The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-01-29
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During the Past Week-NationaI,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events TerselJ Told.
Having $1,000, 900 to their credit in
.ocal banks, chicago trades unions
lave starred movement TOR a trades
Lnion bank, with the union label over
The door.
Inc emperor of Austria will pay a
.eturn visit TO Hing Edward, which |
VIII occur the latter part of April.
The simultaneous breaking of two
of the 80 lnch mains which feed the
reservoir and supply water to the net
work Of pipes throughout Harrisburg,
"a, has caused the worst wafer fam
me ever known In that vicinity. Ho
,els, houses, ralroads, mills and fac
,orles have Deen cut on. This state of
aualrs is most serious.
The German financial papers regard
the capital of $o,OOU,OU0 with winch
me German petroleum company was
organized to compete with the Stan
uard Oil company as a small trine
compared WIN the paid up capital OF
The Rockefeller concern.
The four masted schooner Augustus
Hunt was wIecAed recently west OF
he Quogue life saving station, on the
new York coast. Two of the crew
we're saved, but Is others were lost,
the bodies being washed away from
me wrecked snip. The schooner was
totally wrecked.
A report mas been received from
Mindanao to tne enect that Lieuten-
ant Campbell W. Flake had been kill
: ed and That Lieutenant William e..
, noberts and private roy had been
Uadly wounded wnen out on a scout
ing expedition against unfriendly Mo-
ros. All of the men belonged to
the Twenty second infantry.
Allentown, Pa.-The jury in the case
;, of Mrs. Catherine Bechtel, charged
with being an accessory before the
: lact in the murder OF her daughter,
- Mabel, shop girl, returned a verdict
|, OF not guilty.
:, Inc town of Allesund, Norway, was
= practically destroyed by fire recently
out so far as can be ascertained there
was no loss of life. The church, the
q schoOlhouse, shops and three quarters
6 of the town have been burned and the
- latest news received said the remain
, ing buildings we're on fire. AllesunC
=, is busy port trading town of Norway
. of over 5000 inhabitants.
The second Shipment Of big timber
q for the Washington state building a
y. the fair in st. LOUIS, has arrived
- With the timbers came 60 foot flag
4 staff, which will form a feature of the
q house of Hoo-Hoo.
Police Detectives Hawley Murph!
. and Gotten, of Los Angeles, Cal, helC
&c on a charge of manslaughter for thu
- killing of Joseph and Louis ChesseT
a father and son, at the Hotel Broxburn
on the night of december IT, hav'
% been released ny Justice Chambers
"a who exonerated the men for the kill
- ing.
Il The Korean government has mad
w a formal declaration of neutrality il
4. the event of war between Japan AM
y. Russia.
Sharon, Pa.-tour men and a won
du WIZ attempted " AOAQ a oWOllSl
~ stream near here, we're swept ava
10 and it is rumored all were drowned.
n The result of TIE recent presidential
ID election in Colombia is still uncel
% tain, according 10 a dispatch from BE
gotta, by way of Panama. Affairs ger
20 orally are reported to be quiet
s. Military activity at the Black Sc
ty ports continue on a more extensiv
scale than ever, cables a Russian col
IS respondent Men are arriving for shiI
ment on transports for the far cas-
The railways are gorged with militar
a stores. Private freight is sidetracke
Id in order to expedite shipments of SUI
d. plies.
le Recent Manila advices to the wa
department throw light on the preser
a agitation in the Philippines over tn
vi proposed expulsion of the Mexica
to dollar from circulation. 1t seems tn
ic banks, conducted for the most pal
by foreigners, are strenuous in the
al opposition to the proposed abandon
no ment of the Mexican silver piece, tn
ar principal currency medium in the Phi
a ippines, because of the large opportl
w nifty it affords for making profits
he exchange.
m The Cleveland, Ohio, grand jury he
of returned an indictment against &c
A. Rose, cashier of the Produce N
re tional bank, which closed it's door