The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-04-11
NEWS OF THE ENTIRE HORLU
CULLED FROM DISPATCHES
A Review of happenings I'm Both
Eastern and Western Hemisphere
Historical, Political and Personal
Events TerseIy ExpOunded.

Senator Foster has secured the pas
sage of his bill appropriating $4,000 for
the construction and repair of roads
trails and bridges in the Mount Rainier
National park, Washington.
There is an excellent prospect that the
game wardenS Of eight northwestern
states will hold a meeting early in the
summer, either in the National parl
or at some other convenient place, and
exchange views looking to cooperation
in the work of. protecting the game OF
the northwest.
The senate committee on the Philip
pines has completed consideration of the
bill prescribing a form of government
for the Philippine islands and author
lied Senator Lodge to report it to the
senate after voting down the democrat
&c substitute by party vote. An amend
ment provides for a census Of the pop
uiation Of the islands.
A most wonderful cave has been dis
covered in the Abbey mine, at Kendall,
Mont. In extent and novelty this cave
surpasses anything of the kind yet en-
countered in a gold mine A peculiar
ity of this freak of nature is that it is
found in an immense ore body The
main chamber in the cave presents a
most beautiful appearance Portions OF
the wall are decorated with masses OF
crystalli2ed lime and the roof is hung
with stalactites. On the floor of the
cave are hundreds of tons of ore thai
has been broken down from the vein
as one side Of the cave is formed by the
footwall of the ore body
The National baseball league war is
practically ended. A. G. Spalding has
resigned his claim as chief executive
of the big organization and the Office
will be rendered to William G. Temple
of Pittsburg. There will be no further
contest in the courts.
An attempt to destroy with dyna-
mite the Elk saloon and gambling
house in Fairhaven, Wash. followed
by what was supposed to be an at
tempt to rob it, was recently made. A
stick of dynamite was placed directly
under the spot where the roulette
dealer was accustomed to sit, and was
exploded about 20 minutes prior to the
usual hour for closing the game.
The London Morning Leader pub
fishes the alleged story of the crime
which led to the courtmartial and ex
ecution of two Australian officers in
South Africa, which is just now excit-
ing keen Indignation in Australia. The
incident which led 20 their courtmar
tial was the cold-blooded execution"
by those officers of 10 Beers who were
journeying to Petersburg with the OBJ
ject of surrendering. 1t was supposed
these Beers had $4,000 with them.
The Oregon republican state cOnven-
ton has nominated the following tick
ct: Governor j. w. Furnish, Umatilla
county; justice of the supreme court,
r. S. Bean (renominated) secretary
of state f. l. Dunbar renominated)
state treasurer, G. S. Moore (renOm
inated) superintendent of public in
structiOn J. II. Alderman (renOminat-
ed; attorney general, A. NJ. Crawford.
Douglas county; state printer, j. R.
Whitney. Linn county.
The Idaho board of pardOns has met
and granted two pardons and three
paroles One of the men pardOned was
Antoine Walk. who was sent to the
penitentiary from KoOtenai county for
30 years for highway robbery. Lean
der Lee, also pardOned was sent from
HALEY in 1889 for murder in the sec
ond degree, his sentence being for life.
The three men paroled are Hyrum
Noebaur sent from Bear Lake county;
William Baker. sent from Nez Perez.
and George Edens, sent from Boise
county.
New York City was dry all day Sun
day. except in a few favored spots
where rumsellers took big chances.
Casper Kruger, the oldest son of
President Kruger and "a other rela-
tives of Mr. Kruger, bearing the same
family name, are among those who
have recently taken the oath of allie
glance to Great Britain.
James Carter. a young negro, who
shot and seriously wounded Don
Thomas, near New Glasgow, in Am
herst county, Va, was taken from jail
at Amherst courthouse just before
midnight and lynched.
A certified check for $4,000. drawn
to the order of President Roosevelt
has been forwarded to the president
by the committee of citizens which
Governor Yates of Illinois appointed
in December last to raise funds for
the relief of Boer women and chill
dren sufferers in the concentration
camps of South Africa.
George Wertz, who recently arrived
in Boise from Thunder Mountain. tells
thrilling story of the experience of
his nartnar. A. @. Gallmne. in a Snow.