The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-02-17
EASTERN NEWS.
Woman Suffrage Gets a Black
Eye in Massachusetts.
DON'T WANT UTAH ADMITTED
A Denver Lawyer Believed t. Have
Been Murdered by His Wife
Other Brevities.


uor bill.
A bill designed to put a stop to "tfeat.
ing" has been introduced in the Massa.
chusetts Legislature.
The insane law Of Minnesota has been
declared unconstitutional, and 40 in.
mates have right TO new trials.
The Montreal Hebrews are organizing
n society for the purpose OF assisting des,
utute jews and bringing Others 10 Can
ada.
saekett. the silhouette artist, who
elopei with an Elkhart lind. heiress
has been arrested at Topeka. The CIR
has been returned to her heine.
The Woman's Home Missionary Soci.
ETY. OF the fhiiadelphia Conference has
memorlaiized Congress against the ad.
mission Of Utah rs State.
The State of Mississippi Is proposing
to discontinue the penitentiary lease
system and 10 establish u farm ON which
i's oonsiets will be employed.
/ Tree planting on the streets at Or.
lando. Fla, Is encouraged by bounty
! o. 30 cents for each tree in good condl-
ton alter one year of growth.
The hard times have induced the pre-
. FSAsaAsoh va n van IA titt euahsAfiWsFNslk
/ Senate to prevent attachment of grave
yard lots and tombstones for debt.
| A bill has been introduced in the Mas
sarhusetts Legislature 10 empower cities
and towns 10 make and distribute elec.
| trieiiy for light. heat and motive power.
The Connection, Board of Health will
vigorously prosecute irregular medical
/ Practitioners. disr-gariing any injunc-
! uons which may be obtained 10y the lat
/ ter.
/ Senator Gray has announced bill 10
enable purchasers nj Judicial sales of
railroads organized under the Laws Of the
I United States 10 organize new corpora
( lions.
/ The Committee on Harbors and Rivers
1 will give an appropriation 10 improve
( San f-lru and rori Hartford but not a.
much AZ tie Secretary Of War recon-
mcuded.
The Joint committee Of the Massach,-
seiis Legislature has given woman sui
fsas~ a black eve 10y reporting adversely
on the proposition 10 grant municinal
suffrage 10 the ladies.
The Legislature of Kentucky has had
before IL for rome time bli providing
for the compulsory education of the
yoa,h of the State. but the bill is no,
likely 10 become law.
A Chicago dispatch 10 the Phia icl-
phia Times SAYS Prophecies Of ruin in
the Worlds Fair distric, of the city TO
follow the departure Of the grea, show
have moi lcen fulfilled.
A dispatch from Ottawa, Ont. states
that there is large amour, Of distress
~ That city, and the City Engineers Of
iicc ~ h~sieged every morning by men
Who hope Ia get Job al stone breaking.
4 company OF Canadian capitalists
are gong To sirv,ch cable from below
the Niagara Falls io Table Rock on the
Canadian side on the plan OF the Ferris
wheel. j; is proposed 10 run cars across
every twenty minutes.
Secretary Carlisle has called for the
rcsienation OF II. II. Lawrence. assayer
OF the mint at san Francisco; +. Il. FL
lit, assaycr OF the mint Il, Carson City.
and r. II. Zahriskie. meltcr and reiiner
of the min, al Carson City. New.
With the money from the sale Of bonds
the Treasury Department IL paving some
al its deferred obligations. Sugar houn-
ties To the amount II &l1 ,500, 900 have
t.ecn awaiting payment for some time
They are now tcing paid at the rate OF
slo0. 900 day.
II Is now believed that Henry Carr. a
Young lawyer a, Denver, Was sho, hv his
wife and killed. and no, by burglars. as
first reported. The woman lived in a
notorious house before he married her.
and frequently became intoxicated and
gnarrclcd with her husband.
The bill by Terry, making railroad
corporations citizens OF States in which
their lines may be for legal purposes, re-
cei,ed favorable vote in committee.
Under the existing laws according to re-
cent decisions Of the supreme Court the
habita'ion OF railroad is in the State
where it's principal office is located.
The House Judiciary Committee has
referred back to the subcommittee Nc
Cams resolution calling for an investi-
CATION OF Judge Jenkins action in en-
joining the Northern Pacific EMPLOYEES
from striking, The subcommittee is in.
structed TO inquire whether there are
any charges that Jenkins WAS influenced
by corrupt motives.
Coils p. Huntington was before the
Senate Committee on Railroads the other
day, giving the committee information
"hvot WV NttHt IAitEbdtN. y. II. IlNn-
t'ngton made a suggestion to the COM
mittee in the shape Of bill looking 10
the reorganization Of the Central Pacific
system, His proposition il the company
shall give mortgage Ia the government
covering all its property, in oonsiiera
ton OF which it may issue slSI, noo, 900
~ per cent bonds, 10 run l25 wears, 10
he applied first to the replacement of
the mortgage bonds Of the Central Pa.
ciiic and California and Western Pacific
railroad. amounting 10 AZ .S53, 900: also
to the redemption Of bonds issuei on
account of the California and Oregon
railroad, amounting to Sc. o0o. 900. The
bill contains numerous provisi n look
ing to the protection OF the government
interest in the road, c. p. Huntington
after his argument before the Railroads
Committee Of the Senate In favor Of the
extension Of the Central Pacific indeb,-
edness by issuing bonds PAYABLE in 1875
years, bearing interest at 2iy per cent,
WAS asked by . newspaper correspond
ent II he would state in writing over his
own signature Just what his proposition
was. He replied sententiously and per-
haps n little bit facetiously: at Is a
proposition 10 use the credit of the
United States, none OF it's money, and
pay Oft the indebtedness. That is all I
can say now"