The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-07-12

sands of dollars worth of yaluable tim
Der.
The steamship Braemar has arrived
in Tacoma from Yokohama with 5000
tons Of silk and new tea and 81 steerage
passengers.
The total attendance to date at the
Pan-American exposition is 1,778,S11.
The average daily attendance for June,
including five Sundays, was over 3D.
600.
Elmer Burkhead aged 10, adopted
son of NJ. H. Burkhead, section foreman
of the Washington Central railway
was drowned while bathing in Medical
lake Sunday afternoon.
James F. Yeatman, a well known
philanthropist, is dead in st. Louis,
aged "a years. When the civil war
broke out Mr.. Yeatman endeavored to
maintain peace and labored earnestly
to that end.
AS result of the explosion of a gaso-
line tank in the cellar of the country
house of w. f. Fitzgerald at Lake
Nagawicka, near Milwaukee, Mr.. Fitz-
gerald was so badly burned that he
died. His coachman, William Grun-
wald, is in dying condition.
Special dispatches from staff cor
respondent of the Anaconda paper on
the ground are to the effect that there
! is now but little hope of the sheriff's
posse overtaking the men who held up
the Great Northern express train at
Wagner Mont, last Wednesday. The
correspondent has just returned from
the section of country where the posses
were expected to overtake the robbers.
His account is that the pursuers have
been outwitted and that the robbers
have eluded them.
Superintendent Conley of the North
port, Wash, smelter, came in on the
train from Spokane, bringing with him
10 men to take positions in the smelter.
When the train slowed up at the depot
Conductor st. Clair gave a signal for
increased speed and the train was run
to the smelter grounds, where the new
men alighted. The train was followed
by large number of union men, who
were at the depot to dissuade non-union
men from going to the smelter for
work. The strikers, not being prepared
for the new move, were left behind by
the train and reached the smelter
grounds to find their progress opposed
by guards. A conflict seemed immi-
nent, but the cooler heads prevailed
and the men returned to town without
attempting to trespass on the COM
panys property.
A headend collision took place on the
Il. III.
NIT. % miles north of Dunsmuir, Ore,
between the southbound California ex-
press and a special northbound train
carrying volunteers from the Philip
pines, just mustered out. Two helper
engines, a baggage car and mail car
were badly wrecked A tramp on the
soldier special was instantly killed and
another had his arm and leg broken.
Engineer Henry Wentz of the express
train sustained serious injuries and a
number of passengers received cuts and
bruise5.
Pierre Lorillard died recently in New
York. The members of the family pres
ent at the bedside when the end came
were Mr.. Lorillard's daughters, Mrs.
T. S. Taller and Mrs. William Kent,
and their husbands, and Pierre Loril-
lard Jr and wife, and also Pierre
Lorillard third. Various estimates
have been made of the value of Mr..
Lorillard's estate, and while it's exact
value at the present time IS not known,
it is believed it is more than $25,000,-
900. AS long ago as 1884 it was said
to be from 100000 to $4,000, 900.
Pierre Lorillard was the eldest son of
Pierre Lorillard, founder of the for
tune which made the family name
famous. He inherited much of the
business ability of his father, and
marked success attended the CONNER
cial enterprises which he planned and
executed. At the death of his father
he received about $1,000.000 and an
interest jointly with his brothers and
sisters in the great house of which