The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-05-21

Maatana.
he rrPort d the expert who exam
ine1 the books Of the city treasurer Of
Heseaa for the year ending April % shows
tAat The total receipts Of taxes during the
year were si0a,5S0Ss.
A party q government packers with
TO @slAes and Oatsts passed Through Bal
ERgs the otker day. They had been em-
PaCyed in the government relief expedition
10 Alaska. and weES enrOate to Fort Rob
in%aas Neh TAs mea we're in charge Of
A. army h<atenAnt. and said they ex-
pectea TO be sent With the invading army
TO Cuha-
JeAn NJ Evans Of MissOalA has been
aFPoEntsd captain OF Company /. Hell
era. First Moutana volunteers Governor
SuiaA FIRST appointed julius MasIleE Of
HeAenA. but be declined the commission.
Captain Evans sPsnt twO years in IVES;
Foint, being the immediate predecessor
Of Lieutenant r Brllce Wallace, Who will
assume the rank Of lieutenant eolonel Of
the reSimenx
fhs new orchard company that is op-
srating in the Elght Mile district near
MlssOalA, has completed the painting of
its new tEees for this szMson under the
direction Of President Mcdonald OF the
eomp~ay. The outlook is excellent. The
groGnd Is very favorable for orchards, and
the new tres ought 10 thrive. The mum
ber Of trees planted this spring Is 6OoO
AID in additiOn to this 800 grape vines
have been planted
Attorney General Nolan has rendered
an oPinbOn TO the effect that county Of,
hcers whO so TO war lose their places
after 90 DAYS absence from the state.
Just A. II they had gone under any other
circumstance. The report is made timely
By the fact that several county Official.
IN the state have enlisted in their local
companies County Attorney L X Chea.
de Of Fergus county and two other eoun-
~ otiioers, Who have recently enlisted in
a LsNistOn militia organization, arr
sza0ng the number
Judge Woody has sentenced John p
PuFsel 10 imprisonment for life. PurseIl
WAs convicted d the murder OF John Wal.
ter The murder Was one Of the rosde-,
b30ssied crimes ever committed in thf.
city, and aroused intense Indignation at
The time Il SAs committed. Parsril was
Cunning for bartender Who had refused
10 give Aim drink He had Deliberately
gone after = n5e. and when he found
the Haan he ~as looking for be levelrd hi.
ME and nreA He missed the man he
~As after, but he shot poor odd John
Walters, who lived bat a few minutes
After the ballet struck him- PurseIl al.
miits-a the killing. and said be was glad
he had done What be had At that ,irue
he thought be had killed the bartender
MAJOR Geo. Il AeLAnghlin and his par,
ty arc at Edmonton outftfing t1T the tim
10 steNart river. They have 60 horse
forming their pack train, and have two
government packers 20 look after them
and expect to start in a few DAYS on the
tFaiL Another party Outftiing at Fl.
monitor Is the Prtsrboro Klondike Min
ing company, To which AlexandeE Monk
man Of Butte is mineral expert Ihi,
party will take with them two earts
which they claim are historic. The hrxi
bore Louis Riel as a prisoner from Ia
toehe to the Regina jail, and the other
vas the triumphal chariot Of ChiefPuund
maker on his historic march TO BattIeford
One would judge from the statement tina,
IN the reconstruction d these and other
earts and harnes used. it required go
pounds Of wire and SIX hides Of Shagyrsu-
appi that all Of them had reached a re-.
sPeetable old age.
The members Of Company I, Of Lewis
ton, are all stAlwart, broad shouIdered
men, and although at present undriIled
Will present a magnificent appearance
when fully equipped, says the Indep@n-
dent There are men from all ranks Of
life 70 be found in the company. even
the ministry being represented by Rev.
Albert Pfaus, the Presbyterian minister
Of Lewiston Among others in the com.
pany are James NJ Croft, ASSESSOR Of Fer.
gus county; T. T. Wright, clerk Of the
district court; +. X. Cheadle, county at
torney; A. u. Stoddard, merchant. q.
IL Preston, druggist Professor VI. J
Garrett, former principal Of the Lewiston
schools, and many others prominent in
business and social affairs in the Fergus
capital.