The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-01-06
DO|NGS THROUGH THE week
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF
a Complete Review of the Events for
the Past Week In This and Foreign
Lmnds-summarf.e From tho Lat
est Dispatehes.

Philadelphia will equip an hospital ship
TO be sent to the Transvaal.
A recent snowslide hit the White Pass
x Yukon Railroad rotary outfit
Cincinnati democrats are preparing to
make hard fight for the convention.
The Lowell Arms Company, a sporting
goods firm of Boston, has gone under.
4 blizzard was sweeping over Alaska
in the vicinity of Skagway on Dec. D.
E. G. Hodges Il Co, bankers and
brokers OF Boston, have suspended bust
ness.
BY recent proclamation, the queen warns
British subjects against assisting the
Beers.
Chicago letter carriers have withdrawn
from the organization of the Knights of
Labor.
Director Roberts of the mint says greed
in speculation is the prime cause of tight
money.
A petition is being drawn up by the
shippers of the country against raising
the rates.
Railroad men purchase valuable tract
OF land in Arizona and expect to open up
zinc district.
The striking French coal miners recently
made big demonstration, but were held
back by officers.
Pennsylvania coal miners want an in
crease of wages, and threaten to strike if
it is not granted.
investigation of the cause of the wreck
in Kendrick canyon found that the train
Dlen were to blame.
France hopes for trouble between Eng
land and the United States, and is much
pleased with the prospect.
Emily Drake of Brandon, Man, was
hung for killing her mother because she
was Jealous of her children.
Alderman George Hill of Milwaukee,
Wis, committed suicide recently by shoot
ing himself through the head.
n. f. Hayward was arrested in Portland,
Ore, by the police on a charge of murder,
committed at Pennington, Utah, over d
year ago.
Prof. Eliot F. Couez of Washington, D.
c., the world famed Ornithologist and sci
enlist, is dead at Johns Hopkins hospital
Baltimore.
The celebrated Pinnacle rock, which
overhung Cumberland gap, and was u
noted natural spectacle, has fallen from
The lofty height.
The boiler of locomotive on the Den
yer & Rio Grlnde railroad blew up at
Minturn, Col, killing Engineer Quacken-
badly that he died few hours later.
The Bank of Montreal has subscribed
$4,000 to the relief fund for the British
soldiers in South Africa. Inc directors OF
the bank added $500 to this amount il
personal subscriptions.
Seven Indians, including two squaws
were drowned a short distance west OF
Ashcroft, b. c., by the upsetting of d
canoe in which they were attempting tC
cross the Thompson river.
Fire recently destroyed the wholesale
and retail dry goods establishment of Geo
Dewald Co., and the crockery store Of
NJ. +. Kaag, of Fort Wayne, Ind, causing
an aggregate loss of $200,000.
During riot among AZ negro men and
women on trolley car in Morrisiana
New York, one man was fatally shot ana
two were dangerously wounded. Charlie,
Trassy, who did the shooting, was arrest
ed.
American goods have vcen confiscatec
by the British in heavy amounts. An ex
port agent of New York says his merchan
disc was consigned to a reputable firm il
Lorenzo Marquee, and he objects to losing
his money
The recent Nooksack river flood caused
great damage to farms and buildings Fiv,
OF seven bridges over the stream have beer
swept away. Rain and chinook vino
suddenly melted the snow in the noun
tains
The escape of Winston Churchill wa,
narrow. He eluded the Beers for ovel
seven days by hiding during the day and
sneaking along the railroad at night. II,
was hidden under a huge pile OF sack.
while the Beers searched for him.
The bank of Montreal shipped $500.
600 gold to Canada
Eleven millions In bonds was voted
for public improvements in San Fran
cisco.
Kid Parker. of Denver, knocked out
Tom Moriarity of Boston, in the 10th
round of twenty-round ego"
The disappearance of L. G. Phillips
leading hardware merchant of Port
Townsend, is shrouded in mystery.
Adjutant General Corbin reports that
the contributions to the Lawton relief
fund amounted to s3O,525 Saturday.
Ex-Congressman Michael Griffith, of
Eau Claire, Wis, head of the state tax
commission, died suddenly this even.
ing in his Office of apoplexy.
Thos. Mackellar, senior member of