The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-10-02

w. X. VanderblltS QuOS Ego, Win
Johnson up, won the Prix JuXy Suis
(hurdles) recently at Paris
Gen. Bell declares he will bankrupt
the state of Colorado if necessary TO
preserve peace at Cripple Greek.
At least four lives were lost in the
fire which destroyed the Hotel
Brunswick at Rochester, n. -, re-
Gently.
A sharp earthquake shock was felt
at Santiago de Cuba recently, the
fourth within a month. No damage
was done
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow of the
president of the southern confeder-
acy, is seriously i'll at Castle Inn in
Buffalo, N. Y.
William Gillespie Wylie of New Or
leans, justice of the supreme court OF
Louisiana, aged ~ years, died of pneu-
monia recently.
Curtis Jett, sentenced to be hanged
December 10 for the assassination OF
James Cockrill, has been taken tol
Louisville for safe keeping.
A son was recently born to Gen
eral and Mrs. Funston. The second
son is to be called Frederick, Jr. The
older son was named for General Mac
Arthur of Philippine fame.
Lieutenant OllNOA - A@orNA ANo "a
the Twenty infantry, at Ma
Mia. p. l., has just been sentenced by
court-martial to three months con-
finement in quarters and a fine of SIS
for being off guard without leave.
Because he found his master intOXi-
cateds when he ran out as usual to re-
ceive his caress, a setter dog belong
ing to Willis Boomer, a carpenter of
onnaarad HnlihpTq civ
to commit suicide under the wheels of
a car the other day.
Three protests have been fileU with
the board of control of the irrigation
congress, contesting the award of the
Havemeyer $500 cup for the best sugar
beets to A. Rhoades of Garland, Utah.
The principal professor is A. b. Cor
man of Colorado.
Admiral Lambton has sailed for
South America to assume command
of the South Atlantic station Under
instructions from. the navy department
at Washington, he will prepare the
squadron for the winter maneuVers in
the Caribbean sea.
Jack Johnson has accepted the of
fer of the Century club of purse OF
$4,000 for a 20-round fight with Sam
McVey in Los Angeles October 81
The battle will be for the colored
heavy weight championship of the
world.
Judge Peter S. Crosscup of Chicago
says in a statement issued a short
time ago that he will not resign IRON
the United States circuit bench to ac
cept the position of general counse
for the Northern Securities, or rep
resent the company in the pending liti
cation against it.
At Providence, R. l., Geo. c. Can
non broke the worlu record fol
steam automobiles at 4~arraganset
park He cut the mile record O
1902 AS to 1901 fiat. Then he wen
after the five mile record of Cos, es
tablished by himself last year, anC
made a new mark of $3.50 So
At a recent session of the Farmers
National congress, the resolution com
mittee adopted resolutions favorini
government ownership of railroad
and a postal telegraph system. Unre
stricted agricultural reciprocity wit
Canada was voted down by the CON
mittee. A resolution favoring the ad
mission of Oklahoma as a state wa
indOrsed.
The big event recently at the En-
pire City track was the effort of tn
NudIiDlOu SGlQllSs MAUI lJtllldl, L
beat his own record of 200 IA, an
to beat the worlds record of 200
held by Lou Dillon He trOtted
most wonderful mile, and in a gam
but tired finish. shot under the wir
in the record time.
A high speed trial over the Sosse
experimental electrical railroad q
Berlin resulted in attaining a spec
of over III miles per hour. Ever
part of the 100-tOn car was intaC
and the roadbed was not affected. TIL
fact that the machinery and roadbe
were not impaired gives every hope {
attaining a speed at the rate of Il
miles per hour.
A murder and robbery occurred r
Gently on the MiddletOwn road, aboI
10 miles from Washington, Pa. San
uel T. Ferguson of the Ferguson Co
structiOn company of Pittsburg Wa
instantly killed and his secretar
Charles t. Martin of Cincinnati, wa
fatally injured while driving alon
the road in a buggy, carrying $50
in cash with which to pay off some
their men, when suddenly an expl
sion of dynamite in the roadway lite
ally tore the rig to pieces, killing Fe
gusOn outright and throwing MART
200 feet, tearing his left arm almo
from the socket.