The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-06-12
NEWS ABOUT THE WORLD
FROM ALL PARTS or THE NEW
AND OLD WORLD.
Comprehensive Review ~ the Ins-
DOrtnnt Happenings of flAe
Current Week.

The new inheritance tax law Of
PennsyIvania IL declared unconstitu-
tionaL
Lawrence Townsend OF Pennsylvania
has been nominated minister to Portu-
gal.
Ellis II. Bobberts Of New York has
uref.
Quite 9 severe shock Of earthquake
was felt at Helena, Mont, Saturday
morning.
The death In announced at Colorado
Springs of BENJAMIN Z. crowelI, one
Of the foremost pioneers Of Colorado.
Conrad n. Jordan has been nominat-
ed assistant treasurer OF the United
States at New York.
Mount vesuvius Is again In eruption.
An area OF 300 yards long by 500 yards
wide is covered with lava.
A. ". Monarch e Co. a distiIIing com
pany Of Owensburg. KY. has assigned
Liabilities, 500. coo; assets. $4,000
Fright due 10 hearing a man snore
caused the death of a S-year-old
child in New York city. The snorer
has been sent 10 Jail for 10 days.
Richard II. Scruggs. prnmifent
merchant of St. Louis, has been held for
the grand jury. charged With SNUG
Cling Jeweiry into the county from Lon
don. 81
Fire at Portland. Or. destroyed the
Rambler eyclery. The Cactus saloon
adjoining and Miss Williams boarding
house were damaged by water. The
loss Is eSs, 600
Governor Tanner az Illinois has sign
sd the gas bills As a result the COM
panies forming The Chicago Gas Trust
viii be able 20 consolidate, saving, IL
T. said. s25gg0b0 annually
&C. J. McNamar is reported to have
purchased the n. n. stock brand OF the
Home Land Cattle Company. contain
ing from 2S.000 10 81. 600 head OF cattle.
the largest transaction that has ever
been made in Montana.
Thirteen bands Of sheep, a total Of
5000 head. arr now on the move from
the Inland Empire 20 points in Ne
braska and Kansas The greater part
were bought in eastern Oregon and the
rest In Washington.
An earthquake startled many Of the
cittEcns Of Lansing, Iowa, early sun
day morning.
Mayor olmsted OF Spokane mas writ
ten letter TO President Hill " the
Great Northern. urging more equita-
BILE freight rates for Spokane
The bonded debt Of Boston has stead
lily increased. now amounting 10 &4s.-
ssS.2ee. The annual interest Is S2.cs2.-
A FIRE IA the STANDARD Biscuit Com
pany's factory at San Francisco caused
loss OF SI0o. 600 in property and the
lives Of three firemen.
Thomas w. Booth. ex-president nf the
Merchants Exchange Of 81. Louis, was
FH. n
been suffering from a complication OF
diseases. Sma ~
Fire AZ. Cairo. III. has Destroyed sso.-
600 worth OF property. including the
new Baptist church, Glynn's transfer
stables with IS head OF horses. and sew
eral dwellings.
Frank A. Leach of California has
been nominated 10 be superintendent
OF the mint at San Francisco, and Wilt
lam Nc. Lynch OF Louisiana 20 be as
saver OF the mint al New Orleans
Joseph Richardson, an eccentric
millionaire, is dead. lie made a fortune
Ia railroad building, and was closely
associated with the yanderbilts and
Geulds. He constructed large sections
OF the Union Pacific and other roads.
Jerome SmeaIhers. his wife and seven
children were poisoned at Yelvington.
KY. with Paris green, which accidently
fen In a bucket Of water, One child
possibly none will recover
Wheat advanced at Chicago two and
quarter cents Tuesday and the pit
was the scene OF more activity than
has been seen witnessed in several
weeks. The advance was caused by
reports Of damage TO crops.
Governor Budd of California has
July g.
The ezarina has been delivered OF a
daughter at the Petershofi.
James Hughes Taylor, the veteran
trrgedian- is dead. of dropsy. at Down
ington. Penn.
conmander ]. c. Green has been on
dsred 10 the Puget sound naval sta =
ton. -
Bank Bearings OF Spokane during
the past week We're $650.s4S. This is an
Increase Of q per cent over the same
week last year.
Boston has Just witnessed the grand
est Wedding In itH history. Lars Ander-
son. until recently 3 member OF thS
United States diplomatic corps a,
Rome, italy, and Miss isabelle Per-
kins Of Boston. heiress to $i7 900 000.
becoming husband and wife.
Floods are doing considerable dam
age along the Connecticut river In New
Engiand A boom. containing l200o. e01
feet OF logs. north OF 8eilow's Falls, VIZ,
was carried away. The boom at Tar-
ner's Fails. Mass. also broke. There
were about 5000. 600 feet of logs. The
dam OF The Warner Manufacturing
Company 81 Greenfield broke. 1t was
built OF Sold rock aud was 50 feet long
sand Il feet high.
Alvin G. Clark. thu famous telescope
lens manufacturer, Is dead,
News ID just received of a terrible
! gale of the coast OF China May 6, over
taxing several hundred fishing boats
OF Cha San Archipelago. 500 men los
7 ing their lives.
Claude d. Harrington. superintendent
of the National Academy OF Design.
has been arrested In New York on a
charge OF having embezxled $4,000 oi
the academy's funds
+ While trying to arrest three burglars
| at Omaha. Neb.. Police officers Tiede-
/ mann and Glover were shot. the for
mer PERHAPS fatally. The burglars es'
capped. ~ W
Governor Tanner OF mlnais has sign
ed the famous Allen street railway
7 bih 1t authorizes 5o-year extension
OF the existing railway franchise, al.
lows five-cent fares. permits consnlida'
! ton Of companies and makes no provi'
/ sion for compensation TO munlolpali.
( ties
William Andrews, eolered. was TAX
| en- from The officers at thu door OF tbs
court house at Princess Anne, Nd. and
killed by mob, Andrews had beer
J tried. convicted and sentenced TO death
i for feloniously asSaultlng Mrs. Renla