The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-07-15
The Reported Conditions of
the Various Crops.
DESTITUTION IN WEST KANSAS
Outcome of the Weather Bureau
Investigation at Washing
ton-The Mississippi.

The work OF overhauling the halls OF
Congress is being pushed rapidly.
Toronto is wrestling with the question
OF running street ears on Sunday.
Leadville, Col, is filling up with idle
men, owing to the shutting down OF the |
mines.
Serious charges of discrimination have |
been filed against number OF roads en- |
terins Chicago by local merchants.
BY using cotton picking machines a
crop can now be raised in some districts |
Of the South at cost of 2ls cents a
pound.
Near Nalecitos, Tex, the Rangers and
a band OF Mexican horsethieves had Il
fight, and Captain Jones OF the Rangers
was killed.
There is restitution in parts OF Kan
>as. The wheat crop is u failure in large
sections. The Legislature may be called
in extra session.
Guileless immigrants landing in New
York sometimes are bunkoed into the
exchange OF good European money for
Confederate bills.
Secretary OF State Lesueur is receiving
complaints from all over Missouri re-
garding combinations OF insurance
agents to put up rates.
Governors will be elected next Novem-
Der in Ohio. Iowa, Massachusetts and
Virginia. The contests in Ohio and Iowa
will be the most interesting OF them all.
Tn. other day workmen in an old house
in Philadelphia, at one time occupied by
William Penn, discovered a lot oil an
cient coin and English bank notes hid
den under the flooring.
The receipts of the government Tor the
year aggregated $5S5, 900, 900, while the
expenditures will loot up 1888, 900 90,
leaving L surplus OF receipt, above eN-
pendtures OF s2,OoO 900.
The Department OF Agriculture Is
about to Introduce calla-hly roots ~ u
vegetable. In appearance the root re-
sembles an Irish potato; it Is easily
propagatei and palatable.
The banks At Independence, Kan,
have arranged a series oil electrical alarm
bells, which are placed III different por-
tions OF the business part OF the city.
The town l. now fully prepared Tor rob
hers.
\ -ut has been instituted at New York
against Senator Squire vi the state pt
Washington u recover = ,Ouo, 600 hIch,
il i claimed. the senator owes tine
plaintiffs tor lands sold and which be-
Dnged to them.
lh, outcome OF the weather bureau
investigation at Washington j. the ex.
oneration OF Prof. Harrington and the
dismissal oi MCLAUGHLIN, chief Of the
executive division, who preferred the
charges On which the Investigation was
based.
The new military order signed bv the
ia ,1., ,, ~
Arizona. and places Arizona, New Mex
leo, Utah and Colorado in the new de-
partmeut California j. restored 10 the
Department OF California, with head
quarters AZ san Francisco.
The abolition OF seed distribution
through members OF Congress and thu
charging vi the cost OF meat Inspection
upon the packers are likely To De- two Ot
the leaiIn. recommendation in the an
nual report OF Secretary Morton Of the
Department Vi Agriculture.
Ex-senator Tabor, Thomas VI. Patter-
son and a number OF business men At
Denver have urged Governor West 10
call special session Ot the Legislature
for the purpose Of passing an act stay
ing proceedings for the collection OF
debts. The Chamber OF Commerce i
opposed 70 the plan.
The citizens OF Chicago have been Of
icialiy warned 70 keep ont of the United
states government building in that city,
containing the postotFice, cT-tom-hou-e
and Federal Courtrooms. City Build NJ
Commissioner Toplen made personal in
-pcction OF the place, and declared it IL
able to collapse at any moment.
The wheat crop Of the United >tate4
will Dc much below the acreage, while
the corn crop will be enormous, and ii
the weather conditions continue good,
probably the largest ever raised. The
acreage of oats, barley, rye and similar
grains has been increased, and the crop
will Dc large. The hay crop j. above
the average.
The Mississippi waters passing through
the Rescue creva--e into the New River
basin IN Louisiana have overhowed the
country, doing immense damage. There
are five 10 ten feet Of water in Dutch
town. The Mississippi l. now falling,
and it i hoped the back water will i'm
m"diately feel the effects Of the fall The
water stands seven feet deep in places,
and several lives have been lost.
The United States makes a very dis
COuraging showing iOr this years crop III
cotton. It i already certain that the
crop ha. been badly damaged by unfa-
vorabIe weather during the past Fix
weeks; that II has got poor start that
it j. being injured by insects and disease
and cannot amount to an average yield.
More serious ztil il the prospect that
further adverse weather, which NAV
fairly b. expected at this season, catch
inc the b..latpI Crpr, in it, urpaept cnp
ditipn, will reduce the yield still further.
Jew sections, a. Florida and Louisiana,
seem to have been exempted to the me
teDrplogical fate that has overtaken the
the cotton crop generally, but they are
not extensive enough To make any ma
terial difference in the crop a. a whole.
Acting Secretary ffamlin has instruct
ed Collectors Of Customs in order that
the department may be- fully advised
concerning the admission OF Chinese
persons into the United states to pre-.
pare and forward to the department a |
statement showing tn" number OF Chi
ne=e persons admitted by them from
January | To- June 81, 1893, and the rca-
sons the number to whom admission
Wa refused and the reasons; the num-
bcr permitted to land for transit to an
other port for exit from the United |
states. The Collectors are also directed |
20 make weekly report OF the Chinese
persons seeking admission into the
United States, through giving names,
description, occupation and place Of dec |
tination in the United States, Of those
admitted and the evidence upon which |
such action was based, and also the |
names and description and the occupa-