The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1892-11-12
OCCIDENTAL MELANCE
Discovery Of Valuable Coal Fields
in Eastern Oregon.
THE ORANGE AND OLIVE CROPS.
Amended Articles of Association, InC0r.
poration and Consolidation Of
the Southern Pacific.

p0rdtl0n anu C0lSOlluatlun OF
the Southern Pacific.
There are six newspapers at Phoenix
A. T.
Kingston, N. NJ, is to have a IS ,0O
school house.
A serious outbreak among the Navajo.
lie threatened.
Los Angeles is to have On artificial
stone factory.
Rains in Southern Arizona have i'm.
proved the cattle industry.
Five hundred black bass have been
placed in the Willamette river above
Salem.
The orange and olive crops in the South
promise to be large, while that OF lemons
will be short.
Box cars are 90 scarce throughout East.
ern Oregon that coal cars are used 70
carry wheat. Threshing is not com.
pleted in that section.
Phil Sheridan's cavalry saber, which
he used while 1t Fort Yamhill, is said
to be owned by An Indian on the Grand
Ronde reservation.
The perpetrator of the many robberies
at Los Angeles has been captured. He
gives the name of Robert Williams. He
Is about twenty-three years old.
Sing High, q Chinese laundryman.
left Boise City, Idaho, last week on his
way to China. He took with him $l4,-
ooO In money As . souvenir OF his stay
in Idaho.
William Turner, owner Of the Senator.
Snowstorm and John L. Sullivan mines
at Greenhorn, has refused an offer of
$4,000 for these properties made by
syndicate Of Portland capitalists.
The line between Idaho and Washing
ton counties is being surveyed. The re-
suit is being watched with interest, as it
will determine in which county in Idaho
the rich Seven Devils mining district be-
longs.
The business men OF Salt Lake have
forced the railroads into concessions that
will be worth more than 81 900, 900 a
year to them. The suit before the Inter
state Commerce Commission is to be
withdrawn.
The discovery OF valuable coal fields
near Auburn, in Eastern Oregon, is re-
ported, and preparations are being made
to develop the property on a large scale.
Heretofore no coal veins worth develop
ing have been found in that entire sec
ton.
In street fight at Los Angeles An
dreas Lugo shot Francisco Figueroa
through the lungs, when the latter
stabbed Lugo in the neck, killing him
instantly. Both men belonged to the
Oldest Spanish families in that part OF
the State.
Hattie ]. Pound, ADMINISTRATIVE of the
estate of her usband, William J. Pound,
the fireman fatally hurt in an accident
on the Union Pacific below Pendleton.
has filed suit against the railroad COM
pany for 5000 damages. Carelessness
and undue speed are alleged.
A proclamation in Chinese was posted
in Chinatown at Victoria, B. c., offering
n reward OF 81 500 to any one who will
put to death two Chinese who gave evil
dence in court against the keepers of
gambling houses and lotteries. Those
whose names are attached to the procla-
nation repudiate it as forgery.
Frank Myers, the editor OF the juneau
Mining Record, and William Coon, a
druggist, both Of Juneau, Alaska, were
taken to Sitka on the last trip OF the
steamer Mexico, charged with the at
tempted poisoning of the family of
United States Commissioner Hoyt by
sending him two doctored watermelons.
At Boise, Idaho, Fred A. wilkie, a
well known publisher, has been arrested
Tor the embezzlement OF about g., 900 of
the funds OF the Boise Baptist Church.
Wilkie practically admits his guilt. He
10 leader in all the local religious move
ments. The church trustees had such
implicit faith in Wilkes honesty that
they required him to give no bonds.
James MeElvey, a wealthy hermit liy-
Ing In shanty on Kneeland Prairie, |
Hum boldt county, Cal, had been found |
dead in the woods near his place. His |
flesh had been partly devoured by dogs.
which were his only companions for
many months. When found it was sun
posed he had been dead a week or more.
He was a we'll known stock raiser in
former years.
The new lighthouse just completed
on Northwest Seal Rock, near Crescent
City, was lighted one day last week for
The first time. The light is l45 feet above
high water, and may be seen from ejgh-
'een miles out at sea. A fog signal il
operated in connection with the light-a
welve-inch steam whistle, giving blasts
D. nye seconds duration, separated by ,
iient intervals Of thirty seconds. ,
Probate Judge Baxter at Phoenix A.
T., has appointed w. NJ. Heiwert adj
OF the estate of Rodalf NOM
Who committed suicide some time since, a
donz was connected with a noble and C
wealthy family in Germany, from which t
10 mas been receiving an annuity. but ?
'eiore his death he DESTROYED every {
'estige OF writing from which their e
whereabouts might be learned, hence 4
he disappointment. His estate consists
y diamonds, jewelry and real estate in y
Tucson. :" a
Amended articles Of association. incor.
'oration and consolidation of the south. |,
IN Pacific Railway Com pany were filed a
n the County Clerks office at San Fran. o
'isco the other day. The document se,s Il
orth the names OF the railroads in Cali. S
ornia, which consolidated in 1899 nm. a
Ter the name OF the Southern Pacific
galway Company, with an aggregate n
apltal OF $l42, $780, which was sab h
reduced to 800. 900, coo. Sen. Is
ember q the board OF directors voted IL
make certain amendments in the cor. r
Grafton, which are embodied in the ii
aper just filed. The names. length a,
nd general direction of the thirty,sir y;
Dads and branches included in the in. r.
'rporation are fully set FORTH The en-.
re length OF the road and its branches h,
sgregate S,Ssl.S9 miles, and the dura. "a
on OF the corporation is fifty yea-s W
ON May 4, 1883. The seven directors so
Q: Charles +. Croker, G. p. Hunt n,
gton. Charles Mayne, w. V, Hunting x
n, N. 7. Smith, J. l.. Wilcutt and 4 II,
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