Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-03-29
ne telegraph SUMMARY
rWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF
j Com pIete Re'ie" Of the Event" Of
the Paxt Week-In This and For
slcn anals-Takem From the
Latest Disp0 tches.

inS tour OF Spain recently, received
news Of the death of his only son.
At Melbourne it is officially estimat.
sd that the wheat crop will yield H..
$50. 900 bushels, or an increase Of over
1000 ,0DO bushels upon last years yield
The United States army transport
Grant has sailed from Manila for San
francisco with the Twenty-ninth and
rhirtysecond regiments of volunteers
General Fulton and 1870 Of his com
msnd. armed with rifles, have surren-
dered to Colonel Scott of the Thirty
ninth Volunteer infantry at Antique,
uAnd of Panay.
At Milwaukee fire destroyed the four
tory piano establishment of William
Roefng & Sons and wrought some des-
tuction n to adjoining property, entail
Ing loss Of $350,OOO.
As a result Of the cabinet meeting re-
Gently the postmaster general will issue
an order establishing the domestic
rate OF postage between the United
States and Cuba, the order to take effect
on April I.
There is evidence in ST. Petersburg Of
plots against the authorities A CORES
pondent asserts that sums Of money are
being distributed to the factory hands
n St. Petersburg and vicinity to induce
hem to join the disafected students
h has not been learned whence the
money comes, but indications point to
high sources about the court.
The first business failure has occur
red in New York's Chinatown. The
old grocery house Of Wing Wo Hing
company has filed petition in bank
ruptcy with liabilities Of $7463 and
assets of $2913.
Ex-President Harrison left $4,000 in
life insurance. The appraisement of
the Harrison estate gives it's total value
at $3SD.000 This includes all real es-
tate, railroad bonds, stock in the Union
Trust company, the law building at In
fianapols and other securities.
| The result of the combined movement
kgainst General Fourie, near Thaban-
thu, VI as the capture Of 200 Beers. 12G,-
poo sheep, 5000 horses and a host of
|cattle. The Beers broke southwark to
the right and left.
Lord George Hamilton, secretary for
India, in the house of commons in Lon
don, to a question from Sir Edward
|Sassoon, unionist, said that the gold
reserve accumulated under the Indian
currency act amounted March 7. to f6,-
1857 ,O0D. There was an additional $780,
900 not held under the act. 1t was all
lin India and none of 1t in the Bank of
England.
President Mellen of the Northern Pa
cific says: 1--WE lost at least $3,000,0 900
revenue in consequence of last seasons
shortage Of the grain crop in the north
west, but fl ON the figures already at
hand 1t is apparent that the company's
new business will keep the gross earn
ings from falling below the previous
years record II there is full grain
crop this year l look for an actual in
crease in the earnings of at least 3d.
900, ,OO0."
The bubonic plague continues to
spread at Cape Town. There is an av-
erage of six fresh cases officially re-
ported daily. Most Of the victims are
eolored persons.
The will Of the late Henry Dubois
Van Wyck, formerly Of New York, pro-
prietor of the Acadamy Of Music at
Norfolk, Va, leaves sums Of from $1,000
to $4,000 each to friends and faithful
employees.
Lorin Blodget. an eminent statisti-
elan and one of the foremost authori-
ties On the higher economics, died in
hiladelphia, aged IS years. He was
graduate of the Geneva (now Ho-
bart) college.
At Louisville, Eddie Hoffman, a
small boy. was arrested charged with
numbering another boy named Charles
Callahan by beating him with his fists.
Hoffman says Callahan made some re-
marks about Hoffmans sister when she
passe Id crowd in which the boys we're,
and Il then just thumped him
Nelson Jones. 25 years old. Of Shore
ham. Vt, is under arrest at Middle
burg Vt. charged with the murder OF
Miss Ida Fosburgh. at Shoreham,
March IL. by poisoning. The young
WON an was engaged to be married TO
Aida ace Vondette. who was recently
charged with having caused her death
and who. after being held few days,
was released, the authorities being sat
isfed that he was not implicated in the
affair.
The foreign Office at London takes
pessimestic view of the situation IN the
east in spite of the settlement OF the
Tientsin question and entertains grave
fears that the relations between Japan
and Russia may shortly reach the dan
ger point. Judging from Information
obta med in various official quarters IN
London. Japan has confided to at least
some Of the powers her determination
to oppose at all costs any secret agree
ment between Russia and China oy
which the former could secure terrific
rial advantages contiguous to Corea-
Another hurricane has swept over
the New Hebrides islands with disas-
Cal