Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-07-20
The TELEGRAPH SUMMARY
LEWs OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF
Complete Review Of the Events Of
the Past Week-In This and FOr-
ei9n nds-Taken From the Lat.
est Dispatches.

The plague still continues in Australian
ports.
The premier, NJ. Waldeck Rousseau, Of
Paris, is confined to his bed.
The chief issue of the republican cam
paign is currency. Trusts go to the rear.
Imperialism they say is 4 myth.
Five more bodies were recovered from
the wreck Of the Saale Thursday. The
Saale is ahoat, but will have to he raised
five feet before she can be moved.
An exceptional heat wave is causing
numerous sunstrokes and heat prostrations
in London: The thermometer registered
l29 degrees in the sun and So in the shade.
The American hospital ship Maine, which
has been placed at the disposal OF the Brit
ish government by the ladies' executive
committee, sailed today from Southamp-
ton for China.
Mckinley accepts his nomination and
feels highly honored by the republicans.
Is fully alive to the responsibilities of the
Office for the next four years. Declares
that the party has fulfilled all the pledges
it made four years ago.
The bark Harvester, owned in San Fran
cisco, which took lumber from British Co
lumbia to the cape, struck a rock while en-
tering New Castle, n. S. W., and was to-
tally wrecked. The crew spent the night
in boats and We're picked up the next day.
| Roosevelt has been notified about his
nomination Honor is accepted. Senator
Woicott spoke in glowing words OF the
young statesman. Expresses his apprcci
alton. Roosevelt says he is honored and
| pleased with having been put on the tick
ct.
Five Filipino sailors of the bark Ethel
have been sentenced to death at Perth,
West Australia, for numbering the cap
tain and officers of that vessel. M. Royaz,
formerly a lieutenant of Aguinaldo, was
the one who started the mutiny which
ended in murder.
Two cars collided on the Dayton,
Springfield 4 Urbana electric road recent
ly and telescoped. Probably 20 persons
were injured. The injured: Motorman
Chas. Armstrong, internally, may die
Pearl Shoup, Emma Lannert, George Ger
rim, Marion Baer, Carl Eiser. Walter
/ w SLISllHl. AuliitS oiIts, 1dIl tiit'l
Dora Courier, John Kelsey.
Charges looking to the trial by court
martial have been preferred with Colonel
Long against Captain Charles Baker of the
transport Sumner. The cause of complaint
is that Captain Baker caused the death
of Henry Ryan by confning him in the
BRIG" or prison, aboard ship while he
was i'll. In consequence of this a charge
of murder is preferred against Captain
Baker.
There is coal famine at Dutch har.
Dor.
Captain Coghlan, who commanded
the Raleigh in the battle OF Mannila
is critically ill.,
A terrific electrical storm. accom-
panied by rainfall of LIZ inches rag
er in Dubuque. Iowa, for three hours
recently. Nellie l.. McQuillian, aged
16, was killed by tightening.
Jack Moffet. of Chicago, got the de-
ssision of AL. Neil of California. in the
twentieth round of glove contest at
San Francisco, recently.
The transport, Hancock, has arrived
in San Francisco, "a days from Man
lila. via Nagaski She brought 10l
passengers and CAT soldiers. Five
deaths and two suicides occurred on
the voyage.
Senator Gear. the venerable statesman
from Iowa, is dead He had not enjoyed
he n for year or more, but was moi
considered dangerously i'll until the ina
summons came He was beloved by al
associates.
Captain Healy. Master of the Nc
Cnlloch came to Port Arthur under
guard insane He first attempted tt
jump overheard, then attempted to op
en- blood vessel with piece of {
broken medicine bottle.
The directors of the Dime Savings
bank of Newark. n j., has closed th'
! institutions door until its affairs car
be Strengthened out Charles West
, ervelt. the banks secretary and treas
. urer has been arrested
! Six coal and ice storehouses. thre,
! stables, frame dwelling. numbel
OF outbuildings and six Pennsylyani;
! freight cars were destroyed by fire re
, Gently at Sewickley, a suburb OF Pitts
burg. Pa. Samuel Woods. a stabl
man. was burned to death and eigh
horses were ereamated. Loss $50. 900
Announcement is made that tina
George H. Davis has been appointed
manager of the New York baseball
club, displacing Buck" Ewing ThI
change, ii Is stated. was necessitatet
by the inability of Ewing to suppress
the feeling OF factionalism that has ex
listed among the players during tn
present season.
Four men were caught in the act o
robbing Mason Whitehill's genera
store at State Center, Iowa last week
A number of citizens surrounded tn
building and pitched battle ensued