The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-05-23
Late News Items.

of October. 1871, died. aged II years.
Earthquakes are reported from the
southern part Of Portugal but no fatal
tiles occurred. The disturbances are
supposed to be connected with the up
heavals in the West Indies.
The condition of Lord Pauncefote,
the British ambassador, is reported to
be fairly satisfactory. He experienced
a good day yesterday and slept sound
ly.
At Toledo, Ohio, James T. Bradley,
a well known Independent telephone
magnate while speeding his automo
bile collided with May Schook, a Is /
year old girl riding a bicycle. The
girl was almost instantly killed.
King Alexander has accepted the
resignation of the Servian cabinet. NJ.
Passios. formerly a radical, has been
entrusted with the formation of a
new ministry.
At Castroville. Cal. John McCarty,
aged % years, shot and killed his
mother Sunday morning and then gave
himself into custody. He fired four
pistol balls into her brain at close
range. His story was that the murder
was committed in self defense. He is
the son of a highly respected veteran
OF the civil war
The Kootenay river is six inches
above the high water mark of last year,
and there is every indication of it's
rising another foot, in which event
Westport townsite. across the river
from Fort Steele, will be completely
inundated.
Deputy Sheriff Williams killed an
Italian laborer at Mullan. Idaho, Sun
day afternoon. The Italian was in a
picks and shovels because he tried to
arrest one of their number.
All the "sooners' who were en-
camped on the Spokane reservation
have been driven off by the Indian po-
lice. assisted and directed by a dep
utv United States marshal.
The United States PHILIPPINE com
, mission has passed an act comforting
- marine jurisdiction upon the courts OF
drst instance, which permits the courts
to punish crimes committed upon the
b sea.
* While warming milk for her adopted
y baby boy, Mrs. Glen e. Castle of Spo
+ kane was fatally burned W her nigh
e robe catching fire few minutes aftel
l. O'Clock Sunday morning. She hat
d the baby only two weeks, getting i
IL from the Home Finding association
It is only months old Mrs. Castl'
D.. died at IL o'clock Sunday night. Sh
Is was conscious until the end.
e. When asked recently if there wa
"A any truth in the statement that h
re- had offered to pay $20,000,000 for tn
id Philippines, provided he was author
re lied to announce to the Filipinos tina
lc their independence would be aclnow
Ell edged ultimately by the United States
in Andrew Carnegie replied: Yes, an
: | meant it.
ii Lord Pauncefotes health has con
IN PEELED him to ask the British Cabine
d to accept his immediate resignation
10 An announcement to this effect a.
pears in a London dispatch to tn
~ World, which says Foreign SecretaI
he Lansdowne is said to maintain thu
Nv the British ambassador at Washin
lie ton must be, above all, an expert
ST international law, and he recommend
x. that leading lawyer be appointed.
he During the progress of a fire whiC
rh recently destroyed the lard refinery
q Armour & Co, at Chicago, in the U
- ion stockyards, % people were inju
III ed, seven of them in a manner whiC
III will probably cause death in a sho
,;r time. The loss of the company is es
mated by it's officers at between S75l
600 and 100000, with the chances
favor of the latter figure, and is full
70. covered by insurance. There were
ali number of accidents. but by far ii
M largest number of those who were hui
m. met their injuries by the falling
We the hog runway. upon which they we
nd standing to obtain a better view of Il
no fire.
Jennie Smith, stenographer Germa
in American Provision company, bo
ed legs broken; Ray Irwin. II years oil
,lv internally injured and head badly GU
If Israel Morris, driver police patr'
m both legs broken Michael Mallo
he driver of fire engine, internal injurie
Tn. Miles Mcnamara, back broken; Ma
llv gle Fraser, internally injured; ].
lie Bradshall, crushed.
." National Guard EncampInent.