The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-03-29

cattle. The Beers broke southwark to
the right and left.
Ex-President Harrison left $4,000 in
life insurance. The appraisement of
the Harrison estate gives its total value
at $3S0,000. This includes all real es-
tate, railroad bonds, stock in the Union
Trust company, the law building at In
dianapolis and other securities.
Lord George Hamilton, secretary for
India, in the house of commons in Lon
don, to a question from Sir Edward
Sassoon, unionist, said that the gold
) reserve accumulated under the Indian
currency act amounted blarch Z, to Co.
$1,000. There was an additional $780,
900 not held under the act. 1t was all
in India and none of 1T in the Bank of
England.
President Mellen of the Northern Pa
cfic says: 1--WE lost at least $4,000, 900
revenue in consequence of last seasons
shortage of the grain crop in the north
west, but from the figures already at
hand it is apparent that the company's
new business will keep the gross earn
ings from falling below the previous
years record. If there is full grain
crop this year I look for an actual in
crease in the earnings of at least 49,
100000"
The bubonic plague continues to
spread at Cape Town. There is an av-
erage of six fresh cases officially re-
ported daily. Most of the victims are
colored persons.
hA .of 1,Eo
Van Wyck, formerly of New York, pro-
prietor of the Acadamy of Music at
Norfolk, Va, leaves sums of from $1,000
to $4,000 each to friends and faithful
employees.
Lorin Blodget, an eminent statisti-
clan and one of the foremost authori-
ties on the higher economics, died in
Philadelphia, aged 70 years. He was
graduate of the Geneva (now Ho-
bart) college.
At Louisville, Eddie Hoffman,
small boy, was arrested charged with
numbering another boy named Charles
Callahan by beating him with his fists.
Hoffman says Callahan made some re-
marks about Hoffman's sister when she
passed crowd in which the boys were,
and 81 then just thumped him."
Nelson Jones, % years old, of Shore
ham, VT, is under arrest at Middle
burg. VT, charged with the murder of
Miss Ida Fosburgh, at Shoreham,
March IL, by poisoning. The young
woman was engaged to be married to
Aldace Vondette, who was recently
charged with having caused her death
and who, after being held few days,
was released, the authorities being sat
isfied that he was not implicated in the
affair.
The foreign office at London takes a
pessimestic view of the situation in the
east in spite of the settlement of the
Tientsin question and entertains grave
fears that the relations between Japan
and Russia may shortly reach the dan
ger point. Judging from information
obtained in various official quarters in
London, Japan has confded to at least
some of the powers her determination
to oppose at all costs any secret agree
ment between Russia and China by
which the former could secure terrific
rial advantages contiguous to Corea.
Another hurricane has swept over
the New Hebrides islands with disas-
trous effects. New Caledonia in par
ticular suffered from the devastating
effects of wind storm, driving several
vessels ashore and playing havoc with
the Nickel company's property. Trees
were uprooted, plantations destroyed
and houses wrecked, although there
was no loss of life. At Tonga. four
good sized ships were driven ashore
and completely wrecked. The steamer
Miowera also brings tragic story OF
the obliteration of native village near
Kumusi, New Guinea.
A race for a $4,000 purse made up
of $4,000 a corner and $4,000 added
by Thomas w. Lawson, between Charlie
Herr, Cresceus and Boralma, is an
nounced by Mr. Lawson of Boston. The
race will be at Readville, Mass, in the
week beginning September 16, all the
gate receipts to go to charity. The race
is to be best three in five heats, first
horse to take $4,000, second $4,000,
and each owner to deposit $4,000 and
the remainder the night before the
race; all gate receipts to be divided
equally between the West End nursery
and Infants hospital and the Industrial
School for Crippled and Deformed Chill
dren, both of Boston.
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