The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-03-07
NEWS OF THE WHOLE WORLD
CULLED FROM DISPATCHES.
A Review of Happenings I'm Both
Eastern and Western Hemisphere
Surfing the Past Week-Natfonal.
eIistOricaI. Political and Personal
Events TerseIy ExpOunded.

ish Columbia, is about completed.
Abdul Aziz Ben Feysul, a descend
ant of the old Wahabi Ameers, with
an army of 1000 men, has captured the
city of E'Raid, in Central Arabia.
At Harrisburg, Pa, two piers Of the
famous old Comeback bridge on the
Harrisburg side were washed away to-
day The bridge was built in 1916
Frank Tyree and Lewis Schmidt,
prominent travelling men, were drown
ed in the Big Sand near Pikeville, KY
Cunday, by the overturning of a boat
in which they were travelling down
stream.
Prince Henry went up Lookout
mountain Sunday and after viewing
the ground where the Union and Con-
fcderate armies met in conflict, and
nearing afresh the story of the battles.
resumed his journey to the north and
west.
Sunday Wheeling w. Va, was In
the grasp of the worst flood it has ex-
perenced since that of 1884, with but
sOne exception. Scores of factories
nave been entered by the waters, fires
extinguished and 10000 men will be
forced into idleness for a day or two.
At Warren, O., Henry Bishop Perk- |
ms. one of OhiO's most prominent and
philanthropic citizens, killed himself
by hanging recently in his office. IL |
ness and suicide of a favorte son, a
Yale graduate, a year ago, is believed |
to have made Mr.. Perkins temporarily /
insane.
The liberal forces under the com
mand of General Villa appeared at Rio /
Frio, in the district of Magdalena, Feb
ruary 81. After an engagement with
government troops from Barranquilla, |
which lasted four hours, the rebels |
were routed with so men killed or
wounded.
The high water in the streams trib
utary to the upper Potomac in Mary
land. Virginia and West Virginia
caused the water to rise at Washing
ton to the height of two feet above
normal tide The water was the high
est experienced here since the memoir
able food of 1889, but no damage of
importance has been done.
Fully $1,000 people greeted Prince
Henry when he arrived in IndianapO-
lis, Ind. The run from Louisville was
made without special incident. The
prince dined at o'clock and his
guests were Admiral Evans, Colonel
Bingham, George w. Boyd, Carl Pol
Tier. German consul at Cincinnati and
Lieutenant Commander Won Egidy
The 13year-old adopted daughter of
C. C.. Morse, a prominent farmer of
Mckay creek % miles south of Pen
,dleton, Ore. died Saturday from the
effects of a dose of strychnine The
poison was taken Thursday and every
effort was made to save the girl. but
TO no avail There is no cause for the
rash deed. She was apparently happy
and there is no knowledge of her hay
ing had trouble with any one.
Latin and Greek as taught in high
schools of the country came in for
condemnation at the last days session
of the convention of the department
of superintendent of the National Ed
vocational association at Chicago. The
languages were branded as baby Lat
IN and Greek" and were described as
sanctifed relics. The critic was Stan
aey Hall, president of Clark University.
In one of the most remarkable OPP
CREATIONS known to surgery, says a Bal
timore special to the n. Y World the
brain Of the Rev. William A. Stark
pastor of the Broadway German Meth
Odist church of this city, has been
actually lifted from it's bed and the
-grpof Z of cprtain nnrvae that had caused
the clergyman excessive neuralgia
We're extracted. The patient is said
TO have stood the operation well, and
few doubts of his recovery are enter
tanned. The operation was performed
at the Johns Hopkins hospital
Following the precedent of Lord
Roberts, who announced Gen. Cronje's
surrender at Paardeburg on the ami
versary of the battle of Majuba Hill,
February 27. 1881. Lord Kitchener ap-
parently selected the same anniversary
10 achieve big success by a combined
movement lasting two days, against
the BOer forces within the Harrlsmith
and Van Keenan, line of blocl1hOuses.
The Boer losses aggregate coo men
killed or captured, and 1000 horses and
$4,000 head of cattle fell into the hands
of the British troops. This news was
so welcome to the British that it was
read out in the house of commons by
the war secretary, Mr.. BrodericS.
Senator Burrows has presented the
resolution of censure upon Senators
Tillman and McLaurin. Following is
the full text of the resolution recon-