The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-02-29
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81 tbs Dispatches.
An Athens dispatch says that the
German excavatoas near Theseum have
Uncovered marble bust Of Ghe Roman
emperor. Antonius Plus.
The Crsmp Shipbuilding Company.
Of Philadelphia has been awarded the
contract for building revenue cutter
No. .. for tho Pacific coast. The new
cutter il to 10 100 fest long.
Dr.. A. 7. Perkins, Of Chicago, has
patented q process Of keeping fruits.
meats and perishsbls products during
transportation by tho uss Of sterilixcd
air. His patents extend 10 the sntip.
odes.
While the American steamer Paris.
from New York. Was docking III South
AmplOn. shc came into collision with
the steamer Majesty. belonging 10 the
Isle u Wight The Majesty was sunk.
but all her crew were saved.
Meager details have been received in
San Francisco OF \ disastrous hurricane
On the Tonga islands. In the south
seaA Tho bafks woosang and West
Australia and tho samoan schooner
Acls were wrecked. but no lives were
Lost
Ii Hung Chang and shas Yu Lien
have t~an appointed delegates to rep.
rcsrns the emperor VI China at the
coronation Of Emperor Nicholas II. Of
Russia. at Moscow. Negotiations arc
sail In progress iooking TO tho oonciu-
SIGN Of a commercial rrA,y between
China and Japan.
Through Sraor Andrsdc. its min.
tssas In Washington. ths government
u Venezuela has notified Secretary
Oln-y that IL will rrspond sffirmativcly
Ia sho Invitation VI tho Venezuela com.
mission 10 submit all tho evidence in
iss po~s~ssion touching tho location VI
tho true boundary line
Msguus q. Crosby died In Astoria.
Tho deceased Mss one Of Asioria's lead
Ing business men. aud Was twice elect.
ed mayor Of the city. lie LET, = widow
and nvc chiidrvn. Tho Gauss 81 his
death was . complioatian Of Bright
d.sr~sr. FROM which hc had hr~n soft.
fcYin9 for several years
Count Zeppelin. II Germany. has de.
livcscd . lecture at Stuttgart In the
psusrncc Of tho king II wuft~mburg
and the military authorities Gu = st-rs.
ing strship. which. u 10 said. will cssi
about ga. 900 aud travels eleven miles
IN hour. Il Ia claimed such an airship
can rumAin la tho air ~ dAyA
Tho brisbane river IN Quc~nslsnd
has b-rn greatly swollen by noodA A
small steamer crossing the river with
abput ninety passrnScrs capsixcd. and
only forty wcr. saved. Tho capsisrd
steamer Was the fcrrybnat pcsAl Tbs
currcni was very s~ifs and the river
banks and Victoria bridge WERE cndsn
gprd.
Adviors Just received from Seoul
tho capital Of Cosrs. say an uprising
spnk pians ihcrc February ~. during
which the premier and seven officiAii
wcrv murdered. These dispatches ado
that tho king aud crown prince sought
shelter In tho Russian legation. The
king ordered tho ministers put q
death. Two hundred Russian sailor,
and mariners arr now guarding th'
legation in that country.
For the first time in half a ccntur,
tho American fslls 81 Niagara prsett
oaily ran dry. by the formation 81 NJ
icc bridge OF dam. extending from
Schlos.cr's dock. on the American
hank. about half way aoru~s the river
Tho water was almost entirely divcrtcs
to the Canadian falls. IL was possihl,
for = time for a man with a plank y
have walked from the mainland q
Goat island without ~ett,ng his feet
During the debate on the address II
reply TO the queens speech In the hous
Of commons. Sir william Vernon Har
court. supporting the amendment 70
not proposing self.sovcrnment for Ire
land. pointed out that the colonies
from which there was evidently
splendid testimony Of loyalty TO III
crown. enjoyed home rule. and b
maintained that the policy Of hom
rule could be ~ successful in lrelAn
- In tho colonies.
d. Willis James, Of New York. ha
offered e2b. 900 toward paying tn
debt Of the American board of forcig
missions. The gift IL to be made o
condition that 100000 additional b
subscribed bcfore March 1. The boar
members arc making determine
effort 20 carry out the conditions Of th
ofYor. The 100000 has been appol
toned ~ follows: Boston, t35, OOt
Now York. tso, 1000; Chicago. $4,000
A great fire ragged in auayaqui
Ecuador, resulting in the death ,
thirty persons. when the fremen an
soldiers, who were hurricdly orders
out TO help them finally brought
under control. thousands Of psni,
stricken persons were wandering hom
less in the streets. many lay dead
the morgue. and property worth near
%, 900, 900 had been destroyed, inclu
ing the noble cathedral and the co
vent which adjoined IL.
A dispatch from Toxic. Japan. a.
there IL great activity among all q
naval forces. The Japanese COVER
mcnt 10 confident that Russia 10 e
couraging the revolt in Corea, with
Wow 10 the early establishment Of
Russian professionals over the kingdo'