The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-01-20

prietors of the Denver Post, were shot
In the office of that newspaper by w. w.
Anderson. an attorney. Both are ser
iously wounded.
Mrs. John Corse of Chicago, was seiz-
ed by robbers recently at Chester ST.,
near North Clark street, thurst into a
cab and afterwards robbed of diamonds
valued at $500.
The will of the late L. J. Lehman,
the originator of the department store
system in this country. has been filed
for probate in Chicago. He left an es-
tate valued at s6,O76,000.
The statement of the gross postal
receipts for December, 1899, of the U.
s., as compared with the receipts for
the same month during the preceding
year, show net increase of $199, 1886, or
5 per cent.
The recent New Mexico storm broke
all records. as it covered a stretch of
territory so miles in width, with white
Cakes and Nogales for the centre All
the roads and trails were oDliterated.
Charles Elwers and Lura Stornberg.
proprietors of the Grand Bazaar, a
Brooklyn department store, have gone
into bankruptcy. Liabilities are Civ
en- at $56,962, and the assets $77,997.
The hospital train ordered by the
Red Cross society and named In honor
of the Princess Christian has been com
pleted at Birmingham and within few
days will be on it's way to South Africa
Klondyke newspapers received,
chronicle the marriage of Lillian Green,
otherwise Grace Anderson" a Dawson
vaudeville performer, to Jim Hall, one
of the richest mine owners of Eel Dora
do.
Cloud of discomfort in England as
Stunning a threatening aspect. Rank
incompetency is charged. Both public
and press are clamoring for a change.
The very foundations of the govern
ment are in danger of falling.
Secretary Hay read the reply of the
British government to the representa-
tives regarding the flour seizure in Del
agoa bay at a recent cabinet meeting,
and said the British answer was entire
ly satisfactory TO this government.
Renewed buying of silver by the In
dian government, the London Statist
says cannot be much longer delayed in
consequence of rupee coinage require
ments, and this will lead doubtless to a
marked improvement in the price of
silver.
Tommy Atkins and comrades lose
faith in defeated men and demand new
leaders. Clubs in London are filled
with vague rumors that General Duller
has fought a second battle. faded
public at last grows weary of expert
criticisms.
kid" Mccoy got the decision over
Joe Choynski in bout which lasted
three rounds In n. Y. Choynski would
have had the fight in the second round
were it not for an accident as to time
keeping. He had fioored the Kid
four times, but the time keeper pulled
the bell as Mccoy was counted for the
limit of 10 seconds, and thus saved the
kid" from absolute defeat. Mccoy
then knocked Cnoynski out.
A dispatch from Paris says that Pau
Jaujou. the famous French brewer anc
philantropist, was shot and killed in {
railway carriage yesterday by a young
American named William Martins. TIL,
tragedy caused an intense feeling
throughout France, as Jaujou was a:
prominent here as Rockefeller in Amer
lea.
An exchange of mails between Boss
burg, Wash, and Grand Forks and Cas-
cade, B. c., and also between Northpor
and Spokane railway postoffice anC
Grand Forks, B. c.. has been discontin
ued, to take effect at once. Mails
heretofore included in the above ex
changes will hereafter be forwarded
via Rossland, B. 4.