The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1902-01-17
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Gently in Vienna after undergoing a su
gieal operation.
1t has been decided to present Admir-
Sehley with handsome gold and silv,
loving cup ON the occasion OF his Wis
! to Knoxville, Tenn.
The British forces have surprise
and captured a Boer lager 20 mile
northwest of Ermelo. Forty-two Boer
were taken. including Major Wolms
lraens.
Medical authorities here assert ths
a considerable portion of the breakin
down among American residents o
the Philippine islands is due to home
sickness.
The stamp mill of the Lillian Minin!
company, located at the Lillian mine
Leadville, Col, burned recently; loss, S25,
600; Insurance, small. The fire is suppose,
to have been Of incendiary origin
General w. H. Odell, president of tn,
board OF trustees OF Willamette university
announces the selection of Rev. j. III. Cole
man, D. d., of Troy, N. Y, as president
OF Willamette university. He will as
sumo his duties February l.
The really important measures oil
the house of representatives, aside
from the Nicaraguan canal bill. are
still in the committee stage. so that
there is little of Importance to be CON
sidered during this week.
The Constantinople correspondent
of the London Daily Mail. says that
negotiations for the release OF the
American captive. Miss Stone. and her
companion Nine. Tsilka, have not yet
been opened with the brigands.
Ten Thousand dollars was Sunday
contributed to the national fund for
Mckinley memorial by the workmen
Of Homestead. Penn. The majority
cl the workingmen gave half days
pay, from the lowest laborer TO the
beads OF departments. There We're a
few. however. who gave nothing.
A combination of gas. gasoline and
oil stove factories is the latest. The
American Stove Company. with a cap
ital of s5.o00.000 is the name the cor
peTation bears. Nine companies. GOV.
ering practically all Of the manufa :
tr.rers of gas and oil stoves and appli-
ances. figures in the new combination
Representative Lowering of Massa-
chusetts has introduced a bill to Con
CESS providing for salary for ex-
presidents of the United States ar the
ate Of $4,000 annually from the date
lf retirement from the presidency |
The bill is to apply TO any ex-president |
living at the time the law is enacted |
Lottie Richards, IL years old, known /
n theatrical circles as a member OF 4
he Kline family of acrobats, who tenn
sorarily are living in ST. Louis. Mo.
.ssappeared Friday at noon. The
hid. who is the second member of
Ier family to disappear within the last
tx months, was sent to a neighboring
'rocery to buy articles for the midday
zeal and failed to return.
Henry PearIstefn, his wife and Ave
ranging in age from one and
half to II years, were burned ~
cath Sunday in afire that destroyed
two-story frame building at Buffalo.
!. Y. Joseph Supowski, who owned
he building, and Karl Brecki. his
rcther in law. have been arrested
ending an investigation. Supowski
srried insurance OF $4,000 on the build.
lg and its contents.
The death list caused by the New .
ork Central tunnel accident has
yelled to H. Winfield Slutze. who
ad submitted to the amputation OF
ne of his legs, died today at Flower !.
uspital. He lived at New Rochelle r
ichard Molineux, another New Ro-
lelIe man. who is at the same hos
tai, is reported to he In a serious r
,nditicn. The other Iatients are pro- :
essing favorably.
The features OF the tri-state grain
Id cattle growers convention at Far
}. N. ID. last week was the address OF
r. Hill and the adoption of resolu- o
ms commencing President Hill for II
s work on behalf of the Northwest. {,
he resolutions were adopted almost u
by the convention prior 81
the arrival Of Mr.. Hill. An attempt "
as made to have these particular Al
solutions stricken out. but the at ;,
npt failed, and the resolutions stand ca
the sense OF the convention. IA
George B. Ketcham, owner and driv
of Cresceus, has announced that
ring the year ne received more than
1000 in purses and money for ey ~
Litions given in various parts Of the q
nntry by Cresceus. The horse has II
en- taken TO the Ketcham farm. lIr
iere he will remain during the til
inter-. st