The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-11-16
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, A Complete Review of the Evenss for
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Latest Dispatches.

The transport Logan lett Manila ON NO
vember 2. The vessel caEies 27s sick sol
diers, 80 general prisoners End eight insane
persons.
Fire at Albany, n. Y, destroyed the
candy factory of Kreischer s. Co. and the
office of the Daily Knickerbocker Express.
Loss, $l35,0O0
The presence of ii gunboats at Canton
causes speculation. The action of Ter
man vessel reported TO be sounding III the
vicinity of Honan and Fati has caused
rumor that the Germans intend to obtain
a concession, owing to the increasing trade
and crowded condition of Shamen.
A student at the University of Dorpat
at st. Petersburg has been sentenced to
imprisonment for a term OF two years for
having killed a felow-student in a duel a
year ago. The government has virtually
broken up the German dueling association
at the university.
A large number of fishing vessels have
been seized by the Russian authorities for
transgressing the fishing limits OF Siberia
Nineteen boats and $50 men have been
seized. Sixty-seven japanese fishermen,
seized by the Russians last summer for
tresspassing in Boring sea, claim they were
carried out Of their course by the currents
Charles Olsen of Chicago, Ill., accident
ally shot his cousin, Miss Alma Beck, at
the latter's residence recently. Olsen had
taken his two sisters to Miss Beck's house
and was helping the women pack their
trunks preparatory for their departure to
California when he fired the shot. The in
jured woman was taken to the hospital,
where it was said she would recover. She
said the shot had been fired accidentally.
Olsen was arrested.
Standard Oil certificates are selling
for $3.50.
Fire at South Bend, Ind, destroyed
the gymnasium of Notre Dame.
Major General Otis has taken COM
mand of the department of the lakes.
In the Dominion elections the lib
erals won 12S. the combined opposition
81 seats.
Sir Charles Upper, leader of the
conservative party in Canada, an
nounces his intention to retire from
public life.
Thomas Hackett shot and killed J.
Hamilton at Brockville, Ky, in a quar-
rel over politics.
A fiat increase of 1 cent a. pound has
been put upon beef, pork and mutton
by Chicago packers.
H. N Clemens, of Silver City, Nev
foreman of the Virginia Water Com
pany, shot and killed Kim Keiger.
Keiger commenced the shooting.
Secretary Root is going to Cuba for
his health, says a special to the Tri
bune from Washington. More than
this he has not confded to his closest
official associates.
The employees of the American Stee
and Wire company of Worcester, Mass.
suffered a reduction of ~ per cent
The workers are far from being elateC
over this evidence of prosperity.
While excavating for a sewer a.
Cumberland, Nd, large cave-in oc
Cured, burying number of men un
der ~ feet of slate rock. Two men
Isaac Forman and George Rice, have
been taken out dead.
A syndicate composed of Pittsbura
and New York capitalists has formed
new coal company which will be CAPT
talized at $10,00O,000. The purpose i;
to develop immense tracts of coal land
practically all of which is located il
Washington county. Pa.
Biloxi, Miss. situated on the sound
so miles from New Orleans, was swep
by terrific fire recently, which des
troyed upwards of 100 houses and rem
dered hundreds of people homeless
Biloxi is a town of 1000 people and {
well-known summer resort of Missis
sippians and Louisianians. and win
ter resort for northern people.
Officials of the Amalgamated Asso
citation of Iron and Steel Workers an
nounce the settlements today of tn
strikes at the Riverside Iron Works o
the National Tube company and tn
Recommendations plant of the Tennes
see Iron and Steel Rail company TIL
resumption of the two plants will Civ
employment to 5000 men.
The preliminary official report of tn
Russian crops materially conflict witt
the rumors of the alleged failure of tn
Russian cereals which have been cir
culated for some weeks According t
the report referred TO, the wheat GRO
is 45,150,000 quarters; rye. 97,250,00
quarters; oats, 100000 quarters, an
barley. 25,75O,OO0 quarters. This is tn
best wheat crop since 1896.