The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-05-20
EASTERN MELANGE.
Secretary Hoke Smith Trying
to Correct Evils.
AN AUTOMATIC VOTE RECORDER.
Heavy Rains Disclose Some Valuable
Relics on the Historical Mas
sic Farm in Ohio.

Drought will cut Kansas wheat crop
down one-half.
4 postal computation gives Detroit
$500 population.
A ''Colored Tariff reform Club" has
been organized in Atlanta.
The Michigan Legislature has Endorsed
an automatic vote recorder.
The licenses for ., 600 dogs are annually
taken out in New York city.
Cold and most has rendered necessary
much replanting OF the cotton crop.
Carter Harrison has forbidden smok-
ing IN the Chicago Council chamber.
4 new law precludes the possibility OF
An absolute divorce in Massachusetts,.
The population OF Johnstown, Penn,
has Increased over 1900 since the Hood
OF lSS9.
The coal and coke business OF Colorado
j nov in the hands OF four great COM
panies.
The Duke de Neragua is so much
taken with America that he proposes to
stay indefinitely.
Milwaukee has been taking a little
census OF its own, and is satisfied that
its population is 245,0l9.
The Ohio Legislature has again re-
lected q measure looking to the granting
of the veto power 10 the Governor.
ST. Louis banks have turned over
s., 0co, eco in gold to the United States in
exchange for Treasury and bank notes.
Alabama reports an increase OF Ole
per cent in the acreage in cotton, -,
per cent in corn and per cent In
wheat.
Las, year there were 3,5e9 arrests for
violations OF the excise law in New
York, but the convictions numbered
only thirty-riye.
I The consumption OF domestic beer in
4 the United States last year was about
one-haii Darrell per capita, or some
/ thing ike a barrel, barring teetotalers.
I According 10 official report the prohi-
I bition town OF Portland in Maine uses
I $4,000 worth OF liquor year for
medicinal and mechanical purposes. y
Deaths from exposed electric wires,
very frequent in New York before Mayor
Grants crusade against the dangerous
and unsightly poles In 1921, are now .
thing Unknown.
The great tunnel which i to drain the
VALLEY OF Mexico Is nearly finished. and
will DC completed in fifteen months.
Il i expected To transform Mexico into
L very healthy city.
The New York Board of Electrical
Control has condemned three-tourths OF
the electric-light iron poles in that city,
and ordered them replaced by wooden
DglN- with EaSt-irlu bases
American corn shipments are moving
into Mexico a heavily s. last year. Il J.
estimated 100 car loads Will be shipped
into tie republic before the close oil the
year il the duty i not restored.
There seems to be a fair chance for
the restoration OF the death penalty in
Michigan. for the Judiciary Committee
Of the legislature has RI ported iAyurablv
upon the bill introduced 10 that end.
\ stone 80 feet long and 10 feet square
a. the base has been quarried at Prem
tIc... Wis, and il i proposed 20 Use il a.
i monument to james q. Blaine. Il !.
forty-siN fee. longer than Cleopatra's
needle.
The Western General Agent OF one OF
the larger New York insurance COM
panies i authority for the statement
ance com panies may be expected before
many weeks.
Wall-street brokers have adopted a
new gambling device in the shape Of a
photograph which squeaks out from
colossal tunnel quotations on mining
stocks, a. many a. L dozen fluctuations
being recorded in minute.
Secretary OF the Interior Smith i try
ing 10 correct the evils that have been
constantly growing at Yellowstone Park
in the way OF monopolies and conse-
quent excessive charges for everything
the tourist i required to use.
\ question which agitates fashionable
men l. "a to where they can be sCientiti-
cally tattOoed. 1t il currently reported
that celebrated tattooer from Yoko-
hama will BE at the exposition al Chi
csisO during the coming summer.
The chances now are that the present
Illinois legislature will not pass Con-
greSsional apportionment bill. There
i apparently too serious difference Of
opinion in the Democratic majority a.
70 how the state should be sliced up.
Heavy rains near ChiIlicothe, Ohio.
have washed the earth away and dis
! closed -Ome valuable relics on the his
/ toriral Na,sie farm. consisting OF stone
| implements. bullets, coins and silver
buttons. The gold coins are dated l727
| and 1850.
! The Yaquis have sent word 20 the Mex
/ lean authorities that 10 troops or stran-
GER viii be permitted to enter their
country, and ~ the government Kill
send 2 large force OF regulars against
them, an exciting and bio siy compaiyn
l. expected.
General F. +. Bales will has been
filed at Washington. He intentionally
fall to make any provision for his thre,
children. Emily T. BcaIe. Truxton
Beale and Mr.. u. f.. BakmetietF. and
leaves al hi property to his wife, Mrs
Mary +. Bea!e.
The great dam now being built across
the Co.o-ado river at Austin, Texas, i
built Of large. rough blocks set in con-
crete IN the interior laced on both sides
and on top with cut granite. II has a
total length Of 1875 feet, and a maxi
mum height Of - ieet.
The story i revived in Washington |
that the White House is to he devotai |
exclusively TO residential purposes. |
President Cleveland j. said to be con- /
-idsring the moving Of his Office 10 suit |
able apartments IN the army, navy and /
STATE Department buildings.
Senator Faulkner, Chairman of the 4
Committee On Territories, ha. selected.
IN addition tn himself, Senators Hill, J
Plat, Bate and DAVIS. a. a sub-cDrn- I
mittee to investigate the condition OF
the Territories now seeking admi.-
SION to the Union. The committee 7,
starts June 10.