Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-10-11
xORLD' SNENSDR|EFLY TOLD
JULLED FROM DISPATCHES.
Complete Review Of Happenings In
Both Eastern and Western Hemis-
uheres for the Past Week-NatiOn-
NJ, Historical, Political and Per.
sOnal Events TerseIy ExDOuWded.


months have passed he will lead a.
bride to the altar. His finance Is Miss
May Palmer, who Is Of an old New
York family.
The first Sunday OF the triennal Epis-
oopa, convention was devoted entirely
20 missionary sermons In the various
churches Of the denomination In San
Francisco and adjacent towns The
weather was perfect and the attend
ance at all the meetings was large.
Miss Helen Long, daughter Of Secre-
tary Long. died recently in Bingham,
Mass Miss Long died Of pulmonary
trouble which had its inception after
CLOSE attention to the social duties OF
Secretary Longs first term In the cab
met.
A. ID. Wolmarans. one Of the Boer
ENJOYS who has been visiting Mr.. Kru-
ger, found the mental condition of the
former president Of the Transvaal to
be by no means satisfactory. Mr.. Kru-
ger Is slowly growing weaker physical
ly and mentally.
A fairly we'll attended meeting OF
anarchists was held Sunday in hall
In TOttenham Court road, London, to
hear a lecture on the ASA ssination OF
President Mckinley by r. Kelly, OF
New York. The audience, largely COM
posed Of foreigners. applauded all refer
ences to Saint" Czolgosz and hls
Merltortous" act.
G. r. DefOrest. stranger, died at
the Holy Cross hospital at Salt Lake,
Utah, recently from pneumonia. The
news of his death was transmitted to
Denver. where 1t gained more than
passing notice. G. e. Deforest was an
assayer OF national reputation, me-
chanical and mining engineer. chem.
ist and a student. and the heir to
large fortune.
Postoffice Inspector John p. Clum has
returned from trip Of inspection
through Alaska. He has reported to
the department that the service gen.
orally Is In excellent condition, more
particularly In the Yukon valley. where
the various towns have q mail service
of once a week In each direction.
The announcement Of King Edwards
tndisp0sitiou In the newspapers of Co.
penhagen. from which city his majes-
ty has just returned. and where secrets
OF the British court are more likely to
leak out than elsewhere, Is causing
some oOmmotion In London, and the
tact that the customary court circular
does not appear In the mornings pa
pers adds to the uneasy feeling.
The queen of Sweden. who sent per.
eonai words OF sympathy TO Mrs. Nc
Kinley. has been an invalid for many
years. and Ia now said to be in pre-.
carious state OF health. Her condition
causes much anxiety. Queen Sophia Ia
. sister OF the grand duke Of Luxem-
burg. and of the dowager princess of
Wied and IN aunt Of the queen Of
Roumanla. the queen dowager OF the
Netherlands. and the duchess OF Al
6any.
While In a At OF delirium August
Sinntl. powerfully built Finnish min.
or. who Us suffering from acute erysipe.
. las. created a panic at Holy Cross Hos
pital NJ Salt Lake. Utah. by armlng
himself with a large knife and rushing
wildly about the corridors. threatening
to murder any one who sought to re.
strain him in his effort to break out of
the hospital Despite the fact that
every door was securely fastened to
prevent his escape, in his frenzy Sinnil
burst open an inner door. jumped
through a glass window and disap.
peared before the police arrived.
A London dispatch says:
British army veterans assert that the
British army had grown stale while
only half employed In watching rail.
ways and moving across stretches Of
empty country, where the Beers eluded
pursuit and would not stand. but that
It Is now again on ITS mettle when
there Is real fighting. Col. kekewitch
Is regarded by South Africans as \ Wig
liant Officer. with narrow mind and
lack OF fiexibility.
While he defended Kimberly success
fully. 1t was Cecil Rhodes who recruit
cd the volunteer force Of colonials and
impaired courage to the people Of the
town. Colonel Kekewich did not get on
we'll with Mr. Rhodes. who was the
real defender OF Kimberley. There Is
a story that when General French On.
tered Kimberley. Colonel Kekewich
asked him To put Rhodes under arrest.
but was laughed at. He has been one
OF Lord Kitchener's trusted lieutenants.
as an experienced officer who thorough.
ly understands Boer tactics.
Nearly half the money needed to
ransom Miss Ellen NJ Stone, the mis-
sionary. from the Bulgarian brigands