The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-01-27
DO|AGS THROUGH THE Week
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF
1 Complete Review of the Events Cor
the Past Week In This and Foreign
Lands-summarfseA From the Lat
est Dlspstrhes.

Captain Ltlhn, retired, has been APP
pointed military instructor at Gonzaga
college, Spokane.
Anarchy in Venezuela has caused
French citizens to appeal to that govern
ment for protection
There is no truth in the alleged up
rising of Canadian tribes, as the Indians
are quiet and content.
A bill providing for an increase of the
German navy has been submitted to the
federal council at Berlin.
William Coss, tailor from Rossland,
b. G., committed suicide recently in Spo-
kane by the morphine route.
Senator Pettigrew says President Nc
war and declares that the blood of the
soldiers is on McKinleys hands
Thomas Sharkey, the pugihst, is not re-
covering from the injuries received in his
recent fight with Jeffries as rapidly as he
desires.
After the settlement of the Bosimare-
Caccaveli claim in Santo Domingo Ad-
miral Richard of the French navy dined
with President Jiminez
Governor Stanley Northcote of Bonn
bay, who was created peer at the begin
ming of the present year, has assumed the
title OF Lord Northcote of Exeter.
The fishing steamer Grayling, Captain
Sullivan, reports the probable drowning
of three men, the crew of the Ruby Ann,
a small soop which was found off Wild
by island.
Secretary Long and Rear Admiral Brad
ford have appeared before the senate COM
mittee on naval affairs in advocacy of the
construction Of Pacific cable by the gov
ernment
The house committee has begun to in
vestigate charges against federal APP
pointees in Utah with plural wives, and
Lentz of Ohio has begun TO make the al
fair warm for republican congressman
who are interested.
Inc fine passenger steamer Lexington,
ow ned by the Carr line of Charleston, w.
Va, while racing with the opposition
packet Argand, struck the lock wall near
Scary, Ohio, breaking in twain and sink
ing immediately. The Argand went to her
assistance and took oil the passengers and
crew. The steamer will probably be
total wreck.
Everything goes to show that the
wrecked steamer that sunk in st. ALlTys
buy New foundland, il the Hegoland. AMI
she is the property of the Dutch-Ameri
can Petroleum company.
Jim Ferns of Kansas City won from
Mysterious Billy Smith OF Boston on
foul in the 2lst round OF what was to
have been a 25-round battle for the vel
terweight championship at Buffalo, n. Y.
About 100 newsboys went on a strike
recently at Portland, Or, and refused to
handle the Evening Telegram because that
paper refused to allow them to return nm
sold papers. All carriers were stopped
and several thousand copies OF the pa
per were destroyed by the boys.
Russell Montgomery OF Portland, the
naval cadet who disappeared from Annap-
oils in 1897, after having failed to pass an
examination, has returned home from Au-
tralia. Since leaving Annapolis he had
been in Alaska and Brazil before going
to Australia.
The president sent to the senate the
name of Robert NJ. McWade of Pennsyl-
vania to be consul for the United States
at Canton, to succeed Edwin S. Bedloe.
\ report was brought to San Diego by
a Mexican who arrived overland from En-
senada that the gasoline schooner Ants.
had blown up in Magdalena bay and that
six persons, all on board, had persisted
The schooner was owned by the Ybarra
Mining company OF San Domingo
The schooner Muriel, after being buffet
ed about on tempestuous seas for 40 days
in trying to reach Hakodate from Kobe,
has arrived at Port Townsend nearly
stripped of sails and some of her spars
gone. The Muriel sailed from Kobe for
Hakodate for cargo of sulphur for San
Francisco, and after leaving the former
port encountered severe gales for IA DAYS.
Edward Sibley has been convicted Of
completely in the murder of Mrs. Jane
Brunot, near Paris, ILL.,, last summer, and
was sentenced to the penitentiary for life
His counsel made a motion for new trial.
Henry Brunot, a nephew of the murdered
woman, has also been sentenced for life.
The crime was committed to cover up a
forgery and secure property owned by
Mrs. BrunOt.
A dynamite factory at Avigiiano, IA
miles from Turin, exploded with the result
that five buildings were reduced to ruins,
the whole surrounding district being
shaken and many houses badly damaged.
Three bodies have been recovered from be-
meath the ruins. In addition several per-