The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-26
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-Taken From the
Latest Dispatches.

approximately 1880 names on the books
Ex-Postmaster General William l.. Will
son died suddenly Wednesday at Lexing- I
ton, Va.
Ex-Secretary of State John Sherman,
whose health has not been very good OF
late, is quite ill.
Eight thousand five hundred and one
voters are registered in Tacoma gain OF
1929 over two years ago.
Sir Henry Wentworth Dyke Acland
Radcliffe, librarian at Oxford university
since 1851, is dead, aged 50.
The surrender of Tunis Botha, brother
of Commandant General Botha, at Nolks-l
rust, October 10, is reported.
Joe Pazen, proprietor of the Pazen The
atrical exchange in Chicago, was shot IN
the abdomen by Zorah Card, an actress.
Kruger has postponed his departure for
Europe until October 20. He will sail ON
the Dutch cruiser Gelderland and land at
Marseilles.
The Colby mine at Bessemer, Mich, has
been shut down and 800 men thrown out
of employment. The Dunn & Tobin mines
near CRYSTAL Falls have also closed
Lord Salisbury, according to the Daily
Express. has offered the portfolio OF war
in the reconstructed cabinet to Lord Bal
four of Burleigh, secretary for Scotland.
The night shift men of the Rockdale
plant of the American Steel Wire COM
pany at Joliet, ILL.,, have been laid oil IN
definitely. About 400 men are affected
Among the passengers on the Empress
of Japan, which has arrived ia Victoria,
were Baroness Won Ketteler, DR.. w. A. l.
Martin and several others who went
through the siege of the legations IN Pekin'
John Hughes, postmaster at Cambria,
near Wilkesbarre, Pa, shot and killed one
of two burglars who broke into his ONCE
When Hughes fired they ran. Later one
of their dead bodies was found by the
roadside. His identity is unknown.
Passengers who arrived from the Orient
on the Empress of Japan say that resi-
dences and stores at Tientsin and Pekn
were looted by soldiers, correspondents ana
missionaries. An immense amount OF Sill
yer and valuables were taken.
The westbound fast mail was wrecked
a Topaz. 80 miles from Pocatello, result
ano from rear-end collision with freight
train occupying the main line Engineer
Alex Breckman and Fireman Oswald Short,
both of Montpelier, are badly injured. Bert
Emerson, a tramp, was Killed.
The total number of paid admissions to
the Spokane industrial fair was lO9,9o9i
which is a grand record for Is days. Dur
ang the same period last year 75,lS3 people
paid to enter the exposition, so the III
crease this year is 34,776.
The steamship Humboldt has arrived IN
Seattle from Skagway, bringing in klon'
dixie treasure and 200 passengers, lnclud-
ING a number of prominent mining OPP
orators. OF the gold the Canadian Bank
of Commerce owned consignment o.
S5O6. 2g2. IS, sent to the local assay Office
j. e. McAlpin is owner OF SoO,ooo ana th'
remainder is distributed among number
OF the passengers
The population of Arizona, as ofilclaliS
announced, is 1921 against 59,62O IL
1890: an increase of 62,592, or lO49 PEI
cent.
Major Matt R. Peterson, United States
volunteers, died of yellow fever at La
Animas October II. Mrs. Peterson, hi
wife. killed herself an hour later.
The isthmian canal commission Is
work on its report, but 1t Is evident tina
at will find it impossible to do more tnal
submit a preliminary statement to con
spress when the session begins
DR.. Alfred C. Girard, the commandin;
officer at the Preside general hospital
has received promotion to the Office o
DEPUTY surgeon general of the army, Wit
the rank of lieutenant colonel.
The steamer Lane brings from Nom
the news that $4,000 in gold dust wa
stolen from the Alaska Commercial com
pany's warehouse September ID 1t wa
the entire output of claim No. on Anvl
creek. and belonged to DR.. A. N. kittlesor
It was in five boxes, weighing lO5 pounds
and only awaited the departure OF some re
liable boat.
Seattle, Oct lS.-The oriental liner En-
nress brings advices that the Japanes
steamer Ise Maru, bound from fokoham
70 Nacasaki. and the Russian steamer q
landa. bound from Nagasah to Port A
hort collided in mid-ocean October D. Bot
steamers sank Forty-two Europeans an
q laroe number of orientals persisted
fev survivors reached Japan in sma
boats.
When in full running order tt
Homestead mills of Pennsylvania er
Dlov 1000 men. At least twelve or Fl
teen men are injured every day Tn