The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-11-01

A big forest fire is raging just west
of Colorado Springs Colo.
AT Chicago because he was denied
the sight of his two little children,
James Kennedy, a laborer, recently
murdered his wife and killed himself
The couple were married twelve years
ago, but quarreled recently and sep
arated.
IL killed boy last night" said Tobin
Hanson, a Dane 25 years of age, to the
officer in charge as he entered the Cen
trail police station at Montreal, Quebec.
81 killed him for money and only got
so cents. That is not enough, so
came to give myself up"
Ross Sheridan, a we'll known and
highly connected young man of indie
pendence, Mo-, recently, in a fit of jeal-
Gus rage, shot and mortally wounded
whit" Berkey, of Geuda Springs,
Kan, his rival in the affections of Mrs.
Clara Williams, at the Independence
depot.
Five year old Louise McCarty is be-
lied to have been dragged away and
! eaten by a cougar. The savage beasts
are plentiful and bold this year st. Ma
ries, Idaho where the child was lost.
Intense excitement prevails in all
southern Kootenai county over the loss
of the child.
The official records at the gold com
missiDner's Office at Dawson City,
whel export certificates for all gold
| going from the country mus. be OBJ
tanned, show that the gold shipments
/ from Dawson for September amounted
/ TO 100000. This brings the total for
the last four months to 21.64OOOO.
Advices received from Nome state
that Judge Wlckersham mas removed
from Office United States Commissions
err James L. Galen. r. n. Stevens,
Archie Wheeler and o. D. Cochrane,
The grand jury is soon to begin invest
eating charges which have been made
against these former officials.
Two persons were killed and one Sc
rlously injured by being struck by a
train en- route to Chicago on the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul road, while
driving over a grade crossing at Oak
wood, a small Town fifteen miles south
of Milwaukee, Wis. The dead: Mary
Bronzell, Anne Renter. Seriously in
! jured: Martha Bronzell.
Reynolds weekly newspaper is she
first British paper Ito assert bhat King
Edward is suffering from cancer of the
throat. In a recent issue it is declared
that since his majesty's accession three
operations have been performed for the
removal of papillae on The left vocal
chord, and that one was removed from
the right vocal chord last week
Three steamers recently arrived
in Seattle from Alaska. They were the
Senator and Garonne, from Nome, and
the City of Topeka, from Skagway
The Senator brought $150,000 in gold
the City of Topeka brought 100000 in
bullion from Treadwell, and $4,000 in
dust from the Klondike. The Garonnt
had quite a quantity of gold in individ
ual holders hands.
The constabulary reports fight with
insurgents near Paser, island of Panay
in which twenty-five insurgents were
killed and quantity of arms and am
munitiCn captured. News from Gen
Hughes regarding conditions in Cebr
is encouraging. Lorega has surrended
with his entire force, and one cannon
and seven rifles, while Gen. Hughes is
negotiating for the surrender of Maxi
lot, who styles himself governor polit
leo militar" His surrender will mean
the pacification of the province.
Ben Kimber, a we'll known ranchel
who lives nine miles below Townsend
Montana, came in from his ranch Sun
day and gave himself up to Sheriff
Poole, saying that. in self defense, he
had shot and killed a neighboring
rancher named Jacob G. Timager. Kim
Der was locked up. According TO Uh,
story told by Kimber he and Timagel
have been having trouble for somi
time in consequence of the latters a.
temPas to fence off a road leading tt
Kimber's ranch. A quarrel arose which
ended in Kimber emptying two load
of buckshOt inlo the breast CT his ne gh
Dor.