The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-02-11

San jose, Z. r., rendered its resignation
20 Governor General Henry, because, after
dismissing Carbonell, General Henry or
dered General Eaton TO take charge OF
the department of public instruction and
instructed Major Pierce to take charge OF
the department OF public works.
Captain w c. johnson OF Cincinnati,
senior vice commander in chief of the G.
A. H., under the constitution becomes the
acting commander in chief at once upon
the death of his superior and continues as
such until the vacancy is filed by the
national council of administration.
Several of the strikers have returned to
work at Colon, Columbia. as a result of
the railroads notification of an increase
of 25 cents silver in the rate of wages
The strikers at Panama still refuse to 90
to work and the deadlock there still con-
tinues. The strike has now spread to the
banana laborers att Bocas del Toro.
The town of Stilesboro, Ga, was nearly
wiped out of existence Feb. 4 by tor
nado. No lives were lost, but several
people were injured.
President Mckinley presented to Chas.
A. Schott, chief of the computing division
of the United States coast and goedetic
survey, the sprize recently conferred upon
him by the Academy of France.
This prize of 1000 francs was founded
by an Englishman about two years ago,
and was TO be conferred on any person
in any country whose discoveries in sci
ence or whose Investigations had been
most valuable and had contributed most
10 human knowledge in the direction of
mathematics, mechanics, physics, chemis-
try or geology.
The United States gunboat Castine,
which sailed from San Juan on January
Is for Manila by the eastern route to re-
enforce Dewey's fleet is taking on coal at
Gibraltar. The United States military
transport Grant, which left New York
January 49,, also bound for Manila and
which arrived here on February for coal
and supplies, proceeded for the Philip
pines
A company of armed foreign soldiers
entered the United States at Port Huron
Feb. A. The command is composed of Sc
cadets from Toronto, who are en- route
TO Tampa via Chicago, on trip combin-
ing pleasure and instruction. Mayor Ste
vens, the common council and citizens met
the cadets and escorted them to United
States soil The cheers of the Canadian
soldier boys upon landing on American
soil was demonstrative of the friendly
feeling existing between Canada and the
United States
The coolest weather in many years pre-
walls throughout the country surround
ing Pendleton Ore, although II below is
the lowest temperature recorded here. At
Meacham it was AZ below Feb. 4, at Helix
2l, at Ukiah, so miles south of here, in
Camas prairie, it was more than 40 be-
low.
The supreme tribunal, Knights of Ply
thias after settling a few minor matters,
mas adjourned. The tribunal which has
been deyoting the greater part of its time
TO the case of Henry Vellenvoss, at one
time grand chancellor and who led the
German ritual movement, has notified
Vellenvoss that 60 days was to be given
him in which to reply to the 10 special
charges.
At a meeting of the committee of the
stockholders of the Electrolytic Marine
Salts company in Boston, Winslow War
rem made an oral report of the progress
of the company to the effect that of TO-
100000 shares of stock originally issued,
about 1884, 900 worth was sold. The bal
ance stood in the name of Rev. z. +. Jer-
negen. This balance has been turned over
to the company and probably will be can
celled
The January grand jury in Chicago
which has been investigating charges OF
jury bribing brought against several court
bailiffs and which returned indictments
against Bailiffs Lynch and Dwyer, made
its final report. The report says the mem.
bers of the grand jury are satisfied that
an organized system OF jury bribing ex.
lists in the civil courts which has been
used for the benefit OF the street railways
The Colorado Midland has succeeded in
forcing a train through the drifts west
ward to Basalt, where an eastbound pas
senger was met and brought back to
Leadville.
Terrible scenes were witnessed in the
confiagration last week which destroyed
the whole village of Nagyprobroes in
Liptau district Of Hungary Twenty mer
literally in flames ran about the streets
until they dropped insensible. Many
were trodden by maddened animals 9th
ers were frozen to death in the open fields
Twenty charred bodies have been recov
cred and 90 of the survivors are suffering