The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-25

was captured recently at Moab, Utah,
was taken to New Mexico from Winnie
mucca, New, where he was wanted on a
charge of holding up Santa Fe passen-
ger train.
News has been received from Smyrna
that 600O Cretan Mussulman refugees
who were in desperate lack of work and
food invaded and pillaged the Greek and
Turkish quarters of Constantinople,
conflict resulting in which many per
sons were killed or wounded.
Hon. Patrick Walsh, ex- United States
senator and mayor of Augusta, is dead.
Mary Clark, aged SO, was beaten to
death and her sister, Annie Clark, aged
45, was fatally beaten last week at Bow
lie, Md, a village, by John Berry, To-
yearold negro.
The United States transport Thomas
has sailed for the United States with the
202d New York volunteers.
An Anglo Egyptian expedition will be
undertaken next autumn, to finally dis
pose of the khalifa, Abdullah, and the
other Dervish leaders in the Soudan.
The smelters and tools at the alleged
gold mine at Marvin, Ohio, are in the
hands of the sheriff of Carroll county,
who levied on them to satisfy judgment
of $780,
Mrs. Anna Hays Byers, widow of the
late Eben M. Byers, the millionaire manu-
facturer, has been adjudged lunatic.
A serious conflict between the police
and people last week at Havana resulted
in much shooting and clubbing. From 30
to 90 people were wounded, some serious
ly. Among the injured is Police Captain
Estampes formerly colonel in the Gu
ban army.
While 300 dancers were enjoying them
selves in the Wellington opera house,
Vancouver, b. c., last week, some one in
a candy store below overturned a lamp
and the whole building was destroyed
The crew of the new defender of the
Americas cup were selected last week by
Captain f. p. Weed.
Inspector General Breckenridge of the
United States army, who will inspect all
the military posts in Puerto Rico, review
ed the troops at Ponce and has proceeded
10 the Yauco district.
A new satellite of the planet Saturn
has been discovered by Professor Pick
ering at the Harvard observatory.
At meeting of the Lake Carriers as
ISOLATION at Cleveland it was decided TO
advance the wages OF sailors So per month
for the coming season.
A Finnish deputation of 400 persons
who recently arrived at st. Petersburg
to petition the ear against the Russif-
cation DEGREES has been ordered to return
home Immediately, the ear refusing to
receive its members.
A dispatch from Baltimore says that
the new revenue cutter Seminole was aus
piciously launched at the Columbian Iron
Works last week.
DIR. Futterer, a scientist from Karls-
ruhe, Germany, has arrived in San Fran
cisco from Hong Kong, after an eventful
trip through Turkestan, Thibet and
northern China.
Five Finlanders claim to have discov-
cred evidences of a Russian boundary in
scribed on some old mounds that will
place the Klondike country within the
United States.
General Miles has received dispatch
dated Ponce, Puerto Rico, stating that
ex-Secretary Sherman is much better.
The church of the Sacred Heart was
totally destroyed by fire early Sunday
morning. The loss is estimated at $685.
600, partially insured
Governor Wells of Utah, for the pres
ent at least, has decided not to appoint
a United States senator TO succeed Sen
ator Cannon.
Two government parties have arrived
on their way to Alaska where they will
define the boundary lines between Brit
ish Columbia and the Northwest Terri
tory.
Thomas Moore, a farm hand on w. II.
Babcock's ranch, near Walla Walla,
Wash, was found dead in bed last week
The Cuban military assembly meets
again this week and it is reported that if
there is no quorum, which is probable, it
will dissolve of its own accord, public
opinion having been too strong.
Two explosions occurred at the gov
eminent ammunition factory at Bourges.
France, in the shell filing shop Three
men were killed and five were injured.
The Union Iron Works has just been
awarded the contract for two of the larg-
est freight steamers ever built in the
United States. They are for the Hawai-
ian trade.
JanowsIi resigned the fourth game of
chess of the match with Showalter.
Joe Walcott, the colored pugilist,