The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-08-30
WORLDS NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD
CULLED FROM DISPATCHES,
Complete Review of happenings In
Both Eastern and Western Hemis-
pheres for the Past Neek-Nation-
al. Historical, Political and Per-
sonaI Events Tersely ENpounded.

form strongly indorses the administration
of Mckinley.
Jack Winters was sentenced to 10
years at Folsom for robbing the Selby
smelter recently.
Another heavy test of the respective
merits of the English and American loco
motives on the railroad at Kingston, ia
maica. has resulted in a great victory for
the latter.
General Miles leaves for the west about
September %, and his first stop will be
at st. Paul, where he will make an in
spection of Fort Smelling. Thence he will
visit other forts in the northwest and
those of the Pacific coast.
A committee of prominent pro-Boers is
organizing petition in favor Of interven-
ton in South Africa. The petition will
be presented to the ear on the occasion
of his visit to France.
The committee On foreign affairs of the
chamber of deputies has refused to grant
the funds necessary for the representation
of Chile at the Pan american congress, to
be held in the City of Mexico.
Henry Doan, who died in New York
recently, left an estate valued at SS,000,-
his property is to go, it is understood, to
his niece, Mary L. De Forrest OF Irving,
Marshall county, Kansas.
The big oil fire at the Atlantic Refining
companys works at Point Breeze is burn
ing more fiercely than at any time since
the first explosion occurred. Another
tank has exploded, the force of the eX-
plosion causing a big tank near Passay-
unk avenue to careen, the blazing oil flow
ing over the street and forcing the fire
men to abandon that part OF the works.
The oil ran into the sewer, which empties
into the Schuylkill river, and the officers
say the sewer is raging furnace, and the
flames will soon find their way to the
river surface.
The Colombian gunboat Lapopa sank
recently on leaving Savanilla for Carta-
gena. Steam Launches were imme-
diately dispatched to search for the Lapo-
pa but no trace of the ganboat was
found She recently underW ent a thor
ough overhauling at Colon, the repairs
costing 25,OGO.
> The Hummer" the Alton fast Kansas
, City train, ran into a freight that had
l failed to clear the siding at Prentice, d
station eight miles north of Jacksonville
Ill. So far as known there were but two
killed, Engineer Shehan and Fireman Ad
ans of the passenger train, although sew
eral were badly injured. The passenger
engine and baggage car were wrecked anC
the other coaches were derdiled.
The Carrie f. Roberts, fishboat, has ar
> rived in Boston from trip off shore witt
the biggest swordfsh introduced to tn
Boston market within recent memory. BE
fore he was cut up or sawed off he tippe'
Il the scales at nearly half ton. Hi
u length was close to II feet. He wa
+ armed with a rapier of three feet, wit
d which by chance he might have ramme
J. and sank a dory if not a schooner.
d James Jeffries ond Gus Rubin hav
Is signed articles with the Twentieth Gel
fury Athletic club in San Francisco fC
lie 2O-round contest in the early part {
< November, the date to be fixed later.
George Dixon, ex-featherweigl
champion, and Abe Attell of San Fra
cisco, the bantamweight champion {
the Pacific coast, fought 10 rounds
Oh draw at Coliseum hall, Denver, +
T. Gently.
IT, News has been received from Non
u. of the recent finding of two dear bodi'
oi on the beach. The first was that of IL
le government telegraph operator, wi
y was drowned last November; the 9th,
was unrecognizable.
A fresh order proclaiming marti
law has been issued providing for Il
r. closing of all the country stores
II, Queenstown, South Africa, requirir
~ that all goods likely to be useful to Il
d. enemy shall be taken to all specific
towns, and forbidding country re-
- dents to have in their possession mo
NC than a weeks provisions.
L. BY the recent consolidation of ra
q ways working on the community Of
Is terest basis there are eight syster
which own or control 1O5. $40 miles
20 road out of the 19S.S45 miles whic
~, according to the statistics of the int
~ state commerce commission. made
~ the total mileage of the United Stat
Nv at the close of the fiscal year endil
June 80, 1900
The contest of the will of the late
rs P. Huntington by the Princess Cla
ar HATFIELD, his adopted daughter, W
nd never come to trial. 1t is positive
asserted that settlement has be
effected out of court. The sum Prince
ms Hatfield is to receive for relinqui'
oh Ing all claim TO dau2lter-S fnIl Sla