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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1895-03-30
PROPOSALS.
For County Advertising and JOB
Printing.

= A@~-sA-AD-
Notice is hereby given, that the County Com
misSioners Of kootenai county. state Of Idaho
viii receive sealed proposals up to uoon OF the
second Monday in April. l>a5, for the county al
vertisinS and job printing for the year eommenc-
ing on the second Monday in April, iS.a5, to the
secoud Monday In April, 1875. said proposals TO
contain prices for advertising. and prices for all
kinds OF blanks used in the various county Of
fees, to-wt:
Publishing proceedings of county commission
ers, per inch.
Legal advertising required by Statute, per
inch.
Publishing delinquent tax list, price for each
delinquent owner
Legal blanks, ordinary one half sheets, printed
On beth sides, in lots Of i've hundred or one
thousand such as deeds mortgages, location no.
ices, &c.
Legal blanks, one fourth sheets printed on
both sides In lots Of five hundred
Letter heads per thousand, printed Oh ten
pound linen paper.
Envelopes per thousand, Nos six and ten, 10
De Of the best rag stock xxx, blank and print.
ID.
Assessors statements In lots Of one thousand.
Receipt hooks-property tax, treasurcrs', road
tax, Sc, fifty receipts in each book In lots OF
not less than one thousand receipts
Postal card notices for county recorder and
tax collector, in lots Of one thousand
County license blanks. fifty ia book In lots Of
I'VE hundred, to be printed on good quality of
linen paper.
Court calendars, per page, in lots Of one hun
dred, to be printed Il good quality Of super
calendared book paper.
Assessment roll books OF twenty Ave papeS
each, price per book.
Blank accounts against county with affidavit.
PER thousand.
All paper stock used, to be OF good grade and
equal weight To that In general use by the county
All job printing to be executed in first class
style.
Proposals to BE- deposited with the clerk Of the
Board OF County Commissioners at Eathtlrt,m
Idaho, and must be endorsed Proposal for
County Advertising and Printing"
The board reserves the right to reject any or
all bids.
Dated at Rathdrum, Idaho, Feb. Ii, 1896
ROET. ). BRAGAw,
Clerk Board County Commissioners, Kootenal
comfy, Idaho. Feblsst
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1895-03-30
PROPOSALS.
To Build an Addition to the Court
House, at Ratharum, Idaho.

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tnissiOarss u ksoSSAst sasantF. stssx cf iaaha,
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sir II, LIS Oaler III tbs stSIx u Tho n~xfa "
tosshty commissioners, at ksLhsirssa~ idah.e
rhe b.1afd Fs~rsss GisS sight ~ swl~xs ass Vt
all bhIs.
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Es'hfd u .SanIs tssaastsslon~ss. al Easksis~sn.
iIAh" rt'siSfsrd. irvtsaa 10 bsaIla AN asktiGssxa
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Dated At EaGI-aiI uta. t1ahas. rss L. isaA
E0sF y bsA1As,
th,ra u Ghs haafi u tsS4aty csssaissa.siss.r,,.
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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1895-03-30

MAYOR Belt, prominently connected
with church work in Spokane, vetoed
the anti-var.ety show ordinance. Truly
"the world do move
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1895-03-30

THAT little paper covered book known
as Coins Financial School" should be
read by every voter. 1t is for sale at
the postotfice,
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1895-03-30

JUDGE MAYHEM is winning golden
opinions by his businesslike manner OF
conducting court business.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1895-03-30
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-27
A NEST OF VICE.
Complaint Made OF Big Gambling
Joint at Fifteenth and Washington.


Complaint Made OF Big Gambling
Joint at Fifteenth and Washington.
The people who reside in the vicinity
of Fifteenth and Washington streets
complain that they are constantly dis
turbed by a crowd of gamblers, both
black and white, who have their rendez.
vous in a frame house at the northeast
corner of Fifteenth and Washington
streets.
There il big crap game in progress
in this house every night ard Christmas
men, white and black, some of them
mere boys, were going and coming all
day long from this house in groups of
two, four and six at a time. There is a
pool table in the house and those who
patronize the place can find almost any
kind of game they want.
The neighbors complain that this place
has become such a nuisance that they
can not stand it any longer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-27


animal or a bird an would Aev bin
decided success as an alligator. I hev no
recommends to make. Man is as he is,
an he can't be no different. [Groans.
After de meetin is out colleckshun
will be token up fur de benefit of de
undersigned, who's mighty sorry he
wasn't BON a rhinoceros. Thankin you
fur your interest an courtesy, will
now bid you a percolated good night an
stand at de doah as you go cut. -
There was roar of applause which
should have made the orator proud of
his talents, and he stepped down with
patronizing smile and took position
where he could shake hands with each
member as he passed out. The collec-
tiop figured up 9 cents in cash, and
when he had counted it over three diff
ferent times the Hon. Mr.. jackson tossed
the pennies in the wood box and walked
down stairs with his toga wrapped
about him and disappeared in the dark
ness.-M. Quad in Detroit Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-27
Pleased With Himself.

An old negro down in Georgia was
lately telling q Chicago man something
of his condition as a property holder and
seemed quite pleased that he was SO
well off. He said: "I'ze bought fun ole
marse fifty acres er groun, en- I'ze got
all dat onder cultivation 'cep' bout
fawty acres, en- 1 bought de groun fur
seventy-f' dollahs. OATS all paid off,
'cep' bout sixty-f'.
'tDen bought me er mule fur fifty
dollahs, en- 1 gin nah notes fur dat.
But swopped de mule off fur a steer,
en- de ole fool steer he goes an gets
stuckt in er bog en- TO fines i'm dat
steer he jes up en- died dab, sab. Still,
en- all I'ze got de notes on de mule er
runnin yet, en- dey's mostly paid up
'cep' bout fawty-fi' dollahs, en- am git
tin long monst Gus we'll, thinks, fur
desc yer hard times.
"Ole marse, he say eff keep on lax
dis gwan to be er rich man TO- de mil
lenimum come-whatsmever dat is, sab
en- he say furder, he did. dat am SIGH
er monst Gus good fiamseer dat I otter be
Eawtah mix up some way wild de nashi-
null debt. But den Re got erunff to ten
ter dout foolin long wild other folkses
debts. "-Chicago Times Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-27
FULL OF GREENBACks.
A Dog that Isn't worth His Weight in
Gold.

Mr.. E. L. Copeland, cashier in the
treasurer's Office of the Santa Fe, is the
recipient of probably the most unique
and undoubtedly the costliest Christmas
gift which it has ever been the fortune
of citizen of Topeka to receive.
1t is merely the image of an innocent,
inoffensive little dog, breed unknown,
but probably "sstter" as that is the po-
sition which it generally occupies, and
bears the following explanatory inscrip-
ton: made of Q. s. greenbacks, re
deemed and macerated by the United
States government at Washington, D. C.
Estimated at $4,000"
The present is the gift of Mr. Grin j.
Field, formerly of this city, but now
typewriter and stenographer in the de-
partment of justice at Washington. Mr..
Field was for several years stenographer
to Samuel T. Howe when that gentleman
was president of the Kansas National
bank, and before leaving for Washing
ton occupied position in the treasurer's
Office of the Santa Fe.
Mr.. Copeland is very proud of his
Christmas present and has christened it
"The watch dog of the treasury" He
says that its future occupation will be to
guard the treasury of the Santa Fe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-27

So Mr.. Dingley's committee, made up
of gentlemen, majority of whom are
Republicans, agree with the president
that he has authority under the resump-
ton act to issue bonds for the purpose of
maintaining a redemption fund. They
do this regardless of the fact that no.
where in the resumption act is a re-
demption fund mentioned. The law
plainly says that the secretary of the
treasury shall redeem treasury notes
-greenbacks-in coin on presentation
and provides that he may issue bonds for
the purpose of obtaining such coin when
necessary. Can anyone with any show
of reason maintain that there has ever
been any such necessity? There have
at all times since the passage of that act
been many millions of dollars in the
treasury of both gold and silver avail
able for redemption purposes, therefore
there could have been no necessity at
any time for the issuance of bonds,
hence every transaction of that kind has
been unwarranted by law and illegal
And yet the country is treated to the
ly of members of the party which passed
the resumption act, giving their endorse
ment to this perversion of the plain terms
of the law. The Republicans under the
leadership of Mr.. Reed and Mr.. Dingley
are treading on dangerous ground. It
was scarcely necessary for the committee
to insert provision that the proceeds of
the bonds authorized by the bill shall be
used exclusively for purposes of redemp-
ton. The proceeds of previous issues
have been so used, if Mr., Carlisle and
Mr.. Cleveland may be believed, and only
the redeemed treasury notes have been
utilized in meeting the current obliga-
tions of the government. This provision
of the bill really seems to have been in
serted for the express purpose of afford
ing an excuse for the issue of still other
bonds, without limit, under the name of
certificates of Indebtedness, which the
committee say the secretary should al
ways have the power to issue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-27
TARIFF NO REMEDY.

When the effect of the gold basis on
prices ia taken into consideration IL is
not surprising that the revenues of the
governments are insufficient to NEE its
requirements. It is extremely doubtful
if any kind OF tariff schedule could be
devised that would result in revenue
sufficient for our needs.
While the country's wheat crop has
increased in quantity from 2S1, 1854, 700
bushels in 1873 to AGO, 100000 bushels in
1894, it has actually decreased in value
from $323, 594, 800 to 1925, 1902, 900 during
the same time. Our farmers produce
two-thirds more wheat now than they
did twenty years ago, and yet receive
one-third less money for it
And cotton makes an equally sorry
showing. The crop of 1894 was more
than double that of 1s73-7.549,o 900 bales
in 1894, against 8, 100000 bales in 1873
and yet it brought $3s. OS7, 900 less money.
Our wool clip in 1894 was nearly twice
as large as in 1e73-29S, 100000 pounds
in 1894 and 15s, OO0, 900 pounds in 1873
and yet it brought $56,OO0,000 or one
third less money.
OF course, whenever wool is mentioned
it is always followed by a chorus of
"Wilson bill" but how about wheat and
cotton? The Wilson bill does not affect
those staples.
We had 6,671,0 900 more horses 1895
than in 1878, but they are valued at
$1O8,000,000 less money. Two-thirds
more mules in 1895 than in 1973-and
yet they are valued at $13,631 900 less.
Mich COWS have increased 90 per cent in
number, but only IL per cent in value.
Oxen and other cattle have more than
doubled in number, but they have In
creased only one-half in value. Sheep
have increased from SO 000,00e-to 2,000.-
600 and have lost s32,0O0,00O in value.
And even swine, while increasing So per
cent in number, have increased only
per cent in value.
These enormous losses inflicted upon
the farming states continuously through
a period Of twenty-five years represent
the continuous transfer of values from
the west and south to the east that has
been going on ever since the demoneti-
cation of silver in 1878, and which is
very largely the result of that act
While farm products of every kind
have decreased in value money has in
creased in corresponding ratio. Money
being the measure of values occupies
the position of the weights to pair of
scales; when the merchandise side goes
down the weight side goes up. When
the value of farm products is decreased
the value of money is increased. The
east has the money and the west has the
farm products.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-27
HIGH SCHOOL ORATORS.
They Are Being Trained For the State
Contest.

The high school pupils are busily
making preparations for their local
oratorical contest which occurs January
TO- This will decide who will represent
the Topeka school in the state contest of
high schools which will be held some
time in March.
The orators who will contest are Miss
Edith Worden, Fran k Cell, Ernest Lloyd
Fisk, Louis Frank Valentine, Lee Gin
ton Forbes, and Malcolm Girard They
are being drilled by the teachers and
elocution teachers, and are making the
most Of the holidays to perfect them
selves for the struggle. The whole is
being arranged for very much like a
a college local contest.
There will be four schools in the state
contest this year, though there are six
members of the association. They are
Lawrence, Ottawa, Atchison and Topeka
Ottawa offers its fine new auditorium
free to the association as an incentive TO
take the event there, but the place has
not yet been on decided. The local con-
test will be held at the high school audi
torium
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-27
Ditto.

A new brakeman of TeutQAic descent
had been placed on the Prairie du Chen
division of the st. Paul road recently,
and, as his duties included the calling
Of the stations along the line, one of the
older men in the employ of the company
was designated to take charge of the
German. An apt pupil the young man
certainly was. He did not know the
names of the stations, and the old man
told him to listen closely and follow his
calls. The old man was to appear in the
rear Of the passenger coach at the same
time the German showed himself in the
head end. Then the old man would call
the station and the new chap would fol-
low suit. The German industriously
studied the time card to familiarize
himself with the stations during the
run, and succeeded admirably well. The
experienced brakeman would call out
'tMilton 70 in the rear of the coach, and
"Milton - would echo from the front.
And SO it went down through White
water, Palmyra, Genesee, Eagle ana
Waukesha, the new man not showing in
any way his greenness at his work. But
it seems that at one point of his educa-
ton his tutor has signally failed
namely, the unusual call at the junction
points. AS a consequence, he puzzled
the novice not a little at Brookfeld.
The man of experience bawled out:
"B-r-o-o k-f-i-e-1-d - change-cars-
for-Water- town, Portage, La G r-o-s Sc
Saint + Paul - Mimi eapolis
and all points nor TIL and west
Beaver Dam-W-a-u-p-u-n, Ri
pom, Berlin, Oshkosh and Fond du
L-a-c!'
Here was a poser-one which the
time card he had SO assiduously studied
did not help him to solve He hesitated
for a moment and then proved equal to
the emergency. Summoning all the
power of his voice to reach above the
din Of the train, he yelled:
S-a-m-e-t-i-n-g-at this end Pr
Milwaukee Wisconsin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-27

THE ways a nd means committee has
been Investigating the changes which
occurred recently in our foreign trade
and they find that the exports fell off
$73 10000 in one year. As this hap.
pened just subsequent to the change
from the Mckinley to the Wilson tariff,
the falling off is of course attributed to
the new law. The committee was care
ful, however, not to state the entire truth
A little further investigation would have
shown that the reduction of $73,000.00o
in the amount of our exports was not in
consequence of less of American pro-
ducts being sold, but was owing wholly
to lower range of prices. A careful
consideration of all the facts and an
honest unbiased, non-partisan report
would have shown that the immense
losses which the country has sustained
in connection with its foreign commerce
are due almost wholly to the effort to es-
ablish the nation on gold basis, the
consequence of which has been that
VII at we have sold has been sold at
monometallic prices
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-27
FLEECED OF ONE CENT.
Truly Horrible Manner in which
they Som etimes do things.

Truly Horrible Manner in which
they Sometimes do things.
There was an angry man at the coun-
ty clerks office day or two ago. He
had just paid his taxes and he went from
the treasurer's office to that of the clerk
to make an inquiry.
"They told me that 1 would get five
per cent off if paid all my taxes" said
he in explanation. "My taxes were six
dollars and figure that l should have
received thirty cents back. Instead of
that they only paid me twenty-nine."
Then his face got red and be became
excited. 81 tell you sir it is an outrage"
said he excitedly. 81 am never going
to stand this manner of being heeced
out of my money" aud he rush ed out to
call County Treasurer Stahl to account
for the one cent shortage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-27

In 1870 Topeka had about 1900 peo-
pie. Shortly afterwards the Santa Fe
railroad came In, the town took a plunge
ahead and in 1880 came up smiling with
population of $4,000. Between
1880 and 1890 the Rock Island came in
aud its advent was followed by a re-
markable growth in population and
building, so that the United States Gen.
Eus of 1890 gave us population of 3d.
600. A marked advance In the city's
business and population seems to be due
once during every ten years. The one
for the current decade has not arrived
yet The time is half gone and it begins
to look as though it might be necessary
to go out and meet the next progressive
era on the way and help ii aleng. The
most important preliminary step that
could be taken would be the organiza-
ton of the live, energetic aTopeka Com
mercial Club" Another railroad would
DO the business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-27
CURTIS TOSSED OUT.
"SamI of Posen" Gets tho Worst of a Row
With Author DOdd.

With Author DOdd.
New YORK, Dec. 27-Toward the end
of the performance at the Imperial
Music hall, which opened last evening
for the season, a lively row occurred.
The principals were NJ. B. Curtis, the
original "Sam'l of Posen," and Harry
Dodd, dramatic author. The fight was
a denouement of an interview held
earlier in the day between Mr.. Curtis
and Mr.. Dodd. Curtis declares that
Dodd has been using one or two of the
songs from Gentleman Joe in the bur
lesque "The Prisoner of Sunday" of
which he (Dodd) is the author. Curtis
turned up at the music hall, bought two
or three seats, and had the usher show
himself and wife to their chairs. When
the play was about half over the men
met and a Wrangle ensued. The men
were put out Mrs. Curtis remained in
her seat, expecting her husbands return,
but the doorkeepers would not permit
him to enter, although he had ticket
He says he will sue Manager Kraus for
having forcibly elected him from the
music hall,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-27

The Republican members Of congress
seem bent on rushing into the trap which
Mr. Cleveland has set for them. They
probably have hopes of trading bond
legislation for tariff legislation. but are
likely to be disappointed. The presi-
dent doesn't want congressional author
ity to issue bonds that bad. He has
sold bonds before without the sanction
of such authority, and he can do it again.
he does not trade or compromise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-27

In all this fussing and worrying and
scoIding over the financial condition of
the treasury, nobody seems to have
thought that the best thing to do would
be to reduce expenses. Veto the river
and hsrbor bill, veto the navy bill, veto
the bill for more Notifications, veto the
bill for Autographed surveys, veto
them all. The way for man to live is
within his income. Nobody but a
swindler or a fool ever tries to do any
other gav
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-27

CONGRESSMAN Kirkpatrick seems to
have come under the spell of Speaker
Reed He is opposed to bonds but init
mates that he will vote fer them If they
are necessary. Almost anybody would
do that The only point for discussion
is the necessity and as yet there is no
necessity apparent or probable, in the
mind of anybody but few bankers and
prominent politicians of both parties in
GLIDING Cleveland and Carlisle, Reed
and Dingley.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-27
WILL SUE DAVID BELASCO.
Alice Marion Marine Says Her Copy
right Is Being Ignored.

BUTTE, Mont, Dec s7-Mrs. Alice
Marion 8Iarino; formerly Mrs,
Leituer of New York, has placed in the
hands of her attorneys the manuscript of
"rhe Southern Convict" with instruc.
tions to commence injunction proceed
ings against David Belasco to restrain
him from producing the curfew bell
scene in "The Heart of Maryland" on
which she secured a copyright on Feb
ruary 5, 1891. She claims that the scene
in Belasco's play is the same as her scene
in 'The Southern Convict" which she
produced in 1890
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-27
TRULY "THE WIFE"

Miss Laura Slusser Becomes Mrs. Her.
bert o. GIantOm on the Stage.
HUNTINGTON, Ind, Dec. 27-Imme-
diately after the final act Of "The Wife"
at the opera house Tuesday night mar
riage was solemnizsd on the stage in
view OF the audience. The contracting
parties were Herbert o. Glanton, stage
manager, and Miss Laura Slusser. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev. II.
c. Kendrick of the Christian church.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-27

Some time ago, at council meeting
IN an English town, a well known al
derman astonished the members by say
ing, Gentlemen, we have been sending
our lunatics to Sedgefeld asylum for a
long time now, and it has cost US a
great sum of money. but am glad to
make the statement that we have now
built an asylum for ourselves" Sensa.
ton. Words