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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-07-17

mnnicating with his government, has
written a note 10 the secretary of state
celebrating the position taken by Japan
against the United States annexing Ha-
wall. He says, however, that the fierce
criticism taken from the newspapers Of
his native land come from the opposition
press and must not be needed.
A letter Of congratnlati0n was read
from President Mckinley 70 the 10th an.
nnal convention Of Republican clubs
which convened in Detroit and the con.
yention sent letter TO the president con
graduating him and the republican par
ty ON the approaching return Of prosper
ity. Colonel II. N. Dufiield welcomed
the convention on behalf Of Detroit and
Governor Pingree welcomed the conven-
ton ON behalf Of the state.
A play presented by Colorado anna
teurs in Pittsburg, a suburb Of Atlanta,
Ga. ended in q real tragedy. John Sin
gietOn acted part In which he was sup
posed 10 be shot by his rival. The pistol
used. which was supposed TO be loaded
with blank cartridges, carried real bull
let instead.
Adyices from constantinople indicate
that the sultan j. obduTate regarding the
acceptance Of peace proposals. Edhem
Pasha is fastening hack TO DOmOkos AMI
the Burroughs Of all the Turkish officers
have been cancelled, in reaa.ness for a re-
newAl Of hostilities.
The Cheyenne Indians are again max
ing trouble for the white people near the
reservation. A number Of bucks, armed,
attacked the home Of Matt Winter, firing
several ahots inside the house. Mrs. Win.
ter escaped without injury. The author
titles have asked Senator Carter TO bring
the matter before Secretary Bliss.
The Spokane Fruit Fair managers are
busiiy engaged in Perfecting plans for the
coming event, which has been changed
from October 5 to September q, and Il
viii close October 0. This change in date
was made ON account Of the probability
Of having better weather at the earlier
date. This WAS the date used two years
ago. and II WAS found 70 be much more
desirable than the dates used last year.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-07-17
NINE LIVES WERE LOST
TERRIBLE DOwNPoUn OF wATER
NEAR KEwBURG, y. Y.
EIuasen River RaisreaaTrae wasA-
ed 0ut-Many Buildings
Torn Down.

Newburg,N. Y, July Is elzingA res
ervoir, in Fish mountain, near Mattea-
wah, burst at O'Clock yesterday morn
ing. owing TO the heavy rains. The water
ran into the creek, and two miles below,
near Butehess junction, 1t washed away
t.ie brick yards and buildings, Including
boarding house occupied by laborerR II
il reported that nine are drowned and
others missing.
The food at Duchess Junction washed
away 200 yards of the Hudson River nail
road track Trains are stalled on each
side Of the break. There were two reser-
voirs in the mountains, the lower one a
mile distant from the other. The upper
one gave way, letting volume Of water
into the rayine. The Van Buren, and the
Timin brickyards, on the Hudson Just BE-
low Duchess Junction, are a mile distant
from the site Of the lower reservoir. With
out warning the food reached them
through the ravine and created havoc.
Buildings were torn in pieces and their
occupants carried away in the raging
hOod.
The water works system was operated
by private company, and supplied the
villages Of Mattewan and FishkiIl on the
Hudson.
A temporary trestle has been built at
the break in the Hudson River nilroad
traek, and the Montreal express, south
bound, passed over. Il viii be late this
afternoon before trains can be run on
time.
At O'Clock seven bodies had been re-
covered Two Of them were those Of Peter
Mulligan and his wife, who kept the
boarding house for the brick yard labor
ers, that was swept away by the food.
The names Of the others are not known.
II rs reported that 20 are stiIl missing.
Tons of earth and sand were washed
down in the food and the men are dig
ging into this mass 70 recover the other
bodies. Trains were stalled all the way
iron Fishkill to Poughkeepsie. One Of
these was q Cook excursion train, the
passengers on which expected TO start
for Europe today.
,aused havoc at Duchess Junction. Il
situated in the Fiahkill mountains mile
aast of the junction II collects the wa
ter from the north side Of South Beacon
and the south side of the neighborine
mountain and is 500 feet above tide wa.
ter. Its overflow reaches the Hudson BY
say Of a small stream known as Towanda
-reek- At the west end Of the Fayine are
the devastated brick yards The reser-
Eoir Is Of oval shape and about 500 feet
long and 800 feet wide and 30 or IS feet
deep. Ii is used as an auxiliary supply
to the regular waterwOrks system Of
Mattewan and Fishkill Landing. from the
main source of which it is distan. about
four miles
The largest reservoir Of this system Is
4 considerable lake near North Beacon
which has massive masonry and Is intact.
second reservoir situated much lower
lOwn the mountain, which was built to
reduce the pressure into the pipes, is also
InbrOken. These two have direct con-
aection with the Duchess Junction reser.
EOir, though all three feed into the same
pipes
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-07-17
FRIENDS
WEST
TraRs-WhsafastpPf COmgrens Con
vemes NJ Salt Lake.

venes M Salt Lake.
Salt Lake, Utah, July l6.-The Trans
Mississippi congress was called to order
promptly at 3 O'Clock yesterday momine
with large audience in the galleries and
the delegates seats well filed The largS
audience was due to the fact that Hon
w. j. Bryan, president of the congress
was expected TO be present
Resolutions were introduced and re
ferred rs follows:
By the California delegation, instruct
ing the secretary of war TO take imme
date steps toward work on the San Ped
TO harbor.
By Ex-Governor Prince Of New Mexico
urging the admission TO statehood thu
territories of New Mexico, Arizona and
Oklahoma
BY Kellar Of North Dakota, favorine
the government taking control Of thu
Union and Central Pacific railroads.
The regular order Of the d.-y. mine
and mining, was then taken up. TREY L
Ford Of California read lengthy paper
ON The Necessity for Establishing a De
partnent on Mines and Mining H,
was followed by Judge Royal of Oalifor
mia, on the same subject
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-07-17
CIGARETTE CAUSED An EXPLOSION.
Chastss ties rsFs "a rter~s NJ thr
IraAr naIIak Mlne. AllaeE on.

ChaStss Has Tsrs 90 Fteres ~ the
TraAr DsitaF Mia~. silver Stty.
ilstsS. idaha. Iaiy la-ChAfi~a Hupp
uas t,lis,i Yesterday In the Trade Dollar
ustns =, SILVER Gay, lie had prepared
,.anc hrlrs and started After ~, ammuni
ssou. \ syatk irum a cigarette he Wa.
smoking iril in = l,oN oi giant zap. that
he issak snin HI. hapsls. auA the rrs,'liing
s,,.i.,sioh ueanrl1,i him istnbl!, The '"T'
e hts hrad uas blown 81. nj. hands torn
auay anil bic eve DESTROYED, Will" his
lscsly ma alleA ~i,h siivcts 81 metal The
unfortunate man lived Abpu' ~ minutes
IIr lsupr. a viir. whom BE- rsvuly mar
tSsd Irs~AsNd Was hTothof in lau 81
state Ensinr~r Milis
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vol = INDIAN ln.peclor wa b i

- - ~---ee-a~ As-'ts+eeHs4 "AtA ~ -.
Oklahoma.
A party Of Quakers are in southern
Idaho, inspecting the country and y III re-
port TO their associates In tile east
The business before the Lewiston land
Office for last month shows great activity
on the reservation; there were ~ home
stead entries, % final proofs and 1900
acres Of state land selections
The Farmers Union ditch at Boise,
which has its headgate just below the
soldiers home, Is now running full head
Of water as far a. Dry creek. ThiS canal
has been built by the farmers with very
little expenditure Of capital and IL an ex-
ample Of what may be done by systemat-
ic and well organized effort
The state land board finds a problem
ON its hands in connection with taxes on
land upon which the state has loaned
school monies. In a number Of cases such
land has been sold for taxes and the time
for redemption has about expired. The
board has determined TO protect the in
terests Of the state by paying the taxes
in cases where such action Is advisable
and necessary.
The board Of Pardons has pardoned
Richard Peeke, sent up for life from
Boise county, September %, 1885, 70,
murder in the second degree, and Robert
HI Zimmerman, sentenced IN Ada county
September 9. 1895, for 1--WE years for burg
larry.
The fruit inspector says that many Of
the farmers in Boise valley are neglect
ing their trees in manner that Is going
70 work very much damage If mot cor
rected. The Goblin moth especially needs
attention or what work has been already
done In the way IS spraying viii be Of
no avail He suggests wrapping about
the trunk Of the trees.
WHAT'S said to be the largest individual
body Of timber now standing un
touched in the United States, occupies 8
large area in LAtsh and Ehoshone eonn
ties, in Idaho, about 100 miles southwest
Of Spokane The group is estimated 10
contain, approximately, two billion feet
Of the finest white pine, and in the neigh
borhoOd Of 1--WE billion feet of other tim
Der, including yellow pine, taEnArAek, red
and white fr and cedar.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-07-17
N. c, cReEDE COMMITS SUICIDE
He Preferred Death to q Renewal .
Marital Relations.

He Preferred Death 60 = Renewal Of
Marital Relations.
Los Angeles, Cal, July l4.-Nicholas
c. Creole, the millionaire mine owner, af-
ter whom the town of Creole, Colo. was
named, committed suicide with morphine
Monday night at his home in this city
because his wife, from whom he had been
separated, insisted upon renewing their
marital relations. All doubts which may
have been entertained this morning by
finding in his room bottle Of morphine
from which he had extracted enough to
have killed several people. Despite the
most diligent search Of the premises no
will has yet been found, but his attorney,
who is now in San Francisco. may be able
to throw some light on this subject.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-07-17
PROCEEDINGS OF coNeRE

-.
Deadlock In senate over Union Pa
e1nc Matter.
Washington, July l5.--The senate was
in deadlock for several hours yesterday.
with business at a standstill, while calls
Of the senate, roll calls and other play
exPedients were resorted to. II was due to
the effort TO secure action on the resolu-
ton Of Senator Harris of Kansas, design
ed to prevent the disposal Of the govern
ment lien upon the Union Pacific rail
way under the terms Of an alleged agree
nent- There were many roll calls on
senator Harris motion TO consider the
resolution, quOrums appearing and disap-
PeaTing, and from l2 20 O'Clock not
inal vote on the motion was secured. In
the house Mr.. Cannon moved non-eoncur-
renee in the senate amendments TO the
general deficiency bill. The motion pre-
vailed and Messrs. Cannon, Northway
and Hayes were appointed eonfeErees.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-07-17

Salt Lake, July l5.-The trans Missis-
sippi congress was called 10 order yester-
day by Secretary Fulmer. Delegations
were present from every state and terri
tory west Of the Mississippi river. Prayer
was offered by Rev. A. 1. Hudson. Hon.
II. r. whitmore Of st. Louis was intro
dnced a. chairman Of the executive com
mittee and called upon Governor Wells
10 address the convention. The governJr
delivered an address Of welcome
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-07-17
s,o Bend WHEAT
sEL r

tpatsal Naakta9tsa Head Enpect
- haSdtv a.soo 600 usshsts-
sf.akass. luiy IA Aocnsding 10 a ~
Fast rusisvr.l G. =. Chamtesiia. TcrisrT
Il shs U~Hsrai Nsshihxton railway. by
Fs~d q. tlsnks, gsnefal ircight and i.as
srngrg asrnl. that road "a ~ handle dur
ias ,hs cspuing ,sasoa s,tss $50 bashsls o!
heat The rsiitnalss arr h2s~d On oan
~rsais'e onp rtsris ga'hrErd iT"sn ~
~ sia,los aiuag the ltns u The TSAad. NJ
Hsnks. tp usakias The estimates, has not
lSasss,i sniisviy 10 The fsfsutts given him
haI has shevkrd uh-m up by I-tunaal In
resitsaiioa WbrTv they sestB~d sXcos
sats sAry have tsUu csi down.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-07-17

Iauan. Island II LAbucn, Northeast Of
potprn. July iS.--Matsallet, the rcocl
Ic.dsr. with 60 followers, attacked and
burned the government station at Gaya
a, dayhrak yesterday. lie lot'ed tn.
town. sacked the treasury OF apoa'
es0Oo. imprisoned the oficcr In charge
and other. and killed corporal Of the
IL.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-07-17
QUARREL OVER MONEY MATTERS.
Results In the killing OF n Restaar-
ateur at san Francisco.

San Francisco. July lS.-Sigmund I.
BTaverman, diamond dealer at lei Post
street, shot and fatally wounded Anton
Burgle, well known restaurateur, as the
result OF quarrel over money matters
The injured man was conveyed to the hos
pital and Braverman was placed under
arrest. Late this afternoon Braverman
was taken before Judge Campbell for AT.
raignment upon charge Of assault Il
murder, and was released upon bonds in
the sum Of $500, BnTHle made an ante
mortem statement, saying that he visited
BTSverman's Office with the intention 81
killing the jeweler and then committing
suicide.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-07-17
OVER a 4OO-eoor PRecipice
HsH=s~
FF~asStsk htTa lSiitsd waite A.
eeeaataa Maaaa HaaA

FErasFtsk htrA ktltsd waite A.
sessatS8 Assat Heed.
i'silasd. Iaiy pF-aefirk kim, =
rssiIod ETac~T 81 Aibiha. attempted 10
saAks tsp up Mount Hood without :
waldr and nhrn nuaT the summiI 80, al
me TrgulAE ,isil and uas sa~p, by an
atAlanshs Sss a $50 foO' Ia-ciPlne. ".
4. l4hEiils. sha ls the gasds at Cioai
Tap lhn. sSs oas Attrr the adrcn,urons
mas II N he found sh- place al esv
be ssns otrs Tho psrwipin~. cr~ta 10 ihs
s'isr and $50 the body l~io~ he lsle
phessa tho mss 10 Portland itusn the
iHR anA Nj. kifns saa,ih ,lsx started
hs tho swxhr
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-07-17

u~psrt st a. Engagement nsswees
NStter aad the Cubaas.

usRoFt NJ an Enlargement HesWee@
NstteV aad the Cabaas.
Havana. July ~ RCISrts from Sanc'i
Stsrtsns coaarrn the rlmor that General
Qssntin RandCras. who commanded tho
insurgents in tho engagement on July
s,h al rapaya Heights was killed during
the fighting. Captain General Weyler'
who lrft Sanc,i s,aritus in the latter part
81 last week with the AssuTias battalion
SURPRISED a camp Of the insurgents near
Ianco and a sharp engagement took
plarr. Among the Killed vas the wei
known Dr. Hernandez
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-07-17
RosENsAuM THE couNrERFeITER
Last Of the Stark-OllVer Gang Cap
tured at Anaconda, Mont.

Last Ot the StaRk-Ohver Gang Cap
tured at Anaconda, Mont.
San Francisco, July l5.-With the ar
rest of H. Penkie Rosenbaum at Ana
conda, Mont, whittier he tled from Saera
mentO at the time Of the arrest of two o,
his cOnfederates, the last of the famous
Stark Rogers gang of counterfeiters has
been captured, and Secret Service Agent
Harris of this city is CORRESPONDENCE
elated. Rosenbanm was the man Il
whom the duty of circulating the spur
ious coin was entrusted, and as evidence
Of his skill it may be mentioned that the
night before the Corbett- FitEsimmons
fight he started in, passing over $500 in
one Of the local pool rooms Altogether
il is estimated that he circulated $1,000
worth of bogus coin before the gang WAS
broken up.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-07-17

throughout that country, and that m
awakening all along the line In mining
mas been the result. The new smeltel
about completed at Twin Bridges, II seems
is 70 be but the nucleus of a series at like
works, as sheridan, Virginia CITY and
other points are talking up smelling pro.
tseta-
California Mae seIa.
4 baker City lOr.l dispatch says the
California mine. In the Gable cove district
nFe miles northeast Of the Columbia. ia,
l,een sold 70 Butte and Denver capitalists
All q the papers were signed and sab
staailai cash payment was made. The
property was sold for $4,000, and The
buyers will he on the ground ON the 2Otl,
Of this month TO eFeet lO-stamp mill.
a New Producer.
Ten tons per diem is the record al the
Monitor mine near Sterling, In Madison
county, Mont, new producer Just ex,
PLOTTED The ore Is high grade and the
Monitor, the property Of Butte men
gives every promise Of soon being in line
siih the big produees Of southern Mon.
tana.
IN the Anaconda.
~ the hotion Of the shaft In the Ana
roHda mine 1900 feet down from the sar.
iAee, soans very rich ore is being sacked
and s~nt east 10 the refinery without any
preliminary treatment The percentage
u copper Is very high aud the ore also
eoatAlHs silver and gold.
Headed tss R30. 900.
hamloots, u. G., reports that woTk on
The t'yihoa is progressing very sAtisfae.
s9Itly. There Is R0A tine allowing al
tao tses Of rich copper ore. The Python
has be~n hondsd To an English syndicate
iH s3n0o0
NaHsa Read Iats Dt1is.
The mlnsFs ii the Dixle mining dis
'fHrs In Idaho county have organized 10
bald sas0a rosd 10 that camp from
INK city, and commitl-c l. at work 20.
iseiiihs sabsrHipsions.
Ls Rats s<w EnatAe.
The Aeu -ngihs al the L. Roi mine,
AhlSh is szld 10 b. the largest in Canals,
Is working sPistsdliiy. II ls OF 600 horse
Psssf and Is astabis 81 running 20 drills
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-07-17
..A... ,NIll s,art seen.

s,mkholm. July l6,--ln a private ,c'-
Ter Just rccSiv~i from Mr. Ana1eS , ' \"
ssrouau, and explorer, written July ~
,he writer says he will take the first or,
,'a,,vn,,v 20 makc his balloon start
ro,,hwsrd after the 10th. even Though
Inc winds should he less favorable Una"
4 ,ns,hi dpsirp."
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-07-17
serz WAS Rr-ELEcTED MAYOR.
Hard FiEhe Awalnst alm by walls
wnllA Onnonenen.

WallA Opponents.
walla Walla, WASH, July lathe
city election passed of quietly yesterday,
Much hard work was done by the opposi.
ton 10 the present mayor, but was over
whelmingly defeated. Mayor Jacob Bets
led J. II. Stockwell by l22 votes J. J.
kaufman for marshal ran 100 votes
ahead Of his nearest competitor, Jack
Mackay. The other city officials elected,
with their maiorities, are a. follows,
Clerk. c, n. Mclean, sos; city attorney,
II. s. BlandfOrd, l, treasurer, ]. II. Nc
Chez, Jr., 1873, street commissioner, W.
H. Brown, 81.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-07-17

London. July lS.-Five thousand
wnnvh, nail workers Of South s'an ,
NJ" and North Worcestershire have
struck for 10 per cent ""'""'V
wares.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-07-17

Detroit, Mich, July lS.-Hon- George
v. N. Iothrop, ex.minister 10 Russia Is
dead. He was stricken with heat prostra-
ton = week ago and had been in com
atose condition ever since.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-07-17

nOlnb,' n, Y. july Baldwin D. b -. y.
w. ,h., r--s.le.l On farm near ,hls
" "S wer, killed by lightning SUNDAY :
night. They had taken 'h''''' UNIV"
tree.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-07-17

ST. AlphOnsas hospital at Boiss. has Is
patients at present
Ex-Governor MccOnnelfs first field Of
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-07-17

The Steiner discovery near Sheridan
Mont, has created big excitement
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-07-17

Frank Hall, the mining man. has ~
turned 10 hattie from = prospecting tTiT
over in tho direction Of Fish creek. III
brought in several specimens Of the Ore'
Of tina, region. among them samples o.
An'rit" copper q great rarity and value
Mr. Hall says that In all his mining en-
p'r'onoe in Montana he has never sen y
many men out in quest Of minea lie say
Tho reads are full u them and they arp al
after all there Il In sight.
The record-union., 1897-01-31

A new fire escape consists of a net
attached to three iron rods and having
two rods to support one side on the
ground. the other being fastened TO the
side of the house.
The record-union., 1897-01-31

added pound of loaf sugar broken
small. six eggs we'll beaten with the
whites of two left out, and the grated
rinds of two lemons with the juice of
three. These ingredients are put into
a porcelain lined saucepan and SIM
mered over a slow fire, the mixture be-
ing constantly stirred until it is about
the thickness of custard. Have ready
some individual pate-cases of pastry
that are PANTY baked, fill each with the
mixture and return to the oven to bake
The record-union., 1897-01-31

Stock is often called for in the prepar-
atlon OF various kinds of sauces. This
does not mean meat broth or essence
OF beef, but a strong strained soup such
as is ready to send to the table. 1t
should have had plenty of vegetables
IN Its composition as well as meat
The record-union., 1897-01-31

A variation of the familiar pigs in
bacon is to beard the oysters, sprinkle
them with a little lemon juice, celery
salt and cayenne, and wrap them up
IN very thin slices of bacon: dip EACH
then, into a light frying batter and fry
IN plenty of boiling fat; dust a little
grated Parmesan cheese over them and
serve at once ON a dolly. This is an
excellent luncheon entree.
The record-union., 1897-01-31

The last thing thought of in most
kitchens is the cleaning out of the
kitchen boiler. According to plumber
the sediment cocks with which every
boiler is provided, or should be, ought
to be left open at least once a week
for full quarter of an hour. This
The record-union., 1897-01-31

A recently returned European traveller
displays trfumphantly some very deli
cate mats Of gold Wire which she picked
mp in London to use on her polished ia
ble. Other women who cannot shop all
over the earth find admirable SubsG-
Uures for such expensive diShholders in
the felt plate buffers that are sold at the
china stores to protect delicate plates
when they are piled in closets. These
are placed under the dolly at each
cover.
The record-union., 1897-01-31

would wash away all sediment that
may have accumulated, and not only
keep the water sweet, but make its
heating a quicker operation.
The record-union., 1897-01-31

As a change from the more ordinary
methods OF utilizing chicken, cut the
meat into neat pieces, dip each into a
little melted butter. season with salt
aud pepper dip in beaten egg, then in
breadcrumbs. and fry until evenly
Drowned. Serve garnished with water
creSS
The record-union., 1897-01-31

Good baking requires clean ovens, a
caution much more necessary than
would appear. There is a distinctly diff
ferent flavor in bread and meats baked
in TILED ovens from those cooked in the
black, sooty ovens of the average range.
A suggestion IS TO whftewash range
ovens. after they have been scrupu-
lously cleaned to add to their light and
wholeSomeneSs