Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-11-08
LD'SNENSBR|EFLY TOLD
CULLED FROM DISPATCHES.
Complete Review Of Happenings In
Both EastePn and Western Hemis.
pheres for the Past Week-NatiOn-
NJ. Historical, Political and Per-
sOnaI Events Tersely ExpOunded.

The condition of Ii Hung Chang.
who has been seriously Ill. shows some
Improvement. His physicians dag
uosed the malay as Inflammation OF
the stomach.
Nicaragua has given notice OF the
termination of the treaty Of 1867
granting the United States authority
to build a canal across the country.
Also the treaty Of 1870.
The Boston Commercial Bulletin
says that all American records have
been broken in the Boston wool mar
ket last week, the transactions aggre.
eating not less than 100000 pounds.
It Is announced in a dispatch to
London news agency from st. Peters
burg that scores OF fishing boats were
wrecked and that ITO men were
drowned during q recent storm on
Lake Baikal.
Lord Kitchener has reported to tho
war Office a disaster to the Brttisl,
near bethel. Eastern Transvaal in
which two guns were lost. several OF
flcers killed or wounded, "a men were
killed and 100 we're wounded.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hamburg. who wac
horn June 8, 1893, Is dead in London.
Mrs. Hamburg was notable half cen
fury ago as an antislavery, prison re-
former and other philanthropic mat
ters, she could see to read and write
up to her Tooth year.
At meeting of the executive com.
mittee Of the William Mckinley M.
tional Memorial Arch association, it
was determined on motion Of Score
tary Gage, the treasurer Of the asso-
cation, to raise $l,500,000 for con-
structing the proposed arch. Material
progress was reported by the execu
tive committee In the work of prepar-
alton of raising subscriptions.
Jack Hebron. Familiarity known as
"Pasco Jack" railway switchma 1
from Pasco, was shot and almost In
stantly killed at Ellensburg. Wash.
Sunday night by Ed. Smith. locomo,
tive fireman. Both men were under
the influence of liquor and became in
volved In an alteration, and in the
scufIie Smith fired two or three sshots,
at least one of which took effect. re-
sulting In Heffron's death within few
moments. Smith Is in the county JAIL
PENDING his preliminary examination
The prisoner Is sbout 20 years Of age
The census report on males of
school. military and voting ages for
all states and territories shows the
following summary for the country AZ
a whole: Persons Of school age. tn
90 years, 26,11O.7SS, of whom 24,S97, 100
are native born. 22.490.211 are white
and 13.S06.160 are males. Males
Of militia age. 16.360.363. Of whom
l3.1322SO are native born. and
14.495.396 are white. and males
Ct voting age. 21.329S19. OF whom
I6,227.9S5 are native born and
19.3O6,143 are white. OF the total mum
her Of males. 81 years Of age and over
a.326.255 are illiterate. OF the 16.
227.2S5 native horn males. 81 years
of age and over. 1.706.292 are illiterate
and OF the 5.1O2.534 foreign born, $40.
OO2 are illiterate.
Ellis. II. Roberts, treasurer of thf
United States, In his report of ths
transactions Of his ONCE during The
last fiscal year, says that the treas
Try was never stronger than at thu
close of that period. The operations
which were OF the first order both II
variety and magnitude. resulted II
Noteworthy changes in the paper cur
lency, az well as steady and health
ful growth Of gold In the treasury ant
In the general stock. The net ordiu
airy revenues for the year were $6S7
eS6.S37. an increase Of $20.444.4S5 owe
those Of 1900. which were the mex
highest recorded. The increase cam
from each Of the heads OF resource
hut chiefly from the internal revenue
On the side Of expenditures the totn
Of 36O9. 967. $50 has been exceeded onl
four times. In 1863. 1864. 1865 and 1879!
The surplus Of $77.717.9S4 was slight
under $4,000. 900 less than In 1900.
report Of Commissioner Hermann q
the land once says that 1h.662.79
acres Of public land were dispose
Of during the last fiscal year. an II
crease Of 2.lOs.9 Os over the previou
year, which was the banner year 1
public land sales. The net surplu
from the entire land and fores
administration 10 $3.6&S.442. TIL
report refers to the large nun
Der Of prosecutions begun In Idah
md Montana for perjury and subordi.
alton Of perjury In entries Of Ian
Under the timber and stone act. whic
entries. It Gays. apparently were mad
for speculative purposes and have b
come the property Of one man.