The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-03-22
THE TELEGRAPH SUMMARY
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
A Complete Review of the Events of
the Past wcek-In This and For
eign Lands-Taken From the
Latest Dispatches.

Orders have been issued for the building
of several new French war vessels.
The grand Duchess Olga AleXandrovna,
the youngest sister of the car, has been
betrothed to Prince Peter Alexandrovitch
of Odenburg.
Charles IL. Rowan, the eX-matrimonial
agent, has been found guilty at Milwau-
kee of an attempt to bride United States
officials by jury. 1t is claimed he offered
$1,000 to the officials.
John Henderson, the negro who outraged
and murdered Mrs. Younger several days
ago, after making a complete confession,
was burned at the stake by a mob in the
presence of more than 5000 persons at Cor
sicana, Tex.
The new battleship Illinois has returned
from her builders trial. Weather condi-
tions were favorable. Behavior of ship and
performance of engines, machinery and
boilers under natural forced draught most
satisfactory.
At Spellman, Ca, the body of Sherman
Harris, a negro, was found recently swing
ing from a tree alongside the Spellman
road six miles below town. Harris killed
Sidney King, a merchant and farmer, in an
alteration the day before.
The United States transport Buford has
arrived at San Francisco from the Phil
ippines. She brought 70 discharged sol
diers and civil employees from Manila and
500 of the Twenty seventh volunteers. On
March 10 Private Gustav Fewer of Com
pany jumped overheard with suicidal in
tent. His body was not recovered.
Private George Cupples, Company d,
Nineteenth infantry, was tried by court
martial at Cebu, p l., and found guilty of
desertion in violation of the 47th article
of war. He was sentenced to be shot. The
president has issued an order committing
the sentence to dishonoable discharge
from the service of the United States, with
forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and
confinement at hard labor for seven years
in Bilibid military prison at Manila.
Speaker Frank A. Corbett of the
Montana legislature is dying in Butte
of nervous prostration without having
signed the journal of the house pro-
ceedings and serious complications
may result. The journal was taken to
Butte by Secretary of state Hays and
State Auditor Calderhead for signature
but they were not allowed to see Cor
bett or get a signature, so they brought
the book back.
At Stuart, Idaho, John L. Morrison
was shot and killed by Daniel l.. Nc
Gam recently. A difficulty had existed
for some time between McGann and a
Swede, Nelson Hether concerning the
possession of a piece of land. Hether
had built cabin and yesterday, accom-
panied by Morrison, who had cham
pioned the right of Hether against Nc
Gam, was hauling rails upon the tract
and was assisted by Morrison in the
work.
Two communications from Andrew
Carnegie, which officially made public
tell of the steel kings retirement from
active business life and of his donation
of $5,000,000 for the endowment of a
fund for superanuated and disabled
employees of the Carnegie company.
This benefaction is by far the largest
of the many created by Mr.. Carnegie,
and is probably without counterpart
anywhere in the world. This fund will
in no wise interfere with the continu-
ance of the savings fund established by
the company Is years ago for the bene-
fit of its employees. In this latter fund
nearly 100000 of the employees saw
ings are on deposit, upon which the
company by contract pays 6 per cent
and loans money to the workmen to
build their own homes.
Andrew Carnegie has offered $780,
900 to Kewanee for library building
there
General Dewet's commando has
been broken up at Senekal, Orange
River Colony
Prisoners who have lately been re-
leased by General Dewet say they
think he is a mad man.
The Great Northern will start work
Immediately on its railroad to Repub-
lie. The final preliminaries have been
completed.
Captain Bowman McCalla. now in COM
mand of the Newark in Asiatic waters, has
been ordered home to take command of
the new battleship Kearsarge.
Three women, followed by a crowd
of a hundred men. completely demol-
ished all of the property of a jointist
at Connors Station, Is miles west of
Kansas City, Kan.
Captain James H. Dayton, now on spe-
cial duty in connection with the court of
inquiry to look into the grounding of the
Dixie has been designated to command the
Newark, succeeding Captain McCalla.
An order has been sent to General
Chaffee for the evacuation of China
by American troops, leaving only le-
cation guard of $50 men. The troops
will be removed from China the last