The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-08-24
THE TELEGRAPH SUMMARY
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF
Complete Review of the Events of
the Past week-In This and For
eign Lands-Tnken From the Lat
est Dispatches.

extra session to modify the Goebei cleo
ton law.
A hard shock of earthquake was felt
at Silverton, Wash, recently, shaking
window panes and crockery to pieces IN
many instances. Inc shock lasted three
minutes.
The northbound Northland express
which left Grand Rapids, Mich, and
southbound passenger train No. 2 collided
in the dense Jog August 10 at t1erson, 20
miles north of Grand Rapids. Seven per
sons were killed and nine severely IN
jured, one OF whom cannot recover.
a big fire nearly destroyed Columbia,
b. Q. 1t started III the Escales hotel.
which was soon reduced to ashes, and
spread to the Model livery barn and a
blacksmith shop. The Presbyterian
church and several other buildings burn
Ell. A strong wind prevailed.
Chief Justice Henry Greene of the Penn
syVanla supreme court is dead.
Ex-senator Ingalls, of Kansas is dead.
He passed away at East Las Vegas, n. NJ,
recently.
The democrats of New York will hold
their state convention at Saratoga, Sep
TENDER IL.
A. f. Mamroeve, at one time private
secretary of Nnnam IL. Seward, is dead at
New Aork.
Severe floods have occurred at Yoko-
hama and it is reported that 200 persons
have been drowned Railway traffic is in
terrupted
Inc census office has announced the pop
ulation of Greater New York Manhattan
anu Bronx boroughs) as 2,050,600. Inc
population of the borough of Manhattan
is l,o5O,OS3, and that of Bronx 2O0,507.
General Dewet has crossed the railroad
and is going north in order to join Com
mandant Delarey, who is heading for
Rustenburg. Kitchener and the other
generals are pursuing him and pressing
him hard. His force is reported to be
beyond Ventersdorp.
Twenty of Chicago Chinatown's leading
citizens left for San Francisco, where they
viii take the first boat to China. The
men are, according to statements made by
some OF them, responding to the emperor 5
call for volunteers from America. Every
member of the party is said to have mill
tary training in some capacity.
A cable dispatch was received from Bo-
gotta announcing the resignation of Presi-
dent Sanctlemette of the republic of Col
ombia. Vice President Maroquin will
serve out the four years of his term. The
change will alter the political system of
Colombia, and may even end the revolu-
ton which has been in progress for 10
months.
Russia's occupation of New Chwang
without adequate reason has caused the
decision to land troops at Shanghai, in
which Great Britain is supported by Japan.
Germany, apparently, is paying no heed
to Russia's action in the north, but OBJ
lects to the action al Shanghai, and pro-
poses to offset it by stationing a squad
ron there.
A sensation has been caused by the dis
covery that Wharton Barker, middle-of-
the-road candidate for president on the
populist ticket, is ineligible for the office
to which he aspires. 1t is said that while
experimenting some improvements in
Russia some years ago Mr.. Barker was
made lord of st. Wieceslass" by the
car. Before accepting the title he did
not ask congress to grant him the privi-
lege, and he is therefore ineligible because
he forfeited his citizenship by accepting
the honor without permission Of the united
States.
Such furious ebullition of race hatred
as found vent in the rioting that occurred
at New York recently, the outgrOwth of
the murder a few days ago OF. Officer
thorpe by a negro named Arthur Harris,
has not been eQualed in New York in many
years. As result of the disturbance,
which ragged from midnight until o'clock
and burst out in a flame of passion and
violence at intervals until daybreak, there
were about 81 persons injured by pistol
balls, azors or knives, rocks and clubs.
OF these, one negro, Lloyd Lee, may not
recover and Of Policeman Kennedy is also
seriously injured.
A race war is feared in Georgia.
Another big forest fire is raging in
Yellowstone National Park.
Nome sickness is overrated, as only
six smallpox cases have been reported
by Lieut.. Jarvis.
The stereotypers' proposition to with.
draw from the /. T. u. was voted down
at the last convention.
Vest makers on the east side to the
number of $500 are on strike. The
strike was s11uer one.
-N'On'-.y A. Hamburg has been appoint
ed receiver of the Traders Fire Insur-
ance Company of New York.
The comntrnller of the currency has