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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-04-11

Havana. April s.-The capture Of
Pinar del Rio and Santa Clara by the
insurgents, Who occupied them several
hours and left them in flames. 10 q
severe blow 70 the Spanish armieA
General Pando and General Juarea
Valdez. the military governors Of the
destroyed cities, have been ordered to
return to Spain by General Weyler.
The captain-g general is badly worried
over the situation. He thought he had
Pinar del Rio % strongly guarded that
IL was absolutely impossible for
Maceo's forces to break in. But in the
middle Of the night Of March IS they
came and literally laid the town in
ashes Of several hundred residences.
not more than . couple Of dozen were
left uninjured.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-04-11

The up-to-dats ladies' hat looks
like miniature flower garden.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-04-11
ssbssss.ss for P.elne Cable Bill.


Washington. April 6.-The Pacific
cable project was once more 4 subject
Of discussion By the house committee
on commerce today. Bennett present.
Cd . substitute bill. embodying several
amendments suggested BY members in
former discussion. Il was the sense Of
the committee that, instead Of the sub.
sidy Of $50. 900 asked by the Pacific
Cable Company. the New York cor.
poartion. the government should MOI
help IL In . greater sum than 500. 000
. year for twenty years. IL any agree.
ment was made. and the government
business should be done free for all
time. Bennett's bill fixed rates for
private business at tl.25 word for
China and Japan. and IS cents for the
Hawaiian islands. and the press rate
at one. quarter Of these figures. The
company has abandoned its intention
10 try 70 secure q midooean station on
MarahAll islands. which are under the
control Of the German government,
and has fixed upon Midway islands.
which are uninhabited. and belong e
the United States.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-04-11

Seattle, April 6.-The steamer City
Of Topeka. a steamer smaller than the
General Candy, and the schooner w.
J Bryant left this port today for
Alaska, all crowded with freight and
passenger. Tho Topeka soes b
juneau and the General Canhy and
Bryant arc bound for Cooks inlet
There II no let.up In the Alaska rush
and the several shiploads already
taken up do mot seem 10 relieve the
pressure for transportation. The steam.
ere Utopia and LAkme were scheduled
10 leave for Cooks inlet yesterday,
but will mot get away for 4 day or %
They have both booked all the pas.
sengers they arc allowed 10 carry.
Several more steamers will sail this
week for Alaskan porsA The majority
Of the goldseekers are going into the
Yukon country. but large number
are going 10 Cooks inlet, on ths
numerous steamers and schooner tina,
expect 10 DO able 70 get into the inle,
this month.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-04-11

Olympia. April 6.--Judgmcnt has
becn affirmed by the supreme court in
the case Of the state Of Warrington. ex
rel whasoom county. appellant. Va
K W. Purdy. treasurer Of Whatoom.
respondent This was q proceeding in
mandAmus 10 compel the respondent.
~ treasurer. 70 furnish the delinquent
tax list required by Law 20 be pub.
lishcd in April. 1926. In the county
ofl3ctal newspaper. The commissioner
Of that county had designated the
Champion a. the oficial organ. and
had made q contract with that paper
70 do the county printing. Treasurer
Purdy denied the commissioner Z
authority 10 enter into suoh . contract;
claimed the right 10 have the delin.
queut tAx list upblished In any county
paper he choose. and made . contrac,
with the Rcvcille, in February. 1896.
10 publish the list Also, the respond.
eut's answer shows that contract wal
entered into BY the board Of county
commissioners In June. 1894, 10 havs
the printing done BY the Reveille, in
GLIDING delinquent tax listA The 80
prone court 10 Of the opinion that Ii,
law. a. Il now stands. fully empower
the treasurer Of the county to selec
any county paper 70 publish the delin
quent tax list
The morning times., 1896-02-16
MAY IMPORT DETECTIVES
Rumor in Police Circles That
Pinkertons Will Be Hired.
Unusual Influx of Foreign Crooks
Said to Make the Step Advisable
Officials Deny It

rumor ran through police circles last
night and gained general credence among
the men on the force, that Major Moore has
decided to Introduce few Pinkerton men
into Washington to aid the local detectives
in rounding up the noted CROOKS.
Despite pTotestations of high police Of
ficers to the contrary, the police believe
that Washington just now contains large
number OF first-claSs criminals from other
cities. This has been the impression OF
the police since the present reign of crime
set in. and this impression was substanti-
ated by the arrest of Chauncey johnson.
Charlie MOrtis, James Kitterick and others
of note.
These arrests were more significant than
appeared on the face. especially in the
case of Kitterick. This criminal is what
is known as a ''steerer."
Major Moore and Inspector HOllinberger
held a conference yesterday afternoon. and
il was whispered that the importation OF
detectives was the question considered.
Because OF the restrictions placed upon
newspaper men, il was not possible last
night to confirm this, but it was not denied.
Some of the home detectives last night
had received an intimation OF what was
said 10 be about TO happen, but they could
not discuss the matter without violating
the order recently issued by Inspector
Hollinberger concerning the dissemination
of news.
The morning times., 1896-02-16
LoCKwooD's HoNoRs STOLEN
Gen Greely Corrects an Error Which
Does a Brave Man Injustice.

Editor Times: Permit me, through your
columns, to correct one OF Jhe serious
errors in the interesting editorial OF the
Star of Friday, which | have just read
Strongly as | have admired and praised the
courage and endurance OF Mr.. Peary IN
successfully crossing the ice-cap or North
Greenland, l cannot silently see aScribed
to him the honorS that belong personally to
u gallant soldier, dead on the Ileld or honor.
the lamented Lockwood.
Far from attaining the highest North
Peary reached by observation 81 degrees
81 minutes north, seven miles south OF the
la altitude in which my expedition lived for
two years. He has been surpassed by the
Swede, Won Otter, 1868, 81 degrees az
minutes north; the Austrian, Payer, S74,
81 degrees OF minutes north; Meyer with
Hall), 1872, 80 degrees 09 minutes north:
Hall and Buddington, 1871, 50 degrees 16
minutes north; the Englishniau, Beaumont.
with Nares) }, 1876, 50 degrees 21 minutes
north; Parry, 1927 So degrees As minutes
north; Ai1rich with Naresl, 1876, 80
degrees OF minutes north; Markham with
Mares J, l 1886, SO degrees 20 minutes north.
which for three centuries had remained
with England, passed TO America through
the explorations OF the expedition j had
the honor to command, when Lockwood
and Brainard reached SO deg. "a min.
north, a poiut that to this time has been
unsurpassed.
If NaDsen and Jackson wrest this record
from America stand foremost among men
eager to do them honor, but until such
achievement is subStantiated | bo,d fast
for the men and OFFICERS VINO suffered
and triumphed under my orders, and am
defense more quickly than an officer of
the United States Navy, to whom these
enormously ascribed honorS must be most
distasteful. a. w. GREELY.
The morning times., 1896-02-16
EXPLOSION In A PULLMAN
Two Women Cleaners and the Car
Porter Badly Injured,
They Were Cleaping the Carpets
With Gasoline When 1t
Exploded

Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. 15.-At 11:45 O'Clock
today an explosion OF gasoline occurred in
Pullman sleeping car Wyndham in the Penn
sylvania railroad yards at Eighteenth street
near Union station.
Mrs. Laura Foss, who lives on Twenty
fret street, Pittsburg, and Miss Sadie Con
roy, Of Alieghney, car cleaners, and the car
porter, James Richards. colored, whose
home is in Cincinnati, were injured. Their
injuries consist of cuts and bruises about
their heads, hands and faces. They We're
removed 10 the West Penn Hospital for
surgical attention.
The women were engaged in cleaning the
carpets and plush trimmings OF the Wynd-
ham, using gasoline for the purpose.
Suddenly there was a terrific explosion
that hurled the occupants Of the sleeper
aside with great force. rendering them
unconscious. The sides of the car were
bulged, and the roof lifted from its place.
Every window and door was blown from
their rastenings, and in fact the car, above
the trucks, is complete wreck.
The sleeping cars Zita and New Eng
land, standing on either side Of the
Wyndam, We're also badly damaged. not
window remaining in place. The DANA ge
will amount TO several thousands of dollars.
The manner in which the gasoline become
ignited has not been explained. nor has it
been learned how seriously the victims of
the explosion were injured.
The morning times., 1896-02-16
She Was Cured

The other day a Norihport woman, after
blowing her horn to call her husband to din
ner, felt a severe pain i'll her left car, aud
when her husband came in told him she be-
Iieved she had blown her ear out of joint.
He examined ii and saw that The interior
of the ear seemed 10 protrudc a little more
than common, and he, 100, came to the con-
clusion that it was out of joint. But after a
short deIiberation. ise exclaimed: 81 guess
/ can fix that all right, 50, taking down
the horn from the nail ne took Deliberate
aim at her left ear and blew Il tremendous
blast. OF course, the woman was a little
hard of hearing for II while, but The remedy
proved most effective. The interior ef the
ear was blown back to its natural position,
the pain departed, and the woman resumed
her houscwork highly pleased with the cur
ing of like by like.-Bangor Commercial
The morning times., 1896-02-16
BURNED THE WOMEN ALIVE
Horrible Deed of Night Marauders
in Kentucky.

Augusta Ky, Feb. 15.-One of the most
county was committed here this morning
Two women were burned TO death and
man badly wounded.
About daylight Robert Laughlin, living
about three miles west of Augusta was
awakened by the presence of a man at his
bedside in the act OF placing knife at his
throat. Laughlin reached out and grabbed
the assassin by the coat at the same time
the man made a lunge at him, striking him
in the shoulder.
Seeing second man in the room, Laugh
lin jumped from bed and ran FOR the door.
closely pursued by the man with the knife.
Laughlin ran to neighbors TO give the
alarm leaving the house in a mass of
flames behind him.
Laughlin's wife and Miss May Jones,
thirteen year-oid girl, spending the night
with them, were left in the burning build
ing. He says he never heard n sound from
them during the struggle with the men,
aud he believes they were butchered be-
fore the murderers assaulted him. The
bodies of the unfortunate women were
found lying in the ruins.
No clue TO the perpetrators of the hor
ribie deed has been obtained. Laughlin
was peaceablc and respected farmer.
BIoodhouDdS were put on the trail this
afternoon. The hounds worked directly
toward this city, and strangely came 10 Il
halt at the house where the parents of the
girl May Jones, live, but here their scent
was lost. The town was in an uproar
OF excitement.
The morning times., 1896-02-16
FIFTY PER CENT Is PAID In
Time for First Payment on Bonds
Expired Yesterday.
Morgan Syndicate Endeavoring to
Profit on Defaulters by Their
Blanket Bid

With the close OF yesterday the last day
expired in which the first payment OF 20
per cent could be made on the new bonds
The total payments, as reported to the
Treasury, to date have aggregated S62,-
9SS, 746, or more than 90 per cent OF the
all OF its purchase money yesterday, with
the object in view of catching any OF the
defaulting bidders bonds, to which they
are entitled under their blanket bid OF
llo.6ST7 for 81 90, 600, 900 or any proper
ton thereof. How many bidders defaulted,
and in what amounts, and who they are,
will not be known at the Treasury untn
Monday or Tuesday next.
The difference in standard time made
the hour at which bidders could pay for
their bonds, reckoning from East to West
three hours later than New York time at
San Francisco, and on hour later at Chi
cago and st. Louis.
At the close of business yesterday the
Treasury gold reserve, with deposits at
New York excluded. stood at ST. ,132, S63.
Since January s. when Secretary Carlisle
invited bids for the new bond issue, to date,
S2T, ,4a2 ,S54 in gold has been withdra wn
from the Treasury.
OF this amount S9.404,032 is reported
as having been withdrawn from export,
and the balance Of $3.50 900 ,0o0, was with
drawn presumably to pay for bonds 1t Is
stated from reliable New York adVices,
that the firm Of thinner & Forshay alone
have withdra wn So, ,S51 ,633.
The morning times., 1896-02-16
RAKED BOWLER IN.
WANTED TO BORROW $3.50.
Frank Nichols Told Peculiar Story
and Was Arrested.

Frank Nichols Told a Peculiar story
and Was Arrested.
When Policemen Herndon and Cowne
brought Frank Nichols. cclored, into police
station No. / last night, the officers ON
reserve thought the wild man OF Borneo
had been captured.
Nichols popularity is his hair. In fact
all hiS troaDle was caused by hair. He was
charged by the officers with violating the
police regulations because he dumped Il
cart load of hair in the street at the corner OF
Tenth and { streets
When he stood up before the desk sergeant
las night he held forth a note and dema Dded
that it be sent to his friend, Lawyer He w
let. IL the lawyer could not be found he
wished il taken 10 Judge Keys.
Nichols was arrested at the corner OF
Eleventh street and the Avenue. He came
up to Policemen Herndon and COwne and
asked them 10 loan him $3.50. He said he
intended TO bring suit for $4,000 against
a man named Houck, because he would
not purchase cart load of hair that he had
offered him. As an evidence of good
faith, Nichols presented the following note:
ITO whom it may concern. This is to
certify that the person who loans me $3.50
will receive $4,000 within the next ten
days. i also agree to give him any house
and lot in the city OF Washington which he
may desire
The officers thought that such a propo-
sition from an aged colored man, whose
clothes were in tatters, denoted at least
an unbalanced mental condition, and took
him TO the Station-house. He will be
taken to court on Monday and an inquiry
as to his sanity asked for.
The morning times., 1896-02-16
Figuring the Profit.


He rubbed his hands together gleefully-
Well I'm winner on that last deal. he
said.
Good" returned the broker. II told
you that you ought to sell. and you didn't
seem to believe me at the time. When did
you let it go?''
I Gtos.'t let it go" replied the amateur
specuIator. Il have it yet"
Have it yet?' cried the broker. in aston
ishment. why, great mackerell It's
only SO now."
Il know it, replied the speeulator, COM
placently.
And when told you to sell it was116."
That's right"
Then l can't see how you make yourself
out a winner"
That : because you don't know me as.well
as know myself. I've got the stock now,
haven't II"
Yes"
And it's worth 56?"
Yes"
Then. I'm Just that much ahead. tell
you was tempted to sell it when il was11
but | was able to resist the temptation.''
But, if You had sold, think what you
would have now"
Not cent" returned the specuIator,
promptly. / would have started out 20
celebrate and it would have been gone in
twenty-four hours. would be broke now.
On. know when I'm a winner Chicago
Post
The morning times., 1896-02-16
1t WAS TEACHERS NIGHT.
a
Pedagogues Much in Evidence at
the Temple Fair.
Donations Continue to Come in and
the Large Attendance Does
Not Diminish

To skip a night had the substantial eff
feet of an augmentation OF interest and
attendance at the Washington Hebrew Fair
Or was 1t the weather? Anyhow, the
crowd there last night equaled the open
ing night, and that statement is made from
authority.
1t was school teachers night at the
fair. superintendent Powell was there
with large following OF pedagogic talent.
The winsome ones who teach the young
Washington idea how to shoot had a night
OF ii. If they were denure, they We're
pleased; If they were not boisterous, they
were gay in a subdued and happy way
They did not miss anything III the fair
which shows they saw great deal.
Donations keep coming in. Three people
sent in S10Qssfast night, besides an~oif
painting p&sented By Miss Florence
Behrend, With vii! bekFaffied for $50
Last night ended the first week OF the
fair and showed thetflattering and en-
couraging amount raised for the temple
fund TO be nearly $4,000. This is CON
sidered remarkable and shows the success
pected. Y -
1t assures the building of the place Of wor-
ship, which is to add to the many distin-
guisled architeelural models in Washing
ton. 1t mustShe ls,rne in mind that fhe
figures given represent the aggregate
| amount received from all sources, includ-
ing large donations from people not living
in the city.
The fair wil continue during next week,
and this amount is expected to be ma
terially increased.
Monday night a photograph of the fair
Is TO be taken. with all booth and table
attendants in their places, and the execu-
tive committee in the foreground.
1t will also be merchants night, and
great delegation of Washington business
men who have not been there before will
be present. The Washington Light Infantry
will also be present and give some fancy
drills. The dance program for Monday
night is:
March-King Cotton............... Sousa
Overture-Tambour de Garde. Till
Cornet Solo-Selected...... .Samuels
Sclections-Erminie ............. JacObowski
Piece Characteristique-Coco Dance
Medley-Plantation Echoes. Ross
PoIka-Gambrinus ................. Aronson
The Feneibles will be there Tuesda night,
which is to be Military Night
The morning times., 1896-02-16
WHERE HAIR COMES FROM.
Peasant Women of France Furnish
the Stylish Dark Variety.
Chicago Record

Though womendonot atpreSent upholster
their heads with locks that obviously grew
somewhere else, hair is still an important
feature Of commerce. Infactone neof thegreat
New York importers says that the trade is
as large now as ever it was.
II suppose it's due to the growth of the
country said he, land the extension of
fashionable luxuries into the byways and
hedges, but on the whole our business is as
valuable now as when the women wore
chignons. The theatrical world is bigger
than itused "a be. and after all, they are the
great hair buyers.
New York imports four or five tons of
hair annually, and London twice that
amount. English women have never de-
pended upon their own hair for adornment
as Americans do. They have finer suits
generally but like to see the head overloaded
with puffs- braids. buns, etc.
The big hair crops come from Germany
and France. tits handled by the agents of
a Dutch company who visit America an
nually for orders.
BLACK hair is fashionable just now, but
there are certain golden tints that always
bring the highest price; for example, GER
tain shades OF light lair that fetch as much
as 81 an ounce. The peasant women OF
Brittany and southern France supply most
of the dark hair in the market and from
one to five francs is paid a head. The
average weight of a single growth is one
pound, and agents refuse as rule TO handle
less than that amount unless the hair is
naturally curly or OF n rare color. The
peasants are obliged to wash it before the
sale, and indeed as hair-growing is Il buSi-
ness with them they learn that it pays to
keep il clean. The dealers are careful
To attend ali the fairs and Iuerry-naKings in
the fall OF the year. infoIIowing 9pthe trade
Il attended one such sale while visiting
in France lately. The girls caUle up TO he
sheared just as they would to peddle cab
bage. each one hair hanging downhe back.
By the side of every shearer was a long
basket. into which was thrown each sue
cessive crop Of hair; tied up in a sBeaf
by itself. The women wear close caps,
shorn or unshorn. SO there is not much lost
or gained in their personal appearance.
"The most beautiful hair--the long silky.
curly tints of rare cOlor-go generally into
theatrical wigs. Miss Rehan, by the way,
is said TO, possess the finest collection of
wigs in this country.
Curly hair has "a high value of its own,
as no way has beer found to treat it so that
it will stay curIed. A fortune waits foI the
man that can do it. And yet it is only
twenty years or 80 since dealings in ma tUral-
~ curly hair developed as a special feature
! of the trade. This evolution had the curious
effect of bringing continental Jews into
the hair-growing business They are the
| only people who can be looked to with any
confidence to supply the market
The morning times., 1896-02-16
BEGGED TO BE LOCKED UP
Well-Dressed Stranger Who Pre-
ferred a Cell to His Room.
He Was Drinking and the First Pre-
cinct Police Let Him Occupy a
Dungeon.

A we'll dressed man entered police sta
tion No. l shortly after IL O'Clock last
highland told Officer LOTUS that he wanted
to be locked up. he said his name was
John Barnes and that he was graduate
OF Yale College and came from New Haven,
Conn.
He laid his watch and chain and a
large ron of bills on the desk and said
he was ready to have the key turned
upon him. The man had been drinking
and appeared anxious TO be put where
ne would be out of the path OF tempta-
tiOn- He was told that he could not be
accommodated and was asked where he
was stopping he said at the Ebbitt House.
and stated that he was travelling for
large New York house.
The man was so persistent and seemed
TO be 50 honest in his desire to be placed
beyond the reach or liquor that the police
finally took him at his word and put him
behind the bars.
The morning times., 1896-02-16
POLICEMEN WERE SENSITIVE. q,
Comic Valentines Caused Strained
Relations in the Fourth Precinct

The DAY OF 81. aientihe ulu noG pass
cinct. Because of the strained relations be-
tween certain policemen, eDgendered by
the exchange of comic valentines, Lieut..
Vernon last night issued an order that all
the comic pictures should be removed from
the walls of the station.
Nearly every man in the precinct spent
part OF his salary in buying valentines for
his brother policemen. These souvenirs
We're not sent by mail, bat were pasted
on the walls OF the squad room. - et
The result was that this part of the
station had a very grotesque appearance
Some OF the pictures and accompanying
doggeril had strong personal flavor and
We're excepted to by some OF the men.
Some feeling of high temperature was
stirred up and some OF the sensitive police
men made uucomplimentary remarks to-
other policemen. . rf
The morning times., 1896-02-16
Our Semi-annuaI
Furniture Sale

Begins Monday morning.
Every piece of Furniture in
the house is reduced in every
case to cost to us and In
many cases where we've
made fortunate purchases
the goods will be sold at
less than the actual cost TO
manufacture.
No matter what kind, what
style, what grade of Furni-
ture your needs may call for,
it's here, and the price on it
is lower than the lowest
we've ever seen.
Big lists of reductions in
today's Post and Saturdays
Star.
The morning times., 1896-02-16
He Tripped Man Who Fell and
Killed Himself

New York, Feb. 15.-Joseph Fineberg,
twenty years old, a Russian, of No. 211
Madison street, while passing along Mon
roe street, about o O'Clock la ST night carry
ing keg of beer on his shoulder, was
tripped by an unknown man and fell, strik-
ing mis- head on the edge of the beer keg.
His skull was fractured. An ambulance
was summoned from Gouycneur Hospital,
but before il arrived the man died.
Later thepolice arrested Jerry Barnett
the prize tighter, on suspicion OF being the
man who trlpped Ffneberg.
The morning times., 1896-02-16
- r-
Cordage Company in Court

Cincinnati, Feb. 15.-The United States
Trust Company OF New York filed suits
in equity against the United States Cordage
Company and j, !. Waterbury and j E.
Strong, receivers of the cordaEe company,
in the United Stateseircuit court this morn
ing.
The cordage company issued bonds for
81, 500 900, for which the United States
Trust Company became trustee, and re-
ceiyed as security mortgages on the plant
of the Miamisburg ,Cordage Company, Mid
dletown Twine Company and The Xcnia
Mills, also the Field Cordage Company
and Ohio Cordage Company located at
receiver to take control of the above
plants.