cattle on straw used to thatcE
the roofs of their houses.
Frederick G. Jaime, the son of wealthy
parents, was arrested in Brooklyn fol
burglary. lie charges his downfall tC
excessive cigarette smoking.
More than thirty persons were poisoned
at barbecue at Hillsboro, Mo. 1t i
) supposed that Paris green was sprinllleC
over the meat by persons unknown.
Forty years ago Mr.. A. b. Saw
yer of Lexington, Mo-, placed willow
limb about foot in length near hi
house. 1t took root, and is now over
feet in circumference. The branche
spread 81 feet.
, For the first time in the history of tn
United States army, woman has beei
= appointed a member of the medical stall
DIR. Anita MCGEE has recently bee
sworn into the service as acting assistan
surgeon.
Five members of a farmers family Il
Grant county, Indiana, are very i'll wit
typhoid fever from eating pears that ha
been gathered before they were ripe an
allowed to ripen in a sack The tree tina
, bore the fruit grew close by a publ
l wagon road, and it is the opinion of tn
: state board of health that the fruit wa
infected with the germs of the disease b.
dust from the road along which disease
persons passed, probably barefooted.
T. William NJ. Newell, merchant of Rus
sell, Lucas county, Iowa, shot and kille
. his wife, his little daughter, 10 years oil,
e and himself Another child, a son, ,
e years old, was away from home attendin
; the Omaha exposition. Financial trouble
We're the cause.
Mrs Sadie Lucas, wife of Morris Lucas
+ well-known farmer at Bloomington
Ind, arose during the night and droppe
e her infant child into cistern, aftc
which she plunged in herself and wa
e drowned The family knew nothing {
y the tragedy until morning. Mrs. Luca
: was respondent, the result of long il
: ness.
John w. Bookwalter, the millionail
I manufacturer of Springfield, Ohio, writ,
! to friend that while at Ricti, in tn
I Apprentices, recently, he had narrow e
Z cape from death in an earthquake, whic
almost destroyed the place. The shoe
, was more severe than any felt since I'll
e twelfth century. Several mountain Vi
5 lagos were badly shattered and some LIVE
:, were lost. Mr. Bookwalter left Ricti a
hour before the hotel where he stage
e was shaken into ruins.
d Firth Annual Fair.
h Spokane has won the distinction
e having the greatest annual fruit exhih
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