Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-06-07

his promises, made this statement from
the platform Of the Auditorium in Chi
cago Sunday night in the presence OF
5000 people. 1t was the elimination of
a frenzied speech in which he de-
nounced everybody and everything not
in Zion, cursed the pope and the Ro-
man Catholic church, spat literally at
Masonry, the newspapers and the bank
ers Of Chicago, and ragged and tore up
and down the stage like mad man.
The Yukon river is now open from
its headwaters to IA point below Daw-
son City.
More than one hundred bucket shops
have been forced out of business in
New York.
The Cuban convention will hold a
secret session to take action on the
Platt amendment.
The United States will supply the
engines for the new mountain railroad
between Zinal and Zarmatt
The Twenty-sixth infantry has been
ordered to go to the Philippines. and
win sail from San Francisco on the
25th inst.
The Boston court has ordered a ver-
dict for the defendant in the suit of
Mrs. Woodbury. VS.. Mrs. Eddy for al
legged libel.
General Ballington Booth of the Vol
unteers of America was recently in
itiated into the mysteries of Masonry
in the lodge at Montclair, ~ j.
Lord Poncefote, British ambassador
to the United States, has sailed on the
steamship St Louis for Southampton.
He is returning to England for rest
October.
Aspecial dispatch from Pekin says a
great conflagration has occurred in the
forbidden city. The Americans and
Japanese are barring all access to the
quarters involved and details therefore
arc not obtainable.
Miss Maud Van Cortlandt Taylor,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Van Cort-
landt Taylor of ST. Paul, was married
recently to Louis Warren Hill, son of
James ]. Hill. president of the Great
Northern railroad.
Denver was selected as headquarters
of the Western Federation of Miners
at the session of the convention. In
the ballot for president Edward Boyce,
the incumbent, received 2iS votes and
J. J. Quinn So
Five fishing boats which went on a
cruise in Iceland waters have been
missing for two months, and are now
believed to have foundered in a gale
April g. Their entire crews, number
ing III men, are supposed to have per-
ished.
General Chaffee and staff and two
companies of the Ninth infantry have
arrived at Manila on the United States
transport Sumner from Taku. The
general was received with a major gen
erals salute General Chaffee will be
General MacArthur's guest, at the NAL
acanan palace.
Decidedly the most surprising out
cropping of the senatorial row in South
Carolina was the unexpected letter
from Governor McSweeney to Senator
Tillman. The governor declares to
Tillman that if he wants to resign, his
withdrawal from the senate will be i'm
mediately accepted.
The report of George A. Ferguson, an
analytical chemist, who made an eX-
animation of the stomach of the Rev.
E. s. Phillips of Hazleton, Pa, who
was found dead in the apartments Of
DR." Kirk Stanley three weeks ago,
shows that Father Phillips was not
poisoned Stanley has been released.
Miss Mary DAILY, daughter of the late
Marcus DAILY. was married recently to
James Watson Gerard of New York.
The ceremony was performed at the
residence of the brides mother by Bish-
Cd Potter The bride was given away
by her brother. Marcus Daily. Her only
attendant was her young sister, Miss
Harriet DAILY.
A magazine at the Mare island navy
yard containing about 90 tons of smoke
less powder became ignited recently by
chemical action. The powder did not
explode. but generated enough gas and
smoke to force the top OF the magazine.
The powder is now slowly burning up.
1t is far removed from the black pow
der and there is no danger of an ex-
plosion The magazine is a fine one,
constructed in 1897 at a cost of several
thousand dollars. 1t will be a total
loss
The garrison of jamestown, Cape
Colony, which surrendered TO kritsing-
er's command Sunday, June :, number
ed so men in all. kritsinger's force is
estimated to have totaled 1000 men.
The British killed IL and wounded Is
Beers before they We're overpowerei
by numbers. Colonel Whites column
came in contact with KritsIngers com
mand northeast of jamestown, June 3,
drove the Beers back. captured so
horses and munitions and recovered the
stores looted from jamestown.
Present to King Oscar.