Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-04-26

sweeping everything before 1t and sub
merging the greater part OF the town.
No lives were lost. but great damage
has been done. the extent Of which It
is impossible now TO estimate.
DR.. n L. Nietert. superintendent or
the st. Louis city hospital, has per
formed one OF the most remarkable
operations ever recorded in the annals
OF surgery. 1t consisted OF taking
three stitches In the heart Of Philip
Gum. who had been stabbed In a
brawl. The point OF the knife blade
had entered the right yentrlcle and
had pierced to the cavity OF the heart.
The knife entered the heart obll9uely
and the rcsu!. was that the opening
between the cavity and the pericard-
ium. or covering OF the heart. was lip
shaped on both sides.
The wound acted as a valve and at
each pulsation OF tho blood through the
heart but a small quantity was let
through the artificial opening. The
task of stitching the wound was diff
cult. Dr.. Nietert hrst removed Sec
ton OF the breastbonc. exposing the
pericardium. The motion OF the heart
can not be repressed and he was forced
to make the stitches while the organ
was shifting about 1t required three
stitches to effectually close the gap.
This delicate operation finished. the
pericardium was sewed together. The
portion OF the b-eastbone removed
could not be replaced and the operation
was concluded by stitching together
the skin and the outer tissues that
cover the chest Gum Is still alive
and the physicians predict his recov-
cry.
Suit Of Admiral Dewey for prize money
i, up for hearing and is being contested by
the government.
Seattle will ask Governor Rogers for pro-
lection against Snohomi,h county. She
wants quarantine
Chilly" Smith, the American p,,giisi,
who was knocked out in glove contest at
the National Sporting club recently. died.
\ recent dispatch from Rome says that
Brcsc, the assassin OF King fIumbert has
become mad in consequence of the i'll treat
ment OF his jailers.
Governor Odell of New York has signed
the bill authorizing women taxpayers in
villages and towns to vote on propositions
to expend money for public purposes.
Mgr Faloonia, the papa' delegate in Can
ada. will succeed Cardinal Martinelli as
plpal delegate in the United States, and
liiat Mgr Zalesky, the papal delegate in
the West Indies, will succeed Mgr. Fal
coma.
News has reached London Of severe
battle in the vicinity Of Fort Darwin, Ma
shonland, between II force OF Charterldnd
police and natives from Chintzi under the
outlaw Mapondara. Sixty of the outlaws
were killed.
At Chicago two men will die as the re
suit of a shooting ARRAY that occurred in
the Harrison street police court room just
after the court had adjourned The
wounded men are Policeman William Mes
sengcr and DR.. Nelson.
The famous IIumbug silver mine. To-
Gated at Tintic. Utah, has been sold by
Jesse Knight OF Provo for il quarter of a
Hliiilon uulIafS cuSn. ne purchasing par
ties are J. T.. Dubois, millionaire mine
owner OF Dubois. Pa. and f. W. Center Il
Salt Lake capitalist.
Brigadcr General Sir Frederick Lud-
gard. high commissioner and commander
in chief of Northern Nigeria, and Colonel
c. V. Kendall. with force OF West Africa
frontier troops, have completed a success
ful campaign against the powerful slave
raiding emirs of liida and kontagora, in
Northern Nigeria.
Once again peace rnmors are in the air.
says London correspondent. Mrs Botha
has been in correspondence with Lord
Kitchener, and as a result it is believed the
British commander in chief has agreed to
receive the three Boer generals -Botha De
larey and Nijoen within the next few
days. While nothing is definitely known,
it j. expected. perhaps not without signif-
canoe, that the news should reach London
from Amsterdam that Mr.. Kruger is afraid
that Mrs. Botm's efforts will cause her
husband to surrender