Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-04-19
THE TELEGRAPH SUMMARY
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
Complete Review Of the Events Oe
the Past W~~k-In This and For
efxn Lands-Taken From the
Latest Dispatches.

cific will this season expend $40. $50. 900
on betterments.
AT Weatherford. O. T.. Thomas II.
pemberton. aged 65 years. was killed.
Six SUSPECTS were arrested and held
for investigation.
] A letter received by an oflicer OF Hall
! fax. ". s.. station from England. states
that General Butler will be offered the
command Of the British troops In
North America. which command is now
vacant.
A dispatch from General Kitchener.
says General Monroe. mounted infan-
try. after two hours Of hard fighting,
captured so prisoners. including Com.
mandant Bresia, at Lietfindeyeue, near
Dewetsworp.
George G. Cannon OF Salt Lake died
at Monterey, Cal. recently. The pa
tient breathed his last without strug-
gle. The body was shipped to San
Francisco to be embalmed and reshlp-
ped to Salt Lake City, where interment
will take place.
A huge avalanche. sweeping every
thing before 1t. came down Italian
mountain. In Taylor park. about 40
miles west OF Buena VISTA Col, and
several lives were lost On this noun
tain several mines have been in opera
ton all winter, employing about 400
men.
OF special interest to officers OF the
navy Ii an order recently issued by
Secretary Long announcing their rela-
tive positions on the naval register.
Admiral Dewey by the order Is the
/ ranking officer of the navy. John Ad-
| ans Howell Is the senior rear admiral.
w. s. Schley Is No. s and William r.
Sampson Is No. on the list OF senior
rear admirals. Frank Wilde Is the
ranking captain.
Secret service agents Of New York
went to the headquarters Of the coun-
terfelters. John A. Skoog and Emil Mo-
bert. in Brooklyn. They found guam
.ity Of English and foreign money
which the men used as copies to make
counterfeits from. II was reported that
from 5000 to $4,000 in good English
money was found, besides about $15.0 900
OF foreign notes. A lot OF chemicals.
large camera. lot of prepared pa
per with silk fbres running through
1t. and milling machine to make IS
Indian head bills were also found.
At Pittsburg Thomas d. Kahne. a
Mount Washington grocer, was shot
/ and killed In his own home by three
burglars while defending his wife. who
was being chloroformed. A few hours
later the rendezvous Of the alleged fell
ons was discovered. In desperate
fight which followed City Detective
Patrick e. Fitzgerald was instantly
killed and one OF the supposed robbers.
who gave his name az Edward Wright.
and who fired the shots that killed
Fitzgerald. was badly wounded. being
shot three times. Two male and two
female members Of the alleged robber
gang were arrested and diamonds and
other booty worth from $4,000 to $4,000
are Edward Wright. wounded; Robert
Wilcox and his wife. Jennie: J. b.
Wright. a brother OF the murderer. and
woman said to be his wife. All are
from Chicago.
Colonel John II. Muslck. author, jour-
nalist and politician. died Of heart fall
IRE at Omaha recently.
For tho first time since they were or
ganized the principal trades In New
York city decided to go into politics
and start an Independent labor party.
On Cottonwood creek In umatilla
county. Oregon. about eight miles from
Walla Walla. the body OF a dead man
lying face downward on the bank Of
tho stream was found.
According to dispatch to the Lon.
don Daily Express from Amsterdam.
cabled to tho Associated Press, the
Dutch police recently got wind Of con-
templatcd attempts on the life OF Mr.
Kruger. II Is quite likely the report
10 which L'Estafette gives currency Is
traeeahle to a similar source
At Walla Walla. Wash. Richard
Rorke was stabbed while accompanying
Mrs. Christopher Long to her home at
$50 Chase avenue. They were within
short distance OF the house when Mr..
Long suddenly confronted them. Rorke
Immediately relinquished his compan-
Ions arm and started to run. Long
overlook him and drove the blade Of a
four.lnch knife into his back. Long
withdrew tho weapon and returned to
his home. Rorke may die.
rhe steamer Dalton, with q crowd of
400 exeursionists on board, took fire
Sunday afternoon while returning to
Seattle from the Puget sound naval
station at premerton Flames were
seen Issuing from the boiler room and
spread rapidly TO the hurricane deck.
The passengers were terror stricken.
but the GOODNESS of Captain Thomas
and his men restored eomposure and
the flames were readily extinguished.
Several women tainted. but no one was
hurt, The damage to the steamer is
about $500, fully covered by insurance.
konmara Youtara. Japanese minis
Ter. accompanied ay General Yamagu.
chi. the Japanese commander, recently
called upon Prince Ching and notified