The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-08-17
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 Lat
est Dispatches.

TENDER for a swing to the Pacific coast.
For insulting the new queen of Ser
via, General Belimarkowitch, who was
one of the regents during the minority
of King Alexander, has been placed I'M
der arrest.
Mrs. Maria Freeman of San Fran
cisco will represent California at the
international congress for the rights
of women, which will convene in Paris,
September 5.
Charles F. R. Renick, of Falling
Springs, w. Va, leaped from the roof |
of the state house, at Columbus, Ohio,
and was dashed to death on the stone
pavement of a court so feet below.
Lewis G. Stevenson, son of the demo
cratic vice presidential candidate, has
been selected as western manager of
the national organization of democratic
clubs. He will have headquarters in
Chicago.
Eugene V. Debs and Morris Harri-
man, the socialist party's candidates
for president and vice president have
sent their letters of acceptance to Will
liam Butcher of Springfield, Mass, ma
tional secretary of the party.
Robert Fitzsimmons, ex-champion
pugilist of the world, met Gus Rubin,
the akron Giant" at the Twentieth
Century club, Madison Square Garden,
N. Y, and won by knocking the Ohioan
down and out in the sixth round.
Express Messenger Charles Lanes
body was riddled with bullets in his car
at Columbus. o. The safe had been
blown open and all valuables removed.
Lane made a desperate struggle for his
life. The robbers secured $4,000.
Mrs. Nettie r. Craven has again suf-
fered defeat in her battle for the mil
lions Of the late Senator James G. Fair.
In a decision rendered Judge Trout of
San Francisco holds that she is not the
widow of the deceased millionaire and
is not entitled to any allowance out of
the estate.
Mrs. Henrietta Hand, who knew per-
sonally eight generations of her fam
lily, died at her residence in Brooklyn
of water on the brain, resulting from
old age. She was born December 81,
1903, in New Haven, Conn, and was
the daughter of Rev. Horace Hand.
She remembered we'll her great-grand-
whom are alive; 38 grandchildren, so
great-grandchildren and one great
great grandchild. Her husband died
in 1845.
In Victoria, B. c., an important an
nouncement was made in the railway
committee of the government policy
regarding granting Yukon charters
This was to refuse all applications un,
til settlement of the boundary ques
tion, thus conserving trade for the all
Canadian route and desisting from the
upbuilding of American towns. The
government is in communication with
Ottawa regarding the Canadian project
with view to harmonious and com
bined action.
News brought from Australia by thu
steamer Aorangi is to the effect that
terrible floods have occurred in New
South Wales during July, as result Of
which some hundreds of people were
rendered homeless, while the property
loss was enormous. People had to flee
for their lives from the floods while the
result of years of toll were swept away
in a few hours. Hawkesbury and the
Napean valley suffered most. Appeals
are being made for aid throughout
Australia.
The two Union Pacific robbers locat
ed at Goodland, Kan, are dead-ont
shot to pieces and the other burned t
death in the house on Bartholomew
ranch. After a fight, when the frs
robber was shot, the citizens armed
themselves and went to the ranch. The
man inside the house was armed witt
Winchester and too near approach
to the house drew his fire. Some men
by crawling through a cornfield, got IL
a shed near the house and from thi:
place threw two railroad fuses on The
top of the house, setting it on fire. L
was not many minutes until the entire
building was in flames but the robbel
made no sign, and if he was not sho
by bullet from the many that wer,
fired from the outside, he found hi!
death in the flames.
President Steyn OF the Orange Free Stat
is seriously i'll.
There is much lawlessness at Cape Nome
The camp is oveuun by thieves anC
oIner desperate characters.
Count Lamsdorff, who was recently
placed at the head of foreign affairs, ha
been appointed permanent foreign minis
ter.
A cable dispatch received from Blue
fields, Nicaragua, gives details of a fire las
night which did $4,000 damage in tn