The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-06-21
SUMMARY Of WORLDS NEWS
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
A Complete Review of the Events of
the Past Week-In This and For
eign Lnnds-Tnken From the
Latest Dispatches.


early in August.
Northcott was reelected head consul of
the Modern Woodmen of America.
Five bodies have been recovered and l3
are still in the burning mine at West
Newton
Mrs Mckinley is able to sit up and her
physicians report that she continues to
show improvement.
The bAttIeship Illinois made better
speed than required. She averaged ia
knots on her trial trip at Rockport, Mass
The Washington legislature has con-
cluded its special session The capital
punishment law has been amended in the
manner agreed upon.
The woman whose headless body was
found in Chelmsford woods and whose
head was recently found, was identified as
Mrs. Margaret Blondin of Boston.
Under the mandate of the supreme
court the death warrant of Eben L. Boyce,
the wife murderer, has been issued by
Judge Smell of Tacoma. The date of exc
cution was fixed for Friday, August Q.
G. f. Peterson, Swedish author and
tullOl, II uttu at iio ltoiutuct III
after an illness of seven weeks, cancer of
the liver being the cause of death. Mr..
Peterson ranked among the foremost
Swedish writers of America.
London seldom had a finer spectacle
than was witnessed at the Horse Guards
parade recently when King Edward pre-
scented medals to 5000 soldier participants
in the South African campaign. The
square was lined with guards drawn from
the various regiments.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press is authoritatvely informed that the
sending of the special embassy by Prince
Chun to Berlin to formally express En-
peror Kwang Su's regrets at the murder
of Baron Won Ketteer was only definitely
settled upon recently between the Chinese
court and the German minister.
The convention of the National Metal
Trades association at New York has ad-
journed. The closing hours of the con-
vention were devoted to the completion
of organization and the final arrangement
of plans to strengthen the hands of the
manufacturers in their fight against the
striking machnists. The sum of $5OOO 600
raised by assessment is to be placed at the
disposition of strike committee TO be
used in behalf of the employers.
General Knefter colonel of the ia
nous Seventy-ninth Indiana regiment
in the civil war, is dead.
The Improvement in Mrs. McKinley's
health continues and DR.. Rixey says
that he is satisfied with her condition.
General William Montgomery Gard
ner, a veteran of the Mexican and civil
wars, is dead. aged rs years. He was
a graduate of West Point.
There were three deaths in Chicago
recently attributed to the heat: Frank
Buckley from Peru, Ind; John Lang,
laborer; Carl REESE, laborer.
Sick penniless and wandering. a
man said to be e. e. Bosworth. who
disappeared from Dayton Wash, the
middle of April. has been found at
Forest Grove. Oregon.
The battleship Wisconsin makes some
speedy runs and the Illinois will have
to look to her laurels. The new boat
is said to be capable of making Is
knots per hour under forced draught.
News has been received from Grand
Forks, N. D.. that the agents of the
Northern Pacific road are authorized
to purchase cattle and sheep in Mon
tana and deliver them to farmers on
a share basis.
John Alexander Dowie of Chicago
announced at his meeting in Zion tab
ernacle that certain physicians of Chi.
cago had formed a plot to kidnap him
lock him in a detention hospital and
beat him on the head and back till he
should lose all his reasoning powers
and become really insane.
Attorney General Stratton of Wash.
ington has rendered an opinion hold
ing that the laws passed over the gov
ernor's veto will go into effect Septem
Der II, or 80 days after the special SEES
sion adjourned.
The postoffice at Medical Lake
Wash. was entered by two masked
men between 1 and 2 o'clock Monday
morning. The safe was blown. but the
burglars were frightened away before
securing anything of value.
Half dozen we'll mounted Umatilla
Indians are securing the Blue noun
tains to capture Black Horn of the
Umatilla reservation and a Yakima In
dian, who recently tried to murder
Brisbow. chief of the Indian police.
Charles Kampeter was found dead
on the railroad track one miles north
of North Yakima. Wash. He was run