Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-03-15
| TELEGRAPH SUMMARY
rWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF
rnnplete Review of the Events Of
s1he PAST Week-ln This and For
.ixm Lnnds-Taken From the
Latest Dispatches.

4, Latest Dispatches.
There was riot at San Juan recent
over a school episode.
I The Spanish gunboat Ponce de Leon
!, ashore near Huelva. about SO miles
outhwest of Seville.
The official report regarding the pro-
ress of the bubonic plague in Cape
:. own since the outbreak shows total
N 102 cases.
\, At Iowa City fire destroyed the col
I, we of medicine and literary buildings
the University of Iowa. The loss is
81 less than $250.OOO.
4 TWO highwaymen, one of them
r p,sked, entered the village of Olpe,
!, K,u, and held up a dozen people, the
Uupants of the two stores.
At Berlin Prince Albert Zolmei-
\ raunfels committed suicide, having
n armed that the disease from which he
as suffering was incurable.
Ex-President Harrison is quite
!, lex man and his closest friends are
I harmed. His condition is more seri-
bus than is generally believed.
\ At Terre Haute, Ind, Charles Rog-
\ (rs in a jealous quarrel, shot and ia.
I ally injured his wife and stepfather-
hlaw, William Bates. He later gave
imself up and was taken to Indianap-
J lis to escape mob violence.
The war department has received
prd of the death Of Captain Richard
Paddock Of the Sixth cavalry at
: |ientsin, China, from pneumonia. Cap
bin Paddock was appointed to the
rmy from Illinois in October.
The condition of former President
Harrison is serious. DR.. Jameson
tates that the upper part of General
AarrisOn's left lung was inf1amed,
there is some danger of congestion OF
he rest of the lung and the right lung.
The president has issued an execu-
i've order abolshing the Cuban export
uty on tobacco from April 1. This
ction was taken on the earnest rec
mmendation of the Cuban economic
pmmission which recently visited
Washington.
Andrew Carnegie has offered to give
kO, 900 for a public library building at
ancouver B. c., the only condition
eing that the city furnish it with a
uitable site and agree to contribute
900 annually for the maintenance
n the library.
A highly sensational attempt to rob
he home of William Mclaughlin the
millionaire coffee merchant, 81 Rush
btreet, Chicago, was made recently,
Ecores of shots were fired, McLaugh-
)in's son narrowly escaping death.
The residence is in the fashionable dis
Erict on the north side.
At Owensboro, KY. cloudburst did
great damage. The sewer well and
big water main on Main and Davies
streets burst and a hole rs feet deep
hnd about so feet wide was torn In the
streets for some distance. The streets
were undermined so badly that today
part of them caved in.
At San Francisco three men and Is
head of horses were burned to death
in fire which destroyed Morton's liv-
cry stable at Leavenworth and Geary
streets. The three men were asleep in
the hay loft. They we're Charles White,
Charles Young and r. Jameson. and
we're employed at the stable.
It Is reported in court circles that
Erl Roberts thankfully returned to
Emperor William the insignia OF the
Order of the Black Eagle, conferred at
the time Of the kaiser's visit to Eng
land, after noticing the unfavorable
comment in the German press upon the
|bestowal Of the honor.
At Afgonia, Kan, the private bank
|of ]. H. Springer was burglarized by
three men and $1,000 in cash and $4,000
lin registered government 3 per cent
bonds secured. About $40 in gold and
|$S00O in bonds was left untouched. The
vault was entered through the brick
wall and the safe was blown open with
|notroglyeerine.
An application will be made this
week at Trenton, N. ]. for charter
for the American Can company, the
combination of the tin can manufac-
turing companies Of the United States.
| 1t will have an authorized capital OF
SIS, 900 900. equally divided into COM
mon and preferred stock. The concern
will also have a working capital OF
81 900 900.
Ernest ]. Wolter. a prominent mer-
chant Of Schuyler. Neb., who was ar
rested in that city by United States
marshal on the charge OF attempting
| to blackmail United States Senator
Kearns of Utah. was arraigned before
Commissioner Anderson recently. He
waived preliminary hearing and was
held to the federal grand jury under
5000 bonds.
Additional inducements have been
made to the insurgents to surrender
their guns. General Macarthur has
directed all department commanders
10 release one prisoner for every rine
surrendered. An insurgent who sur
renders his gun will be permitted 10
name the prisoner to be released. pro-