The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17
ITEMS FROM ALL AROUND
TERsE TRICKS FROM THE WIRE
A Complete Review Of the Events for
the Past Week in This and Foreign
Lands-Summarized From the Latest
Dispatches.

democratic.
The Methodist general conference of
1900 is to be held in Chicago.
Troops first sent to Cuba will be COM
posed largely of regulars.
Gen. Merritt expects to leave Paris for
the United States December 10.
An active volcano has Just been discov-
cred fifty miles from Atlin City, Alaska
Agricultural help is obtainable in Mex
leo at from 25c to SOC day (silver), ac-
cording to locality.
1t is said that 10000 soldiers will be
needed to put down the rebellion in the
Philippines.
Last weeks snow storm in Colorado
was the severest experienced in that state
for many years.
In 1901 Detroit will celebrate the 200th
anniversary of the founding of the city
by Pere Marquette.
Marshal Blanco, former Captain General
of Cuba, and suite sailed from Havana for
Spain last Wednesday.
Cen Buterfield and Capt. Mahan favor
military system of government for
Puerto Rico and the Philippines.
Official notice of the dissolution of the
Omitted States of Central America" has
been received at Washington.
The cruiser Chicago, reconstructed and
capable of much greater speed than when
she was taken out of commission over two
years ago, was placed in commission at
the Brooklyn navy yard.
1t is understood that the United States
of Central America, consisting of Mica
ragua, Salvador and Honduras, having
failed, another effort will be made to form
a republic, to include also Costa Rica and
Guatemala.
The war department is maturing plans
for the muster out of as many volunteers
now in service as possible, as nearly all of
them want to go home.
Germany, it is said, is ready to buy the
Caroline islands from Spain, but does not
wish to prejudice her relations with either
the United States or England.
The ship Shenandoah, which was report
ed captured by the Spaniards during the
war, has arrived from Baltimore at San
Francisco having been out l3l days.
John Wallace, after a years imprison-
ment at Sing Sing, n Y, under a ten
years sentence on a-charge of robbery, of
which he was innocent, has been released.
All indications lead to the conclusion
that the steamer Portland foundered in
deep water at High Head, Mass, and that
she was not driven ashore and beaten to
pieces, as was at first supposed.
The heavy snowfall in New York City
last week proved to be too much for the
street cleaning department, which was to-
tally unable to cope with it. Many streets
were blockaded for several days.
After a litigation lasting fourteen years
? the will disposing of a San Francisco es-
tate once worth $4,000 has just been sus-
tanned and litigation suspended, because
the estate has been exhausted in paying
legal fees.
Hazing at Princeton is now officially
r dead.
The transport Pennsylvania has arrived
at Manila from San Francisco
The government has purchased at pri
vate sale the Lookout property at Chata
nooga.
The Spanish transport Forgas has sailed
from Havana for Spain with 100 troops
The transport Berlin, with the First
Kentucky regiment, has arrived at New
port News.
There was held a meeting of traffic of
ficials of Western roads at Chicago Tues
+ day to restore freight rates.
n The fire in the works of the STANDARD
T Oil Company at Los Angeles, Cal, ha.
t burned itself out The loss is $500
e The Daughters of the American Revo
e luton OF Virginia have $4l 900 towards
e the building proposed for Washington
d. c.
e The next regiment to start for Manil,
/ will embark at New York about New
t Years and will 90 through the Suez canal
Henry Mortimer Platt, who establishe,
the first gold and silver refinery in tn
United States, is dead at his home in New
J.. York City.
n The shortage in the wine crop of lS9
# and the fairly good demand during tn
Y past year has resulted in advancing price
? in California.
n The Spanish steamer Buepos Ayres
II from Manila, has arrived at Barcelona
u Sixty deaths among the troops occurre,
during the trip.
= Another body was taken from the ruin
of the Baldwin Hotel fire in San Francis
- co. There was nothing to identify tn
!, corpse.
= DIR. J. J. Walter, pastor of the Centur
y Methodist Church, of Portland, Or, ha
been appointed missionary in charge of a
= the Methodist work in Alaska