The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-05-19

Lord Salisbury took the grace out of
the recent visit of the queen to Ireland
by the vehemence with which he warned
Irishmen that recent events in South
Africa proved that there could not be
practical independence anywhere in the
empire with opportunities for arraying
hostile forces against the imperial govern
ment 1t was a trenchant but acrid
speech, and was not well timed.
Marion Butler of North Carolina has
been reelected chairman by the Bryan
populists.
Commander Seaton Schroeder, the
successor of Governor Leary of Guam,
has sailed for his post of duty on the
steamer Coptic.
The Japanese government is reported
to be taking vigorous measures to re
strict emigration to America which has
recently been assuming alarming pro-
portions.
Serious reports are current that the
Ashantis are determined to throw off
the British yoke; that they have Sc
cured the cooperation of eight other
tribes and that they are now able to
raise $4,000 warriors.
Mrs. Nettie r. Craven has been in
dicted by the grand jury at San Fran
cisco on a charge of perjury for her
relation to her claim for a widows
share of the James G. Fair estate.
George Cunningham was burned to
death in Victoria in a shack of which
he was the sole occupant. He had been
drinking heavily. Cunningham was
an Englishman and was highly con-
nected in England and was a graduate
of an English university.
H. S. Moro, of Edinburgh, manager
of the Union Bank of Scotland, was
found dead recently at his residence.
His head was half blown away by a
gun. Apparently he committed suicide.
His action is attributed to the fact that
he had been suffering from influenza.
The matter of the settlement of the
indemnity claims is temporarily de-
layed. Well informed circles say that
the Turkish minister in Washington,
Ali Ferrough Bey, has given assur-
ances of the settlement of the claims,
but asks for a short delay, which is
granted.
Special treasury agents under the
direction of Agent Converse ]. Smith
of Boston. have just unearthed an al
legged swindling scheme and as a result
100 sacks of wool valued at $4,000 have
been seized in Boston, Lawrence and
Bristol, R. l. 1t is estimated that $780,
900 worth Of wool has been smuggled
through the port of Boston during the
past year.
Charles E. Webster, chief clerk of
the national military home at Marion,
Ind, has been arrested by a United
States marshal on a charge of embez-
Element and grand larceny, growing
out of the mysterious disappearance
Of $1,000 from $225,OO0 of pension
money sent to the home for disburse-
ment and placed in the safe to which
only Webster and the treasurer had
access.
The arrival of Admirals Kempff and
Remey Of the American navy April Is
at Yokohama was made the occasion
Of great naval demonstration, the
transference of flags being accompan-
led by continuous salutes. In addition
to the three American admirals now
in port, England, Russia and France
are represented by naval officers of the
same rank and there are many social
exchanges.
Mail advices from Yokohama give
particulars of the big fire at Fukin, a
large town on the western coast of
Japan, April Is. Sixteen hundred
houses, including 30 temples and all
the principal buildings were burned.
Sixteen persons persisted and nearly a
hundred more were injured. The prop
erty loss is estimated at 100000 yen
or about $2,500,000. There was but
small amount of insurance.