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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-05-26
Murderer EIectrocuted.

Sing Sing, N. Y, May 22-Fritz Meyer,
murderer, was put to death in the electric
chair at Sing Sing prison Monday.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-05-26

"A shooting scrape occurred last week
about seven miles south of Goldendsle,
this side of Grants, Ore, in which John
Thompson was shot. Thompson is in a
critical condition.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-05-26
Large School Burned.

Charlotte, N. c., May 20.-Fire de.
stroyed the main portion of st. Mary's
school at Belmont, n. C. The loss is
estimated at 100000. No one was in
jured.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-05-26

The New York bosses sent $40, 900 to
the Kansas City employers, who are
trying to break up the local union.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-05-26
FIERCE BATTLE IN MAFEK|NG
B0ERs FORCED THEIR WAY IN.
They Met Defeat--Nincty Men taken
Prisoners and Seventeen Killed
Many Rumors Are Anost-nocr-
Account.

Cape Town, May ia dispatch from
Lorenzo Marquee says that Commandant
Eloff, grandson of President Kruger with
a patrol, entered Mafeking, whereupon
Colonel Baden-Powell opened fire on the
burghers, killing II of them and taking
Elotf and 80 of his men prisoners.
London, May l9.--In the committees
room OF the house of commons Sir James
Kitson announced that Mafeking mad been.
relieved. The war office, however, is UNI
able to confirm the announcement.
Everyone is talking of Mafeking and
the latest exploits of its defenders Rum
ors continue rife that the relief OF the
place has been accomplished, but all of
fetal confirmation of the reports is lack
ing.
There was considerable speculation as.
to what Colonel Baden-owell would do.
with his 90 prisoners and whether vic
tory has not so depleted his force as to,
render him open to humiliation in the
event of another attack by superior Boer-
numbers
Beers Leaving ataI.
VolkstrIst. South African Republic,
May l9.-Ihe federals have abandoned
the Biggarsberg and it is believed they also.
abandoned New Castle this morning,
though their mounted men are still on the
other side of the border keeping the Brit
ish at bay.
London, May 1.-THE war office has
received the following dispatch from Cen
eral Butler:
Butler ut Dannahauser.
"Dannahauser, May l9.-The second di--
vision has reached Dannahauser, and L
hope that my advance patrols are at New
Castle The fifth division is at Echelon
from Elandslaagte to Glencoe, repairing
the railway The fourth division is at
Sunday River drift ON the old New Castle
road. Several Natal farmers are handing
over their arms. All reports agree that.
about 1000 of the enemy passed north.
very hurriedly May IA and May Is"
The resident commissioner in Basuto--
land reports that a number of Beers liv--
ing in the Ficksburg and Bethlehem dis
tricts have applied to him for advice and
as to the conditions of surrender. This.
is very satisfactory.
Movements of the Troops
Kroonstad, May l9.-Rundle has occu-
pied Mequatlings Mex and Modderport.
without opposition. Hunter has entered
the Transvaal and has advanced within 10
miles of Christiana Methuen has reach
ed point l miles on the Hoopstad road
without seeing the enemy. Natives and
local whites have confirmed the previous
reports of the disorganization of the Free
Skaters. The situation here is unchanged.
Boer Account of Mafeking Fight.
Pretoria, May l9.-An official bulletin
announces that the federal troops stormed
and occupied the forts around Mafeking.
The same night the federals were sur
rounded, losing, so far as known, seven
Killed. II wounded and number taken
The British casualties are said
to have been so killed or wounded. 1t
Is reported that the advance guard of the
force proceeding to the relief of MAIZE
king from the south was renulsad
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-05-26
The Strike Situation.

ST. Louis, May 20.-The strike situa-
ton is unchanged. So far as can be
learned the st. Louis Transit company
today has in operation ON IA of its %
lines composing its system about $50 cars.
Eight hundred were in operation before
the strike began. During the past few
days interference by mobs has become
so general and the casualties reported so
many that it is stated today that the
authorities will arm the police officers
guarding the cars with shotguns loaded
with buckshot and they will be instructed
to fire into the mobs who attempt to
interfere with the running of the cars or
with the crews in the discharge of their
duties. Nearly 20 employees of the Tran
SIT company, mostly motormen, have been
under surgeons cafe since the strike be-
gan.
The labor parade this afternoon was a
success in point OF, numbers and enthus-
iasm, about 1000 being in line. Banners
and transparencies' carrying mottos indoors
ing the strike and pronouncing in favor
of a sympathetic movement We're numer-
GUS throughout the column, which march
ed through many of the downtown streets
between 4 and q o'clock.
No progress was made today toward a
settlement of the strike.
In the Western Labor Union.
Denver, May 2O.-The Western Labor
union is finishing up its routine work
much more rapidly than was anticipated
and the election of officers followed.
Daniel Mcdonald of Butte, Mont, was
unanimously elected president.
c. b. Nash of Spokane, Wash, was
chosen vice president, to succeed John
Troxael of Cripple Creek
NJ. j. Geiger was elected secretary treas
urer.
The Western Labor union adopted reso-
buttons which go into the Occur d'Alene
at length, reciting the story
from the miners standpoint and denounc-
ing President Mckinley, General Merriam,
Governor Steunenberg, Bartlett Sinclair
and Others for the part taken in the af-
fair
Butte Unions Are Enjeined.
Butte, Mont, May 2O.-Judge Knowles
has handed down decision in the United
States court perpetually enjoining the
labor unions now boycotting the Chinese.
The injunction is very sweeping.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-05-26
Postal Convention Signed.

Madrid, May 24.-The queen regent has.
signed the postal convention with the.
United States.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-05-26

On January 1. 1900, the total mem
bership of the Knights of Labor was
200, 900.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-05-26
PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS
THE BOER CAUSE is UP AGAIN.

Many Speeches on the Subject This
WeeIS-Tbe Clark Case VIII BE
Up This Week-Eight-Hour Bill
Passed-Notes of the House.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-05-26
Washington Democratic Convention.

Spokane, May 20.-The following per-
sons were elected to go to the convention
at Kansas City:
Jesse NJ. Jameson, Spokane; VIM. H.
Dunphy, Walla Walla; j. d. Medill, North
Yakima; o. G. Ellis, Tacoma; DR.. w. A.
Mosier, Tekoa; j. W. Goodwin, eattle;
Thomas Mallory, Olympia; d. d. Pagan,
Whatcom.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-05-26
Butte Unions Are Enjeined.

Butte, Mont, May 2O.-Judge Knowles
has handed down a decision in the United
States court perpetually enjoining the
labor unions now boycotting the Chinese.
The injunction is very sweeping.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-10-26

tached to the German legation. The
Baron was also principal of an interna-
tlonal school of languages, for Germans
do not think 1t beneath them to turn
their talents and accomplishments 10
account even though they may be pos
,essed of wealth. The handsome young
Baron was 50 years old when he first
met the beautiful American girl. They
fell In love at first sight. When the
Baroness Won Orendorff took her niece
abroad, the baron, followed, and their
little romance had for a background
many European countries. There was
wedding by and by in Germany ana
the bride said to her friends: Il would
have married my dear German nance
II he had been plain Tom Smith, with
nut coat to his back"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-10-26

man, scientists and anthropologists
have been trying to improve on Darwin,
and the baby is to furnish the last con
elusive proof that men are descended
from monkeys.
A cold-blooded English doctor 1t was
who first startled an already astounded
world by the publication Of the result
of many years calm, critical study OF
infant life.
In the first place he proved that the
arms and legs Of newborn baby are
very different to what Is evolved later
In life The legs are In an undevel0ped
condition, and the arms are far more
perfectly formed and stronger proper
tlonately. Not only that, they are
longer.
The doctor, having noted this, pro
ceeded to make experiments. The child
upon whom the first experiment was
made was little more than an hour old
The result of the test was astonishing
A small stick, three-quarters Of an inch
In diameter, was put into the tiny
grasplng hands. The baby seized hold
instnctlvely. The doctor slowly lifted
the stick. For ten seconds the baby
supported the whole Of its weight by its
fingers and arms, exactly like an aero
bat on a horizontal bar.
The next baby experimental on was
four days old. The precoclous infan
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-10-26
BERLIN. CITY OF MONUMENTS
Gutdoes All Others in This Particuls,
Form of Decoration.

Gutdoes All Others in This Particus,
Form of Decoration.
OF all the cities of the world the rich.
est in monuments is probably Berlin
even now, and If there Is another Clty
which can boast of more monuments
than Berlin's slXty-three 1t is destined
to be distanced by the German caph
within a few years. For when Tie
Avenue of Victory shall have been
adorned with all the statues In cOntem
plation and when the monuments 10
Bismarck, Won Moltke and the Empe
or Frederick shall have been completed
the athens by the Spree" as the Ber
liners love to call their city, will pos
sess not far from 100 monuments to Dc.
ceased worthless. AS might be expect
ed, the names on some of the mOHu.
ments would have fallen into oblivion
but for therd. A few of the really great
men have two monuments apiece, and
one of them, Frederick the Great d
honored with three monuments In dlt-
ferent parts of the city.
1t Is worthy of note that the scientist
Helmholtz though recently dead, has
already had two statues erected In hh
honor, one in front of the university,
the other on the Potsdam bridge. ID
view of the military traditions of Prus
sia, it Is rather surprising that Of the
completed monuments thirty-twO are
of scivilians and only twenty-nine ci
military men. The remaining two are
of women, Queen Louise and Empress
Augusta. Schiller was the first civil
ian to obtain monument. An Inter
esting statue IS that of jain, the father
of turning and turnvereins. The hgue
stands or a mound, the stone OF Whlsa
were sent from all parts of Germany,
and even from America.
Among the others to whom BeflH
has erected monuments are Goethe, LII
ther, the two Humboldts, Lesslng, Tue
scientists Slemens, Gauss and ROenl.
gen (the discoverer Of the X-rays) ana
the poets Chamisso, INLAND and hOeI'
ner.-New York World.
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sustained itself In the same way for
half a minute, and so the doctor contn-
ued his experiments, until he at last
proved that the prehensile faculty at
talned Its zenith when the child was
about fourteen days old, when 1t would
hang en- for about a minute and half,
though one unconscious record-breaker
succeeded in hanging thus for two min
tues and thirty-five seconds!
Here Is, indeed, food for reflection. A
baby only a few days old can accom-
plish without effort a feat that taxes
the energy of many full-grown adult.
For you have only to try hanging on a
horizontal bar for two minutes to know
how tired the muscles will get.
What Is the explanation of the mar
vel? Why do newborn babies possess
this faculty, and yet, as they become
older, gradually lose it? A six-months-
old baby could not hang on 1t at all.
Here Is the doctors explanation;
Thousands of years ago man was a
SHtNlcS VI upSs ulVAC uhithdt, Nhu was
being continually tanned and hunted by
beasts Of prey and the inlmical men,
bers of his own race. Taking this for
granted, the first thing necessary was
the existence of strong, 1.-THE arms
arms that could seize hold of a hanging
bough and swing their owner out of
danger; arms that could seize, and
grasp, and strangle; arms that could
work In unison with a quick instinct
and sharp eyes,
And so slowly man as we know him
was evolved. He ceased being tree
climber and gradually his short legs
grew longer, and his arms lost their
original faculties. But nature has a
long memory. Hence we find that the
head and arms Of a young infant are
almost abnormally developed when
compared with other parts of its body.
This is natures reminder, and explains
the force of the doctors discovery.
There are other small traits that show
the young infant to be possessed of
habits similar TO monkeys. For in
stance, 80 per cent of children sleep in
cmled.up position. No ape win sleep
tlat on its back as man will, and chill
dren very rarely.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-10-26
.ApoNEss Won swARTzENsTEIN
w,s. If Germany's Minister TO Sn'nA
"i'' Wa. An American Girl

,y,f. of Germany's Minister 10 S"'"-
WI" Wa. An American Girl
Maud Roosevelt La vlnsen, now Bar Bar,
oness Won Swartzenstein, whose @ nus
hand has been recently appointed MI
Is,er from Germany to China, was one
of the bellies Of Washington three WIZ, :,
tors ago She is an American woman
If the highest type-beautiful' wen sa eu'
ucoted and we'll born. She is a ou olonue'
whose blue eyes are the glory OF race race
that is delicate of feature, Her nsuls
,s slender and graceful. A member ., =,
the Roosevelt family, and a seconp
oousln Of Governor Roosevelt she was
after her debut in New York Ci'y' "
conspicuous beauty In the most ca
elusive sets, but she was truly "a penhl'
less lass in long pedigree ana nei
face was her fortune. She spent ne' M
winters with her mothers cousin Dai'
oness yon Orendorff, in Washington
with whom she frequently "en
abroad. The acquaintance win baron
Mumm Won Schwarzenstein began II
washington, when the diplomat was at
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-10-26
A Summer Ice Hole.

Near Coudersport, Potter County,
Pennsylvania, is hole in the mountain
from which flows freezing air. A man
was sinking well for mineral wealth.
At the depth of twenty feet he was
compelled to quit or freeze. About May
Ice begins to form in It, and continues
to freeze until October. There Is no
Ice in the hole in winter. The warmer
the day, the more Ice there is In the
mine. The air becomes more frigid the
closer one goes to the cavern. There
is no water in the bottom of the shaft.
but the water dripping down from its
sides freezes. The ice begins to form
less than foot from the top and coats
the sides of the shaft several inches
thick. What causes the intense cold
and where the air comes from are oues-
tions that have not been satisfactorily
answered Philadelphia Press.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-10-26

There Is being manufactured by the
American Bicycle Company in Hart
ford a wheel which is apparently des-
tined to meet with strange adventures
1t is being made to order for G. A. Ste
phens, the noted cyclist, who rode from
Seattle into Dawson last winter there
by performing feat that had been
generally declared impossible, and Is
intended for trip across the Sahara
desert. Stephens has been experiment.
ing on very sandy roads, and as re-
suit of his discoveries the bicycle will
be built with a wider frame and a
larger fork than the ordinary wheel,
providing a wider tread to allow the
use Of big fiat tire four inches wide.
Stephens believes that such tire will
prevent the wheel from sinking deeply
into the sand, and will enable him to
make good time across the desert. The
wheel will be chainless one, and with
the exception of the changes in tire and
frame will be the same as the one with
which he beat all transportation rec
oris over Chilkoot pass. Stephens will
make the trip in the rear of a camel
train, so that II he finds it impossible
to finish it on his wheel he can take to
n camel
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-10-26
USE UNHACKNEYED worms
"United in Marriage" Better a..
Uthe Holy Bonds of Mat.i. 'Aaa

HUnited in Marriage" Better Al,
"the Holy Bonds of Matrimor.~aa aa
We read with interest that car,.,
young and hopeful persons are n y
united ir the holy bonds Of tamS
mony," and this not altogether M,
announcement suggests the lnaua.'a
of the marriage ceremony upon M
Of language. Trains start at 10 o'cloas
and then somebody Is said to bu m.,
rled at that hour, but, as a rule, tbourI
It may be IL when the cars start /, :.
"hlgh noon" when the clerrvn,'
makes his declaration to and abou, A.
waiting couple. Nobody has yst i
planned what makes the noon "hIvhs
but the fact Is accepted as an IncIS.s,
Of the occasion. Just so, whie nv.
and then some people are "marrIedo 4
Is expected of them either that h.'
shall he united In marriage" or IN q.
holy bonds of matrlmony" or elsa i.
"joIned In wedlock." And weddr..
are not alone In their stlted phrasosI
ogy. Take funerals.
Generally we are told that tho a,,,
emn burial service" of the EpsOoD.
church was used. This is always 4 n
lief. Friends might have selected N.
humorous service of some other cbu,0I
or have had service for baptlsms Of IN
fants, and, when 1t is made clear tb,,
they had solemn and a burial servs'
at a, funeral you realize that they h,v,
done the proper thing by the one wbs
has ''passed away"
That phrase recalls the story they tsu
Of the late and much-esteemed Iudv
Pardee, of the Supreme Court and \
Hartford Some lawyer, speaking d
an expected witness, said he had passed
away. "Died, sir" said the Judge On
this court people die, not pass away
Similarly, meetings are "holden" ana
wills are "proven," and people who us
those terms seem to think that addI
tional weight is given thereby to the
statements they have to make tn.
fact is that the simplest language /.
the clearest and the strongest.-Hat
ford Courant.
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there IN 1897; leading chiefs and head
men of Comanche, Arapaho and other
Indian tribes who were captured on the
Western frontier in 1875. The head
chief of band of the Apache nation,
chihuahua, and Geronimo. Natchez,
Magnus and other chiefs Of that nation
were sent to the fort In 1886, and were
there for thirteen months.
The broad terreplein of Fort Marion
is n very beautiful promenade, COM
manding the same magnificent view OF
the ocean as In the feudal ages.
Through the summer months the place
Is alive with excursionists from all over
the South, and at night occasional
promenade concerts and dances are
given on the terreplein. While all about
are signs OF joyous, abundant life, a
peep inside the dungeons where We're
practiced all the horrors of the Spanish
inuuisition win chill the heart of the
most indifferent aud a recital Of some
of the facts and traditions connected
therein viii awe the most frivolous.
Persons of rank and power were con-
fined within the gloomy walls of these
dungeons, where death WAS certain
within few hours; others were sub
jected to the cunning atrocity of their
prosecutors.
Fort Marion was thrice named, first
ms San Juan de Plnas and later as San
Marco. The first material used at the
commencement of the fort, In 1865. was
logs piled high and earth filled in be-
tween Coquna rock was later used
In Its reconstruction and enlargement.
The walls are twenty-one feet high and
about them is moat nearly forty feet
In width. The fort was strengthened
from time TO time, and though twice
long hesieged and several times attack
cd the plan of defenses was such that
the fort was never taken. Shot and
shell were simply imbedded to an in.
significant depth in the walls three feet
thick, SO that no considerable breath
was ever made. On the walls facing
old ocean are seen the marks of thou
sands of murderous bullets. Prisoners
condemned for execution were brought
forth at sunrise and stood up against
the wall, and, as the sunlight of new
day stole across the waters. and with
their faces toward the east, their lives
were forfeited. many Of them for no
crime.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-10-26
A Now Pacihcatnr

The artesian wells of Eastern Al
geria have reconciled tribes whom mil
itary terrorism failed to pacify. The
first appearance of the rock drill ma
.ehinery merely provoked their banter,
but when unfailing fountains of cold
water burst forth and filled tanks and
refrigeration canals their jibes turned
to silence and finally to grunts of ap-
proval, Now they are besleging the
tents of the government engineers, beg
ging them to try their luck here and
there and promising their political sup
port in case of an aquatic treasure
trove should restore the produetiveness
of their parched-out fields.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-10-26
Diamonds Said to Re AIivs

A diamond is as much alive as man.
Thus declares Professor Won Scbroen
Of the Naples University. According
to him the so-called inorganic bodies
possess quite as much life as organic
ones. He also claims to have photo.
graphs of the chief events in the life of
a crystal, from its birth inward. One
OF the most curious of these is thus de-
scribed: THE crystal meets another
one from different mother. The two
strike at each other; they fight strive
and clasp with each other. 1t is war
to the death. 1t is a case of the survi.
val OF the fittest. One must die. But
no two crystals from the same mother
ever light no matter when they meet /"
In which particular crystals seem to he
superior to human beings.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-10-26

tachment under Reno, which was OPP
Grating with Custer at the Little Big
Horn. The fighting had been desper-
ate, and the plains all about were
swarming with Indians. The wounded
under ReEo suffered intensely for
water, which could be obtained only
from stream that lay In the range Of
the Indian fire. TO go to that stream
was almost certain death. Neverthe-
less the wounded must have water, and
the commander called for four yolun-
teers to go and fetch 1t.
Four soldiers instantly stepped out
Of the ranks. One of them was Will
lam McMasters, veteran of the civil
war, and another was a young man
named Dan Sullivan, who had enlisted
from Illinois. The four men were
laden with canteens, and, gripping
their muskets, they started for the
water.
They had gone but little way into
the open when one of them fell dead,
pierced by an Indian bullet, and lay
dead on the ground. The other three
ran on, with the bullets whistling about
them, and succeeded in reaching the
stream. They filled their canteens and
started back.
The bullets were whlstling now worse
than before, for the Indians had con-
centrated their fire, and were deter
mined that not one of the soldiers
should get back. Another man fell,
and McMasters and Sullivan kept on
alone.
Very soon bullet struck Sullivan,
but he ran just the same. McMasters
helped bin as well as he could, but he
knew that he was sent to bring back
water, and not to save comrade. All
four men had practically offered ur
their lives when they started out.
Sullivan staggered on, mortally
wounded, but he brought his water to
the command before he fell. McMas
ters brought his, too, and he was un-
touched
Sullivan was cared for by the sur
geons, and possessed so large fund
Of vitality that he survived to be sent
home to Illinois. There he died, and
the musket that he had held so valiant
ly was placed in the museum of the his
torical society at Springfield, where i
remains.
McMasters' bravery was not forgot
ten. A medal of honor was awarded
him by Congress. His service over, hi
went to work at his trade, which was
that of a mason, and passed the re
mainder of his life peacefully.