The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-04-03
TELEGRAPH NEWS SUMMARY
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 Told.

Whitaker Wright is still in Jail.
The Guggenheim Exploration COM
pany increases it's stock $6,5OO,OO0, to
$4,000, 900, offering it at par and
keeping $4,000 900 in the treasury. The
new capital will be partly used in
acquiring Occur d'AIene mines. The
stock does not yet pay dividends, as
the earnings have heretofore been
spent on the property.
More than $4,000 is the price put on
the heads of the trio of highwaymen
who murdered passenger and wound
ed three others in a desperate attempt
to hold up a Santa Monica car.
United States Consul General Cow
! dy has succeeded in locating in a pri-
vate sanitarium in Paris Moses Fow-
Ter Chase of Lafayette, Ind, whose
whereabouts have been the subject
of a diligent search for several years.
Two French physicians examined the
youth and pronounced him incurably
| insane.
The empress of Germany was
thrown from her horse while riding
at Grunewald recently and her right
arm broken.
James N. Harlan, attorney general
of Porto Rico, has called on the presi
dent and rendered his resignation to
take effect April 80.
William II. Mexican, who for near
ly 80 years was editor in chief of the
Public Ledger, died at his home in
Philadelphia at the age of SO years.
There are 1893 trusts in the
United States, representing an aggre-
! To ffo1i in 10
ly one-seventh of the entire wealth
of the United States.
= An extraordinary number of fires
have been reported in Vienna recently
in various country districts of Austria
Hungary and Galicia. The authorities
r suspect that the fires are of incendiary
origin.
The London Times Monday morn
2 ing published two dispatches from
3 New York which, it is announced,
e were transmitted by the Marconi sys-
e tenn of wireless telegraphy. The dis
\ patches contain about $50 words.
u Arrears of taxes amounting to about
e $57 100000 have been cancelled and
overdue taxation exceeding $15,000,-
g 900, which the peasants owe to the
y Russian district authorities, has been
II assumed by the central government.
e 1t develops that the dead man found
;. at Prosser recently fell off the east
e bound limited train. He was stealing
II a ride His name is Fred RemelOw Of
s Springfield, H., and he had worked on
II the Northern Pacific as a section hand
II At Wilkesbarre, Pa, it is reported,
the Woodward mine, operated by the
r Delaware, Lackwanna & Western Coal
,, company, which had been idle for
v some time, will resume work. THIS
n colliery employs about 1900 men and
d boys.
IS Two companies of Macabebe scouts
2 sgnally defeated the main body of
re San Miguels force recently. 1t is be-
-e lieved San Miguel was killed. Lieu
S. tenant Reese was seriously wounded.
ID The scouts lost three men killed and
IS had II men wounded.
g Two hundred Irishmen, whose feel
IN ings had been outraged by the per
ir Torrance of "McFadden's Row Of
Id Flats" at a New York theater, rose in
Is their seats recently and pelted the
m performers with rotten eggs. rotten
p vegetables and fruit.
ID Stanley county South Dakota, has
lg a murder mystery. William Kunnecke
sheep raiser whose ranch is so miles
out on Cottonwood creek, is in jai
on a charge of murder and the dis
10 membered body of Andrew Demler is
at Fort Pierre awaiting interment.
- 1t is announced at the war depart
!e ment that the following officers of the
ID army will be promoted and retired
al with the grade of brigadier genera
Il upon the retirement of Major Genera
~ R. p. Hughes, April II, when Brigadiel
er General J. F. Wade will be promoter
-e to the grade of major general: Col
es onel w. P. Gross, Thirtieth infantry
Colonel J. r. Myrick, artillery corps
'iii Colonel J. B. Rawles, artillery corps
-, Colonel T. A. Baldwin, Seventh cav
GU airy; Colonel r. H. Bucker. Eight
cavalry; Colonel A. e. WoOdsOn, Thir
'p- cavalry; Colonel J. A. Smith, enginee
ed corps; Colonel S. w. FrOesbeck of tn
tn judge advocate generals office.
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