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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1895-10-26

Dut,nis. Pa. dc. "a --t'rras anxiety
prevails ,nairh, Ia the h,,amsnous coal
region. on sccusnt Il the strike sts1s.
iian Tho la,ss leaders sr~ not crrtsin
that the s,ttko will 10 ordered. and IL
Dot !, will 10 useless for . purt,oa Of
,hr mines so rusnAin idle. ppt,ass and
k",nnldssillc misrrs have brcn idle
Cor months beech Greek and Coal
GT~op mon decided yesterday sp s1s.
pond. hu, the whole affair hangs upn
a tho decision - tho Rochester & Pitts
burg Coal & Iron snmpany's miners at
Punxsusawpcy and tho scrw,n White
miner. in the Hone.dslc rrginn. II
the Batwind White miners quit work
the strike will b. general Throughout,
the i.~~ch Creek. Hopcsdale. Punxsu'
tawncy and Daboi. firlds II they can.
time work IL is tho opinion that the
strike will ,c q failure at tho begin.
ming
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Chicago. Oct "a. The motorcycle
horselcss carriage rsce from Chicago TO
wsutesau and return. q distance Of
ahout 100 miles, will be contested Sat.
nrdsy. November Q. From present I'm
dica,ion.. there will not he los than
forty starters in the great race II Is
expected several motorcycles will make
the distance IN less than ak hours.
lthnstsnts must pass preliminary
1cseS which will lie held Octotcr ~,
bo aud 81. at which time all impracti'
cable vehicles will he dcbarred from
the contest Of November 2. Several
motorcycles from France aud Germany
are entered in the race.
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THE OLYMPIC VOLCANO
Confirmation Of the Report of
Professor Alexander.
MANY SAW the PHENOMENA
shoeks ssd sss FLAMES snd snsske
Hufsl ttons . fsak.

Port Townsend. Wash, Oct ga
Further evidences Of An active volcano
ia the Olympic mountains have been
received. ANA seryo 10 confirm the re.
port of Professor Alexander. Of this
Smithsonian institution. Two young
men of this city. ben Pcttygroye and
Charles sally. are just from the Olym.
pie mountains, where they were hunt.
lns elk. and report that after expert.
oncsng a series VI slight earthquake
shu.k.. covering u period Of two weeks,
tisI.es aud huge volumes Ut black
smoke were observed ascending from
one Of the smaller p-4kA PLANES
Jaid shoot Systematically up for u
~ hundred fcct and then dens- vol.
umos oi black smoke would b1leh forth
winding up into the clear sky. Thesr
operations were repeated every ten
minutes feltygrOso aud sally hnr,
flu.i La II Ia town for q fresh ssppiy u
provisions. and will make all ertoit u
i.,-Atp thr Supposed voiuana South q.
Fou foAus~nd Last night tn. SIX ~as
cloas. and volcanic phraosneas was
witnessed by dssApns II pcopie. who de-
s-slbp the cfapsions ii sxnoks In tbs
aalne manner a. the twu ~lkhunt~rs
Aany na,isAi0fs on tho loser sound
a,ii straits swPsfs sewing tho sssaasc
sash,. sad all u~l.-s- u ~ bs y sia.l!
lJ!carl
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pUNRAvEN IN ENGLAND.
tie says II would 10 No Good to Die
eass Vnpieasant Matters.

Tie says II Would no No Good 60 Dis
eass Unpleasant Massers.
Ryde. Isle Of Wight, Oct. 2i.-The
steam yacht Vslhalla. owned by Joseph
Frederick Laycock. and having Lord
Dnnrsvcn on board. arrived here from
Newport. X. l.. this morning. having
left the latter place September IS. The
craft was boarded by interviewers desir-
Gus Of obtaining direct from Lord Dun.
raven his version Of the disappointing
races for the Americas cup. He said
in substance:
II have no statement to make on the
subject. What would say has been
well threshed out Of me during the
fortnight I stayed in America after the
races
He declined TO answer . question as
to whether he had any feeling toward
the New York Yacht Club, and he re.
fused to comment on the statements by
Sailmakcr Ratscy's men when they ar.
rived at Cowes, that the race was not
sailed because the buoys had been
changed during the second race, say.
ing:
1T would not do any good to discuss
unpleasant matters"
Regarding his plans for future rae.
ing Dunravcn said:
81 have no plans. returned home
after \ long voyage. and am going to
London, and from there to Wales.
do not know what shall do later on "
Touching the acceptance by the New
York Yacht Club Of the challenge Of
Charles Rose. through the Royal Vic.
toria Yacht Club. for another series Of
races for the Americas cup. Lord Dun.
raven remarked:
1.-THE matter was practically settled
when left the United States. Per.
sonally, l am glad that II has been 80
easily settled. We had pleasant and
uneventful voyage across and l am
glad to be back. ;"
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Berlin. Oct 20. Emperor William
and Empress Augusta have returned to
Potsdam from woerth and Strasburg.
In the imperial province. Emperor
william has presented life'sized bust
Of himself TO Prince Hermann Ernest
Won MISUNDERSTANDING. the staff
halter Of the imperial province. in men,
ory Of his visit to Strasburg. He was
also photographed complimentary con-
sratulations to Prince Leopold. OF ba'
yaria, In reply to the latter's telegram
concentrating him upon his visit to
s,rsshurr. As has already been cabled,
Tho fact that not a single member OF
tho Bavarian royal house was invited
70 the fe,cs at wocrth has caused com.
,nent in Germany, and especially In
view Of the fact that the late emperor
Frederick has commanded the bavari'
an troops during the war.
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TrE ANACONDA MINES.
bss.lis Of the sale of oae- Faarth 81 IN.
t"tspsss's stssh.

Mem YORK. oct, -. The details ui
= eale q, quarter Interest in the gfra,
Ansczaads cuppe; thine to Kuhn. Loeb
y Ga. representing a syndicate oom.
ts,'s~i 81 themselves. the Ku,hschilds,
{ asset. wcFnbrf. Lea, 4 Co. and the
Exploration Company. 0i London. have
t~soossc known in Wall street The ne.
goiiat.oas wesc bosun early IN sep,cm.
lar D, l,ounslcTt & Co. representing
the ofslorgs q. the Anaconda mine.
Ghs, artn gave the prospective pur.
chascts an option gu 500. 200 shares of
C"snpsny at as sha~. for thirty
dsss. within which time the syndicate
~ a. ta have the mine examined by its
cttrFts The time was subsequently,
catCade~id b. October -. but A. the Ell.
animation o. ,he property. which has
tsen made under the pssunsl direction
o. Hamilton Smith. has proved salts
factory. the syndicate hs, concluded 10
take tho stock. A. soon AZ the syndi.
cate obtained the option II placed the
stu.rk cunditioilAlly In London at
Isacp understood Ia he about $50 per
.harc. The par value Of the stock IL
ess per sharv,
The AnacSands mine has been owned
h, the estate q. It's disepscrcr. the late
senator Hearst. of California. J. Il.
Hss.in and has partner, Mr. Teris,
and Marcus DAILY. who Is in charge of
the mine |, is understood no option
has t~en placed on any part 81 the
other 300. 600 shares Of the Anaconda
Mining Company. II ia understood
tho parchasin. syndicate will h. rrprc'
s~nt.d In the directory Of the Anaconda
by two directors
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LIFE FOR THE OLD LINE
Plan of Reorganization OF the
Union Pacific Railway.
THREE NEW ISSUES or BONDS
Dsfsuited Coupons snd Adjust
I'm Cash the Difference.


New York. Oct. ia synopsis Of
the plan Of reorganization Of the Union
Pacific railway was announced this
afternoon. 1t places the mileage af-
fected by the reorganization ut 1927
miles Of main line. Balances due on
outstanding land and town contracts,
December 81, 1894, were So, 1852, 75i,
and unsold land-grant lands. including
those under contract. amounted to
1884. 900 acres. Of an estimated value
Of tls,35s. 500. The total funded debt
is placed 1T el40.425. s62. The fixed
charges and deductions from net earn
ings, including interest on bonds, sink
ing fund and government requirements,
are stated in the pamphlet for q period
OF five years. the average fixed charges
being %. 500 ,00l. This. it will show,
is exclusive of the excess Of the interest
on the debt to the government. over
the net earnings applicable under the
Thurman and other acts; Of interest on
bonds. held on the main line mortgage
trusts. under Conversion provisions. and
Of the obligations Of the railway com.
pay under tariff guarantees Including
those items. the fixed and other charges
prior to the stock Of the year 1899, BE-.
ing the year just preceding the receiv-
ership. aggregated the sum Of 1881.
AIS. or greater by tSSl,475 than the
amount necessary to pay the annual in
terest upon the maximum mortgage
debt. and full annual dividends on the
minimum issue Of preferred stock con-
templated in the reorganization plan.
The pamphlet shows the annual net
earnings for ten years, 1885 to 1894,
inclusive. were f7.563, 500, or an
amount greater by e563.669 than the
maximum interest and dividend ne.
quireInents upon the new bonds and
preferred stock provided for by the
plan. The lowest net earnings realized
were those Of the year 1894. when they
were f4.3I5.077 in excess Of the inter-
est on the maximum amount of the
proposed bonds of the new company.
The plan contemplates the issue of
500, 600, 900 of first-mortgage railway
and Immigrant ffty-year per cent
guaranteed bonds; SIS 600, 900 Of per
cent preferred stock. and SCI, 600, 900
Of common stock. The new bonds are
to be secured by first and only lien
upon the mainline mileage of the
Union Pacific railway, equipment
land grant lands and Immigrant bal.
snces, and upon such branch lines of
the railway as the committee shall
avail itself Of through the ownership
in mortgage trust Of the branch line
bonds.
The preferred stock is to be entitled
to per cent noncumulative dividends,
payable out Of net or surplus earnings.
before the payment Of any dividend on
the common stock. The stock of the
present company will be assessed els
per share, the holders receiving new
preferred stock, equal at par to their
present holdings
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Coren. Japan and Russia.

Paris, Oct. 2l.-A special TO Eclaire
from st. Petersburg says An exchange
Of communications has occurred be.
tween the Russian government and the
japanese minister at st. Petersburg
with reference to the recent disorders
at Seoul. the capital Of Corea. The
Japanese minister assured the Russian
government that the culprits would be
punished, but Russia is said to have
replied that she would be forced, in
consequence Of the riots, to take what
steps she considered necessary to pre-
serve order and make the Corean gov
eminent independent of foreign inter
ference. The special concludes:
As to the course proposed. Russia
will do her duty. whatever is entailed,
without stopping to inquire whether
other powers like or do not like it. She
will never abandon Corea. and will
protect her against all encroachments +"
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ENGLAND AGGRESSIVE
venezuela Is Aiming Herself
to Resist the British.
1T HAS REACHED AN ACUTE STAGE
The Americas Syndicate Does Not Pm.
pose to Ne Cheated Out VI
Its Gold Lsnds.

New York. Oct 2i.-That the Acne.
xoelan question is approaching an acute
stage. with possibilities Of resistance by
the South American government To
British aggression. was signified by dis.
closures made in New York today, ON
the best Of authority.
The government Of Venezuela has
provided itself with modern armament
aud arms. and among other supplies
mas ordered ten improved Maxim guns
from the British firm that mapufac.
lures them. The order was not placed
through any hrm. and the English
manufacturers. il is supposed. do not
want the destination Of the guns made
known. At the same time, the syndi.
cate OF United States capitals which
has secured = concession in the Vene.
xuelsn gold lands claimed by Great
Britain. Is preparing a trained force Of
prospectors. miners and workmen for
the field. william n. Stafford. counsel
Tor the Orincco Company. the Amer.
can syndicate. made plain today the
position assumed by the Orinoco CON-
pany. He said:
The company propose 70 work it,
concession without delay. Ii will send
prospec'ors along the line Of the Imst.
AGA mountains. whose foothills are sup.
posed to be rich with gold. That ter.
ritory Is. Of course. in the oompany's
concession. and has always been marked
un the ooinpany's map. But now that
there Is prospcct OF gold there. Great
Britain claims it, The arrangements
are being made TO send out men there
10 develop the oompany's concession
without any intent to start a contro-
sersy-but 20 assert the company's
rights Besides the mines, there are
other properties in the concession await
ing development
Great Britain refers to the Schom.
bergh line. bu, the fact is she has gone
beyond that This line is purely i'm.
sginary. Sir Robert Schombergh
visited Nenexuela in 1910. and, start
ing ai Point Barims, merely drew
line southwark on the map. The
Venezuela government has conclusive
evidence that he made no survey.
lin 1850 Great Britain asserted il
had no intention 60 occupy or usurp
the disputed territory. SO matters
went until 1858. In that year rich
gold fields, yielding q, 600. 600 year.
were discovered west Of the Schom-
bergh line. between the Guiana and Pa.
rama rivers They are known as the
Bartna gold fields. and are fifty or six
~ miles west of the Schombcrgh line.
Nevertheless. Great Britain prompt
~ stepped in and claimed that terri.
tory. and 80 she has gone on since,
claiming land wherever gold has been
discovered. The Orinoco Company
claims these gold fields as being in its
concession. and proposes to stand up
for its perfectly clear title to them.
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STREET Raj WAY BONDS.
isspsrsas p~~i.is~ mssdea Dsss b,
.iafss.,s's ssps. sas Gssr.


.iifsSsis's ssrs~sas dssr.
lsos Angeles. CAct- az Tho opinion
u. toe supreme cuust ia tlsS casc ui the
Msrari sGsr~i Hallway CutaiapY. u
rap Fsaneasr9. Ya ivlltpsn. uu appeal
ffyan tho l0~rI aostt. ~ss handed
d,~a yesterday. ooasifinins tho valid.
ity Il o. osu. UuO worth II beads lssa~;
~ ,Ao sIrv~s railway comp&ny. 1hc
d~-isGpa he 81 great !mpost4ncS. bat
ua49 ia ssu fraarts~ failEsssd circles
and lp had bey GA. Ia, Ia ushoT cities
hsrias l.1sidiuei railroads The dpris."n
sgp-a4ss iJ kAsr sadly cuatns~i ,hr ~,
is.stsEs II Tho local psvss. toi despite
tho cffusts tu obtain ssti.o tntvEsnais,n
"a 60 lite olss,eais. the tass, they @Jnld
d. yesterday sAs t. tgFulah a who'll,
iiNcJsrccs stztrtnUut.
In usa;ot.s. isga. rlotea street rail,
Eu4h csftssA;iuas s~fu consa4tda ted
under iA- aAtac IL the MstAe,.stEort
Hallway ,minissuy, The consolidated
e'snpshtOs "sa nSzily ever sif~s car
lsn0 la ,Ag cs,y. aud have franchises
.os susBr leo milos of usoA. There
~As an ou'staudins BEADED dcss os~d
tg the c~s1sgIihss.ua amounting ta Sc
oss. GO. aud TO rrtsnd tbs indcbscd,
Ho'sa aud s~s snorp taoaTy fos coas;Fuct,
"a pafp.-s. the disr~surs made
blaalo; uanrtSssv un all ,hr projrr,y
%. sho oorablnr for ei;. 500. 600. New
hiuds .uf tbs amour, Il the unps,Apd.
tns euads ~cr- Ia tr issued a, "sscr
under this mssfSsge. and substituted
SO tho old isspc. subsequently, the
manner in which the hspds ~-rw ia
sn~i ~as attached. bot the d"cisi"n
su1aias the action ut the eompapy.
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EXTENT OF pRouIu.
""s "' the seversst aud Most Prolo,.sa
Ever """"n la the United states.

" '"s seyerest aud Most Pro,o.ssh
""""n In the Uniied States.
washington. Oct. 22.-Reports pa.
oe'sed at the weather bureau indicate
'ha' Tue present drouth IL one OF the
'e'sfest, most prolonged and most gen.
eiai'y known in the United States
sihoe the bureaus organization. There
are lew places which show an exc.n.
Ton To the general rule, but in most ~
'he country. unless perhaps in the Yves,
ana southwest. there does not .ppear
70 nave been n heavy rain for the mas,
TWO months or more. Where there has
Teen exceptional precipitation, IL has
been confined to small areas In so,n.
parts VI the country the drouth began
IN Tie latter part Of July, but in most
sections II did not become markedly
pronounced until in August.
The entire Atlantic coast. with a
lew exceptions. such as Charleston. 4.
- and Augusta. Ga, shows a defici.
ehcy below the normal rainfall since
The hrst OF August. amounting in some
INSTANCES to almost half the average
precipitation. The Ohio aud Missis.
sipps valleys reported similar condi.
tl"hs. as has part of the Pacific coast.
The LAKE region has Jared better than
o'hef SECTIONS east Vi Mississippi. In
parts of the Rocky mountains, a. in
colorado. Wyoming. Utah and Nevada,
There have been excessive rains during
this period. aud along the Pacific coast.
ir"an San Francisco - Olympia. there
were god rains ia September. as there
have issen Ia places since In that sec.
u''n The greatest complaints come
iro'n West Virginia. Kentucky and
Western Pennsylvania
Fortunately. in some parts Of the
country the dropth did no, ~, in until
alter the principal crops were mstured,
consequently the effee, has nu, ls-u 80
disastrous as II II begun earlier. In
~''ho places II has had a slight effect
TN the planting at winter wheat. and
"shplaints ooin1 sroin many quarters
"' the inoonSonienoe II securing water
Tot domestic and stock parposps. many
small stree tns. stock ponds. springs and
wells having bsssome dry. Pastures
have bs9en injured in many states II
10 also noticeable tina, there has been
an iDcf~ase Of typhoid fever over the
tofnial Iii many SECTIONS wheYv dronih
ls sesc&v.
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Duluth, Mimi. Oct 22.-The State
bank. of which Charles Stuckey. the
cashier. fed last week. with $4,000.
has failed. This action was decided
upon when the other banks refused to
furnish any money, and tomorrow an
assignment will be made to c. David.
son. of Little Falls. who owns ma.
jority Of the stock. There is consider.
able county and state money in the
bank. and large amount Of individual
deposits. but the directors say that
every dollar will b paid.
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NORTHWEST LANDS.
Action Taken Upon Appeals BY the Sec
Rotary of the Interior.

Action Taken Upon Appeals By the Sec
Rotary of the Intsrior.
Washington, Oct. 19.-Secretary
Smith has affirmed the decision Of the
commissioner Of the general land Office
in the case Of Alfred s. Thompson for
tract of land in the L. Grande dis
trict. The land oifice held that Thomp-
son had abandoned the land and the
secretary approved his opinion.
In the case Of George w. Nelson
against W. G. Griswold, for tract in
the Oregon City district. the secretary
afirms the decision Of the commits
sioner awarding the land to Griswold.
The secretary has made several deci.
sions affecting Lands in Washington.
Three decisions are in the Vancouver
district. In the case Of Robert Mitch.
ell. who appealed from the commits
sioner's decision. the secretary has
affirmed the decision Of the commits
sioner. rejecting Mitchell's application
because it conflicted with q school land
grant. The decision agsinst Adolphus
Gaunt is also affirmed. because it con-
ficts with indemnify selections for
school and grant. 1t appears this in
demnity was for land which lies across
the Columbia river in Oregon. and was
lost to the state as school land. In.
demnity for this was selected BY the
territory Of Washington and the serre-
tary holds that it belongs to the state.
In deciding this case he says that the
history OF federal Legislation in respect
to common school reservations and
grants, beginning with the ordinance
of May 20, 1855, and running to date
leaves no room for doubt. that under
the law Of 1868, the inhabitants pres.
ent and prospective of the little frac-
tional township Of 1871 acres of land
IN klickitat county were entitled TO
have selected. located and reserved $40
acres Of land near by. fog the use Of
themselves and their successors to
maintain public schools The small
amount OF land granted is ON account
OF the small fractional portion of the
township which is cut by the Colum.
bia river. In the case of Charles A.
Schultz against Joseph G. MOrehead,
in the same district. the decision is in
favor of Schultz 1t WAS a timber cul.
ture entry.
Three decisions are made in the Sc
attic land district. Arthur B. Palm.
er's application for cumberland entry
is rejected. In the case Of John Ham
ilton against Elmer Jewett, Hamil-
toms application for a review is denied,
the land going to Jewett. In the case
OF Lawrence Gaffney against Malachy
Connolly, the appeal of Gaffney is dis.
missed and the land awarded to Con-
molly.
In the case Of David Ledgerwood
against the Northern Pacific railroad.
the secretary holds that Ledgerwood
made entry enormously upon lands be-
longing to the Northern Pacific, and
that he will be allowed to make an
other entry upon another tract. This
land is in the Wsterville land district.
In the case of William Coghlan
against Edward J. Young for q timber
claim in the North Yakima district,
the decision Of the commissioner is
affirmed and the land awarded to
Young.
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TRADE REVIEW.
wheat Prices Are Held Down by Ex
teSsivs Shipments From kussix.

Wheat Prices Are Held Down by Ex-
tessivs shipments From kussis.
New York, OCT. Ar. g. Dun &
Co. 3 Weekly Review Of Trade says:
The events Of the week are promising
IN general though TO speculative mar.
kets they are not encouraging. The
great advance in cotton has arrested ex.
ports and 20 dersnged exchange that
shipments Of gold were for 4 time ap.
pretended. but the break in the market
indicates that the natural movement Of
the product may soon be restored. The
hating Of the demand and moderate
yielding Of prices in the great indus.
trial markets show that q season Of
reasonable attention to natural condi.
tiOns has arrived.
The cotton market has been partially
cornered for early delivery by New Or
leans operators, rs it has been twice in
not far distant years by Liverpool
spectators. Spinners here and abroad.
with much unanimity refrain from
buying largely at current quotations.
Until the price recedes far enough to
bring out a liberal supply Of cotton
bills there is possibility Of gold ex.
ports for other merchandise exports are
small from New York for the two
weeks being 10 per cent less than last
year with imports in the two weeks Of
October per cent larger than last
year. III September imports were 81. 3
and for nine months 538 per cent
larger than last year.
Wheat docs not 20 out freely and the
attempt 70 advance prices WAS followed
by an immediate decline. The Atlantic
exports. -four included. have been in the
past three weeks 4.55s. 455 against
7,2as.iii last year aud the big ship
ments from Russia and Of late from
Argentina show that the world Is not
Obliged TO pay Atlantic prices for
American wheat. Western receipts for
the week were remarkably large Z. 1885,
900 bushels and for the three weeks
81 ,63S.y77. against l4,Ol1.s6l Last
year. The rush of wheat ~ market
and the largest output Of -four ever
known At Minneapolis. are not evil
denocs Of shortage in the yield. but
the price has changed only one-eighth
cent for the week.
Corn is stronger, without clear rea-
son. for, while exports for the three
weeks were 326,s40 bushels, against
256. 7o3 last year, but an Insignificant
fraction OF the great yield can have
been disposed Of.
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To Build the Light Dran Gunboas..

Washington. Oct Is. - Secretary
Herbert has taken under consideration
the report Of the board Of the naval
bureau chiefs on the proposals sub.
United for the building Of the six
light-draught gunboats The board
recommends the award of the Dock
Company, and Of one single-screw boat
to the Union iron works Of San Fran.
cisco.
The remaining three siugle-screw
boats are to be awsrded-one each to
the Bath iron works, Maine: Lewis
Nixon, Elizabeth, N. j.. and the Dia.
logue works, Of Camden, provided they
amend their plans to comply with the
departments requirements