The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-09-13
WORLDS NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD
CULLED FROM DISPATCHES
Complete Review of Happenings in
Both Eastern and Western Hemis-
pheres for the Past WeelS-Nation-
al, Historical, Political and Per-
sonaI Events TerseIy Expounded.

At Kansas City, Mo-, it is reported
"Bossie" Francis, Miss Hendersons MUIR
derer, is still uneaught.
Mary Josephine Eastwick of Philadel-
phia was arraigned in the Guild hall police
court, London, recently, charged with
having forged railway certificate of the
value of 100000 Sensational evidence
was presented.
Charles f. Franklin, an inofiensive
farmer was killed at Eatonville, Wash, !
by Alexander Vance, a blacksmith. Eye
witnesses say the tragedy was entirely UNI
provoked and the murder a cold blooded
one. Vance made threats during the day
that some one would die before night but
it is believed he was looking for another
man.
A fearful accident occurred Tuesday at
Wenatchee, Wash, resulting in one killed
and two injured. a delivery cart belong
ing to the Wenatchee Trading company
was on its way from the steamboat land
ing and contained Mr.. Gle, who was drlv-
ing, and two boys, one named William
Foley. The cart was following a bus and
reached the railway crossing Just as the
Great Northern train, No. 3, was coming
into town. The bus drove across in front
of the train, but the delivery horse reared
and Jumped against the tram, beng
caught between the tender and baggage
car. The occupants of the cart were hurl-
ed against the train with fearful force and
the Foley boy was thrown 40 feet and in
stantly killed. The other boy is perhaps
fatally wounded
At Granite, Okla, recently gusher OF
oil was struck at depth of 300 feet The
flow is heavy and has created great excite
ment.
No. Cotton Belt passenger train, leav-
ing Texarkana at 9:25 p. m, in charge
of Conductor Armstrong, was held up and
robbed near Eylau, four miles south oil
TeXarkana.
At Troy, Ala, Bill Tourney, alias Bill
Hiliard. negro, charged with assaulting
Miss Wilson at Chestnut Grove, was shot
and his body burned by a mob near the
scene of his crime.
General Dewet has issued a proclama-
tion," says a dispatch to the Daily Mail
from Cape Town; chat he will shoot all
British troops found in Orange River coz
only after September 10.
The great international yacht bet Of
100000 between an English syndicate
represented by Walter j. Kingsley o.
London, and a group of Pittsburgers, rep
resented by William l. Muslin, has beer
finally arranged.
Lord Kitchener says: "Since August q
the columns report 10 Beers killed,
wounded, 2l2 made prisoners, and III
surrendered, and that l04 rifles, 27,56C
rounds of ammunition, 100 horses anC
1900 head of cattle have been captured
Forty sheep were shot and tent il
which covered a frightened sheep herde
was riddled on Bear Wallow creek, 81
miles from Pendleton, Ore. The MASSACRE
betokens a renewed outbreak between
sheep and cattle men in Umatilla county
The sheep herder, Gus Peterson, narrow.
escaped being shot to pieces.
The Pacific Coast Steamship compan
has brought suit in the United States Gil
cult court in San Francisco against tn
Pacific Marine Firemen's union and tn
Sailors Union of the Pacific to recove
$4,000 damages, which it alleges to hav
sustained by the strike of its tiremen an
sailors. 1t alleges violation by the unio
of signed agreement
From private sources it is learne
that Columbia has been chosen to d.
fend the Americas cup.
At Haley Idaho, recently, Miss Be-
sic Beard committed suicide by drown
ing in slough about 800 yards belo'
the Beard dwelling.
Under oders from Thomas w. Law
son, workmen have begun breaking u
the yacht independence, at the Con
monwealth dock, South Boston.
The commander of the German fiet
maneuvering in the Baltic has tel
graphed from Sassnitz, island of r.
gen, that the third class cruiser Wacl
has been sunk off Arizona, after havin
been in collision with the battleshl
Sachsen. 1t is not known whetht
there was any loss of life.
Terms of peace in the steel stril
were discussed at length Tuesday at
secret conference at which sat officia
of the United States Steel Corporate
leaders of union labor and represent
tives of civic organizations who ha'
interviewed. Unusual safeguards of S
crecy were restorted to in order to pr
serve the privacy of the proceeding
but it was evident that no ccnclusiC
was reached and that the decision cit
er to arbitrate or continue the stril
must be made by the strikers