Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-02-08
TELEGRAPH SUMMARY
s OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF.

.,lete Review of the Events of
!. past Week-In This and For
! m Lands-Taken From the
( aest Dispatches.
! legislature of South Carolina
! me second time has killed a bill
| hitting child labor in cotton mills.
e anti-Jesuit demonstrations,
n began in Madrid in connection
the anticlerical play, Electra"
spread to Valencia.
q French torpedo boat No. "a sank
utly within mile of shore at
re as a result Of the boiler explod-
All the crew were lost with the
puon Of two.
I'm P. Mason, 48 years old, the al
defaulting clerk Of the Cont
nj bank of New York, committed
ide by shooting himself in the
he from an unknown cause de-
yed the large plant of the National
company Of Fairhaven. Conn.,. en-
Ing property loss estimated at
1000.
mcial orders were received by Col.
& from Adjutant General Corbin to
steps to graduate the first class
,adets on Monday, February 18, at
i Point.
Ire at the w. b. Earthman Lumber
pany's plant, at Nashville, Tenn,
royed lumber ware houses, II ten
mt houses and nine freight cars.
100000.
all the blast furnaces throughout
Iahoning valley, Ohio, the bottom
and helpers have accepted re-
lion of 10 cents per day in wages,
hg effect Immediately.
ecently John Greer, a woodchopper.
ping by a campfire, awoke to find
garments were ablaze. He tore off
remnants and walked two miles to
icott, Wash, in the cold for relief.
he number Of vessels built in Can
during 1899 was 277. measuring
eS tons registered. Estimating the
be Of these at $40 per ton, it gives
btal value of $949,410 for new ves-
|he German war Office has received
spatch from Count Won Waldersee,
ID Pekin, which announces that
load communication has been re-
led between Pekin, Feng-tai and
|-ting-fu.
is asserted that Russia and the
tied States have concluded secret
|eement, admitting Russian sugar
; Of differential duties to the United
ties. Russia in turn makes certain
|cessions to America.
No promotions yet for Hobson. Clark
others, as Secretary Long init
|tes that when congress recognizes
presidents wishes regarding Rear
|miral Sampson, heroes of Santiago
Il be fully rewarded.
Fhe bill for a pension court Of ap-
bis, which has attracted considerable
fehtion as a G. A. r. measure, met
reverse in the house committee on
Falid pensions, where. by vote OF
10 I, motion to report was defeated.
David B. Hill is not candidate for
|esident. This announcement three
Jars in advance Of the national con-
(ntion is not a result Of piQue. He
(ys his law practice is so lucrative
pat he has no time to idle on presi-
fncies.
Five thousand new recruits are want
by Uncle Sam. Army reorganiza'
Maw is giving the military authori
much concern. The president will
M to appoint about eighteen hun
Psd officers. The principal ones have
zen decided upon.
Congressman ShafrOth of the com
littee on coinage, weights and meas
res. has prepared the minority report
pom the bill directing the secretary
the treasury to exchange gold fol
gal tender silver dollars. when pre-
'nted to the treasury, and filed the
lme Monday.
The state department has received
report from the consul at Chung
ing, China. to the effect that the Ger
IAN steamer Sui-hsiang has been to
My wrecked in the rapids Of ths
ang-tse, 60 miles above Ichang. Ths
lptain was lost, but all Of her passen
ers and the remainder Of the crew
ere saved.
andrew Carnegie spoke in Carnegie
NJ last Sunday afternoon on "Tht
.oral Character Of Queen Victoria
one of the important traits" said Mr.
Afnegie. "of Queen Victoria was he1
.fse, liberal and generous federation
all sects. Queen Victoria kept hel
0urt pure. The chief jewel in hel
oSer was purity. No scandal or loos'
vlng was ever tolerated there"
Inc house committee on building
0a grounds acted favorably on wha
known as the omnibus public build
y bill, increasing the limit Of cos
number Of public buildings. Th'
'io~ing revision Of increases wa
,ade before the bill was reported
'aeyenne. Wyo., $325,000: Helena
,ont, $350.0e0: Salt Lake City, $500,
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