The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-04-28

Gwynne Vanderbilt, the valuation of
properties calculated from the amount Of
inheritance tax is only $50 100000 This
inheritance tax amounts to $320,272,
which has been paid and receipted for by
Comptroller Coler. This sum represents
what was the property of Cornelius Van
derbilt in New York, but does not in
clude the transfer tax on the $5000000
left to Cornelius Vanderbilt by his father,
William IL. Vanderbilt, with power of APP
pointment. The estate of Cornelius Van
derbilt was supposed to have been worth
at least $l25,00 100000. At the time of Cor
nelus Vanderbilt's death last September
Chauncey NJ. Depew estimated that the
entire estate was worth $70,000,000.
The packing house of the Ajax Dyna-
mite Works near the village of Kaw-
kawlin, Mich. was blown up, killing
three men.
Miss Mary e. Dinse of New York
jumped from the Brooklyn bridge last
week without serious injury. Miss
Dinse is the second woman who has
ever attempted to end her life in this
way.
Two people persisted in fire at Ed
inburg, N. d. The business portion of
the town suffered the main property
loss, which is estimated at 100000,
with insurance of 100000. The neigh
boring towns sent relief.
Ambassador Choate is back in Lon
don and Henry White is to start for
Washington. These events give rise
to stories that Choate is to succeed
Secretary of State Hay and that White
is to suggest move to satisfy the Boer
sentiment.
The Prince of Wales, heir to Eng
lands throne, received an ovation when
he returned to London. Thousands
thronged Charing Cross station and ap-
proaches and cheered the man who es-
capped the assassin's bullet. King Oscar
of Sweden was also welcome guest.
Alexander Calder, the first partner
of Alex Mcdonald, the Klondike king,
died at Selkirk, Alaska, March 20. His
wife will bring the body to Seattle for
interment. He was 40 years old, born
in Nova Scotia, and was one of the
richest men in the Klondike country.
Robert Soames, freight engineer on
the Canadian Pacific, was instantly
killed at Beaver Canyon while taking a
train through. He was going at the
rate of 80 miles an hour, when the en-
CINE ran into a rock slide. The loco
motive and three cars toppled over, and
Soames was thrown against a project
ing rock which pierced his temple.
By the breaking of a scaffolding 95
feet high on the dome of the new stove
foundry being erected at the steel
works of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Com
pany at Pueblo, Col, five men were
hurled to the ground, one of whom, F.
d. Curtis, was instantly killed, and j.
w. Stanton, a fellow-workman, had
both legs broken and his skull crushed
and will probably die.
Judge Ruiz Rivera, Cuban secretary
OF agriculture, industry and commerce
at Havana, has written a letter which
is to be largely circulated, calling upon
political parties of all shades to unite
Ill OTutT 10 pT6SeuJ united front TO
the government and the people of the
United States, when asking that the
year 1901 be devoted to the formation
of an independent government for Gu
ba, which shall begin to act on its own
responsibility after the end of 1901.
The will of Rufus Wright, who was
mysteriously shot and killed in the
Leland Hotel at Chicago, has been filed
for probate. 1t disposes of an estate
valued at sS00,0O0. This is believed to
be a conservative estimate, and it is
expected that the estate will figure up
over s1,000,000. According to the petit
ton filed with the court the personal
property valuation is 100000 and the
real estate 100000. The dead million
aire manufacturer distributed $12S,00C
in personal requests among relatives
and others. but left nothing to charity
or public institutions.