The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-04-21
THE TELEGRAPH SUMMARY
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF
A Complete Review of the Events OF
the Past Week-In This and For
eign Lands-Taxen From the
Latest Dispatches.

Alaska
Revenue agents recently raided tobacco
stores of San Francisco and found many
packages overweight.
Capitalists OF Berlin, through a Chicago
firm, have made an offer to purchase the
Ferris wheel. If the negotiations go
through the wheel, which was one of the
features of the worlds fair, will be shipped
to Berlin The wheel weighs 2200 IONS.
al. G.. Frick will dispose of all his hold
something over $l6,000,O O0-in the
Carnegie company just as soon as he can"
said big stakeholder. "He will not re-
main to hamper Mr.. Carnegie or his
partners"
Some estimates place the amount of the
recent robbery at the home of Orrin w.
Potter, the multimillionaire and eX-presi-
dent of the Illinois Steel company of Chi
cago as high as $4,000 The plumber, the
most valuable secured by thieves in Chi
sago in years, consisted of diamonds, jew
slry and silverware.
b. G. Bergin, an assayer in the branch
mint of the United States in San Fran
cisco, has been arrested on suspicion of
having stolen small amounts of gold daily
for months past. When taken into custody
$40 worth of gold clippings was found on
his person. He is said to have virtually
admitted his guilt to the detectives. His
father, an attorney of Oakland, suffered
a severe attack of heart failure when told
of his sons arrest.
Food is scarce and the prices are still
advancing in Puerto Rico.
Assistant Secretary of Navy Allen is to
I'LL the position of governor of Puerto
Rico.
Civil war is threatened as the Chinese
viceroys protest against policy OF dow
sger empress.
Thomas Blandy, bartender, was re-
Gently arrested in New York for having
in his possession $4,000 worth of beer
stamps.
President w. V. Powell of the Order of
Railway Photographers has ordered a strike
of telegraphers and other station employees
of the Southern railway, to begin IA ms
day.
The big Southern Pacific bridge at
Dallas, Tex, was swept away by the flood.
The loss is about 100000. All the wag-
ON bridges are gone and the only outlet
is by rail to the west No lives were
lost.
Rudyard Kipling and Sir John Hen.y
De Villiers, chief justice of Cape Colony,
have sailed for England. Mr.. K,pling
said he was sorry he was not able to re-
main longer, as his health had been great
~ benefited.
The residence of Peyton w. Rubles, at
Daisy postoffice in West Virginia, re-
Gently burned and Mrs. Peyton Ruble and
Gordon Davis, boy of Q years, were burn.
cd to DEATH Peyton Ruble was probably
fatally injured.
Two men, Peter Larsen ans Joseph
Nadsen, and a woman were drowned at
the entrance to the outer harbor at San
Pedro, Cal. They were under the .nhu-
ence of liquor and the boat was seen to
overturn.
Judge Dunno Of Chicago refused a writ
of habeas corpus in the case of Banker
f. s. Dreyer under states prison SEN
tence for the embezzlement of $4,000
of the West Park board funds and com
mitted him to the custody of the sheriff
Three men were killed recently on the
Bellefonte & Snow Shoe railroad three
miles east of Snow Shoe, Pa The rails
spread under the mountain shifting en-
CINE. The engine and dozen cars were
thrown over the embankment. The dead
are: Harry Temple, fireman; Calvin
Temple, brakeman, and Al Beamer,
hostler.
Thirty-three of the 2l9 japanese steer
age passengers who arrived on the steam
er Belgian King, a few days ago, in San
Francisco, have been refused landing
by the immigration officials, but they have
appealed to the secretary of the treasury,
and pending a reply from Washington
will be held. The principal reason Col
their rejection by the officials is the dis
covery of evidence that the japanese came
here as contract labOrers.
AS a result of the wreck of a fishing
boat on the north Cornish coast three
fishermen and eight lifeboat men were
drowned. The lifeboat went to the rescue
of the fishermen and was upset while at
tempting to save their lives.
Packers and Nailers in Minneapolis
make a demand to have old wages re
stored.
Secretary Porter has resigned ant
George Cortelyon takes the place with
Mckinley.
The Commercial Mutual Fire Insur
ance company of Iowa, is in the hands
of a receiver on application of its pres
ident, ]. j. levitt
The sealing steamer Terra Nova
with $1,000 seals. and the Walrus, witt