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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-01-11
FOUR AMERICANS SHOT.
A Case Which Calls for 9omeshfn,
More Than . Mere Explnnatfon-

A Case Which Calls for someshi.s
More Than . Mere Expl.n.siea.
New York. Dec. sl.-A special In
the World from La Pax, Bolivia,
says:
-Four American citizens, Charles
Joiner. George Miner, Alfred Heard
and Thomas CALDWELL. arrived at
Chuquisaca Last week, after q i've
weeks journey from Brazil, where
they had been working for years, and
had amassed considerable fortunes.
which they were taking home. They
remained several days spending money
freely and gambling extensively.
Tuesday Miner accused Pepe Con-
Eales. the acting mayor Of Chuouissca.
OF having cheated them by playing
with marked cards, and offered TO prove
the assertion. Gonzales drew q pistol,
but was Knocked down by Joiner, and
general fight ensued, in which thirty
persons threw themselves on the friend.
less Americans. Finally, the police
arrested the Americans, letting the M.
tives 60 free. The Americans were
taken to q filthy Jail, left two nights
and one day without food. They were
then given the semblanoe of a trial. in
which they were accused of being spies,
and were not allowed to send q mes
sage to the American consul. They
were sentenced to death. The sentence
was carried into execution Thursday
night publicly. Their horses and other
property have disappeared. but it is
known that Gonzales has distributed
them among his friends and the police.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-01-11
NO DOUBT OF AN issue
A Contract With a Bond Syn.
dicate Agreed Upon.
PREPARED FOR ANY RMRRGEscY
The Amount FIXED st One Hundred
Aiiiions and the Terms More Ys-
vorsbIe 80 the Government.

Warrington, Jan. 2.-There IN nov
no reasonable doubt that a bond ism.
has been agreed upon. and that the de.
tails OF contract with Q syndicate Of
which J. Pierpont Morgan il the head
have been arranged; also that nothina
remains to be done to carry it into
enect except for the secretary TO sign
his name thereto. Thus the president
10 prepared for any emergency and
there is no doubt that should heavy
Withdrawals Of gold for export ret in
again another issue would be an.
nounced. The fact that there have
been no Withdrawals for export within
the last several days although sterling
exchange has ruled at or above the
shipping point. gives credence to an
opinion held in treasury circles that
the market has already begun to feel
the syndicate's influence against ex.
ports. The amount Of the merit issue
1t Is almost certain has been fixed NJ
500, OO0. 900. and it il believed the
terms Of the contract are rather more
favorable to the government than those
under which the Last issue was made.
In this connection it il recalled that be-
tween August 81. 1865. the date upon
which the national debt reached its
highest point, and March /, 1898. the
amount OF the governments outstand.
ing obligations was reduced 1881.
500, s73. To accomplish this reduction
bonds were purchased to the amount
d t77O,S0S, $50. OF this amount
tS24, $50, 800 were purchased prior to
1879. and SAC, 459. $50 since that date.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-01-11
THE TREsIzoMo MASSACRE.
Asoshsr Story ~ 70 the Case Of tn
Awful Slaughter.

another Story ~ to the Cause Of tn
Awful Slaughter.
Now York. Jan. "A letter from
Irebisond. giving the testimony Of m
eye witness states:
bahirt Paaha. governor of Van.
started 70 come 10 Constantinople and
II was learned that he was brinaiua
with him four Of the fairest young
maidens Of Saasoun who had been
spared In the maaaacres, to make an Nc.
ceptable present Of them TO the Sultan.
This aroused the Armenian people Of
Trebtsond to frenzy. and ~ it was i'm.
possible to resist. the more daring of
me young men fred upon Bahiri Pashs
wnen he was going about the city
wounding him. After he was cured
he carried out his internal mission 70
and was honored with
the highest decoration and appointed
governor OF Adana. in spite Of the
nerveles protest Of the AMBASSADOR
Afterward the pssha Of Trebisond de.
manded the onenderA But they could
not be found.
The pasha has already begun to
with the sultan BY tele.
graph. and. calling to the commander
d the soldiers, ordered them TO be
ready at 8 O'Clock. When the maids
had arrived and the people went to.
ward the post. both the soldiers and the
mob rushed upon them. Men and
women were torn and murdered and
he grosns Of the dying could be heard
1t 10 the most awful of
he masaacres.
News from Diarbekir report unut. |
cradle suffering among those well-to-
10 short time ago. The same in.
ormation comes from Guerin. where \
lot an Armenian house has been left
tAndng where q large community was
be seen only few weeks ago.
From every part Of Armenia comes
be call TO Armenians who are out of
be country. begging that money be
snt to the survivors of their families
'ithout delay. as they have neither
'od NOR fuel. and scarcely any cloth.
'g. No men are allowed 70 travel
'om city or village That which
rings most grief to the Armenians is
lat numbers Of young maidens were
ken to the harems Of the Kurds and
urks."
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-01-11
THE CONTRACT SIGNED.
Bond Syndicate IL Now Ready to Take
the Government Loan.

Bond syndicate IL Now Ready TO Take
the Government Loan.
New York, Jan. S.-The contract
has been signed by all the members Of
the new bond syndicate. subject to the
formal acceptance Of the government.
The syndicate agrees to furnish H..
500. 900 ounces Of gold, amounting to
about $500. 900. 900 in gold. the govern.
ment to take half Of this sum first. and
to have the option Of taking the other
half and deliver 4 per cent S0.year
coin bonds at about the same price rs
paid for the last issue Of bonds. The
managers Of the syndicate are to re.
ceive commission Of per cent The
price at which the last bonds were
taken was i04, 40. at which they yielded
80. per cent interest.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-01-11
Americans to Aid Aru.,,.n..

New York, Jan. a'-The national
Armenian relief COMMITTEES appeals 10
the people Of the United States for i'm.
mediate and generous subscriptions TO
relieve the needs Of $50. 900 Armenians
who are destitute.
Justice Brewer. Of the supreme court
Of the United States, 10 chairman of
this committee, which includes Arch.
bishop Coirigan. Chauncey NJ. Depew,
John s. Kennedy, Alex. E. Orr. Bishop
Potter, Jacob Self, Everett P. Wheeler
and Spencer Trask.
The committee announces that the
immediate need is for money which
should be sent 10 the treasurers, Brown
Bros. & Co., Of Philadelphia and Bos-
ton. The only supplies that can Be
used are grain, and coarse cotton and
wooden goods, but no such subscrip-
tions should be forwarded without
previous communication with the
committee.
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San Francisco, Jan. S.-The Exam.
liner today prints interviews with near
ly every prominent business man in
that city on the business transacted
last year, aud the outlook for 1896. All
agree that 1925 was a great improve
ment over 1894. Merchants are look.
ing forward to bettcr times this year
than they have experienced since the
panic Of 1898.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-01-11
70 REcoMPeNse AMERICANS,


Indemnity Demanded for Losses s-s
tanned At khaEpat.
Washington, Jan. 3. - Secretary
Olney has directed Minister Terrell, Al
Constantinople. to demand an indem.
nifty Of ti00, 900 from Turkey for the
benefit Of the Armeican missionaries
who suffered loss Of property in the
kharput outbreaks in November. Min.
lister Terrill has also been instructed 10
inform the sultan's ministers that an
additional indemnity will be demanded
for the benefit Of Americans who suffer.
ed loss Of property ut Marash a few
weeks later. This second demand will
be formally made as soon as the exact
loss sustained by Americans at Marash
can be officially determined. II is not
expected that the sum Of indemnity
will be less than 500. 600, and it may
be more
Secretary Olney in his letter 10 the
president on December 10, for the in.
formation of congress. said the Turkish
government would be held responsible
for all losses to Americans at Kharpus
He has now begun the fulfllment Of
that promise. He also stated that q
like demand would be made for the
losses At Marash.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-01-11
Amendment to the Bond Bill,

Washington, Jan. 2.-Senator Jones,
OF Arkansas, today presented an amend.
ment which he proposes to offer to the
house bond bill 1t provides that any
holder Of silver bullion, who is a citi.
zen of the United States, may tender
the same to the secretary Of the treas
ury and have il coined into silver dol.
lars. the seigniorage to be the differ.
ence between the original value and
the market price Of the bullion in New
York; for the cancellation of all bank
notes of less than tl0: directing the
secretary Of the treasury to coin the
silver bullion in the treasury into silver
dollars, to be used in redeeming the
treasury notes issued for the purpose of
purchasing silver bullion under the
Sherman act; and the redemption of
the greenbacks in either gold or silver,
and for their reissue according to the
provisions Of the act Of 1878.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-01-11

There are sss i.osiasioes in Id.ho
The Alder Creek Gold Mining Com
rany has been incorporated. with ,
aslAssl stock u 81. 600. 600.
Idaho Fails will vote On the pr,,.s,
iioa 10 issss bonds for CSC. coo for IN,
parp~e ii srvc,,ns an electric l,xh,
and ~s'rrsosks system.
a mining department has ,ser
ssa@ a'ssssed q, the state university O,
Idaho There |. no charge Of tuition,
eao~pa iua materials used
a discovery II opsls has t~~n mad.
90 ss.h'siAsy of the Bag Cs,nss ers~k.
he "a ~ reported 20 lie yrry s.t~u.
sifr. and the opsls have been examines,
by tss'sainea, New York Jewellers, who
~, the, are nsa-eiAs.
Eh',soreruas Edward J. Carts. a.
haas~. 10 daad lie Was ss yrsr a,
axc. having cuane 10 tho Coast in ts&s
~" Mas ssso~ . sacsnt~s Of she Cali.
'"sHas legislature. and later removed
'o osvxOn shst~ he srrs~d onc term Il,
ssssS representative lie was terri.
fsiai s~cr~s@ry 1t Idaho In 1893. and
sesrsd ail tbs sdreht II the state o..
fanoss Ia 1880.
Thew was paseni~d 10 the state al
Idaho dSTsnx the year s,sps kcses 81
land In aid Il the stats agricultural
esssase. s.sos fog ,nsAss asylum. 10. ssi
aoses ia poSsirn;isry. l.s2o for patlic
hsilainSs, s2.ssa fog tho scientific
school. 90. ava for charitable tnstitu.
ssoaas and 5. 80; .os the normal school.
M ilse Ps'slic Lands in Idaho ihcrs
~erc sa'rr?ed durtns the YEAR i.s3o. q.
sSs ansNA
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New York, Jan. 2.-The EVENING
Posts London cablegrsm says:
As regards the placing of q United
States loan. / understand that one
London bank and several small iustitu.
lions have agreed to participate in any
issue which may be made, and that
certain firms on the Continent have
expressed their willingness to Join in
it. But those who are naturally looked
to for support still decline to step for
ward, and so the negotiations are not
likely to make much Roadway at pres
emit"
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AGAIN THE TRANsvAAL.


the boer Republic - suppla.t vens.
susls II Interest
London. Dec. Sl.-The Times Thu
morning publishes long dispatches from
Cape Town. Paris and Berlin besrins
on the Transvaal question, which
seems to be displacipg the Venesuela
Question. The Paris dispatch quota
the Journal des Debats q saying:
The London Times seems n h
avenging itseH ON the Boers for The
moderate tone it was obliged 70 adopt
toward Uncle Sam"
The Des Dehats then procseds 10
argue upon the danger to French in.
terests Of allowing England to seize the
Transvaal.
A dispatch to the Times from The
hague says that Hollands attitude On
the question il apparently one Of in
difference.
The Berlin dispatch says the action
OF the Uuitlanders in the Transvasl has
given rise to an unusually violent az.
Pioitation OF anti-Englisb feeling in the
German presA
The National Zeitung il quoted ~
Germany. Portugal and possibly
France cannot allow the Boer republic
70 become the exclusive prey Of Eng.
land especially Of such q dangerous
- Mr.. Cecil Rhodes.
The Koeniche Zeitung, the Kreux
1eitung and other papers express SINH
lar sentimentA It cannot be denied
mat while the relations between the
English and German governments are |
n no way cordial. q Widespread feeling
u animoIty against England exists in |
Germany.
The Times also has q column article |
explanatory Of the Transvaal trouble.
which says: Equity Of representation |
Nth taxation. language. law. responsi.
nifty OF the Administration 70 the leeis.
allure. and the removal Of reliRious
are among the chief Of the
JuitiAnders' demands. which they de-
ire to maintain inviolable."
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-01-11

Berlin, Jan. "A dispatch from
Swallow, province Of Qusngha, China.
says the rinRleader Of the mob which
plundered the German mission at
Moilin has been beheaded.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-01-11

Money Being Hoarded i'm Boston.
New York, Jan. "A special from
Boston to the Evening Post says:
1T is impossible to borrow money
here today. The banks would not &C.
oept Pullman stock as collateral at s
per cent Several banks have applied
to the clearing house for certificates.
There is a suspicion that money is be.
ing boarded to buy the expected new
government bonds"
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-01-11
Support From France and Russia.

Support From France and Russia.
Vienna. Jan. 2.-The St Petersburg
correspondent Of Freie Presse tele.
graphs that Russia and France have
actually promised diplomatic support
to the United States in the Venezuela
troubles. and adds Russia is prepared to
facilitate the United States loan with
their own gold reserved
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-01-11
Regular rroops to he Substituted.

BuSF hrUOps 70 ne bd0etttute0s
Constantinople, Deo Sl.-At the 10.
quest Of the United States minister,
the sultan has ordered that regular
troops replace the reserve soldieu, who
are guarding the missionaries In ths
exposed parts Of The empire
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Washington, Jan. 2.-Justice Brew
or. Of the supreme court, has been ten.
dered and accepted a place on the Ven.
eauela commission.
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To Prevent the Issue Of Bopas.

To Prevent the Issue Of Bonds.
Washington, Jan. 2.-Allen, at the
request Of Thurston, introduced bill
in the senate today. prohibiting the
issue OF bonds by the United States un
less congress shall by resolution declare
the necessity for them.
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Vienna, Jan. "A violent earth.
quake shock was felt today at Weiner
Neustadt, thirteen miles south Of this
city.
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cided to submit to the vo..
fs Al .ns question Of VALIDATING ~ -. =
~ , .aa' amounting 70 ess oo0. a.. ~ -
" 'and'ng this indebtsdnsss . . rs
honda snort'standins
s,ss.,. N"'hefn Pacific Railroad Z.
o.o.uns . humber Of new iss ~ y
sna u putting up twice ss mn.. " .su
~ :, . l This additional sunnIv = !.
~. - :. 's'saney Of large fruit shinnay.. =
s s. inc Ice will b. used for rssr,as.
VI An EFFORT Is being made in No,.,,
s. .,na 10 have tbs saloon lios,.s - -
aaced to $3.50. the dssIsrr c,s;. ae'
sna' u was more difficult 70 "a. ~ !.
oeht now than IL would h.v. , su~'
=, ' ooo : lew years ago. when the
s''o"o rate was established. '"e
The board Of trade Of New wh...o
80 80 spi"in'sd . COMMITTEES to inysssi ,
ss's the ssisbiishmen, Of a c,s.ms1
'ae'e They have also under oou.sSa!
a'.on ssoo bonus for a Oar nh,
h'on would treat all the fi.r r.i..s =.
. VIC e"an'y. II every farmer RAISED s,s
IN | "a " |. . new enterprise soon
" 10 10 operation 1t Se.,,l. IT,
is Of the company has lbs, =, u.s.
'a'hea from Europe. where be- has na.
CHASED machinery. and has n,an"s.
.cA an expert eagineer from Bsls,n,.
- WIZ Re the only essa blishmsr, !.
The United States To use wood r.s
There Is noremen, TO secure . INV.
esa'nSn, station in this state for ,,.,;n.
10, -. .amh~n Of the Pacific oo.s, tn
!" asainsfan Chapter Of Arrhi,er,s sn..
sSs'. having the machinery pl.o.a /,
INC State university building =, s..,
TO The '-sis would t- made und.,
government Supervision aud all repor,.
tear the impress Of United |
states oftieisls
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House.
Washington. Dec. S0.-The house
today responded TO the appeal of the
president BY passing q tariff bill, the
operation Of which is limited to two
and half years and which 10 designed
to raise $40, 600. 900 for the relief Of the
treasury. The vote today was ON party
lines, with two exceptions The Re.
publicans all voted for the bill except
Hartman OF Montana, who did not
vote. and the Democrats and Populists
against it. save Newlands Of Nevada,
who voted in favor Of the measure,
The special order under which the bill
was brought to a vote, after three and
half hours Of debate, was ironclad In
character and compelled the members
30 adopt or reject it without oppor.
tunity Of Offering amendments Of any
kind.
Washington, Dec. Sl.-The house
today passed the bond bill BY a vote
OF 10 to 1856; and the house, having
discharged the task for which il had
been sitting during the recess, effected
an agreement by which it should ad.
journ next week, three days at time
in order to give members an oppor.
tunity to rest and visit their homes.
The closing hours Of the deabte TODAY
were lacking in spirit. and there was
practically no excitement until the vote
was taken The margin of 81, by
which the first section of the bill.
against which the Republican oppon.
ents OF the measure massed their oppo.
sition. was passed showed that the
friends Of the measure had marshaled
every vote in its favor available. Al
it was ~ Republicans refused to act
with the majority Of the party. The
Populists and Democrats, with the ex.
cpetion Of Hutchinson, who voted for
the bill. presented an unbroken front
against the bill.
Washington. Jan. 8 "A plan for the
esta blishment Of q bureau 70 be known
as the commission Of foreign commerce
has been framed BY Doolittle of Wash.
ington. and 10 embraced in a bill in.
troduced in the house today. The oh.
Jects OF the commission contemplated
are TO acquire and diffuse for the bene.
nt OF manufacturing interests informa.
tion ON all subjects relating 10 foreign
for products that may be SUP.
piled by American labor. A commits.
sioner Of commerce. salaried at %, 600
. year, will be at the head Of the bu.
resu. with the necessary assistants and
clerical force. The plan 10 largely the
result OF Mr.. Doolittle's observation ON
an extended trip through Japan, China
and other parts Of the East last sum.
mer. He says the uss Of the bureau
would b principally 70 cultivate com.
mercial relations between the Uu!tsd
Se.ee: and the other American nations
and the OEisnk
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Berlin. Jan. ga cable dispatch re.
ee''ed here from Pretoria ssys rising
ny occurred at johannesburg. It is
soded that 500 more armed men be.
longing TO the British chartered com.
pAny nave crossed the frontier, and
us' rresident Kruger is determined to
ae'eaf the invaders by force Of arms.
a conflict between the Boers and En-.
giish Is expected tomorrow.
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FTY.FOURTH SESSION
Daily Proceedings In Senate
and House.
IMPORTANT BILLS INTRODUCED


Washington, Dec. 3O.-The Demo.
cratic steering committee Of the eenate
today completed the last assignment Of
minority members Of the commtttssa.
and handed the list 10 Mitchell. chair.
man Of the Republican csucus oom.
miteee. Tho chairmen Of the moro
important committees arc - follows:
Appropriations. Allison; finance.
Morrill,; foreign relations, Sherman:
judiciary. Hoar; commerce, Ftye: In.
eetstate commerce. Cullom; military
Affairs. Hawley; naval Affairs, Cam.
eroo; pablo lands. Dubois; Indian
anairs, Pettigrew; claims, Teller: coast
defense. Squire; education and labm.
Shoup; territories. Davis; Pacific rail-
rosds. Gear; pensions, Gallingsr; post.
omces and postroads, Wolcott; asricul.
ture and forestry. Proctor; private Land
claims, Harris; manufactures, Wet.
more; fisheries, Perkins; civil service
and retrenchment, Pritchard; immisra.
ton, Lodge; irrigation and reclamation
OF arid lands, Warren; mines and min.
ing, Stewart: railroads, Clark; Indian
depredations, Wilson; Transportation
routes to the seaboard. Mcbride; Mica.
ragua canal and Nicaragua claims.
Morgan; international exposition.
Ihurston; national banks, Mantle:
forestry reservations and protection
thereof. Allen; to investigate treaspass-
ers on Indian lands, Baker; woman
suffrage. Call
Warrington, Jan. s.-The senate
held two hours session today, in the
course OF which q speech by Mitchell
On the restoration Of the McKinley
duties on wool was listened to and =
was passed for the invest.
CATION by the committee on naval
anairs Of the prices paid by the gov.
srnment for ship armor. The resolu.
'ian contained broad intimatiou that
'ficers OF the government were inter-
'sted In the armor-plate prices. The
most important feature of the session
vas resolution offered by Sherman
or the restoration Of the gold reserve.
which hereafter should be held sacred
or the redemption Of the greenbacks
md treasury notes. the former TO be re-
ssued only in exchange for gold coin
md bullion Elkins asked for the i'm
Mediate consideration of a resolution
propos Of the anticipated bond issue,
it to be the sense of the sen.
te that no bonds Of the United States
hould be sold at private sale or BY
rivate contract. but should be dis
osed of by advertisement, to the hieh.
st bidder. Hill objected. When the
enate met, Perkins of California asked
unanimous consent for the considera.
ion Of resolution directing the COM
,ittee ON finance to report an amend
tent to the house tariff bill. laying an
dditional duty ON raw sugar equal to
ne other increases Of the bill. Berry
Arkansas objected.
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ADVANCE OF JAMESON
British Commissioner Has
Reached Johannesburg.
A CONFLICT EXPECTED 500,


London. Jan. s.-The Globe tbi,
vening says rumor has reached Lon.
1on mat Dr. Jameson has arrived ~
johannesburg. 1t 10 also st.ted th.,
resident Kruger has teisgraphsd q
So''niAi Secretary Chamberlain plede.
ing his government that the Boar
.nsl temporarily adopt passive atti.
.uae toward DR.. Jsmieson's force on
IT. arrival outside Of Johsnneshur~
an important feature Of the arrange.
ment between Mr.. Chamberlain ana
s rlesadsnt Kruger is that all responsi.
oihty Tor hostilities will rest with the
chartered South Africa COMPANY.