The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-02-22
THE TELEGRAPH SUMMARY
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF
A Complete Review of the Events of
the Past WeeIS-In This and For
eiEn Lands-Taken From the
Latest Dispatches.


lenzo.
General Miles has completed arrange
ments for the participation OF United
States troops in the inaugural parade.
The annual convention of the National
Federation of Women's Musical clubs will
be held in Cleveland, Ohio, from April 80
to May inclusive
The Boer losses, when they were at
tackled by General French at Ermelo last
week, are said to have been 40 men kill
ed and 200 made prisoners.
Former Lieutenant Governor Bates has
been offered the position of judge in the
Philippine islands and will accept the APP
pointment. The salry will be $1,000
year.
The remains of Colonel Albert d. Shaw,
congressman from Watertown, n. y, and
late commander in chief of the Grand
Army of the Republic, were inferred in
Brookside cemetery with military honors.
President Pro TEN. Frye of the senate
has declared William Mckinley elected
president and Theodore Roosevelt vice
president of the United States, and dis
solved the Joint meeting of the house and
senate.
Ignacio Gaxialo, a prominent rancher,
has been ambushed and killed by Naqu
Indians at Siris, near Hermosillo, Ariz.
General Torres made an effort to secure a
number of Yaqui Indians to take them
to the interior.
Otto w. Meysenburg, formerly presi-
dent of the Wells French Car company
of Chicago, is dead at his country home,
Alma Sieta, at the age of 81 years. He
was among Chicago's most prominent
manufacturers and well known through
out the east.
General DAVIS mas been designated to
conduct the investigation of the charges
against ID. NJ. Carman, the American con
tractor, who with his partner Theodore
Carranza, Spanish merchant, was arrest
ed February 6, charged with furnishing
supplies to aid the insurgents. The evil
dence against Carman is accumulating.
A dispatch from La Paz, Peru, says
that the overflow of the river has caused
che iundation of the city and the destruc-
ton of bridges The electric light sys-
TEN has been disabled and the city has
been in darkness for two nights. Many
lives have been lost and the damage will
aggregate 81 100000 bolivian money!.
At Portland, Ore, Jack Barr, whose
family is said to live on Folsom street,
San Francisco, fired four shots at Belle
Williams, an inmate of house on Fourth
street, Portland But two of the bullets
took effect, both of them striking the
womans hand. Barr then shot himself
in the head and swallowed poison. He
is in the hospital and his injuries may
prove fatal. Barr claims that he deserted
his children to live with the Williams
woman and that she afterwards discard
ed him.
The United States training ship Mo-
hican has come down from the Mare ISL
and navy yard, after having been almost
entirely rebuilt. She is now bark rugged
and closely resembles the old Hartford
The Mohican will take aboard about $50
apprentices here and start on a cruise
To the southern seas. She will call at
Santa Barbara, san Diego, Magdalena
bay and Honolulu
Colonel Simon TecsOn, seven officers, Il
soldiers, 80 guns, 1000 rounds OF ammuni-
ton, surrendered Internationally recently
at San Miguel de Mayumo, Luzon. This
breaks up group insurrectos heretofore
operating in mountains east of Bulacan
removes from northern Luzon last formi-
dable organized force excepting in first dis
trict. Rigid enforcement proclamation,
December 20. Spontaneous action people
through federal party behalf of police
self protection, are producing most sat
isfactory results.
Severe weather prevails throughout
France.
All Europe is experiencing a return
of winter weather.
Slight earthquake shocks were felt
recently in Vienna.
Marshall S. Pike, poet, singer and &C
tor, is dead at his home in Chelsea.
Joseph A. Delaharpe, who was well
known as a scenic artist in the theatres
of this country, is dead.
At the cabinet council at Madrid the
ministers designations were drawn VI
and handed to the queen regent
The work of laying torpedoes and
mines about the entrance to the Port
Orchard drydock is soon to begin.
Throughout Spain the weather is in
tensely cold, the temperature register
ing eight degrees below zero in Madrid
1t is insisted in Mexico City in gov
eminent circles that there is no plaI
Drepared for introducing a gold stand