Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-03-22
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krWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF
\ Complete Review Of the Events Of
.be Iast Week-In This and For
.irn Handkerchief From the
Latest Dispn tches.

B kOO to keWanee for library building
here
General Dewet's commando ha.
een broken up at Senekal, Orange
, river Colony.
Prisoners who have lately been re
|, eased by General Dewet say they
bink he is mad man.
The Great Northern will start work
Immediately on it's railroad to Repub
IL. The final preliminaries have beer
completed.
Captain Bowman McCalla. now in com,
pand of the Newark in Asiltic waters, has
sen ordered home to take command OF
khe new battleship Kearsarge.
three women, followed by a crowd
la hundred men, completely demol
she'd all of the property Of jointist
4 Connors Station, Is miles west OF
Kansas City, Kan.
Highwaymen at Wichita, Kan. held
hp late College Hill car and robbed
h They shot Motorman Haggart in
khe head when he looked out upon
khem. They secured only $40 in
honey, and not satisfied with that,
book watch.
Captain James H. Dayton, now on spe-
hal duty in connection with the court of
Inquiry to look into the grounding of the
pixie, has been designated to command the
Eewark, succeeding Captain McCalla.
An order has been sent to General
haffee for the evacuation Of China
y American troops, leaving only le-
ation guard of $50 men. The troops
kill be removed from China the last
d April.
Andrew Carnegie has offered to do
bate $1.OO0OO0 for the building Of a
lew public library in St Louis. The
bher is similar to many others which
dr. Carnegie has made to cities
throughout the United States and
broad.
The Russians at Tientsin took pos
ession of the railway siding and
|rmed sentries are now guarding it,
General Barrow (second in command
the British forces) hesitates to
et. apparently in the absence of
eneral Gaselee. feeling sure that
oodshed would ensue.
Andrew Carnegie, who, since retir
lg as an active figure in the steel
Forld. has beer able to devote his
lime exclusively to his other pas
ion-the founding of libraries-has
bade his departure for Europe this
pring memorable by the largest offer
u that kind ever advanced. If New
fork will provide the sites and the
Maintenance he has promised to give
I, 100000 to establish 65 branch IL
braries in this city. The offer was
made in a letter to DR.. John s. Bill
ings, director of the New York IL
brary.
Three lives sacrificed, nearly a
iozen men more or less injured and
many thousands of dollars of damage
we're the results of a fierce fire in the
Daily Advertiser and Record seven
story front building in Newspaper
Row, Boston. recently. How the fire
Started is not known. but it was first
Feen in the pressroom. spreading to
the elevator we'll and darting to the
top so rapidly that before the occu-
pants of the two upper floors were
Rware that the building was on fire
heir rooms were filled with flames
and smoke In the editorial rooms
pn the sixth floor there were but five
men. All had to run for their lives.
Harvard and Yale have challenged
Oxford and Cambridge for regular
bet of track games to be held in New
lwk during the early part of next
hly.
Andrew Carnegie has offered 500
DO for a public library at Windsor
Ont, the city to furnish site and to
$2500 annually for main
tenance.
Seven persons were burned to death
recently at Cascade, Quebec. as the
result of an explosion of a coal oil
ktove in the house of John Gauthier,
|pf Gauthier & Miller. merchants.
The prospects of peace are still con-
Fidered hopeful. The Boer losses last
month were 160 killed. 400 wounded
|and 1000 captured and surrendered.
Owing to the heavy rains General
|French's transport difficulties are still
unchanged.
New York. March 1.-THE Ameri-
|can line steamship New York, which
|left Southampton and Cherbourg on
March s, arrived in quarantine tonight
|and, although the officers reported no
accident. it was learned from a pass
|enger that there had been an accident
lon board in which 33 persons were
|scalded one dying as result OF his
Injuries.
The health of Ii Hung Chang is
again a matter of grave eonsidera-
|non TO the ministers of the powers.
Mr., Rockhill, the American special
representative saws he is a physical
wreck and apparently in state Of ut
Ter collapse. although mentally as
wright as ever. Mr.. Rockhill would
hot be surprised to hear of his death
Sny moment. The removal of Ii
hnng Chang by death or anv other
canse at the present moment would be
'erv unfortunate.
John BRYANT. a pioneer freighter in
u. ,ne DAYS before the railroads, died at
Kansas CITY recentlv. aged Il. He
made no less than 66 trips across the
plslns to such points as Old Fort
.hlon. \. NJ. Las Vegas. y. NJ. Santa
re n. NJ. Salt Lake. Chihuahua and
|gnce or twice to California. General
". 5. Grant, who accompanied him
VI one trip with soldiers, was his
personal friend II is said that the