The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-06-14
SUMMARY Of WORLDS NEWS
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
A Complete Review of the Events of
the Past Week-In This and For
eiRn Lands-Taken From the
Latest Dispatches.

The Yukon river is now open IlOn
its headwaters to a point below Daw-
son City.
More than one hundred bucket shops
have been forced out of business in
New York.
The Cuban convention will hold a
secret session to take action on the
Plat amendment.
The United States will supply the
engines for the new mountain railroad
between FINAL and Zarmatt.
The TwenLy-sixth infantry has been
ordered to go to the Philippines, and
will sail from San Francisco on the
25th inst
The Boston court has ordered a YER
dict for the defendant in the suit of
Mrs. Woodbury. VS.. Mrs. Eddy for al
legged libel
General Ballington Booth of the Vol
unteers of America was recently in
itiated into the mysteries of Masonry
in the lodge at Montclair, N. j.
Lord Poncefote, British ambassador
to the United States, has sailed on the
steamship st. Louis for Southampton.
He is returning to England for rest
and expects to be gone until early in
October.
Aspecial dispatch from Pekin says a
great confagration has occurred in the
forbidden city. The Americans and
japanese are barring all access to the
quarters involved and details therefore
are not obtainable.
Miss Maud Van Cortlandt Taylor,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Van Cort-
landt Taylor of st. Paul, was married
recently to Louis Warren Hill, son of
James ]. Hill, president of the Great
Northern railroad.
Denver was selected as headquarters
of the Western Federation of Miners
at the session of the convention. In
the ballot for president Edward Boyce,
the incumbent received 24S votes and
J. ]. Quinn So.
Five fishing boats which went on a
cruise in Iceland waters have been
missing for two months, and are now
believed to have foundered in a gale
April g. Their entire crews, number
ing 1T men, are supposed to have per-
ished.
General Chaffee and staff and two
companies of the Ninth infantry have
arrived at Manila on the United States
transport Sumner from Taku. The
general was received with a major gen
erals salute. General Chaffee will be
General MacArthur's guest, at the Nal
acanan palace.
Decidedly the most surprising out
cropping of the senatorial row in South
Carolina was the unexpected letter
from Governor insolvency to Senator
Tillman. The governor declares to
Tillman that if he wants to resign, his
withdrawal from the senate will be i'm
mediately accepted.
The report of George A. Ferguson, an
analytical chemist, who made an ex
animation Of the stomach of the Rev
e. S. Phillips of Hazleton, Pa, who
was found dead in the apartments OF
CDR" Kirk Stanley three weeks ago
shows that Father Phillips was not
poisoned. Stanley has been released.
Miss Mary Daily. daughter of the late
Marcus DAILY. was married recently tC
James Watson Gerard of New York
The ceremony was performed at the
residence of the brides mother by Bish
OPP Potter The bride was given away
by her brother, Marcus Daily. Her only
attendant was her young sister, Miss
Harriet Daily.
magazine at the Mare island nav!
yard containing about 90 tons of smoke
less powder became ignited recently b,
chemical action. The powder did no
explode, but generated enough gas AM
smoke to force the top of the magazine
The powder is now slowly burning VI
1t is far removed from the black pow
der and there is no danger of an eN
plosion. The magazine is fine one
constructed in 1897 at a cost Of severa
thousand dollars. 1t will be a tota
loss.
Senator Tillman of Columbia. s. c
protesting against the governors RICH
to reject the senatorial designations
has Withdrawn his resignation.
It is announced that James J. Hi
has purchased the Crows Nest Pas
coal fields for $4,000 600, and that tn
construction of line from Kalispe
to that property is but question Of
short time.
The mail stage going from Camp Nj
Kinney to Greenwood plunged into 10
ly Jack creek four miles from McKil
ney. Driver Andrew Kirkland had hi
neck broken and Henry Nicholson,
p, and Mrs. Banners, both of McKiI
ney. were injured. Henry Black {