The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-12-05
CULLED FROM ASSOCIATED
PRESS DISPATCHES.
A Review of Happenings in Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-NationaI
Historical, Political and Personal
Events Tersely Expounded.


of the navy has been made public.
Among other comments are the fol-
lowing:
Three men were recently killed in q
sawmill at Bulger near Kenworth. The
dead are: c. A. Cruder, Albert Arm
istant, Arnold Declamar.
DR.. Parker, who recently died in Lon
don, was one of the most prominent
clergymen in Great Britain and per-
haps the first pulpit orator of his time.
Fire in the factory building at 442
Broadway N. Y, caused 100000 dam
ages recently. Purcell Bros, umbrella
manufacturers, sustained a loss of
about $4,000.
The associated press learns that i'm
portant steps have been taken in Lon
don with a view to satisfying all the
financial and diplomatic claims by for
eign powers and bondholders against
Venezuela.
StanfOrd's eleven found it rather an
easy matter recently to defeat the Uni
versity of Utah eleven. Three touch
downs in the first half and three in the
second half were scored by the sturdy
CalifOrnians.
Constabulary Inspector Hendrix,
who has been in Samar island, was
killed recently by a band of ladrones.
His detachment of constabulary was
routed and Hendrix, with one soldier,
was surrounded and killed.
Edward +. Croker, chief of the N.
Y. City fire department, who recently
was tried on a series of charges, was
declared guilty by Commissioner
Sturgis and was dismissed from the
service, the dismissal to take effect on
December 1.
The most imperative need of the
navy today is of additional officers.
1t invites the instant attention of
congress. The administration of the
department is embarrassed almost
daily by the lack of officers below
command rank.
One of the worst fires that ever Wis
tied the Rat Portage lumber district
occurred recently at Norman, Ont,
and spread swiftly through immense
piles of lumber to the docks and from
the docks to boats until stopped in
that direction by the waters edge.
After eluding arrest for several
months, Charles F. Kelley, the former
speaker of the st. Louis house of
delegates, who is wanted in st. Louis
in connection with the bribery cases,
was arrested in Philadelphia on his
arrival from Europe where he has
been for the last few months.
Florence Burns, the young Brooklyn
woman who was accused and later
eXonerated Of the murder of her sweet
heart Walter Brooks, in New York city
some months ago, was married
recently to Charles w. Wildrick.
Wildrick is a son of Lieutenant Colonel
Abram c. Wildrick, U. S. A., who died
in 1894.
The board of agriculture has closed
the ports of the United Kingdom
against the importation of animals
from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode
Island. The order takes effect January
5. CargOes arriving in the meanwhile
will be the subject of the special in
vestigation.
1t has been officially announced at
the national headquarters of the mine
workers that when the miners meet
in national convention in January to
prepare a new wage scale Secretary
Wilson will report the amount of
money given by them to aid the an
thracite striking miners. 1t is I'M
derstood that the total is more than
100000.
An inquiry instituted in the scandals
concerning the late Herr Krupp at
Capri island is said to have complete
ly cleared Herr Krupp's character,
and that in consequence the govern
ment will prosecute the newspapers
which made the defamatory statements
1t is stated that the accusations
against Herr Krupp have been traced
to German painter resident in Capri,
whose arrest was ordered The
painter disappeared.
Charles Dykes and kid" Murphy.
who are charged with having terror
lied Rifle, Colo, on Thursday, Nov.
20, by shooting at everything in sight
and with having raided several
ranches and wounded David Wolford
were captured in the mountains by
Deputy Sheriff J. c. Emerson and
posse of five men, who followed their
trail for eight days. Dykes and Muir
ply were without food for several days
and were almost exhausted when