The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-03-01
He TELEGRAPH SUMMARY
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
A Complete Review of the Events of
the Past week-In This and For
eign Lands--Tuken From the
Latest Dispatches.

and critic. is dead.
United States Minister Conger esti-
mates the total demands on China at $4oo,-
100000
The house has passed the sundry civil
appropriation bill and Immediately took up
the general deficiency bill, the last OF the
great supply bills
Both houses of the New York legislature
have passed the New York city single po-
lice bill over the mayors veto by party
vote. 1t now goes to the governor Tor his
signature.
C. E. Perkins, president of the Burling
ton road, has resigned, and Vice President
C. b. Harris has been chosen president. Mr..
Perkins remains as director. His resigna-
ton is due to desire to be relieved OF
the many cares of the office of president.
The foreign ENJOYS have received an Of
fetal communication from the Chinese
plenipotentiaries Offering to agree to all
the terms of the powers. The Chinese de-
sire, however, to save the lives OF Chao
Shu Chiao and Wing Men, but they were
informed that the ministers insisted upon
the former demands. A complete surren-
der is expected.
The resentment of the Cubans against
American interference with the formation
of government has unquestionably been
increased by the demands made by Secre-
tary Root The military governors news
paper organ now admits that the consti-
tutional convention will probably refuse
the concession of coaling stations and will
also reject American supervision OF foreign
affairs.
The crest of mountain, whose top IS
more than mile in circumference, slid
into Loughborough inlet, 100 miles north
from Vancouver The great slide was
caused by an earthquake, which shook the
surrounding district for several seconds,
and the resulting shock of the falling
mountain top could be felt long dis
lance.
Grave anxiety is felt for the fate of
Smith Dorien's column which has not
been heard of since February 6, when it
lost "a killed and 46 wounded in heavy
engagement with Commandant Botha at
Boutwell,. The officer in command at Won
derfontein, the nearest post on the rail
way to the scene of the engagement, re-
ports he has no news of Smith-Dorien,
who has about $500 men under him.
The jury in the case of the state OF Min.
nesota against Frank II. Hamilton, charg
ed with numbering Leonard R. Day, after
40 hours deliberation, furnished genuine
surprise by coming into court and report
ing that it had agreed upon verdict of
mansaughter in the first degree with
recommendation to the mercy of the court.
The jury had been out so long that hope
of an agreement had about been given up.
John G. A. Leishman, United States
minister to Switzerland, who was recently
selected to succeed Oscar s. Strauss as the
American representative at ConstantinOple,
today presented his letters of recall to
President Bremen.
Captain Jones of the Eighth infantry
has arrested at a town on the bay prov
ince of Laguna, Florenta Orluna and Mig
uel Ponce de Leon, agents of the Tabaca-
leria company, and William Webb, Pedro
Lorenzo and Victoria Scenta, employed by
the Philippine Trading company, on
charges similar to those brought against
d. NJ. Carman, the American contractor
namely, furnishing the insurgents with
supplies.
a mob Of eight determined men took
Peter Bergman, a desperate negro, out
of the Mena, Ark, Jail and hanged him to a
tree. The crime of which Bergman was
accused was an assault on a II year old
girl, whose condition is critical The
masked men met Night Officer Jones and
compelled him at the point of a gun to
hand over the keys and his revolver. Two
of them were left to guard Jones, while the
Others went to the Jail and secured tn,
negro. About o'clock they returned
where the officer was being guarded anC
gave him his keys and gun. Then the
men quietly disappeared without word
About two months ago this negro at
tackled an engineer with an AK, nearly
killing him, and he has been guilty o
numerous other offenses. Prompt actor
was taken by the authorities, but no clu,
has been found as to whom are the mem
bers of the mob.
The United States auxiliary cruise
Scorpion has arrived at La Guiara.
Brigadier General Robert Merely
retired, of the army, is dead at an ad
vanced age.
Conger wants to come home but Pres
ident Mckinley, however, desires hir
to remain in China.
Official statistics estimate the Frenc
vintage of 1900 at $685., 661 hectolitre:
which is an increase of 19,444,9 S1 het