The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-12-09
ITEMS FROM ALL AROUND
rERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRE.
Complete Review of the Events for
the Past Week I'm This and For
eigB Lands-summarixed From the
Latest Dispatches.

Gen. Miles says the coast needs more
soldiers.
The war tax swells and is now averag-
ing 81 per year per capita.
Gen. Leonard Wood, governor of San
tiago de Cuba, has arrived home.
The Harpers' magazines have passed in
to control of New York trust company.
The finances of the publishing company
became so entangled that a transfer was
made.
Dewey is not in the presidential race,
but says he should like to see Mckinley
elected.
James Wood, a paroled convict Of
Washington, has gone, and now has o
penitentiary term threatening.
Col Bell has defeated and scattered the
insurgent brigades of Gems. Alejandrino
and San Miguel north of Manila
1t will be gratifying to the friends of
Mrs. Mckinley to know that her health
is so much improved that she will be en-
abled to take an active part in the social
festivities of the Washington season this
winter.
A fire destroyed four-story brick ten
ement building at l40 Houston street,
New York. William Helmboldt, 60 years
old, a civil war veteran, and his wife,
Matilda, aged 50, were burned to death.
A train of six cars on the Great Falls &
Canada railroad, in Montana, one mile
west of Shelby junction, was blown from
the track. Peter McCaskey, laborer,
| l.. o+l1 ,,,.,x -,
Guiding Sam Griffith, foreman of the work
crew.
Bayombong has surrendered and
with it 500 insurgents, several Ameri-
cans and 70 Spaniards freed.
Khalifa was game to the last. He sat
on his sheepskin, emirs around him,
and awaited death.
L. A. Root of Port Huron, until re-
Gently the chief clerk of the Knights of
Maccabees, committed suicide by swal-
lowing carbolic acid.
Roberts path will be thorny and he
must fight for admission to the house.
Republican majority has decided that
the eligibility of the representative
elect from Utah must be determined be
fore he can be sworn in and seated.
The entire business portion of Oman.
COKE Va, was destroyed by fire recent
ly. The loss is estimated at 100000
with $4,000 insurance.
The policy as to pensions is the feat
ure of interior department report. A
recommendation that payment date
from time of filing application.
In peace prepare for sudden war is
what Secretary Elihu Root gives tc
the country, his deductions from les
sons of campaigns past and present.
} The steamer Weeott lies a tota
. wreck on the south jetty of Humboldt
bay, having struck the rocks there, ant
: of the "a souls on board all are SAFE
but two.
Hanna is out. He cannot head thu
) management of the next republican
campaign, as his health forbids it. HI
will probably act on the executive com
mittee and lend weight of counsel.
2 One of the main buildings of the LAT
? lin-Rand Powder Works, located foul
miles north of Columbus, Kan, wa
!, blown up. William Cushman, work
f man, who was the only person in thu
r building, was killed.
General Leonard Wood will return Il
Cuba this week. He says he-eXpects Il
: remain in the line of the army as loni
j as he lives and is permitted to remain
t The Manauense was a rotten craft
t One of the crew says the transport wa
unfit to sail when she first reached Hon
n olulu.
J. An unknown white man closely mask
e ed held up the two messengers in
n southern express car near Charleston
S. c., and under cover of a revolve
compelled them to give up $1,000 il
i cash. Eight thousand dollars in ar
e other safe was overlooked by the out
l. law.
Growing feeling among natives O
n Nicaragua toward Zelaya.
n Mgr Chappelle is on his way to Ma
1, Mia to adjust Catholic affairs.
h Philadelphia is a bidder for the ns
tional republican convention.
l. Bad gales off New Zealand are RI
d ported and two vessels went ashore.
o Tower City, N. D., was visited by
s. blizzard. The snow fell fast and drift
ed.
S The war in South Africa is a ba
If thing for Americans as it hamper
l. trade.
p Four steamers from a bubonic plagu
1. port are held at quarantine in Me-
t York.
IS No secret compact exists, but Ge
=. many welcomes the Anglo-American a