Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-04-12
/ TELEGRAPH SUMMARY
NwS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF
|. Cam plete Review of the Events Of
,he Fast Week-In This and EOr-
aian Lands-Taken From the
Latest Dtspatches.

The president has made the first an
oancement that MIR. Knox had accept
d the post OF attorney general to the
ubinet
The country from Iba to Morong is
now held by American troops and the
sar office is highly pleased with the
htest good news from Luzon.
At New Orleans the warehouse on
he South Side plantation, containing
large quantity of sugar. was destroy
Aby fire recently. Loss. 100000.
At Tientsin it is reported that the
lssians have been endeavorlng to en-.
re purchase of the disputed rail
ny siding from the original Chinese
Mners.
According to the Pretoria correspond
Int OF the Daily Telegraph the Boers
Aave shifted their seat of government
nom Petersburg to a point 30 miles
bortheast.
Lord Kitchener has personally pre-
ented the Red Cross medal to Nine.
terrlers, head OF the French ambu
auCC OCp1A IACul, AOI ACI oCA NACco W
he British wounded.
A Pittsburg dispatch of April 5th
pys the demand Tor tin and plates is
pusuaiiy heavy and this week finds
Fery plant OF the American Tin Plate
bmpany in operation.
lhe navy department has awarded
lie contract for the building OF the 23
mot protected cruiser Milwaukee to
lhe Union Iron Works Of San Francis
to The contract price is $2,S67 900.
Lord Kitchener, reporting to the Lon
Ion war Office the finding Of an aban-
loned and destroyed pompom near Vry-
held, says: This accounts for all the
nemys guns known to be in the south
rn district"
The steamship Rhein, which arrived
3ecently from Bremen, broke the rec
rd as passenger carrier. Besides
3er crew, which numbered over 400,
he had 2502 passengers. OF the latter
came in the cabin.
Major Ammon A. Augur, Twenty
fth infantry has been transferred to
)he Twentieth infantry. Major Eu-
Iene F. Ladd, quartermaster, U. S. ",
has been ordered upon the completion
pf his duties as treasurer Of the island
f Cuba to proceed to New York for
further instructions.
John W. Gates will retire from the
pfice of chairman of the American
Steel & Wire company and take long
lrip abroad. He has returned to Chica-
30 from New York after an absence Of
three months and said he expected to
Design, as he felt that he had worked a
good many years and ought to give
younger men chance. He will retire
from active business for awhile.
E. c.. Griffith of Pascoag, R. l., won
the grand American handicap shoot by
killing 1S straight in the shootoff, miss
and out, and got $500 in cash and the
silver cup. The second man was J. l..
D. Morrison Of St. Paul. who killed II.
and he received $500. r. Rahm Of
Pittsburg was third, with IA kills, and
be got $500 in cash. A. II. Fox of Balti-
more missed his first bird in the shoot
Oh.
At Lexington, Ky, with the cry "The
~ndetta; the vendetta" on his lips,
Aneral Cassius NJ. Clay, the famous
abolitionist and duelist and former
United States minister to Russia. re-
|tently led his little bodyguard to battle
|againist sheriffs posse which had
gone to Whitehall. his palatial mansion
pm Madison county, to serve papers ON
the general in civil suit instituted
hgainst him by his daughter. Miss Mary
|B. Clay. Many shots were fired and the
posse finally departed without accom-
|plishing the purpose Of its visis. 1t is
reported that General Clay was wound
led during the ARRAY. Fleeing from his
supposed enemies, he barricaded him
self in his den" in the mansion and
there he remained guarded by his faith
ful servants. Whether or not he is
v ounded is only known to himself and
Ito his little bodyguard. No surgeon
has been summoned to the house and
hone dare approach except on invita-
|tion.
At Marseilles the striking lockers
nave decided to resume work.
Augustus Byram. one of the pioneer
mining operators of the far west, is
oead at his home in Chicago.
Telegraphic adyices received from
Richmond. Quebec. announce that the
BUSINESS portion of that town rests in
the midst of a raging torrent.
Mrs. Michael Chart of the town of
Lake. and her 7-year-old daughter
Mary were drowned in the kinnikinnic
river at the Kinnikinnic avenue bridge
IN Milwaukee.
According to the ST. Petersburg cor
respondent of the London Daily Mail
import duties for Vladiyostock have
oeen raised on all American iron, steel
and machinery.
Probably 10000 persons participated
saster in the dedication of the Second
enurch OF Christ Scientist, at Wright
wood and Pine Grove avenues. So
sreat was the assemblage that quad