The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-04-12
THE TELEGRAPH SUMMARY
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF
A Complete Review of the Events of
the Fast Week-In This and For
eign Lands-Taken From the
Latest Dispatches.

Oriental advices recount the burning of
the celebrated Temple Hommongi at Ike
gami on the night of March 9.
Mrs. Carrie Nation OF Kansas spent an
other hour and a half in st. Louis recent
ly, and left in disgust at the things she
saw and the treatment she received
The gale which swept over Norfolk, Va,
recently was the severest of the winter.
The wind in the city blew AZ miles an
hour and at Cape Henry and Hatteras As
miles.
1t was announced by the management
of the Southern Athletic club of Louis
vile, KY, that kid" Mccoy and Peter
Maher had been matched for 20 round
bout here April 20.
Major General 5. b. NJ. Young, who is
to succeed General Shafter as commandant
of the military department OF California,
has left Washington, accompanied by
Lieutenant Smedburg.
The secretary OF the treasury has pur-
chased at New York for the sinking fund
$G72 900 i'll government short term bonds
on substantially the same terms as the
$2,OOO,OOO purchased yesterday.
News has been received at Phoenix,
United Verde mine at Jerome. While
nearly a dozen men were at work near
where a shot was placed on the lower level,
there was a premature explosion. James
Rooney and Joseph Seifel were blown to
fragments and several others were injured.
Owing to the discovery of a case OF
smallpox among the men of the Eleventh
infantry, stationed at San Francisco, the
regiment did not sail for Manila on the
transport Fitzpatrick on April 5, as had
been planned. Two companies of the reg
iment are to be detained at Angel island
until danger of the spread of the disease
is passed.
During a session of the court at King
ston, Ky, Hon. Samuel A. Bnzeale and
Hon. James j. Littleton, prominent attor-
neys and leading republican politicians in
the Second congressional district, quarrel
ed over a speech which Littleton made
against Bazeale, who is running Tor
mayor of Kingston, and each drew re-
volver and commenced firing. None OF
the shots took effect. They were separated
by bystanders and both placed under ar
rest.
One of the worst snowstorms ever ex-
perienced in Pittsburg region began early
yesterday, and soon telegraph, telephone
and trolley car service became practically
suspended. Miles of poles are down, max
ing the streets literally a network of
wires. The falling wires throughout the
outlying portions of the city made it eX-
tremely dangerous for pedestrians, team
sters and street car men, but up to noon
no fatalities have been reported. The
damage in the city will be very heavy.
President Kruger says the Beers will
be satisfied only with independence.
The president has made the first an
nouncement that Mr.. Knox had accept
ed the post of attorney general to the
cabinet
The country from Iba to Morong is
now held by American troops and the
war Office is highly pleased with the
latest good news from Luzon.
At New Orleans the warehouse on
the South Side plantation. containing
large quantity of sugar, was destroy
ed by fire recently. Loss. 100000.
At Tientsin it is reported that the
Russians have been endeavorlng to en-
force a purchase of the disputed rail
way siding from the original Chinese
owners.
According to the Pretoria correspond
ent of the Daily Telegraph the Beers
have shifted their seat of government
from Petersburg to a point 80 miles
northeast.
Lord Kitchener has personally pre-
scented the Red Cross medal to Nine.
Terriers, head of the French ambu-
lance department, for her services to
the British wounded.
A Pittsburg dispatch of April 5th
says the demand for tin and plates is
unusually heavy and this week finds
every plant of the American Tin Plate
company in operation.
The navy department has awarded
the contract for the building of the %
knot protected cruiser Milwaukee to
the Union Iron Works of San Francis
co. The contract price is $2,S67 900.
Lord Kitchener, reporting to the Lon
don war Office the finding of an aban-
doned and destroyed pompom near Vry-
held, says: This accounts for all the
enemy's guns known to be in the south
ern district"
The steamship Rhein, which arrived
recently from Bremen, broke the rec
ord as a passenger carrier. Besides
her crew, which numbered over 400,
she had 1902 passengers. OF the latter
SO came in the cabin.
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