Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-08-16
telegraph NEWS
sEws OF THE wo Rid IN BRIEF.


Latest Dispatched.
Peter Jackson. ex-pugihst, died re-
Gently at a private sanitarium at Roma,
near Sydney, N. S. w OF consumption.
The census return will show the
population of Canada to he. In round
figures, about 100000 over figures OF
1891. which were sos 900 over those OF
1881. The returns OF 1881 gave an In
crease OF 635. 900 over the figures for
1871.
The official program for the seventy
eighth triennial conc lave OF Knights
Templar. to be held in Louisville the
last week of this mo- nth, has been an
nounced by the executive committee.
which has had over 100000 to draw
on to make the features of entertain
ment attractive.
United States Court Commissioner
Heacock has. upon the request OF Secret
Service Agent George w. Hazen, issued
a warrant for the arrest of Walter N.
Dimmick, former chief clerk of the
United States mint at San Francisco,
charging him with 81 bezzling $4,000
in gold coin. the loss OF which was dis
covered early last month.
There are gravely important develop
ments in the strike situation. The
United States Steel corporation moved
decisively in the direction of the De-
wees-Wood plant at McKeesport, order
ing 1t removed to the Kiskiminetas val
ley. President Gompers OF the Amer
lean Federation OF Labor. after two
days conference with President Shat
fer and his associates, has issued a for
mail statement specifically pledging the
federation to the moral and financial
support OF the Amalgamated.
General Macarthur has submitted
statistics bearing upon Philippine mat
ters for the last year which show that
conditions there are improving on the
whole and which indicate that it Is
only a question of time when complete
peace will, prevail tn roughout the isl
ands. There has been fighting during
the year, but the instruction as for
midable waging OF war by anything
like central organization has practi-
cally come to an end. There remain
only a few small scattered bands en-
gagged In separate guerrilla campaigns
and these are becoming gradually sup
pressed.
Naval officers are deeply interested
in the visit of Captain Chadwick to
Secretary Long at bingham, as 1t is
believed that the secretary was told
the true state Of Admiral SIMPSONS
mind. When Chadwick visited the Bos-
ton hayward his talk with Sampson
disclosed the fact that the latter was
completely unstrung, in a highly ner-
vous state and his recollection Of
names, dates and places seriously i'm
paired. The most important events in
the administration Of the yard were
unknown to Sampson, Chadwick
found, that the nearest and best friends
Sampson had were strangers to him
to quite the same ext nt as II they lived
on the other side Of the world.
At Victoria, B. c., Sergeant Edward
G. Meades Of the regular army here
shot himself while on duty. The cause
Is unknown.
Forest fires are beginning in western
Washington. Reports throughout the
entire western sectio Of the state say
that the yearly epnflagrations are
breaking out.
The United States steamship Iowa
has sailed from the Puget sound navy
yard for San Francisco. and 1t Is
thought from that point she will sail
for Panama.
| According to a dispatch from the Dali
ly Mail from st. Petersburg, in the re.
cent conflagration at Witebsk 1000
houses we're destroyed and 100 lives
lost. The prison was burned and many
prisoners persisted.
| PernOids absinthe factory at Pom.
tarlilier, one OF the largest In France
was struck by lightning and within q
few moments all the buildings. as well
as the immense reservoirs of spirits
were In flames. A stream of burning
alcohol was soon pouring into the river
causing the utmost alarm. The factory
was completely destr oyed. The loss IL
estimated at 5000. 900 francs.
] SignOr Francesca Crispi. who has al
various times been d edgnated the IBIS
marck" and Grand Old Man" of Ital
ian politics, after a long and varied car
eer. wound up his political life as prime
minister Of his country. Born ON o.
tober 4. 1919, at Ribera, Sicily. he earl,
entered political life. In 1913 Crisp
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