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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-04-24

New York, April 2O.--The announcement
that war had broken out between Greece
and Turkey set the wheat market wlla
yesterday. On the heels OF Saturday 8
scent rise m prices came another jump
OF cents. May opened all the way from
s2la to SA. So Intense was the excite
ment prevailing az the outset that for an
hour the market was in "A gurure with
values fiuctua ting so wildly that It W.
next TO impossible to follow their course
May reached STA on one OF It's Wild
spurts. which proved to be the high water
mark for the day. Suddenly foreign
houses. local traders outsiders and every
body who had clamored to buy wheat At
the opening. turned sellers. Large peofits
were represented on most of the wheat
thrown over, and by midday the unload
ing process was IN full swing, with prices
going down hill as fast as they had
assembled. May tumbied to sO7a before the
selling movement could be checked From
this point there was a later rise to s2fs.
followed by a setback to Gts. and a sub
sequeut rally at the close. the market be-
ing extremely nervous. At the best point
to-day May was I'm above the bottom
and SIS higher than the closing Thursday.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-04-24

In the district which Convr,s,r,,.,,
EiliS Of Oregon represents nry fvo -
ldcntial rostntficca. Astoria and b.,
iahd. Only two. remember. for th,, !.
the point Of this story. -
Inc other day. while Mr Euts 500.
seated nt his desk In the Hons, 4 80
was banded to hin. He went ln,o ,ba
l'Doy and found young man Fo,,h.
WIN the said young man procs.d,,d >.
Adlr'ss Mr. Ellis In this wise.
Mr. Ellis. have come TO IN. co,o,,,
SOU mat J want to go West ,b,nt
'iat III" climate will agree with -,
,hat there IL a chauce out there sor ,n.
10 make living. have saved n i,.,,e
money but do not want 70 ,aS. IVY.
r'sS Oh not hndng employment re-,
come TO you. therefore. with n .,ama.
non. Mr. Mckinley knows nv $50
very wei, and I think that ina oIsa :.
members me. Now, n could 90 ~,
oregon rs postmaster of As,oy,a :
would settle there. and am snrn A..
MsA lhley would appoint inc II von I'll
only recommend me" ""'
me young man got no further 4, ~.
speech. hr. Ellis. who is vcrv ,o,, ~ 81
ea uoWn upon hts visitor with a nas -
90 STARE and then, turning on III. w.,
walked bnck Into the Hons. ,s,,I. 49,,
saying word.-washIngton Post
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-04-24
TO WAGE WAR ON MARION BUTLER
National Reform Press AssocIation
Mna Tmken Tint AInnh

Girard. Kan. April ia committee OF
the National Reform Press Association
have, in accordance with the resolution
adopted at the recent convection at Mem.
phis. decided TO wage war on Marion I:ut.
Ter as chairman Of the populist national
committee, and also to attempt to rcor-
ganize the populist party.
In accordance with this decision, the
committee Issued a call for national
convention to be held at Nashville. Teup.
July next. representation tory one Iei.
esate for every go middle-c T. the-road
votes cast at the recent presidential cleo
ton. This call for a national convention
bears the signatures Of Milton Park ~
:. Morgan, James II. Ferris, Abe Stein
berger. w +. ID. Mays. Joe Parker. Jas.
D. Coxey and Frank Bsarkitt, all Of whom
participated In the conference here
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-04-24
WORK ON THE TARIFF BILL.
The Wool Men SIN PressInE for
Radical Changes.

Washington, April 2t.--The presence on
the floor OF the senate OF the republican
committee. engaged In preparing the tar
III bill, was made the basis FOR spec4l1-
non. The members OF a. committee
we're clossted Tor a time with SerIsor
Vest OF the democratic side OF the finance
committee. and 1ftcrward held individual
conferences with the Other senator's on
both sides Of the chamber II was gen
orally supposed that the committee had
reached point from which the end Of lrs
arduoas work could be- discernsd. and
that preparation was being made for a
fun meeting OF the committee. This did
not prove to be exactly true. but the visit
was made for the purpose Of smoothing
the way for the final WORK The wool
men are still pressing for radical changes
The wool members are not satisfied with
the rates OF the Mantle amendment hut
want complete change Of classified ton
ard stlil Insist that new woods shall be
admitted for less than $ cents a pound
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-04-24
REFUGEES DRIVEN TO MckssuRe.
nreRk n Mile Wide In the Levee ON
the Louisiana shore.


Vicksburg, April iS.--An official report
says the ere easss at Biggs, four miles
below Delta. Is nearly mile wide. and a
roaring torrent Is spreading over the
lowlands OF Madison parish with start
ling rapidity, This j. unquestionably the
most destructive break that has yet oe-
Cured. and the loss to property and live
stock will be enormous.
A large portion of Madison, Tensas and
Concordia parishes win be inundated, and
the Tine farms Of Franklin and Cata-
cuia parishes are in great danger. The
fertile lands Of these parishes have been
prepared for this years crop. and In
many Instances cultivation is well under
way.
All day long refugees have been fleeing
% this city with their stock and other
property. The water was II feet deep
against the levee when 1t broke. and
men who We're on the spot say that II
poured through in vast circular masses,
or whirlpoots 20 feet high
Three white persons, two men and
woman, passed u hours In the midst of
the Furious waters OF the crevasse. perch
ed in a tree. The water reused them from
their beds and they had only time to seek
safety In the tree when the mighty Hood
was upon them. They made known their
presence by shouts and plstod shots dur
ing the night and several attempts to
rescue them were made, but IL was not
until 10 a. m, until an adventurous crew
from the government steamer Eta Eth
ridge put out In a yawl and rescued them
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-04-24
EXCITEMENT IN THE WHEAT PIT.
The Chicago and New York Markets
Alarmed.


/ Chicago. April %. - As was expected.
wheat was wild and excited at the open
ing yesterday. the news that war had
actually begun producing CONSERVATION
among the shorts. ana the utter disregard
OF caution displayed by a majority OF
them was clearly indicated by the prices
PAID at the nrsI onrush. May wheat
/ winch saturday closed at T3A started in
one mighty bound from 3i4 10 ~ higher
mere was q difference of cent per bush
Sl IN price between the tirst transactions
made simultaneously in different parts OF
the pit Both May and July were bought
AZ from a 10 U1z, with a few sales as
hlgh as .. So utter was the confusion
and haste to do business during the tirst
Few exciting moments that men standing
alongside of each other in the Dit were
doing business at half cent Der bush,l
difference Most OF the usual statistical
news was wanting. owing to the closing
OF the foreign markets during the Easter
holidays. Private cablegrams, however.
showed a curb advance at Liverpool
equal to cents per bushcl Although re-
ports from growing crops were enough
IN themselves to produce strong market
IT Is probable that after Saturdays ex-
cited bulge a reaction would have been
recorded had IL not been Tor the news
OF hostihties in Europe. As 1t was, after
the first wild scramble the excitement be-
So. ~ eA0 uoWH- Ine market hcaEc1
and sank. and heaved again. in great r-
regular pillows. for an nour before It's
motion got Gained down for awhile 70
the comparative ripple OF Its ordinary
fluctuations. Realizing during this time
was enormous Line after line OF long
wheat was thrown on the market ana
acted like oil on stormy waters
Cudahy, Linn and Barrett were the
most conspicuous sellers during the first
hour, the TWO former supposed 10 be tax
ing profits, while the latter sold for short
account. Cudahy and Linn were credited
with clearing something like 100000 AS a
result OF the days transactions. John w
Gates, of the Illinois Steel Company, uRd
W. 7. Baker also were heavy winners.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-04-24

body got hammer and knocked or the
hardened accretions from Its INTERIOR,
tin 1t was restored nearly enough TO It's
original capacity to render further ser
vice.
In Tory Island, an out-of-the-way BIT
Of en- Irish lslet, and indeed to less
degree throughout Donegal, the natives
are not much more dainty in their liv-
ing, and their habit OF letting the
grounds remain indefinitely in their
teapots has disastrous consequences.
Every day and all day long" says Il
recent writer, ''the teapot sits stewing
In the embers of the hearth, and at each
successive brew fresh tea is thrown in,
but the old is never thrown out unit.
the pot Is ehoked." The result Is an
unusual and excessive rate of insanity.
Little wonder, when Tory Island boy
who was questioned as to his usual
meals. could reply:
"Stirabout for breakfast aud tay for
dinner; tay, av course, at daytime, and
stirabout for supper Whites we have
tay for breakfast instead and stirabout
for our dinner. and then another sup of
tay before bedtime"
However, this diet, injurious as 1t is
to the nerves, does not seem to affect
the muscles. The Tory Islanders are a
robust and vigorous race, the men aver
aging six feet in height and the women
unusually tall and strong. The women,
indeed, have need OF all their physical
strength, since 1t is they who do the
bulk of the outdoor work, while the
men stay at home and spin and weave.
At Anagry Strand on a Sunday
morning. says the same observer. zone
may witness a strange sight. At low
tide more than a mile Of roundabout is
saved by wading across a narrow bay.
The men include In their Sundays
shoes and stockings. The
women, by courtesy and custom, wear
martyeens'-footless stockings with a
oop passing over the toe. Each good
wife takes her goodman upon her Shout
iers. and the heroes are conveyed
lcross dry-shod."
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-04-24
just Reversed.

An old lrishwoman, who has received
many benefits at the hands of a benev-
olent minister and his wife, Is so shift
less that occasionally the large-hearted
couple lose all patience with her; but
she has such sense Of humor. and
such beguiling tongue, that she never
fails to amuse them and finally to win
them back.
At one time when money was given
her to buy warm undertaking with.
she wasted it upon large plush pho
tograph album. The minister spoke to
her with considerable severity, as did
also his wife, and for some time Bridget
received no calls from either Of them.
One afternoon, however, the minister
relented and stopped at Bridget's door
on his way to see sick woman.
"Shure, and it's mesilf that dreamed
about You last nolght, Mlsther Will
iams," said Bridget, with a beaming
smile. "Oi dreamed that you and Mis-
sus Williams came here to see me. and
says you, How are you of for tay and
coffee, Bridget? and OF says It's niver
drop Of ayther Owe got in the house.
Misther Williamsy And thin you pre-
sinted me wild pound of tay, and Mis-
sus Williams wild pound of coffee on
the shpot! Ys, SOFT, that was my
dream"
well, Bridget" said the minister,
striving not to smile, you know
dreams are said to go by contraries."
'Shure, and that's fwhat OF said to
mesilf," exclaimed Bridget triumphant
ly. "Said Oh, 'Mlsther Williams is the
wan thatl be giving me the coffee and
Mlssus Williams the tayg This was
my very thoughts, SORT"
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-04-24


The new fee bill required n fee Of II
cents for every bill presented to the board
Of county commissioners.
The First National Bank OF Idaho has
compromised its suit against Ada county
to recover $1,000. by paying 81, go
The state auditor has received orders
from the president Of the board of trustees
OF the Albion normal school, to pay the
warrants Issued the teachers Of the school
for back ray. They amount to tl1IZ 70.
The principal at 81. Hargarets at Boise
has received communication from Blsh-
op Talbot stating that he has the promise
OF q {2j00O contribution on condition that
a similar amount Is raised by the trustees
OF st. Margarets and Of the boys school
at Laramie. The 5000 will then DO d.
Vided equally between the two schools.
The state engineer has been busy con-
suIting with representatives Of the yari-
ous irrigation companies Of the state re-
garding the late laws passed by the last
legislature. One provision Of Law requires
companies to sell water by quantity and
hot by acreage. They are now consult
Ing as to the best devices for measuring
the water In their respective localities.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-04-24
Mice Which HINT RIrh..

A young woman living in Harlem was
the owner Of canary bird last week
that could do anything canary birds can
do. This birds name was Speck, and
the way he could sing was a marvel to
listeners. 1t was not the loud, ear.
breaking sound Of ordinary canary
birds, but a sweet, tunefuI murmur"
that this bird made. On Thursday
morning, just as the sun began to crawl
down the door Of her room, she heard
the bird In the adjoining room end It's
song in n sort of gasping cry. When
she got time she saw a mouse On the
bottom OF the cage with the birds
throat in Its long teeth. The bird was
nuttering, but soon died, and the mouse
fed in alarm. 1t Is not often that Gagged
birds are attacked with mice, but such
things have happened. A rat was one
time seen to still hunt sparrows on a
New York pier.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-04-24


There are about p cases OF dlphtheria
in Dillon and the schools have been
closed indefinitely.
Some Of the agents Of the cattle COM
panies. who have been over the ranges.
do not find the winter losses as large as
they feared.
The state normal school contractors
have resumed work on the building at
Dillon and 1t will be finished early in the
summer.
II the creditors approve, the Merchants
National Bank of Helena will be re-
opened, paying a dividend OF 10 per cent
down and the balance In six equal pay
ments.
Butte Cinnamon have applied to the
United States court for an injunction re-
straiuinE the labor organizations from
interfering with their business. Eminent
counsel have been retained. the govern
ment authorities at Washington consulted,
and a suit Of unusual Importance promis-
ed.
Chotcau, Cascade and Teton counties
contributed a majority Of the land entries
and final proofs for the quarter ending
March 81. in the Helena land Office.
The question of fencing the Biackfoot
reservation is being agitated, end It seems
TO be the general wish Of the Indians to
have It enclosed within a barbed wire
fence. so as to keep intruders off and the
natives within. This Is not agreeable to
the large cattlemen, who In the past have
monopoIized two-thirds of the range.
Justice Hunt, of the supreme court OF
the state. in an opinions rendered last
week in i case against a corporation. has
settled the question Of liabilities Of presi.
dents Of interpretations and the liability
OF interpretations for the acts Of their
presidents. The court holds that she
president Of an incorporation has no i'm
piled authority by virtue of his ONCE to
act as agent OF the Incorporation, bu. on
the other hand must derive his power by
delegation Of the board of directors. IN
less he may be acting within the ordinary
scope Of the business of the incorpora-
ton
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-04-24
A MeteorIc Bomb.

Several remarkable meteors, seen in
and around New York City on the
afternoon Of December 4th last. were
the subject Of discussion at a recent
meeting Of the New York Academy OF
Sciences. One passed over Central
Park, one was seen from the Brooklyn
Bridge and one appeared at Fordham.
At nearly the same hour a meteor
passed over Passalc, Irvington and
Danbury, Connecticut, and one burst
near Railway, and apparently came to
the ground in four pieces. From a
study Of the reports concerning these
phenomena 1t has been suggested that
the bursting meteor seen at Railway
was fragment Of the body which later
passed over Passalc; that the meteor
again separated into at least three
parts. one Of which shot over Irvlngton
and Danbury, another over Fordhsm
and the third over New York. but
where they struck the earth is not
known
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-04-24
Explosion Under the Ocean.

Investigations concerning the great
sea-wave which suddenly swept In
upon the coast Of Japan with terribly
disastrous results last June have, it is
reported. convinced Mr.. Igi, Of the
japanese College of Science, that the
cause Of the phenomenon was a vol
canic outburst at the bottom of the
ocean. He locates the point Of ex-
plos'on about 200 leagues east Of the
coast Of Yoshihama, and thinks 1t was
comparable with the great eruption
that blew the island Of Krakatoa to
pieces In 1888 1t Is said that the tenn
perature Of the sea-water in the neigh
borhood Of the place where the expIos-
ion Is though to have occurred. was
found to be 3 degrees above the nor
NAL
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-04-24
MINES AND PROSE-
nEvELoPMnNT. n0Knara
SALES on Pn0rEnTsr3
\ LsSk North. seuth, Enst a.,
OveE the AatneFni rraaes
seetieaH 81 Che BeFshwesl

The I.s ROT smelteF h said d 4 4
sHEed fast, The cost Will Is tins s.
all the stock has been snbseah<a
the exception Of two outside ps1S
subseFipelo ara made ehsiFsIs +. &
srs u Tbs lie Itel stock. me y,
have an initial capacity of Isa ~.
can be easily enlarged Heinza ~
tract sita the lie Rai Hhleh
10 take zI.be6 t6Fs Of Gro for M
and Which binds tie La R0i -
that amount. with an 0ntf8a -
10 take an additional s7,s6a tens
wants IL, Ths mine Is noN tak.1
80 tons Of ore daily. and when rs
hoistiHs piaat bset1s work is -.
~ IA 10 largely Increased. IA
Of the L.a Rel fsei thai thsg esS &.
taks care Of the eontFaes win s.
and supply their 0Nn snaelieF besliI y. +,
lsg tons Of ore daily. The ~ ~.
Say ahoshSF disidend u S. eco hi + 5
rhts amount viii swell the total i
a.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-04-24
Cloutla Over Firea.

During large fire in Chariestown
last December Mr.. Ward, of Harvard
University, found an uncommonly good
opportunity to observe the formation of
clouds In the atmosphere above the
IRE Whenever there was an especially
active ascent of the smoke a large
cumulus cloud formed over 1t. This re-
calls other observations of such clouds
becoming dense enough to produce a
shower Of rain.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-04-24

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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-04-24
Effect of Light ON Plant,

The attention Of botanlsts has lately
been recalled to experiments made at
Juvisy, near Paris, by Monsieur Flam-
marion on the effect Of exposing the
seedlings of sensitive plants to lIgbt7
Of different colors. Having placed foar
pairs Of mimosa seedlings in four sepa-
rate pots in dollhouse, he covered one
pair with bell OF blue glass, another
with a bell Of green glass, a third
with a bell Of red glass, while the
fourth was left exposed to ordinary
white light At the end Of two mouths
the plants subjected to blue light were
only one inch high, having hardly
grown Mt ALL Those exposed to white
light were four inches high, those that
had grown in green light were five
inches high, while those whose light
had been red were no less than sixteen
inches high. Experiments with other
kinds Of plants gave various results,
but In every instance blue light i'm
peded growth and development
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-04-24
Artifcial Diamond Once More.

The French chemist, Henri Moissan,
whose recent visit to this country
awoke fresh interest in his experiments
on making artificial diamonds by fus-
ing charcoal and iron together in his
electric furnace. has, since his return
to Paris, somewhat improved his meth
DDS. Formerly most Of the minute dia-
monds produced by his process were
black In color, but now all are white.
They are exceedingly hard, scratching
rubles easily, and answering other tests
for pure diamonds. 1t does not appear,
however, that Monsieur Moissan has
been able to increase the size of the
gems he turns out.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-04-24
X-Rays from Glowworma.

A japanese man Of science, Mr.. Muir
aoka, reports in a German scientific
Journal, Wiedemann's Annalen, the
curious results obtained by him last
summer while experimenting with the
light Of glowworms. He operated with
three hundred glowworms at Kyoto,
and he says that the light which they
emitted, when filtered through card
board or copperplates, showed the
properties of X-rays. or Becquerers
huorescence rays.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-04-24
Kitea for Teleeraph Polsa.

Mr.. William A. Eddy, OF Bayonne,
New Jersey, recently demonstrated, by
experiment, the possibility Of es,ab-
fishing telegraphic and telephone COM
munication by means OF wires sus-
tained high In the air by kites. Through
wire thus supported Mr.. Eddy not
only sent messages by the Morse code,
but also. upon attaching a telephone
was able to converse with ease.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-04-24
A WONDERFUL Wntersnont.

On the night OF the 18th of November
last waterspOut burst over the city OF
Poyoacao, on the island Of Saint Mich
ael one Of the Azores, and according to
the report accompanying a petition for
aid. which had been sent abroad, al
most In an instant the deluge Of water
rose above the roofs OF he low houses.
The homes of thousands were de-
stroyed, a great loss of life occurred,
and on its way to the sea the water
plowed a broad. deep channel nine
miles long.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-04-24

She Poor mani How d.d you l1ze
the sight OF your eye
He LucklH' Tor work, mum.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-04-24

opoEahe, April D.-A boom containing
ABOUT 10000 feet OF pine savIogs, belong
Ing to the Spokane and Idaho I,umbsr
Company broke at Post Falls. Idaho.
yesterday. For a time It was feared the
logs would do great damage when they
reached Spokane. The time consumed by
some OF the logs in travelling the 40 miles
by river from Post Falls 10 this city IA
surprising TO many. Tine first logs from
Inc broken boom reached the upriyer
IAN Within three hours after the break
took place. This indicates a current Of
over 10 miles an hour.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-04-24

An tAelLih4 h6bt 81 4 nine ~ +
al nutte. Meat. the otheF day -.
Mehsel D1Eitt IaimsEal elains
shesins sails for Essi enc 10 d. /.
more. presumably fsF &. Aar W
AID the NoRtaaa Ore PaKeh4sfaa s
gahY, Tfls eAaiHi was nag s8ppassI
sfth mafe than 81 80. b4g i'd "a
bsgsesn the Pennsylvania. 0shsi IS.
Bostsa MSatana company. asst "a
h9nish. On hsd parity by ths R'|.
BSsGBH. and the faFthsF fact f
battle & helsGsn Fsesntiy sFaFtaa <
sJr tlsi 40 against tbs ttetnxe ses,'
urss alleged % have Dsen enia u -
ct rGsa ths AiLehael DaEttt. kFs..
eFpasss tAs laapoEtaaee of shs Il
ho1A pastDes, sha wsae s@skinx n
Y,sss-sshya VI II.