The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-01-18
THE TELEGRAPH SUMMARY
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF
A Complete Review of the Events of
the Past Week--In This and For
efEn Lands-Taken From the
Latest Dispatches.

BY vote of "a to 10 the senate laid on
the table the committee amendment pro-
viding for a continuance of the present
canteen arrangement IN the army.
Ii Hung Chang is better. Both he and
Prince Ching baked at signing the note
when they considered the question until
the court was heard from again, explaining
that the emperor edict directing them to
put oil signing prevented them from
using the imperial seal until permission
shall have been received, which permission
they claim to expect soon.
Cornelius l.. Alvord, Jr, the former
note teller of the First National bank OF
New York city, was arraigned before
Judge Thomas in the United States court,
criminal branch, and pleaded guilty to
three counts of an indictment charging
him with embezzlement of 100000 from
the bank named. The Indictment contain
ed 81 counts.
Al the meeting of the camp of the Army
of the Tennessee, under confederate vet
Grams, the strongest of the confederate as
sociations of New Orleans, resolution
offered by General Stephen Chalaron, COM
mander of the camp, protesting against the
invitation of President Mc4Alnley to the
confederate reunion to be held in Memphis
this spring was unanimously adopted. Gen
eral Chalaron explained that it was under
stood that the president would be invited
10 Memphis, and the resolution was in
tended simply as warning not to do it.
1t is understood that the subject of the
lengthy interview which United States
Ambassador White had recently with the
secretary of state for foreign affairs, Baron
Won Richtofen, at Berlin, was in regard
to the proposal of the United States that
the powers withdraw their troops from
China as soon as the Chinese government
accepts all the articles of the joint note
except those relating to indemnity and
commercial treaties, these being left for set
Element at a conference of the powers at
Washington or elsewhere. No final de-
cision in the matter has been announced,
but the feeling in diplomatic circles here
seems to be opposed to the United States
proposition.
The interstate commerce commission, in
nounced its decision in the case of George
j. Kindall and the Denver chamber of
commerce against the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe Railway company and others.
The case involves the legality of greater
freight charges to Denver than to San
Francisco from the Missouri river and
points east; greater freight charges from
H.. \ 1
points east to San Francisco; geater freight
charges to Denver than to the Missouri
river and points east from San Francisco;
greater freight charges from Denver than
from San Francisco to the Missouri river
and points east.
The physicians say President Kru-
gers illness is probably fatal.
j. ]. Hill for senator is the new
name before the Minnesota Legislature
Lord Curzon is to resign as the eli
mate of India does not agree with his
wife's health.
The Chinese peace commissioners
have received orders from the court TO
sign the joint note of the powers.
At Princeton, New Jersey. an cpl
demic of grip has spread with alarm
ing rapidity through the university.
At London the liabilities of the 16
stock exchange firms which recently
failed aggregate 100000 pounds, in
one case the figures reached 0,O0G
pounds.
A west-bound freight train loaded
with ice went into the ditch west Of
Summit Nevada, badly smashing up
the train but so far as learned no one
was injured.
Representative Loud of the postoffice
committee has reported a bill to the
house revising and codifying the pos
tai laws. No radical changes in exist
ing laws are proposed in the bill.
Ex-Governor Mount of Indianapolis,
Ind, just before his retirement pard-
oned William w. Kennedy, who was
sentenced to prison for life in 1885 for
the murder of David Baker at Green's
burg, Ind.
At Minneapolis Mrs. Matilda Hels-
from struck her 10 year old daughter
with a bottle, killing her instantly.
1t is claimed that Mrs. Helstrom had
made two previous attempts on the life
of her daughter. 1t is believed that
the mother is insane.
At Belleville, Ind. double header
extra freight train on the Illinois Cen
trail railroad ran into through freight
today, resulting in the death of Con-
ductor w A. King of Coulterville and
Brakeman w. E. King of Du Quoin
Four other trainmen were injured.
Word received in San Francisco at
the merchants exchange states that
the overdue United States mail steam