Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-05-25
.Ih{ TELEGRAPH SUMMARY
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
4 Complete Review Of the Events Of
the Past Week-In This and For
eixn l.ands-Taken From the Lat
est Dinp0tches.

The boiler of torpedo boat exploded
at ST. Petersburg, killing six persons
The French line steamer La Gascogne,
which has sailed for Havre, carried 3d.
100000 in gold.
Plague has appeared again in Japan
ana IL deaths have occurred i'll the last
month in Osaka.
A dispatch from the Maritime Exchange
was wrecked near Port Hastings, n. s..
but that her crew was safely landed
The secretary of the interior has received
information that the Indians on the
Tongue river in Montana are becoming
restless and that an ineipient messiah
craze" has made its appearance there
| An official cable from the government
Of Cauca, Panama, reports that a victory
was obtained by General l'rospero Brin
son over the revolutionary forces com
manded bv General Tribe at Lebriga, in
the department Of San Antander, May l5
The fire in Greenwich, Conn, destroyed
| five business blocks, the Catholic church,
one Of f. @. Benedicts stables and few
other buildings. causing a total loss of
Sl50OOO.
| Fire DESTROYED one side of Main street
! IN the business portion of Green Meadow,
Mimi. The loss is estimated at $4,000,
with one-third insurance. The origin Of
| the fire is unknown.
| The postmaster OF Havana Is under ar
rest, as by his signed confession he ad
mits TO taking cash from the money order
funds to supply his personal needs. He
also admits other irregularities
| Rev. A. NJ. Echolz of Middlesport. O.,
commissioner to the Presbyterian gen
eral assembly, representing the Athens,
o., presbytery, dropped dead in the audi
torium Of the Washington and Compton
Presbyterian church. He was seated in
a pew in the rear Of the church when at
tackled with heart disease.
| Hong Kong papers say that the police
have confiscated large quantities of fire
arms and ammunition intended for dis
tribution among the lawless classes in
China. Piles of Mauser rifles, hundreds
of rcyolvers and bayonets, 10000 pounds
of gunpowder aud 100000 rounds of am
munition have been captured near Chin
Wan. Twenty-Five men in charge of this
illegal arsenal have been arrested
A telegram from Hoping, Sweden, re-
ports that as the steamer Koping was pass
ing the Prinz Karl, man sprang upon
the deck of the latter vessel and shout
| Cd I
At the same moment a woman was seen
hanging over the ships side shrieking for
help. The man escaped in boat. When
the Prinz Carl was boarded it was found
that l / men on board had been shot, %even
of whom, including the captain, we're dead
The rest were found locked in their
quarters.
1t is stated that within the last fort
night bankers Of Paris have, through the
Bank of France, negotiated loan of $l5,-
OO0.0OO from New York bankers This
money is needed to finance enterprises in
cidental to the exposition year in Paris.
While France is one of the ricnest coun-
tries in the world. its stock of gold was
insufficient to meet all the denm nds that
have sprung mp this year, and the bankers
Of Paris have borrowed here at compare
| lively low interest rates in order TO pre-
big loan is to be shipped in installments
averaging about SO 900 200 week. The
second installment has gone, and the
movement will continue for about thres
weeks longer. The loan was negotiated
by the National City bank and most Of
the foreign banking houses participated in
it.
The royal military tournament wa!
opened in London by the Prince O
Wales at Agricultural hall, Islington
under very happy auspices.
Two Yosemite valley stages were hell
up at Big Oak Flat by lone highway
man. One stage was going into and tn
other was coming from the park. Th'
robber secured 5000.
Negotiations for the sale OF the Raw
hide mine, the once famous gold pre-
ducer Of Tuolumne county, Cal, to al
English syndicate, have been practi
cally completed. The price named I
$3.50. 900.
The report telegraphcd from Sal
Francisco that bubonic plague is preva
lent there are denied by the board o
health. the Merchants association
Mayor Phelan and others interested Il
the welfare OF the city.
A recommendation has been made 10
all unions TO strike in ST. Louis by tn
labor leaders in that city. Rioting ha
broken out afresh and half dozen mel
shot during the disorders. Two are be
lieved to be fatally wounded
kid" Mccoy easily defeated Dal
Creedon at the Broadway Athletic clul
before one Of the largest audiences eve
assembled in the club. Thirty-fou