The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-02-19
A LOOK ALL AROUND.
NEWS AT HOME AND ABROAD.
Items of Information Gathered From
Wide Ares-PoliticaI Happen
ings and Industrial NOtes-Crimes
and Accidents.

Orders have been sent to Captain Samp-
son, in command of the North Atlantic
squadron off Key West, to send the tor
pedo boat Cushing TO Havana with stores
for the use of the Maine.
News comes of the murder of a Mexican
in the placer district of Tenachi, 1917 miles
east of Hermosillo, Mexico, as the result
of which l2 Americans are in Jail in Te-
pachi pending an investigation. The
names of the prisoners are not known.
General Prospero Morales, formerly
secretary of war under General Barrios
and late head of the unsuccessful rebel
lion, has been declared president of Gu
atemala.
The loss of life and destruction of prop
erty by fire at Thirteenth and Pike streets,
Pittsburg, was the greatest in the his
tory of the city. At least Is people We're
killed, over a score were injured and
property valued at million and a half
was destroyed.
Diplomatic relations between the Unit
ed States and Spain through Minister De
LONE are at an end and correspondence
will be conducted exclusively through
sends new minister to Washington or
designates a charge daffaires.
Michael Cudahy, the multi-million-
aire of Chicago, was in Los Angeles, Cal,
the other day. He is making a tour of in
spection of his interests in southern Cali
fornia He has under consideration the
advisablity of Transforming the Nadeau
ranch of 5000 acres, which he owns near
Florence, into beet sugar farm and
erecting Il factory which will equal any
in southern California.
new office for advising the japanese
emperor and ministry in military and
naval affairs has been created, to be
known as the Gensu Flu, the members of
which will be chosen from among the ad-
mirals or field marshals who have rem
dered special services. Prince Komatsu,
Marquis Yamagata, Marquis Oyama and
Marquis Saigon have been appointed
members OF the board and given the title
OF generalissimo.
Advices from the Orient report an as
sault by japanese artisans on Mr.. Sands
secretary of the United States legation at
Seoul. The attack was unprovoked and
the police did not interfere. Sands, how
ever, held one of the assailants and com
PEELED the police to arrest him. Afterward
a complaint was lodged by the United
States consul and the japanese authori-
ties have arrested various persons sup
posed to have been engaged in the affair.
amount, and has paid out $4,000.
Senior Depuy De LONE the late Spanish
minister, has left Washington for New
York. When asked if he had anything to
say on the eve of his departure, he an
swered with only final goodbye"
John f. Kennedy has commenced suit
at San Francisco against j. G. & l. n. Day,
contractors, to recover SIP 800, alleged to
be due for services rendered during the
building of a canal and locks in the Co
lumbia river at Cascades. He stated that,
in consideration of one-third of the profit,
he advanced money to the contractors to
enable them to complete the work, for
which they received $l,75OOOO from the
government. Kennedy alleges that the
net profit of the contractors was 100000
and he is entitled to one-third of that
A special from Madrid says that the
populace of that city is greatly emaged
owing to the belief that the Spanish cabi-
net apologized to the United States. The
pOpulace, the denatch adds, is bitterly
opposed to such course and they are eX-
ceedingly hostile to the government and
may make demonstration.
Luther c. Billings, pay director in the
United States navy, has been found guilty
h. ho IL
Washington navy yard for the past five
days, of falsehOod and scandalous conduct
and has been sentenced to dismissal from
the navy. The result of the trial has
caused the greatest surprise in naval
circles.
{. II. Wilkinson. representing the Brit
ish Yukon Co., saps the construction
Of a railroad through the White pass, from
the head of the Lynn canal to Lake Ben
nett, will be begun Immediately by his
company. The road. which will be As miles
in length, will be completed within 90
days of the beginning of the work
News has reached Nelson, b. c.. of the
murder of ID. Connors at Kuskanook, the
new town at the head of Kootenay lake.
The facts of the case so far as learned
show that the murdered man. who was a
teamster in the employ of contractors for
the Crows Nest Pass railway construc-
ton. was sitting in the banoom of Erick-
sons hotel when man known as DOYLE
but known in Rossland as Sullivan. en-
tered the place. Without any provoca.
ton, Doyle drew revolver and pointing
it at ConnOrs, said. dig up. or I'll shoot
YOU ConnOrs replied "Eire AWAY