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IWtcnni Coimtn Hemtbikmt. VOLUME II. RATHDRUM, IDAHO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1WX). NUMBER 97. U FROM 111 Oil SE TICKS FROM THE WIRES Itmililele Review of the ICventa (he l*nat Week in Till, gml kur ylKu Iannis—SuunuHrlted I'rom the l.nlent Ulspslehea. <1 tandard Oil certificates are selling trrn i ""at onnth nonrt inri i t a ire at South Bend Ind., destroyed , gymnasium of Notre Dame. ajor General Otis has taken com-1 id of the department of the lakes. | ' vT w ee 1 Ct '° 1 nS the ib swon 128. the combined opposition eat ?* , lr Charles Tupper, leader of the lervative party In Canada, an nces his Intention to retire from I 1 lie life. ! homas Hackett shot and killed J. !" nil ton at Brockville, Ky., in a Quar-. over politics. | . N. Clemens, of Silver City, Nev., | man of the Virginia Water Com |r, shot and killed Kim Keiger. 1er commenced the shooting. j kretary Root la going to Cuba for I [health, says a special to the Trl ^ from Washington. More than I he has not confided to his closest employes of the American Steel ' ire company of Worcester, Mass., red a reduction of 7'/j per cent, workers are far from being elated this evidence of prosperity. | st. Petersburg the Novoe Vremya two steamers and swenty odd sail essels were wrecked in the Black luring the recent storms, several * lerlng with their entire crews. j terrifle-explosion of gas occurred tly In Buck Mountain colliery, J Mahoney City, Pa. Thirty men j in the mine at the time and three 1 nown to have been killed. flat increase of 1 cent a pound has put upon beef, pork and mutton Chicago packers. 1 01 al associates. le Offenbach, Hesse, recently, two Iss trains came into collision. A to esorvolr exploded, setting fire to rreckage, and seven persons were (d to death and four injured, die excavating for a sewer at ierland, Md., a large cave-in oc d, burying a number of men un ,2 feet of slate rock. Two men, I Forman and George Rice, have taken out dead. * byndlcate composed of Pittsburg Hew York capitalists has formed r coal company which will be capi-1 H at $10,000,000. The purpose is relop Immense tracts of coal land, pally all of which is located in kngton county. Pa. pti, Miss., situated on the sound, les from New Orleans, was swept (terrific fire recently, which des k upwards of 100 houses and ren I hundreds of people homeless. I is a town of 7,000 people and a jnown summer resort of Missis Bs and Louisianians, and a win Sort for northern people. pals of the Amalgamated Asso k of Iron and Steel Workers an p the settlements today of the 1 L at the Riverside Iron Works of I lational Tube company and the | er-Alabama plant of the Tenues- 1 The 1 >n and Steel Rail company, ption of the two plants will give fment to 8,000 men. preliminary official report of the in crops materially conflict with biors of the alleged failure of the b cereals which have been clr I for some weeks. According to port referred to, the wheat crop [60,000 quarters; rye, 97,250,000 rs; oats, 82.000,000 quarters, and [25,750,000 quarters. This Is the neat crop since 1896. kgie will establish a polytechnic It Pittsburg. I*a. kam'* scat is safe. The Kentucky an* w ill not «Hiutest. leffries and Tom Sharkey liave a irriinged to. take place suine time eport of the dead letter office lat over seventy million packages tived during the year, national murder occurred in Yic . C., when Thomas Connell shot M William Ashley, a prosperous id has expressed a willingness to 1 on behalf of Mr. Krugvr for the oers a portion of German South ica. 's disease threatens the life of Davis of Minnesota, who ha* been ig against pain and discomfort of rd foot for weeks. 1 Vaille, director general of the the Philippine islands, iu hi* an bort to the postmaster general t Surplus of $19.082 to the ciedit of Line nostal service f* po® j \ he ohi *' f sensation of the , been the attack by a lunatic carriage of the empress as the ! being escorted through the Tokio. IS \ in»ane soldiers from the I'hil ho had been confined in the lospital. have been sent to the it asylum at Washington, D. C. insane men will soon arrive on . ort Logan. H. Choate. United States am >0 Great Britain, delivered the lecture at the Philosophical la "tit tit ion of Kdinburgh, theme "The Abraham Lim Ki«J Broad taking it* hin I and Character u retr >ln." oi' Cleveland staved six 'IT J £, "'«'I 1 T eny :' k<; ° vern at ' »alls m Chicago, and although McGovern had the tight lie never had of «*■11 in hand lit all »tjgcs. iln opponent who came back al him with more vigor. William I,. Strong & Co., wholesale u goods meridian -, for whom a receiver was Wu Ynpir w... » i -\ev\ i ork, have a branch house in Phihidelphia, at which a lui-e business is transacted. Atturnevs have Z i cured 14 attach mom* a ,L * . in Shanghai it is I ^ t I *! , ,m ' , h asserted that the em t j{J*" J lr T lu • 1 nuese imperial customs, | ' l '' mdemnity question with -|ir ham-t' "T '"*, 1 Vr Wt \ U , 1 1 repta'-e l.eiiera \ ni.g Lu T \ ,e . r * A "t.eetcar collumm in which I-twrence motor,nan, was seriously injured I 1 '" u .passcngcia d >' shaken up oc- , in ! <mr r , ,n * y 1 . e * u ; l^^ngjpi ear to !" ra8 ' ,ed ,nt0 a h'tghtcar m a heavy fog. ' a, J| s ' « V ' JM '' n un ' ^ Hî ( * ars l Kir ' ■ | Ll , v " ■ I is * rv appointed in Fire recently in tlie Detroit Itridgc Ä between $tk'j,0IJtl anil $75, damage. Five hundred | tlnowii out of employment, covered by jnsurance. Repair-* will begin immediately uml the works -tarted again I j dK ~ v,n «* i*o-*ible. I Colonel Rus-tll B. Harrison, inspector general, U. S. A„ has Iwn honorab.y dis charged from the service of the United Whites, to take effect Deei-nrls-r 1 next, hi» I * being n*. longer required. Colonel ' Garrison i* a son of ex- President Harrison J in ' ld ' 4 -ci ved in the volunteer establish- I nient since the outbreak of the Spanish «'at jher | >>''• Kdward Rims, head professor in the department of economic* and sociology at )y Stanford university, has tendered nis rtnig- j nation. ITofesaor Ro»* intimated that lie * us * K ' < ' n forceu out of his position on ac- | count of opinion* he has expressed in pub- ' pm !**■ addresses. President Jordan says the jy retiring professor is without a peer in America as a teaiher of social science. | 'Ihe funeral of the late .Marcus Daly of [Montana took |laee Thursday from st. I Patrick's cathcdr. 1 in New York cilv. The [Gon Work- did 01 Ml men are The los* iservir konily and a tV friends of Mr. 1); a of tin- nii>*l intimate ly accompanied I lie body to Greenwood tcmelciy, where it was placed in John VV. Mackuy'» mausoleum, l.atei a plot will be purchased in Green wood and i De hui t y w ill lx- interred ttieie. ils Gem, Idaho, N'lov. 14.—The bitter feel * n îî which has long existed between some of the miners ot| this district and tiie deputy sheriffs who were on duty during the riots last year culminated Monday night in a tragedj- which cost the lives of two nien - The participants in the trouble were Dick Adams, a deputy sheriff under Slicr iff Sutherland, and two miners named William Kennedy and Daniel Kildee, both of the latter of whom are said to hear reputations for being tough. the killing occurred in Dixons saloon a at a little after midnight, Kennedy and 1 Kildee coming into the place armed and | declaring that they w ere looking for I Adams. Karlier i|n the evening Auant* ; t and Kennedy had had some word*, the I latter abusing the former, w ho warned him j 1 to go away and lilt him alone. I I Later, while Adams was in the dam e ,, | hall adjoining the saloon, Kennedy and w the saloon, the former Ki-rape iu Idaho. SbooGnn to of 1 Kildee came into 1 with a Winchester slung across his arm and a revolver dov n his [amts leg, and the latter carrying a revolver. After asking for Adams and Icing informed that he was in the damle through the arch loon and the hall hall, they started cay connecting the »a and met Adam* ju*t as lie was coming oup. Kennedy started to raise his rifle. Adams too quick for him, and before he coulil t was get it to his shoulder sent a buffet crasu ing through his head, killing him instantly. By this time Kildee had lus revolver read'y for action, but with lightning ra his second shot be w i» pidity Adams find fore Kildee could pull the trigger, shot was as true |is the first, the bullet Liarely iu the head, ath. Thi» striking Kildee &q causing instant di Adams tired but the shooting he at and gave himself 1 After the two shot*. went to Wardner ! p to the officers theie. on*-e Mall Deliver}. Oar Itaral . 12.—The Appropri which the [sat Washington, No* ation for rural se rvn-e ask for the next tisreff K! UpW'tlld of $2,50*i,lki0, extend the serviie to all The estimate* which master general w il year probably will as it is proposed to parts of tiie countrL will be submitted jo congress for tiie reg rvice, it i* understood, increase of 8.8 per of w in i ular free delivery si will be $17,140.000 »n cent over the appropriation for last year. St. Petersburg, Nov. 13. Two hun t dred and fifty girls, pupils of the on , ley Institute, a boarding school patron Ixed exclusively by the nobility, were' j . « __• j„_» cvmntoma of , taken sic wi; j' evening. It po «>"» , haye dled feut that covered. The poison faulty metallic - MeCor'« Wife Cel« Her Divorce. NVw York. Nov. 11.—The referee in 'it bnught bV Mrs. Norman' husband' Norman Selby , hD report *nd wife ia entitled to rla Polaowed. School til ! is the others have rec Ing Is attributed to cooking Utensiln . the divorce Selbv against her (Kid McCoy), has filed finds that the pugilist's her divorce. I khsummeim! RUSSIANS GETTING ATABtem j ■-- I .. Irr ih Threatened with ituiu—i 're A.kina t.m. duel. I _n.. ... « » .... „ I Hill *iuflVr Tkprpfrum. _ M Petersburg No* 15—The Rooms' a • . ursour#, i.*. â ne Kooanja ti,e ol 'igmal discovery that lu« t hin. -e troubles "threaten to ruin the lu *'"' J " w "P ire " ,f ,lle P"*«*. il » ! a..ded, eontiuue then- pre-ent policy, China wul be unable to pay a money mue .. l0, ' W,1 '"" tly Uu ' . . . and secure mining, railroad and comme r * J l vonc*es«iuih* whjdi will ivsult in tli«; division of China into aphem« of mtiueme and ultimately into the partition of China, , in spue of the assurances of tiie powers to the contrary. The Cliinem*, it u lari her asserted, indignant, will emigrate to fci ! and the "yellow horde will again | "precipitate itself toward huro|>euii Itus- j wliich will sink to the position of s | second rank i>owcr. 1 lie other powers j probuuiy will ne satisfied with this c 1 eii.u j aiity, tlieir inteiests being solely couuuer * 1 . I'rlrrsburic l-apera Itrrlarr ihr 'rial." worse and »ay* the powers must set moe peiidently. iieneelonh, it asserts, each 'power must bear the responsibility of its jown army. The paper adds: "W hile tiie minister* were in danger there was some excu-c fol a commander in chief, but after Russia fr*-e*l Tientsin and planted the first tlag on the walls of 'l'ekiu, she wisely with-iew a majority of jher troop* from CXiunt von W aidersee * eommand. The other power* should close )y define von Waldersee's functions.'' Continuing tho Ja pines.-Rusian ui* |vu*sion, the Novoe Vrunya aa\s: "The hnglish journals 111 me Japuieie pm is are convinced the Japanese van eas jy vampiish the Russians. However, ...e i-.nglish backdown in the va-e of Port Ar thur has uja-neU Japane-e eyes. The pies ent campaign gave the arnii«*» of the two [lowers an opportunity to learn and e* u-eui each oilier.'' 'Ilie Novoe Vremya find* the situation lake their .■several of the papers from the Novoe \ remya and follow up ils argument in the same strain. Gazette observe* that "all the nations are seeking a Japanese alliance, but Rus-ia's alone is valuable. " The pa per adds: "Russia and Japan will dil ute the future of east Asia. cue IVkin, Nov. 15.—A protracted confer ,-ucc of the loreign ministers was held to day, at the conclusion ot winch there was a general expression of gratification at the 1 piogress made toward reaching a »cltle | ment. It was stated that most of the I umiur poiuts had been disposed of, and ; t i, al an agreement had been reached upon I »j-veral essential questions. The meeting j disused fewer difficulties over important I [mint* than was expected, which is largely ,, UL . to t [ le f acl that the iiiini*ters have re w i v ,j definite instructions from their Jtoerse K»»ffnh Crlllcisin». Washington, Nov. 15. Tue rather »*• vere eritieisms of tiie Knglish press u[hhi the attitude of the United Male* relative to tiie Uhinese eomplieations Ui**-d upon the advices of their American coin-[»ind ent* liave naturally attracted a great deal of attention here. Ministers Uettinn Tuxrlkrr. United States Mm home guvci liment», ister Conger said he was encouraged to be lieve that proposals would be reudy to be submitted at an earlier date than be had heretofoie hoped. The ministers will meet again tomorrow. Reliable information from Nieuehwang indicates u disturbed condition of affairs Robbers and [mates are harrying llie region and paralyzing commerce. The Russians are making an effort to press the troubles except along toe raii The weather is becoming colder, nightly frosts, hut the supp*y of fuel t here. 'I* way. w ith i» g oo*l and tiie troop» are uot suffering. 01» vr«raa line. Indianapolis Ind., Nov. 12.-Captatn George W; Jenkins, died at his home in this city aged 68 years. He weut [ west overland to California with the goid seekers of 1849. From 1860 to 1882 he was a Mississippi steamboat man. During the civil war he was a captain under Admiral Porter, and at the siege of Vicksburg displayed con spicuous gallantry. ! qa«r <>r(«l« ot Fleet Ion. New York, Nov. 12.—Ex-Senator Ma thew S. Quay of Pennsylvania and « |*arty of friend* have arrived at his winter home. I The senator will remain here during the w i ter fie stated today he was ab olut* ly certain of over 150 votes on joint ballot in the Pennsylvania legislature for the an i ate aud he expected to be elected. , »«id»» •* •a«R««v i.f,-. hntti*. Weaned and worn with life, battle. for^fiki'n bv fricmlB, turiM^d from bom® by relatives and failing in bu»inea«. An thony Schall, an old man. shot himself through the heart in a small room in tfie rear of his store at Slfitf Post street. [ Death occurred instantly. He was from Elwood, Md. .T"***" .V*?"' ... Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 14. A special to the Newt from Montreal aaya: A. 8. and W. II. Masterman, p-rk packer», have con sent«! to assign, with liabilities of about $200,000. WASHINGTON. Kalama is to have a new sewerage system. There are 24 buildings now in course j of construction In Republic. Heavy rains have caused the Colum I bia to rise four feet at Chelan Falls. The Prosser school district has de- sidl'd to employ an additional teocher. I A fUnd f. * 12 - 000 has alread y I*®« I guaranteed for the Elks carnival next year at Tacoma. • ^ vale Kreuderof the Sixth Cavalry ft t Spokane was badly Injured by be lug thrown from his horse. The state land commissioner has ail- a ! vertised several lots and tract, .in the ' township of Zillah and vicinity for lease. i to Emil Brandt, who was sandbagged at'taken Snohomish recently, has regained con- ! of gclouancsA and there is hope of hla re eovery. «on The residence of Colonel W. 8. Me- fo Kee, at Seattle, was robbed of fl,500 worth of articles recently, while the ! family was absent. | \ cave-in at mine No. 7 at Carbona- 1 be j Jo resulted in the death of three mine ' | employes. The accident was caused j py tbe giving way of one of the large 1 j supporting beams, U ■ south of Rltzville, was accidentally killed. While handling a 38-oalibre re volver one of tiie chambers was dts There were 119 cars of wheat ship ped from Harrington to West Superior, 1 Wis, and 75 cars of flour to the coast ! j by David Speigle was shot last week ! noar Wilbur by William Phoonlx. | Two years ago Speegle shot Bob Phoe- to nix. and a vendetta was sworn. for export during October. Harry Miller, arrested at lai (îrandc, Ore., for the murder of W. W. Scott, at. Prosser, has been identified by Brown lng and Frost, two men sent from Kl- 1 on a to see the man. The sorghum mills at North Yakima 1 are In operation. J. D. Simon will 1 make about 800 gallons and 8 Bergev- ! »< en 200 gallons of the syrup. They are selling It for 40 cents per gallon. William Gasklll, living 12 miles a to sharged. 'I'he ball entered GaskiH's breast and came out under the left arm, causing instant death. In 20 of the principal buildings erected by Spokane people this year there lias been spent over $700,000. This Includes the cost of buildingt* for business am! public purimses only. I-eonard Miller, an employe of the Bayview brewery, was killed last week by a fellow workman named Frank Rager, In the flreroom of the brewery. He was struck over the bead with a brick. The tragedy was the result of a quarrel. sii Friends of Frank Laws, a farmer living 14 miles south of Spokane on the road to Spangle, claims hat he Is ! of the oldoHt voter In Spokane county and that there la doubt If there ia another man in the state has cast more votes. Laws la 93 years old. vote for Andrew Jackson In 1828, he having then but reached his majority. He cast his first Kreearal Skirmishes. Lmdon, Nov. 14.—Under date of Jo hannesburg, November 12, laird Kobcit* telegraphs to the war office as follows: "Kundle reports akiruiishe* with small parties of Boer* in the ilarri»initli, Reitz and Vredo district» recently, mandoes appear to be acting independent ly and with no object except to give a* much annoyance as |..***ible to the Brit , ' 11 Butte, Mont., Nov. 12.—Fire broke out In the 200-foot level of the Bell The coin i*h. Our casualties in these skirmishes were two killed and seven wounded. "Douglas* arrived at Ventersdorp No vember 11 from ZeruHt, capturing during the march 21 pijsoneis and a quantity of cattle and sheep. Ycntersdurp, which ha* been a depot of supplie»* for the Boera, will now he cleared out." B«((e Miar <»■ Fire. mine, an Amalgamated Copper Com pany property. It la under control, but grave apprehension* are entertained that it can not be extinguished. The ore in thls mln ® >» fre ® n>ming. oon talning a large percentage of sulphur, [ * nd flr ® on< ® »tarted la a hard propo "Glon to handle. The loss will oer *•»"»* Ur K®- T *>® 8 ° urc ® «* the fire ** unknown, Maar Vraaela WnrktX. London. Nov. 14.—A fierce gale swept over the Knglish channel last night, cans ing a number of wrecks, including the Hildegarde. bound for Shield*, near Wey mouth. There were no fat.tlili*-». Tiie Ketch Georgina was lost off ILy ling i»Lnd. All on board were drowned. I T« F rw aerao Tr«»(a. ,j ai . kwin , Mi»*., Nov. ll.-Attornev MeCJorg flli-d a decLration s [ (ircmi court charging 19 cotton oil mill* j n the state with violating the new anti trust law. The declaration ask* for a forfeiture of charter «ml that the »tatu * ory '"P 08 « 1 - AtlanU. Ga., Nov. 14.—A bill to dis franchise the negro was introduced in the lower houae Tuesday. A similar hill was | .introduced at the last session and defeated. The P*»alaliaa ot CvlorisOa. Washington—The e*-n*os bureau ha» an noum-ed the population of Colorado. Hie [»lpt1 lat ion of the state in I90U is 539.71«. a* compared with a population in IMS 1 of 412.I9H. representing an inerea-w during the decade of 127AIR!, or 30.9 |»r eent. In IS A POINT FOR SETTLEHENT. , Washington, Nov. 14.—In addition to the point* to be agreed upon at Pekin, as a ba»i» for settlement with China, as an ' nouueed in cable dispatches, it is under 'stood tluu several other poiuts ate likeiy i to receive attention when the matter is at'taken up with the Uh.* envois. On tt ! of these is a* to making the city of IV hin an "oj»*n port,'* for while it i* not «on the avacoasi die purpose is to extend fo u lieedom of commerce and nit.r.ours, with foreigners which now applies io those open port« designated by the ireatio* w ith lUuna. The suggestion mat this action 1 be taken has been made in high Chium ' quarters and its advisability is urgtsl lie cause 1'ekin, .1» the capital of the i.liinese 1 empire, is the center of influence through U hen (he Muller Is Taken la With • kin esc kmoys- («allai I'ssish. usenl and Tbelr 1'ulnl—Hassiaas tssliirr aa Arsenal. of a to of at ■ oui lue couitlry. A not Iter point which may lie proposed i* 1 that capital punishment, by beiieadiug or ! other w i«e, »liait not occur in tue I urine j by imperial edict alone, but only after a ! trial such as is given in civilised eoun | lr»*, the accuse*i having an opportunity to be heard. This doc» not apply to the execution» made nci-c-»ar\ Iq me Boxer m.iM-mciit. from tlip viceroys of the southern 1 voice» of China, who thu* tar have been 1 they were »nocked by the execution ot 1 'I*« acting viceroy ot Chi-li, and also ! »< rtl "'g mul they feared thin would have .1 (Hliciai di'p.itehc* have Iwcn leceii UuUe liiriidly to fulcigliei». » La ting Uial a sei tous effect in tho»e localities In tod to lavoiably disposed. 'I wo lluiidrrd rklnne Killed. Jauidon, Nov. 14.—-A *[«*-ial di»|Hitcn Ilium i icuuiii, dated November 10, »ay» a loive ol Russian* lia» captured me arsenal nurilieuat id \iligl»uu with lilllilig b»w, killing 200 t luue*e and capturing a ■|ii.i 111 it y id arm* and treasure. Mreri-IHr) ll«> IrrllMled. New N hi k, Nov. Id. A -|s-eial to the ileiald III.Ill Washington says: ■nui 11 imUteil over •Vsietary Day riiiuiu lruiu f'ckm sho.iiug that tue U1111 isu-ls ale delci mini d lu puliivli every in ffuemin! Cblliamuii who tney think 1» responsible lor the leieiil «ullage* aim mg also tliul the imleiumty to be ue u.ai.d-d w.ll le .eii ^(iOU U*H),llUU sii i he » e a tcUiy is anxious liiut Ilu- [lowers shall »ubtuu demands that can be accepted by Unina. Ullmui» at Dashmgton hold tbai ! example» should lie nude only ol tiiosi conspicuously guilty and that the amount of unii-iiiuity »iiouhi certainly 1101 be mm» Uiau $2IMJ,Uo(i,tXS). D is pointed out that it all the leading men are sentenced to death they will 111 sell defense organize a resistance whicu will ueeesaiUite further military opcia lions, the end of winch no one can line the president and Mr. liay are , ' ,lt ,,r foreign mails, says In his an ' 11 ual report that there were 8,325,094 pound» of mail matter dispatched by sea to foreign countries during the last fiscal year. Ot this 5,072,433 pounds were for trans-Atlantic destinations, almost 2,500 pounds going to Groat Britain. The trans-Atlantic malls in crease*] 429,947 pounds over the pre ted ing year. The aggregate cost of the foreign mail service was $2,158,083. It 18 estimated that $4,318,804 wm re by the postofflee department as postage on articles exchanged with all forelgu countries. Captain Brooks says the rule under which the mails for trans-Atlantic ('esUnatlons were for many years ascigned to the rastest ves sels available for their conveyance had not been rigidly adhered to during the year Just closed, preference having been given to vessels flying the flag of the United States. The department records of the steamers which carried malls for trans-Atlantic points test year shows that tbÄ Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, in 153.7 hours mnde the quicker trip between New York and I/ondon poetofflees, with the Lucania, 159 C hours, next, while I.a Campagne, 159.6. and I Bretagne, 159.5, made the quickest trips between New York and Faria see. anxiously aw ailing the lenult of the de liberations of tile unmalcia. 11 is auid Lite ministers are nut pleased over the leceul developments. I nrle Sum's Mall. Captain H. M. Brooks, superintend a Boise, Idaho, Nov. 9.—About four fifth« of llie vote of Idaho haa been reported. Bryan has a plurality of 1300; Glenn, [''»ion. for congres«, has 802, and Hunt, fusionist, for governor, 1441. The fuaion ist» have 42 member* of the legislature, the republicans 25, with three unreported, | Thi* w ill retire George L. Shoup from tha ' United States senate. The parcels poet malle dispatched to the United States during tho year ag gregated 138,198, an Increase of 28.62 per cent over the previous year. The report makes a strong plea for the In ternational parcels post service. The report says no tidings have ever been received of the steamer Llverno of 8I0 man's Brazil line, which aalled from New York for Rio de Janeiro with malls for Brazil. Idaho for Bryan. j IDAHO. Frank Sheehan, a barber, d ro p p ed dead of heart di sea se at Mace, recently. Ward n er's echool population this year la more than doubl# that of last. Theodore Fohl la confined la the hos pital at Moscow with a severe wooad In his leg. The next quarterly examination of teachera will be held In Moecow No vember 22-24. Owing to a scarcity of can In the Potlatch, the grain bualneaa la qutot, although the warehouses are well filled. The Northern Pacific safe at Oeear d'Alene, was robbed of $150 one dar last week while the agent was at din ner. Professor French of tho Uni ver s i ty of Idaho announces that ha will boM a farmers' Instituts at Troy In tho aaar future. C. lame of Post Falls lost a valuahls team of horses on Sunday last. White crossing the river shout two mites above that place something startled tha animals and they backed off the tarry and were drowned. Kdward Rice, convicted of tho mur der of Matt Malley, has been sentenced to bo hanged on December 81, the teat day of the century. About 125 tons of green prunes hava been dried In Troy this season by tho drier, and there are still about SO tons of green prunea now stored In tha building. Henry R. Moalor was Inatanly killed by raving rock In the Standard mins at Mace, last week. Deceased was 24 veara old and unmarried, his parents living at Oswego, Kan. Treasury drafts, amounting to f92, 561.12, which represent tho last pay ment that will be mads by the govern ment to the Net Pores Indiana, reach ed the Lapwal agency test week. Article« have been filed In the of fi ce of the secretary of state by which the Chickasaw Mining A Smelting company of Spokane, Wash., becomes a corpora tion under the laws of Idaho. The president has Issued an order placing under the control of the secre tary of the Interior for disposition un der the law all of the land Included within the limits of the military res ervation of Fort Sherman, Idaho, re served under previous executive or ders. C. H. Arney, secretary of the Idaho State Land Hoard, sold a large amount of Kchool laud In laitab county recently. I'lie land was sold at auction nod brought an averuge price of |17 an acre. Hrltlah Uot Mad. Vancouver, H. C., Nov. 12. -The bit ter radical controversy Itetween French Canadian* ami Britisher» culmin ated today in a Hag incident at the neigh Ixuing city of New We*lmin»ter, wliere piohably serious ronscqiieuce» were only Ihorltie». On the new »tone poatoMc« a verteil by the prompt action of tha au huildiiig, in procma of eoiutruction, are employed a number of French-OinadkjMt brought thither for that work from Quebec. They were given a Saturday half holiday and hoivted the union Jack and tiie French tri color on tiie «urne pote Um B ritish Hag was removed surreptitiously ami when the French ensign was diacov eted flouting alone over the government building a crowd of Kngliahmen gathered to pull it down, 'the Fn-n h-Canadi nado femh-d their Hag and a general hand-to numl conflict followed. The authoritieo stofiped the fight by pulling down Uia of fending flag. The occurrence has caused intense feeling between representatives of the two nationaliuee. A fXUU OrtaklaX. Uheago, Nov. 13.— W. F. Millick, who aaya he ia from Helena, Mont., waa forci bly removed from the Auditorium Annex today, and will be held pending investi gation into his mental eomlition. Millick has been »tupping at the hotel eeveral day». traded the attention of the men igimenl This morning Millick went into the din ing room and ordered a "breakfast for *2W." f«i a more definite order, and the police, »ho were called, only arrested him after a straggle. (Millick claims to be n «took man worth «!,(MJOjOOO. llie eccentric action» have at IU became vioieat when aakad HrKlalrr 1« *allrt«4. Washington, Nov. 14.—At tha wet ing of the cabin» recently President Mc Kinley, diacuasing the recent electioaa and their result«, ex pressed the hop# that every member of bis cabinet would main in the official family during tha next four yearn tie regarded the result ol Die elections as an indorsement not only of his own ideas and policim, but also of the administration of every department of the government. New York, Nor. 12— R. G. Dun, baud of tha mercantile agency Arm of K. G. Dun A Co., died ia this city of ah rko «a of the liver. Mr. Dun waa bon ta ' Cm.licotbe, O, in 188A 8a had bean an* Denver. Col., Nor. 12.— f'oionci W. J Bryan ha* declined an offer of an editorial position on a Denver afternon newspaper at a salary of $10,0(J0 a year. Ia hie ro ply whk-h was telegraphed from Liaeota, Neh., he «ays: "I shall remain here and in the future as in the past defend With tongue and pea the principlee which I believe to be right and the policiee I believe to be wise." R. 6. Dan In Domd. j faring since the early pmrfaof last