The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-01-01
POINTS IN GENERAL NEWS
HOME AND FOREIGN OUTLOOK.
Accidents and Crimes All over the
WorId-Business Affairs and PO-
IfticaI Considerations-Va of
Items.


sign his seat in the senate because of the
alleged betrayal of the cause of bimetal-
lism by the Mckinley administration.
The Chinese government has granted
Russia permission to winter a squadron
at Port Arthur. Great Britain demands
quid pro quo if concessions have been
made to other powers. 1t has been sug-
gested that the japanese and British oc-
cupy Wei Hal Wei jointly.
The Chinese are provisioning Port Ar
thur and will reconstruct their forts
there, Russia furnishing the money.
A charter for the Kansas City, Law
renee & Topeka Electric Railroad & Pow
er Company has been filed in Topeka,
Kan, the capital being placed at $1,000
600. 1t is the intention to construct an
electric line between Kansas City and
Lawrence and Topeka, Kan, to do
freight and passenger business.
Lady Millais, widow of Sir John Mil
lais, late president of the royal academy,
is dead. Lady Millias was the divorced
wife of John Ruskin, who voluntarily
gave her up when it was evident she low
ed Millias. Ruskin stood by in the
church while, in 1885, she was married
to Millais.
The steamship China has brought the
first consignment of opium that has come
to San Francisco since last June. The
importatio amounted to 5l5 boxes, con-
tanning ii 400 pounds, upon which the
duty at Sc pound amounts to sos 400.
The opium itself is worth about as much
more.
Charles w. Richards, a mechanical OK
pert of Cleveland, Ohio, has arrived at
San Francisco from Japan, where he has
been experimenting the construction of
wire nail plant costing $250,O00, at To
kio. The capacity of the works is 500
kegs of nails and 1000 wooden kegs daily.
AS skilled labor in Japan is paid but 50
CENTS day, as against $3.50 in this
country, the output of the factory will
cause a corresponding reduction in the
demand for the American product
A census just taken shows that there
are 39l ,49l children in the schools of New
York city.
BY the burning of the Coliseum build
ing in Chicago loss of $702, $50 was sus-
tanned, and a fireman employed about the
building lost his life. s4i
Everell, Mass, reports the burning of
the car houses, together with 10 electric
ears, causing a loss of $l50,000.
The dervishes have left Shendia and
Mettemmeh and are marching against
the Anglo-Egyptian forces, with Berber
as their objective point
Qvbo p,,ce;o, hos o,,tn,.oJ
into communication with the government
of New South Wales with the object of
procuring meat shipments to Nladivo-
stock
Parson Thomas Uziel distributed at
Denver, Col, Christmas day, 5000 jack
rabbits among poor people who applied
for them. These rabbits were killed in
the annual hunt at Lamar, Col.
Five thousand poor people were fed in
Chicago Saturday by the Salvation Army
and the Christmas dinners given by the
same organization in the division of the
Northwest will hiring the total up to
10000.
Application for a receiver has been
made by Mr.. AIosler for the Herring.
Hall-Marvin Safe Company, one of the
largest manufacturing plants in Hamil
ton, Ohio.
The treasurers of the Lowell, Mass,
cotton mills have agreed to reduce the
wages of their employees from January 10.
About $4,000 operatives in that city will
be affected.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Mcbride of Stan
ton, Del, were killed and their 6-year-old
daughter fatally injured at railroad
crossing five miles below Wilmington.
They started to cross the railroad tracks,
when the locomotive plunged into the
vehicle.
The interstate commerce commission
has issued circular to the railroads
promulgating the order extending for two
years the time within which the rail
roads shall equip their cars and engines
with automatic couplers and air brakes.
Russia, according to a special dispatch
from Shanghai, is preparing temporary
headquarters for 10000 troops at Port Ar
thur She has obtained half promise
from the grand council at Pekin TO dis
miss Sir Robert Hart, director of the Chi
nese imperial maritime customs. and
other high customs officials in addition
to the British railroad officials and the
German officers and instructors.