The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1892-03-19
Mining Excitement in
California.
FORGED ORDERS DISCOVERED.
An Escaped Convict From San Quentin
Caught After Being Free for
Several Years.

Governor Colcord has appointed Apri
! ~ the arbor day for Nevada.
The Dayton mine at Silver City, New.
10 being worked under lease.
At Boise, Idaho, one Rumpel is suin,
the Union Pacific for 81, 900 for the los.
OF leg at Nampa.
San Diego, it is said, is to be made tn.
distributing point Of the st. Paul ant
Tacoma Lumber Company.
The British government refuses to rec
ognixe the claim Of Captain Mclean
seized by the Russians in the Behrins
Sea, to the protection of the British flag
Tobias H. Selling, +. prominen. resi-,
Gent OF Phoenix. A. T., killed himself,
owing to financial losses and involve,
ments in the expenditure of the funds
OF the Knights of Pythias lodge.
At Victoria, B. c., the eagles have
been set free from the park, the wolves
shot, and the deer will be liberated, ow.
ing to the refusal OF the Council to ap-
propriate funds for their support.
Bradstreet's mercantile agency reports
fourteen failures in the Pacific Coast
States and Territories for the past week.
against twenty-three the previous week
and twenty the same week of 1891.
The report that the First National
Bank of Great Falls, Mont, is in the
hands OF bank receiver is false, and
reward has been offered for the name OF
the person who originated the report.
A number OF forged orders on various
departments at Sacramento for salaries
are In existence, amounting altogether
10 over 81 100. The foryeries were dis.
covered on presentation OF several TO the
City Auditor.
The suit of Mrs. A J. Fiske against
the Travellers Insurance Company for
80, 900 on the life of her husband. ]. D.
Fiske, is on trial at Fresno. Fiske il
will be remembered, was shot and killed
by John Stillman.
Inc residents of Nogales, A. T., and
settlers in the vicinity have organized a
protective association to fight the Cam
efon grant title, which embraces about
xo,UOO acres on the American side of the
line, including the town OF Nogales,
The appearance of United States treops
ut Ukiah, CAL, seems to have given a
surprise to the people. 1t is claimed
tnere nave been gross misrepresentation
over the occupation OF reservation lands.
ana that there is no dispute that cannot
be settled by the courts.
A dispatch from Phoenix. A. +. savs
An order has been received discontinn.
ing all Wells-Fargo agencies on the stage
lines in the Territory. This arrangement
leaves several important towns without
express. Private parties have arranged
to carry on the business as before.
General Eli H. Murray of San Diego.
formerly Governor OF Utah, has been |
appointed receiver of the California Saw.
lngs Bank at San Diego by the Superior
Court under proceedings instituted by
Hart on behalf OF the
Bank Commissioners of California.
Information has arrived at Holbrook
T., OF the death or capture of the
band OF renegade Apache Indians who
AVE infested the borders of White
Mountain Indian reservation. The hand
numbered five bucks and six women
md children. Three men were killed.
Five vessels of the Pacific squadron
MI remain at Victoria during the sum-
ner and three in southern waters, Those
remain at Victoria are the Warspite
hampton, Pheasant, Daphne and Mel,
omene, while the Nymphe and Garnet .
NIL look after British interests in the
outh. - VIC
There is big mining excitement ON !
ne South Fork of Clear creek, known as
he South Fork district, sixteen miIes
est OF Anderson, Shasta county. Cal
'ich silver ore has been taken from
lree uncovered mines lately. The ore
Nils from 1880 to $500 ton. Money is !;
Tor the erection OF reduction works.
rospectors are going in squads daily. =
Just after the polls closed in the re- n
mt municipal election at Sacramento a d
IN Francisco politician named "Biy a
eek Smith shot and killed Patrick a
fannigan, plasterer, during a quarrel T
'out the election. Smith shot Branni- h
n twice, and as the latter fell. Smith
aced the pistol to his head and fred al
ird shot. Brannigan died instantly. b
The grip has again reached the In. G.
ans In Alaska, and the fatalities are dl
~ severe according to a recent arrival al
Victoria, B. c., from Alaska. The Ell
dams around juneau, Wrangel and hi
meat, says this authority, are in a IN
lte OF terror, and at all the camps and tr
lagos holes have been dug, into which In
dead Indians are unceremoniouslv IL
rown. tie
John McAdoo has been arrested a
'ckton and identified as an escane CO
IN San Quentin in 1885. He had lived ex
stockton several years, but one dav do
caught stealing, and an investiga- tic
n OF his home showed he had long IN
'ried on a system of thefts. He orig, hi
NY was sent from San Francisco to tn
son Tor ten years on a charge of as Sc
lit with intent TO murder. lea
1t Oreana, Owyhee county. Idaho ca
pnty Constable Fleming shot and in, IN
nifty killed Samuel J. Pritchard. a ers
putty United States Marshal, FLEMING re,
! q warrant for Pritchard's arrest on a
lple assault charge, and because the sla
'er would not "hold up his hands y AT zen
command OF Fleming he was shot car
're ~ much excitement over the af- r';o
:. Pritchard was unarmed. ms
While the members OF the Order of ny.
'sen Friends were dropping sprigs of wa,
rgreen in the grave OF Colonel John ri;
3rady at Virginia City the other dav. The
her Lynch forbade that ceremony the
order was not obeyed, when the a. Chi
announced that hereafter no mem t;or
OF the Order Of Chosen Friends The
Id be allowed to enter the conse- IN !,
cd ground Of the Catholic cemetery ths
representative body. He also spoke sn;,
aragingly Of the custom of placing was
y emblematic offerings on the biers can,
oss...ap eIso o;1 Inc unusual inci Rus
graveside, and caused widespread navi
neut. ao,,