The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-03-08

John ]. Read, at present unattached,
will succeed to the command of the
Portsmouth navy yard.
At Baltimore the establishment Of
Hirschberg, Hollander & Co., paints
and oils, was destroyed by fire entail
ing a loss of 100000 OF which $4,000
is on stock and the remainder on the
building. The loss is fully insured.
The dispute between the inaugural
committee and the war veterans over
the matter of precedence in the parade
resulted in a compromise under which
the veterans took part, to a certain ex-
tent. in the ceremonies. At a confer
ence between Secretary Root, General
Francis Greene, grand marshal of the
parade, and General Daniel e. Sickefs
it was decided that the Washington, d..
c., and visiting Grand Army veterans
would form the honorary escort to the
capitol on the 4th of March.
Mr.. Broderick, the war secretary of
England, has issued a statement of the
army estimates for 1901-1902. The to-
tai is f97, 915, 900, of which f5S, 100000
comes under the heading of war serv-
ices and is based on the assumption
that for the first four months of the
new fiscal year the field force in South
Africa will be maintained at its full
strength and thereafter at a diminu-
ton. The sum provides for transport
Of the troops home, gratuities etc.
At Denver, w. A. Clark, secretary of
state of Colorado in 1876 met with ac-
cidental death in the Wade block. He
tripped while coming town the stairs
and fell to the bottom breaking his
neck. He was 81 years of age.
The st. Petersburg correspondent of
the Daily Express says that Karpovich,
the student who recently shot the Rus
sian minister of public instruction, M.
Bogolepoff, belongs to nihilist society
and was chosen by ballot to kill the
minister.
At Cape Town the bubonic plague is
spreading. Five corpses, all of colored
persons, have been found in eight
hours. Ten colored persons and one
European believed to be afflicted have
been sent to a hospital. Numerous per-
sons who have come in contact with
them have been isolated.
= At Baltimore William G. Taylor of
Washington shot and killed his step
mother, Mrs. Marion Taylor, in lodg-
ing house in North Calvert street to-
day. The husband of the woman is
Charles Taylor of Washington. Dur
ing the civil war Taylor was a member
of the Fifth regular artillery.
At Havana the demonstration in
front of the Marti theatre, where a
torchlight procession, composed of
members of the national, republican
and popular parties were reviewed by
the members of the convention, the
procession, 5000 strong, went to the
governor generals office, where a dele
cation presented to General Wood a
petition to President Mckinley urging
absolute independence for Cuba.
Arnie Stevens of Indianapolis, Ind,
drill master in the Richards & Pringle
colored minstrel show, was shot down
by Henry Graves, a musician, ina pri-
vate car of the company at the Union
depot in Spokane. He died three hours
later. The weapon used was 9S cali
Der revolver. Stevens slayer is con
fined in the city prison. Such is the
brief history of tragedy which termi
mated a friendly game of poker.
The volume of work done by con
gress just closing was shown in a sup
plement to the house calendar, pre-
pared by Clerk Woolfield of the house
staff. The congress was in session 1871
days, which is less than any congress:
for years. The following is a list Of
bills, acts, ETC.: Number of bills, IA,
1886; number of reports, 5000; public
acts, 345 private acts, 1850; total acts
1895; number Of joint resolutions, 395