Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-05-24

Everett Conway. aged 81. shot and
killed j. Garrison and wife in Evans
Vile, Ind, recently. and fatally wound
ed Patroiman Benjamin Wallis. After
being driven to desperation by the po-
lice, Conway then killed himself. The
crime was committed in the lower end
of the city as the church bells were
ringing.
DR.. Eugene D. Andruss. prominent
Seattle dentist, was drowned Sunday
afternoon by the overturning Of a row.
boat on Lake Washington. He was on
a fishing trip with his brother. The
body was recovered. The deceased was
a Union veteran Of the Eleventh Iowa
volunteers and native Of Ohio. He
was SO years old and leaves a widow
and six children.
Robert Gibbs, aged SO. superintend-
ent of an ironmolding works in Pitts
burg and man of considerable wealth,
was found dead in his room in New
York recently. having been asphyxiated
by gas. The case was first reported
as one Of suicide, but more thorough
victim of an accident.
Servia is ON the verge of revolu-
ton.
Attorney W. A. Lewis of Spokane
charged with embezzling $500 from
Nettie Brauer Platt. client, has been
captured in Seattle.
A legal fight will be made to pre-
<xf c.n
chises in Cuba.
1t has been definitely decided that
the president and his party will leave
San Francisco Saturday. They will
go direct to Washington, and no
stops will be made except those made
necessary by railroad arrangements.
Alaska may have a new governor
soon after President Mckinley re-
turns to Washington. Governor John
G. Brady's term expired this month.
and he is now holding Office through
that provision of the law which keeps
him till his successor is appointed.
The president and Secretary of
State Hay have been in constant com
munication with Washington during
all their journey west. Dispatches
from our foreign embassies have been
continually arriving, and the Chi
nese situation has received special at.
tention.
The greatest flood in the history of
EliZabethtown, Tenn. swept through
there recently, drowning three per
sons and wiping out 62 dwellings. The
names of the victims are: Mrs
Gregg, Mrs. Filley and negro named
Souchong. Others are missing and
are believed to have been drowned
The cadets dismissed from the
West Point military academy as the
| result of the recent disturbances
there are: Henry l.. Bobby, Nebras
ka; John A. Cleveland Alabama
| Trangett F. Teller, New York; Ray
mond A. Lynton, Michigan; Birchie
O. Mahaffey, Texas. All these cadets
are of the second class.
The following cadets have been
suspended: Olan Caleshire, Hi
nois; Benjamin F. Mcclellan. Mississ
ippi; James A. Shannon, Minnesota
Charles Telford, Utah. of the second
class; also Thomas N. Gmpering OF
Ohio and Henry Hawley of New York
of the third class. These cadets are
suspended without pay until April 1
1902
Reports from Pekin are to the ef
feet that Marshal Won Waldersee has
informed the Chinese his troops will
not leave Pekin until the court re
turns and he is himself received in
imperial audience. The French have
withdrawn from the Shan-si eXpedi
tion and the English have refused tc
take any part in it.
Captain Frederick J. Barrows, Thir
teenth volunteer infantry, late depot
quartermaster of the department OF
southern Luzon, who was charged with
embezzlement and selling government
property. to be dishonorably discharg
ed and to undergo five years impris
onment. Both Barrows and Boyer
will eventually be removed to Leav
enworth prison. Kansas.
! According to advices from Hawsor
of May 16. by the steamer Cottage
City, the Yukon river at Daw
son is clear of ice. On the af
ternoon of the 14th thousands of peo
pie were attracted to the river from
by the cracking ice, which was heart
for miles. The scene was awe in
spring and business of the klondik'
metropolis was suspended. Ice accu
mulated in the river above the citl
to a considerable height and so grea
became the pressure that the ice IL
front of the city gave way. and will
a roar and rush it soon disappeared
and formed large jam about mill
below Dawson.