The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-07-23
ITEMS FROM FAR AND NEAR
MINOR NEWS OF THE WORLD.
The business Progress-FRcts for
the Curious-Acctdents and Crime
Notes of Persons-churches and
Religious News.

BRUSH sailors, by recent order OF the
admiralty, must hereafter reverse the or
der of lacing their trousers. Hereafter
the bow must be tied at the bottom of the
eyelet-holes instead of at the top.
Binding Irvine at Peoria has doubled in
value since the opening of the war From
54c the price has advanced to l21c per
pound, and there is the possibility of a
famine before the harvest is over This
is said to be due to the state of affairs at
Manila.
A resident of West Gouldsboro Me-,
has in his possession a curious stone the
size OF which is constantly increasing. 1t
was found thirty years ago on the shore
OF a cove by the brother of the present
owner, who carried it home because of its
remarkable resemblance to a large egg.
Afterward it was noticed that the stone
had increased in size; and in ten years it
had doubled its weight. Originally the
rock tipped the scales at about ten
pounds, and now, at the end of thirty
years, 1T weighs sixty-fve pounds. Large
sums have been offered for the curiosity
Judge Acheson of the United States
circuit court at Pittsburg handed down Il
decision in the case of the United States
Mftis Company against the Carnegie Steel
Company, which is adverse to the de-
PENDANT and involves the making of armor
plate 1t was held that the plaintiffs
, process of adding aluminium in the manu-
facture of casts from wrought iron and
steel had been infringed upon.
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service for all Dutch citizens in the army.
The only persons exempted are priests,
e ministers and divinity students.
: al Caulkins of Clearwater is out at
Dayton, Wash, for the purpose of incor.
, porating a company to operate II claims
e in Green Creek district.
r Any Spaniard over the age of 10 is liable
i to be called into military service for three
/. years. BY the payment of 1900 peseta.
e $4,000 he can escape military duty.
The Hotel Latham, of Hopkinsville
+ Ky, which cost over 100000 when erect
n ed, was sold by decree of the circuit
i court and purchased by John c. Latham
e of New York, for $4,000.
Y The pope is reported to be greatly de
n jected by the destruction of Cerversi'
J fleet at Santiago.
C Twenty business blocks in the it'll
town of Rogers, Texas, We're destroyed b,
fire last week.
a regiment of troops will be sent i'm
e mediately from San Francisco to Homo
Il lulu to garrison the forts.
% The Hawaiian islands became ours whe
lie President Mckinley signed the annexa
E ton bill Wednesday night.
In the event of an uprising of the por
'e ulace in Spain there is grave danger of
u mutiny in the army.
II Chill has sent an ultimatum to Anger
3 TINA giving her until August 10 to sci
Is tie the boundary dispute.
II Assessment of real and personal proI
Ie erty of Philadelphia shows an increase
u $23.O00,O00 this year over 1897.
'e The Northern Pacific Railroad has I,
III stored the wages of all its employees to tn
~ rates before the reduction of 1894
III One of the conspirators who placed
III bomb in the palace of the queen regent
" Spain has been arrested and executed.
Havana is still in communication wit
Madrid by cable.
er Spain has now only two fighting shil
worthy of consideration, the battle-shi
lie Pelayo and the armOred cruiser Carlos '
Only regular United States postal rat
es are required on mails for the Philippine
TX whether addressed to military men or ci
ilians.
ed he price of manila rope has double
d. going from SIC to ll1c pound, since Il
& blockade of the Philippines by Admir-
Dewey.
&c Governor Lowndes of Maryland has al
IS nounced that the state will present
he sword of honor to Commodore Schley, WI
is native of Frederick county.
tn The Spanish government is looking f.
OF a pretext to put General Weyler safe
nd behind the bars on account of his intrigue
with revolutionary elements
TN The second session of the Fifty-fft
at congress, just closed, was filled with mo
O. stirring events and appropriated mo
" money than any since 1861.
Governor Sanginez of Lower Californ
manifested his friendliness for the Unit,
States by having his military band gil
oil a concert on the Fourth of July, in whi'
ny American national airs were the mo
at prominent.
ifs Owing to the extreme drought plac
er mining in the northern counties of Ca
fornia has been suspended 1t is thong
ce that operations will not be resumed UNI
us next spring.
20 In Livermore valley, California, q
dry season has so far affected the win