The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-01-10
WORLDS NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD
CULLED FROM DISPATCHES
A Review of happenings i'm Both
Eastern and western Hemispheres
Historical, Political and Personal
Events Tersely ExpOunded.


Curran, is dead at Newcastle, Wyo
President Castro of Venezuela has writ
ten an open letter, copies of which have
been received by officials at Washington
in which he defends the general policy
he has pursued and throws considerable
light on his aspirations.
1t is reported among the Chinese Off
Gals that M. Lessar declared that unless
the treaty was concluded by the Russian
New Year Russia would break off nego-
tiations with China and maintain her oc-
cupation of Manchuria.
The Chicago river is to be widened to
a 300 foot channel between Lake and Van
Buren, streets. A strip of land varying
from Is to 60 feet is to be condemned on
the west bank of the stream. The long
disputed question of which side of the
river would be cut away has been finally
settled by officials of the bolrd of sanitary
trustees The approximate cost of this
long desired impros ement will be 81 500,-
600
While standing but a few feet from his
5 year old daughter Floy, George Nro-
man, postmaster at Wayside, Wash, de-
liberately shot her through the breast, the
wound resulting in her death a few mo-
ments later. Then turning his Smith &
Wesson revolver on himself, Nroman fired
two more shots, one of them entering his
body over the heart. He fell to the
ground and when found was grooming,
dying a few minutes later without being
able to make any statement.
1t is understood that Helena and
Butte had been admitted to the Pacific
Northwest league.
BY the decisive score Of 40 to 0 the
Michigan university football team to-
day defeated Stanford university
Hon. James V. Reed of Lewiston,
Idaho died recently at his apartments
of paresis. with which he had been
stricken since last February.
At Havana the indications are that
the entire Palma ticket will be elect
ed and that Tomas Estrada Palma,
the nationalist candidate for the presi-
dency of Cuba will receive the unani-
nous vote of the electoral college.
President ROosevelt's first annual
reception was attended more largely
than any other New Years reception
in a number of wears. In all 800 per
sons filed through the White House
and shook hands with the president.
The Philadelphia Press says an in
crease of from to IL per cent in the
wages of about $4,000 trainmen will
be announced soon by the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad company to take effect
January l. 1t will apply to all the
trainmen on the lines owned by or
operated by the company. The cleri-
cal force is not included in the plan
The Beers ambushed a party of the
Scots Greys last Sunday near Bronx
hortspruit (about 40 miles east of Pre-
toria on the railroad). The British cas-
ualties were six men killed and ten
wounded.
Gen. J. Franklin Bell is conducting a
vigorous campaign in Batangas pro-
vince. Every available soldier is IN
the field. The columns under the com
mand of Colonels Whit and Dougherty
are doing excellent work and driving
the Filipinos in every direction.
A cold blooded attempt at murder
was made on Eugene A. Marsh. a cat
tie dealer. while in his shack, Spokane
last Sunday evening. 1t is supposed
by the police that the attempt at muir
der was made to rob him Of $500 be
lieved to be in his shack. Mr.. Marsh
was shot in the head, but was not serl-
ously wounded
Admiral SIMPSONS malady pro
crosses slowly but very steadily toward
the end Medical science cannot check
it. SYMPTOMS of arterial degeneration
have appeared. such as are incident to
his malady. injecting great uncerta nty
into the case. Moreover. the patient
lis becoming less tractable and respons
i've to treatment.
The total reduction of Great Britain
military forces in South Africa from
the beginning of the war to December
including deaths from disease, men re
ported m ssing, etc. amounts to 24,29s
men. OF this number 10. 43O were &C
tually killed or died. A total Of 64,SSC
men were invalided home, the majority
of whom recovered and joined theii
commands.
Denver will present decidedly mar
tial appearance if plans adopted at
meeting of citizens Sunday afternoo.
are carried out. and the temper Of uh'
meeting would indicate that they viii
be. Because of the many crimes tina
have been committed there within thu
past year or two, which have brought
terror 10 Denver's residents, the latte
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