Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-06-07
Summary Of WORLDS NEWS
RVS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
A Complete Review Of the Events Of
.he Past Week-In This and For
.igu Lnnds-Taken From the
Latest Dispatches.

| actor and playwright is dead.
Chinese have agreed to pay interest
On the indemnity at four per cent.
Recently the Latah, Wash, postoffice
vas broken into and robbed of $21O.
The town Of Jasper, Texas. has been
viped out by fire. 1t is believed that
burglars set fire to the place.
During desperate fighting near Jo-
hapnesburg over two hundred British
we're slain. The Beers left nearly two
score dead on the field.
Customs officers made an important
seizure of Chinese silks and quantity
of cigars and wines in the quarters of
the Chinese crew on the steamer Tartar
at Vancouver, B. c.
In the municipal elections, Senor
Cener the nationalist, was elected
mayor of Havana, recently, receiving
Hills votes, against 1888 for Senor
Mora, republican, and 3,211 for Senor
Garcia, democrat.
In Covington, KY, Mrs. Kate Hester,
aged 80, after a quarrel with her hus-
band at the supper table, shot and kill
ed him, as we'll as their year old
daughter, after which she put the re.
yolver to her own head and blew out
her brains.
officials Of the administration, for
the first time since the announcement
OF the decisions Of the supreme court
In the insular cases, admit that there
is a possibility of an extra session OF
congress in July.
Dal Hawkins, lightweight champion
-
strong, the popular manager of the
Rossland Athletic club, will meet in
Rossland in a 20-round contest June
1S for a 5000 purse.
Further details Of the great fire
which ragged on the Isthmus of Tehaun.
tepec for several days have been re-
ceived. Over 20 people were unable to
escape the rapid progress of the flames
and were burned to death.
Rev. Thomas Pearne, aged 81. and for
61 years minister in the Methodist
cinnati He was United States consul
in the British West Indies during part
OF his missionary service.
Pocatontas, a pigeon owned by S. J.
Shrek, broke the homing pigeon rec
ord Sunday by flying from Alligator
lake. Miss distance Of 400 miles, on
an air line, in 9 hours and Al minutes.
The speed of Shreck's bird was 1852
yards per minute.
At meeting of the generals of the
allied troops at Pekin, it was decided
to transfer the administration of the
city OF Pel1in to the Chinese officials
gradually during June. Coun Won Wal
dersee, accompanied by his staff, will
leave Pekin Monday.
The strange sliding movement Of the
city OF Butte, which has been notice
able at intervals for several years, has
again manifested itself by five large
cracks in the earth in different sections
OF the city. The largest crevice oc-
Cured on West Galena street, where
crack II inches wide and of consid
cradle length and depth has appeared.
heavy rain and hail storm covered
vide area recently and did great dam
age to all crops in Texas, especially to
1rnit. A special from Palentine says
the damage to property inside the city
ana 10 crops in the surrounding coun-
try will reach $500
cable message has been received by
william Cramp & Sons announcing
mat the first payment for the cruiser
contracted for by the government of
turkey has been paio by the Imperial
ottoman bank. Until now there has
been an element of doubt as to whether
'he cruiser would ever be built, but
with the first payment made, the work
Will be carried forward
Lieutenant John NJ. Neil. an ex-offi-
Ger OF the regular army. stationed at
lhe Presidio near San Francisco, was
arrested in Minneapolis by deputy
United States marshal on instructions
rom san Francisco. charging him with
forgery OF vouchers in the army three
years ago.
The stranger who came to a hotel in
rergus Falls, Mimi, and registered as
peorge Gilbert of Portland, Oregon.
was found lying on the floor of his
room with a bullet hole in his fore
mead. A revolver was found near the
BODY and the man had evidently killed
himself.
Incomplete details have been reeeiy-
ed at Bieber. Cal. of the lynching of
nVe men at Lookout. Modoc county.
me lynched We're Calvin Hall, 70 years
oid, his three halfbreed sons. Frank.
James and Martin. aged respectively
20 ~ and l6, and B. d. yantis, aged 81.
eause-stealing.
am Elijah. the prophet, who ap.
y peared first as Elijah himself second
ps John the Baptist, and who now
pines in me the restorer of all things
yah was prophet John was a
echer. but | combine in myself the
I ibutes of prophet, preacher and
lr of men. Gaze on me, then. | say
fearlessly. Make the most of it. you
retches in ecclesiastical garb. am
that Is the living physical and spir-