The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-02-01
THE TELEGRAPH SUMMARY
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF
A Complete Review of the Events OF
the Past week-In This and For
eign Lands-Taken From the
Latest Dispatches.

| states SENATE
Shelby M. Cullom has been reelected to
the United States senate by the senate and
house of Illinois in joint session.
Queen Victoria was the owner in fee SIM
pie of much real estate below Grand street.
At one time she owned the Bowling Green
offices, No. IL Broadway.
The Tennessee legislature in joint session
elected E. w. Carmack to the office of
United States senator, made vacant by the
voluntary retirement of Senator Thomas
B. Turley.
The senate has passed the legislative
appropriation bill, and on motion of Sena-
tor Frye the ship subsidy bill was taken
up. There was a vica voce vote, but not
a roll call.
Senator Jones of Arkansas called atten-
ton to the Indian appropriation bill,
which had been reported, and which re-
NAMED for the senate to consider, and
which contained much debatable matter.
Senator Jones thought the Indian bill
should therefore be considered.
A dispatch to the Havas agency of Paris
from Pellin says $4,000 Chinese regulars
have assembled near Chanting flu, days
march from the French troops. General
Veyron is closely watching them, and NJ.
Pichon, the French minister, has energet-
ically requested their immediate dispersal.
Munice, Ind, Jan. 23.-Two freight
trains on the Clover Leaf Toledo, Kansas
City & St. Louis railroad) collided in the
yards at Warren, Ind, as a result of
misunderstanding of orders. Trainmen
Prillman, Brickenstaff, Mills and Harmon
were fatally injured.
At the instance of the attorney general
the war department has taken steps for
the preservation of law and order at Mus
kogee, L. T., where the Snake Indians are
making trouble for the authorities. The
war department has telegraphed General
Fitzhugh Lee, commander of the depart
ment of the Missouri, at Omaha, author
izing him to act in his own discretion in
the matter of sending the troops.
The duke of York will not necessarily
become the prince of Wales, now that his
principality was granted by Edward l.
to his son, afterward Edward H., and his
heirs, kings of England. Consequently
when the prince of Wales succeeds to the
throne his princely title merges in his SOW
ereignty. The new sovereigns eldest son
is still duke of York, but he becomes also
duke of Cornwall, this title descending to
him from his father.
At North Yakima, Wash, three men,
armed with revolvers, entered Shardlow's
saloon, held up Bartender Henfer and
robbed the drawer of 500. They also Sc.
cured 500 from Pyburn & Mabry, who
were running gambling games in a rear
room. These three were the only men in
the place at the time. The robbers went
from Shardlow's to Pete Agors barns and
took valuable team and buggy. he
robbers were not masked and the victims
can identify them if captured.
War department officials state that when
navigation opens in the spring the Amer
lean forces in China will be almost en-
tirely withdrawn. The understanding is
that Major General Chaffee, who is now
in the volunteer service, will be appointed
a major general in the regular establish
ment, and will be ordered to Manila with
the one regiment and the one battery of
artillery now in Pekin Upon arriving in
Manila he will succeed Major General Mac
Arthur as governor general of the Philip
pines.
Ben Leavitt, we'll known throughout
the country as a theatrical manager,
is dead.
Verdi, the composer, is dead.
The United States will be officially
represented at the browning of King
Edward VII.
Baron Wilhelm Won Rothschild, of
, Frankfort, head of the banking firm of
that name, is dead.
Jetfries and Rubin are sure to fight
) at Cincinnati as the mayor has issued
a permit to the Saengerfest club
} At Chicago fire in the glassware and
crockery store of Pitkin & Brooks
caused heavy damage. The loss may
, reach $25O,OO0 or more.
Two deaths from smallpox were re-
ported to the health department in Chi.
cago the first that have occurred since
the recent outbreak of that disease.
Under special orders from the navy
department the cruiser Lancaster has
left st. Vincent for La Guayra. The
steamboat Scorpion has arrived at Gu
racoa from La Guayra.
, William Mahoney, who was shot re
Gently by Richard T. Nugent, a race
horse owner at Lexington. KY, died
= and the charge against Nugent has
been changed to murder
There has been great distress in the
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