The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-11-08

crack runs north and south, bearing to
the east about degrees. Upon a por-
tion of this new crack a dwelling is
located at the corner of Galena and
Mercury streets, and the house will
have to be moved from It's present site.
This is the third crack of considerable
size which has within the past year
frightened the residents of East Butte.
All have caused the removal Of several
houses.
The condition of Ii Hung Chang,
who has been seriously i'll, shows some
l)sed the malaoy as Inflammation or
TIE stomach
Nicaragua has given notice of the
termination of the treaty of 1867
granting the United States authority
to build canal across the country
Also the treaty of 1870.
The Boston Commercial Bulletin
says that all American records have
been broken in the Boston wool mar
ket last week, the transactions aggre-
eating not less than 25,00O,0O0 pounds.
1t is announced in a dispatch to
London news agency from st. Peters
burg that scores of fishing boats were
wrecked and that 10 men were
drowned during a recent storm on
Lake Baikal.
Lord Kitchener has reported to the
war Office a disaster to the British
near bethel Eastern Transvaal, in
which two o1tnc xUara 1ncf caupra1 nf.
flcers killed or wounded, "a men were
killed and 100 were wounded.
Mrs. Elizabeth Harbury who was
born June 9, 1898, is dead in London.
Mrs. Hanhury was notable half a cen
fury ago as an antislavery, prison re-
former and other philanthropic mat
ters. she could see to read and write
up to her Tooth year.
At meeting of the executive com
mittee of the William Mckinley Ma
tional Memorial Arch association, 1t
was determined on motion of Secre
tary Gage, the treasurer Of the asso-
cation. to raise $1.500000 for con-
structing the proposed arch. Material
progress was reported by the execu-
tive committee in the work of prepar-
alton of raising subscriptions.
Jack Hebron, Familiarity known as
"Pasco Jack" railway switchma /
from Pasco was shot and almost in
stantly killed at Ellensburg, Wash.
Sunday night by Ed. Smith, locomo-
tive fireman. Both men were under
the influence of liquor and became in
volved in an alteration, and in the
scuffie Smith fired two or three shots
at least one of which took effect, re-
sulting in Heffron's death within a few
moments. Smith is in the county Jail.
pending his preliminary examination.
/ The prisoner is about % years of age.
The census report on males of
school, military and voting ages for
all states and territories shows the
following summary for the country as
a whole: Persons of school age. to
20 years, 26.110,7SS. of whom 24,S97. 100
are native born, 22.49O,211 are white,
and 13,S06,160 are males. Males
Of militia age, 16,360,363, of whom
1S.132,2s0 are native born, and
14,495,996 are white. and males
Of voting age, 21.329,S19, of whom
| ~. u 900 are lldllN Z DOln dnI
19.306143 are white. OF the total num-
her of males. Fl years of age and over,
2.326255 are illiterate. OF the 49,
2272S5 native born males, 81 years
of age and over, 1,7O6, 292 are illiterate,
and of the 5,1O2.5S4 foreign born. 62O,-
G02 are illiterate.
report Of, Commissioner Hermann OF
the land office says that Is, 562 ,79t
acres of public land were disposed
of during the last fiscal year. an in
crease of 2.1OS,9OS over the previous
year. which was the banner year in
public land sales. The net surplus
from the entire land and forest
administration is $3,54S.442. The
report refers to the large mum
Der of prosecutions begun in Idaho
ard Montana for perjury and subordia
alton of perjury in entries of lane
under the timber and stone act which
entries, it says, apparently were made
+. for speculative purposes and have be
, come the property of one man.
Football Games.