The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-05-15
TELEGRAPH NEWS SUMMARY
cULLED FROM ASSOCIATED
PRESS DISPATCHES.
4 Review of Happenings in Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-National.
Historical, Political and Personal
Events TerseIy Told.


to vote in Connecticut state were re-
jected in the house of representatives
by vote of los to 60.
For the first time in the history Of
the republican party in Alabama ne
groes were given recognition at the
conference held recently.
The Great Northerns report shows
So per cent of the wheat area in the
companys territory. The area is con-
siderably larger than last year.
General John c. Black of Chicago
has been unanimously Endorsed as q
candidate for the position of command
er in chief of the G. A. r. by the H.
linois division.
The receipts of the United States as
say office in Helena for April were the
largest on record for that month since
the establishment of the office. The re-
ceipts amounted to $206,399.
Word from Ell Orc, Mexico, an
nounces the death of Augustus Sahi-
berg the multi-millionaire mining man.
at that place. Sahlberg went to El
ORC 10 years ago from Montana.
Uncle Dan Yancey, who has lived III
Yellowstone park for 80 years, AMI
whom President Roosevelt visited on
his trip there, is dying of old age. He
is 70 years old. He is one of the most
famous characters of the place and a
noted hunter.
Major r. K. Evans, adjutant general
U. S. A.. for the department of the
Columbia, is now out on a tour of in.
spectiOn of available sites for an en-
campment of the regulars stationed at
Vancouver and the national guards of
Washington, Oregon and Idaho.
Foreign Secretary Lansdowne has
proclaimed a British Monroe doctrine
in the Persian gulf and has practically
notified the competing powers that any
attempt on their part to establish
naval base or fortified post in those
waters means war with Great Britain
Trouble is brewing among the farm
ers of Bitter Root and Missoula and the
Farm Laborers' union over the scale
of wages demanded by the union. The
farmers allege they can not pay $3.50
for nine hours and compete with farm
ers of Washington, Idaho and Oregon.
The mail stage from Coos Bay to
Roseburg, Ore, was held up and
robbed by two masked men recently
between Camas Valley and Olalla.
The three passengers on board were
compelled to get out of the stage and
line up. While one of the robbers
stood guard with a rifle, the other re.
ceived the money and valuables from
the passengers.
Miss Nellie Sturtevant, 25 years old,
daughter of Treasurer James S
tSturtevant of the Medford Cooperative
bank at Medford Mass, was shot and
killed at her home recently by an I'M
known man, who attempted to rob her
father as he was returning from a bank
meeting with a satchel filled with
checks and money. The girl stepped
between her father and robber and re-
ceived the shot The assassin then
jumped upon his bicycle and escaped
Admiral Cervera, the Spanish adj
miral, has been gazetted a life sena-
tor
The battleship Wisconsin, which has
been at the Puget sound navy yard for
several months undergoing repairs,
has left for her station in the far east.
Heavy withdrawal of foreign credits
from New York is shown by an in
crease of SO. 200. 900 in New York bank
loans The money is wanted for SUI
scriptions to the new Transvaal loan.
In the strike situation at Montreal
everything is quiet. Work progresses
slowly, but the piles of merchandise
on the wharves are growing bigger,
with no immediate prospect of moving
them.
Postmaster William O'Leary, soldier
and newspaper man, died recently at
Dallas, Texas. He served with Gus
ter's cavalry in many Indian fights.
He was connected with the Dallas and
Galveston News and Texas Siftings
during his newspaper career.
A serious conflict, the outcome of la
Dor troubles in Fremont. Ohio, Oc-
Cured recently. Otto Mischke, 20
years old, was shot and killed and
Albert Gummell fatally wounded, the
shooting being done by gang of non
union men, three of whom are now in
Jail.
The Kansas supreme court has af-
| firmed the decision of the lower court
| in the case of the state VS.. Jessie
Morrison. Jessie Morrison was lie.
clared guilty of killing Mrs. Olin Cas-
tie three years ago at the Castle home.
in Eldorado. The decision means 20
years Imprisonment.
The first weekly crop report for the