The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-04-26
THE TELEGRAPH SUMMARY
NEWS OF THE WORLD In BRIEF
A Complete Review of the Events Of
the Past Week-In This and For
eisn Lands-Taken From the
Latest Dispatches.

the purchase OF the DANISH w est lnuleS ny |
the United States.
Funeral of Apostle George Q. Cannon at
Salt Lake was one of the largest ever seen
in the intermountain country. 1t was
simple but solemn services.
At GAINESVILLE, Ohio, j. X. Lambsley Of
Lowell drowned himself in the Muskingum
river recently 1t was alleged that he was
short in his accounts as township treasur-
er, and his bondsmen notified him that
they would no longer be responsible
Frank B. LOOMS, United States minis
ter to Venezuela, has arrived at New York
on the Red 'D' liner Caracas, on which the
came from Porto Rico. Mr.. LOOMS goes
to Washington to report to the state de-
partment and President Mckinley lmme-
diately.
To the Associated Press reporter who
met him at quarantine MIR. LOOMS said;
81 did not say any of the unpleasant things
that have been attributed to me about
President Castro during my stop at San
Juan or anywhere else. The fact IS, IKE
Mr. Castro very much. l was interviewed
at San Juan, but it was more OF pleasant
chat than anything else
A Kansas special from Memphis says:
Two men with drawn revolvers robbed
Ben Marsh's gambling house, back OF the
Peabody hotel, recently. The robbers
spent three minutes in the place and got
away with $4,000 The police have so lar
failed to get any clue as to the identity or
whereabouts of the men. They were eVi-
IDENTIFY experts in the holdup business,
working quietly and rapidly.
At Shamokin 1000 men and boys have
gone on strike at the Natalie colliery be-
cause the Shamokin Coal company would
not accede to their demands. The colliery
is completely tied up. The men ask that
James Bateman, inside foreman, and Con-
ductor John Yeager of the miners train
be discharged: that trainmen running on
the companys road between Natalie and
Locust Summit be granted a 10 per cent
increase over the present wages.
Former Captain Oberlin Carter, T. S. E.,
and associates swindled the government
out of 81, l69,l59 on army contracts at
Savannah. Carter has been tried and con-
victed by four courts. Yet he wants to be
leased on bail, perhaps to fly the country
with his ill gotten gains. The foregoing Is
the substance of the statements made by
Solicitor General Richards. MIR. Richards
has filed with the supreme court brief IN
opposition to the application for bail filed
some time ago.
The Lemars National bank at Lemars
Iowa, has failed. Thomas j. Ward, vice
president and general manager OF the in
stitution, is a self confessed embezzler tC
the amount of $4,000 to $4,000. Hi
also absconded.
The great British rival to the isthmiar
canal is railway which is being bull
across Mexicos narrowest point. This
will be mainly an extension of the Tie
huantepec line, built by the Mexican gov
eminent to connect the gulf of Mexico
with the Pacific, which has no termina
facilities.
At Butte, Mont, Al Davidson, a mining
man operating at White Sulphur Springs
but living in Butte, committed suicide re
Gently by shooting himself in the head
He had been in a row with another maj
and went home to get his gun to kill hi
adversary His wife persuaded him no
to leave the house any more, and he la.
down. Shortly after this his wife wen
into the room and found him dying, with
bullet in his brain and pistol by his side
BY the exploson of the boiler on the rive
steamer Pomona recently four persons wer
killed outright and six others seriously in
iured. The dead include two women, VIII
were passengers on the steamer, and tw
deck hands. Of the injured the purser an
the mate will probably die.
The dead-Mrs. H. Morrison of For
Langley, B. c.; Mrs. Baillie of Noun
Lehman, b. c.; John Mack, deckhand
Henry Phipps, deckhand
The injured Richard Powers, pursel
probably burned fatally; James Maynard
mate, probably burned fatally; Georg
Knowell, fireman, badly burned; thre
Indians, seriously burned.
The boiler explosion occurred mid
stream, while the steamer was en- rout
from New Westminster to Fort Langley
the latter being farming settlement
about 25 miles from Vancouver, b. c.
The New York Evening Post says
The summary of the United States treas
ury's report shows that the government
aggregate gold holdings for the first tim
in history have passed the half billio
dollar mark. The actual total was $500
27S.5O6 of which $252,07S,S $50 was hel
against certificates in the hands of tn
outside public, and $l50000,O00 as a II
serve against outstanding United State
notes the balance being free assets.