The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1892-03-26
Jerry Simpsons Choice
for President.
CHICAGO'S TUNNEL A FAILURE
Postmaster Becomes Tired Of Hearing
Kicks. and Proceeds to Put a
Stop to Kicking.

Expert engineers pronounce Chicago's
big tunnel failure.
A new road is projected to connect
Lakes Superior and Michigan.
Washington is passing through an ep-
idemic Of murder and suicide.
The Attorney General is investigating
rumors Of q cattle trust in Kansas City.
Ex.Auditor Laville OF Daviess county,
Ind, is now known to be short SIS, 463.
The President has made public the
reciprocity proclamation with Nicaragua.
Fred Douglass accepts the position OF
representative from Hayti to the World g
Fair.
Fourteen indictments in all have been
found against the Louisiana lottery OH
cials.
Legal proceedings will at once be be-
gun against all the lotteries in Ken
lucky.
Jerry Simpsons choice for the third
party Presidential candidate is lgnatius
Donnelly.
Central Park, New York, is reported
to be invaded by lot OF wild and fero-
cious dogs.
San Antonio, Tex, is without money.
1t was unable to pay its officials for the
past month.
According to the recent State enumer-
alton New York would be entitled to
three more congressman.
! DR.. Thomas s. Robertson of New York
has a new treatment for alcoholism, and
many patients testify to its efficiency.
1t is expected that the long-distance
] al hD, l,Dn hat ,,,I
York will be completed within a year.
The relief fund in Philadelphia for the
Russian famine sufferers now amounts to
$l0l ,296. 1t is in charge OF Drexel 4 Co.
The Legislature of Ohio has decreed
that the car stove must go by Septem Der
|, 1898, on all roads over forty miles in
length.
! The Standard Oil Company is said to
possess all the gas leases in Indiana,
with the exception OF those OF Peru and
kokomo.
The new Woodbridge gun under con-
struction at WATERFOWL arsenal is ex-
pected to throw 500 pound projectile
twelve miles.
George Francis Train modestly de-
clines to talk OF his chances for Presi-
Dental nomination by the third party at
Omaha on July I.
sailed last week from New York for Lii
IBERIA. They were sent out by the Amer
lean Colonization Society.
A syndicate at Indianapolis has been
given thirty days option on the Citi-
zens' Railway Comp any OF Chicago. The
option price is 81, 80 900.
The widow OF Jefferson Davis has
/ brought suit in the United States Circuit
Court in New York to restrain the Bel
lord Company from selling her book.
/ The prospects of a large yield OF fruit
in Southern Indiana were never better
than at present, with the exception OF
the peach crop, which will be very much
smaller.
! The wellknown economist and tinan-
cier, Erastus Wiman, talks seriously OF
war between England and the United
States as the outcome of the Behring
Sea complications.
/ Vice President Oakman of the New
Jersey Central says he has been offered
the Presidency Of the Richmond Ter
minal, and that the affairs OF the com
! pany will be settled at once.
The New York Stock Exchange has
placed in the unlisted department s25,-
10000 OF new sugar stock, which was
authorized at the last meeting OF the
stockholders of the sugar trust.
Barrett Scott, Treasurer Of Holt coun-
ty, Neb., has been impeached by the
Board OF Supervisors and removed from
office for depositing moneys in his own
name and pocketing the interest.
| A deal has been perfected by which
/ the Baltimore and Ohio railroad secures
control Of all the Richmond Terminal
| properties, the Richmond and Danville
| system with its leased lines and the East
Tennessee system.
The emigration movement continues
in Arkansas, and from present indica-
/ tons it is estimated that fully 1000 ne
groes will EN- grate within the next two
or three months, some going to Oklaho-
ma and others 10 Liberia.
| A Congressional apportionment bill.
which as nearly as possible div sdes the
State equally between the two parties,
has been prepared at Albany, and will
speedily he passed by the Legislature
and signed by the Governor OF New
York.
A number Of lightweight gold pieces
from California have have been received
at the New York Subtreasury. These
are stamped al" and returned to the
banks from which they are received. 1t
is thought the Chinese are sweating"
the coin.
Ex-Governor Thayer has made move
toward contesting the right Of Governor
Boyd to hold the Office OF Governor OF
\nhraako 10
date from the United States Supreme
Court had yet been issued reversing the
State Courts holding.
An unusual amount OF inventive talent
is now being used to prevent the occur
renee OF fires. The spur in this line il
caused by the statement OF fire losses in
the United States and Canada during
1891, which aggregated sl35 900, 900, an
increase OF 70 per cent. over 1880.
The House Committee on Naval Az
fairs has made an elaborate report On
the condition Of the navy and the est
mates necessary TO continue ship bulld.
ing, which, the report adds, has been
remarkably successful, there having
been but few insignificant mistakes.
At Cheyenne d. s. Griffin protested to
the postmaster, because his daughter
was unable to secure his mail unless
with written order. Gillispie, the post
master, said he was tired OF hearing
kicks, and with club smashed GriffiD's
head. Griffin is not expected to rec over.
Governor Flower Of New York refused
to sign the Cross town Elevated railroad
bill and the East-river bridge bill re-
Gently passed by the Legislature at Al
bany on the ground that the corporations
thus created were exempted by the bills
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