The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-01-22

Bryan. his wife's niece, disappearing,
it is claimed, with funds estimated at
more than 100000, has been arrested,
with the woman, at Princeton, B. c.
Theodore Loveless, aged 10, was re-
Gently electrocuted at Vancouver, B.
c., while walking home from work
A telephone wire fell across the trolley
wire of the streetcar system and Love
less struck this with his face as he
walked along. He fell across the wire
and was fearfully burned about the
head and shoulders. When the cur
rent was turned off and the lad picked
up he was dead.
]. w. War;, for several years one of
Moline's (Ill.) most prominent citizens
and leader in reform, was recently in
dicted by the grand jury under II
counts, charging the embezzlement of
100000 in his capacity as secretary
Of the Moline Savings & Loan associa-
ton.
At a recent meeting of the execu-
tive committee, held at national pro-
hibition headquarters in Chicago. it
was held that the guarantee of ability
to take care of the national prohibit
ton convention by Kansas City was
not satisfactory, and the convention
was located in indianapolis, to be held
on June 90"
Bankers engaged in shipping silver
have been informed from Japan that
for the present no more silver is re-
quired, which is regarded as an indi.
cation that war is not imminent.
At Calgary, N. w. T., fire starting
from the furnace of the new Norman
die theatre recently Quilted the whole
block, causing a loss of $2S0,000. Six
large stores ia the building were burn
ed. The theatre was to have been
used for the first time.
Senator Hepburn has favorably re
ported from the committee on manu-
features Senator McCumbers pure
food bill. The bill is almost identica
with the measure proposed last year
The strike of the carriage and bag
gage drivers of the st. Louis Transfer
company has been called off. The EN-
ployers agreed to shorten hours an(
increase wages.
nun 1olONh 1lOAllpoOly Qdu6 III
er of John Brown. "the liberator," dieC
recently at her horne at Pasadena
Cal, aged 76 years.
Major General Arthur Macarthur
, has assumed command of the division
of the Pacific.
J The strike of the livery drivers il
ended and the union men were order
) ed back to work. A committee of own
, ers and drivers had a conference a
= which an agreement was brough
: about which recognizes the "close,
( shop" one of the chief points of dis
agreement. The matter of an increas
) ed wage scale will be arbitrated a
y soon as possible.
: The correspondent Of the Rappel a
s Odessa says that the Asiatic depart
s ment has ascertained that 200 Japar
e csc engineers disguised as Chimes
r coolies are scattered along the tran:
siberian railway, with the object c
l. blowing up the line when war is DE-
C clared.
/ The Swifts, Armours, Nelson Morris
i Schwarzschild and Sulzbergers, tn
Z stock yard family" are said to hav
l. purchased 100000 acres of land
k southern Alabama and northern Flo
o ida. The news of the purchase ha
II startled the stock yards, La Sail
l. street, Chicago, and the railway worlC
These interests see behind the pu
+ chase a move intended to revolutioniz
h the meat industry of America.
Z The body Of former Governor Busl
s nell Of Ohio, who died recently, wa
S removed to Springfield, where it wi
lie in state in the Christ Episcopf
J. church.
h Major General 5. S. Sumner has a
: rived at Oklahoma City, Okla, accon
panied by his staff, to assume con
2. mand of the newly made division {
t. the southwest, the headquarters {
e which will be situated in that city
3, George Layton and his wife wer
a found dead in their apartments at Sa
Francisco recently. They had bee
It asphyXiated by gas that escaped frol
It a leaky tube connecting with a stow
d The Korean cabinet has decided I
n open Yongampho and Jikoho, and tn
decision will be promulgated at tn
If expiration of the mourning for the e1
o press dowager.
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