The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-03-05
NEWS THROUGH THE WEEK
NEWS At HOME And ABROAD
ifems 81 Eafesmnfien Gathered Frem
. wide Area-PoIifseal HEappen-
angs ana In6ustriaI Mefes-Cximes
ana Accidents.

vile, Ill. from his wife, Miranda. AM
within an hour married 10 4 Chickasav
Indian girl from Wyandotte. l. 7.
y Advices from the City 81 Mexico stat.
that all the employees Of the large Colme
ma Barron cotton factories have eont
on strike because Of cut IN wages.
Steve Bilheimer has been appointed
chief clerk Of the railway mail service
with headquarters at Little Rock. 70 ene.
eeed b p. Lydick. The new clerk has
been in the service IS years.
w. J. Seaman, the actor, familiarity
known As BILLY died at BloominrdaIs
asylum New York City. Seaman was
stricken with paresis six years ago. and
wss removed to the asylum. He never re-
covered from the attack and for three
years has been hopeless imbeciIe.
A rich deposit Of lead ore has just been
discovered on the farm Of Victor Hilton.
near Nashville. Ill The ore crops out on
top Of high bluH. and the pieces broken
on assay almost 95 per cent pure lead
Rev. Sam Jones arrived at his home AZ
Carfersyille, Ga, from his western lecture
tour and announced himself an independ.
emit candidate for governor Of Georgia On
platform Of his own, which he will an
nounre shortly.
Captain Oldrieve, who IL planning 10
walk across the Atlantic ocean from Bos
ton 10 Havre, France, win begin his Jour.
ney July 4 He will wear on his feet
pair OF cedar boxes five feet long. with
inns NJ the bottom and sides They are
very light, but strong enough to sustain
his weight In these he IL able 10 walk
over choppy seas, and even In heavy
swells Of the ocean. Captain A. w. An
drews will accompany him in a small
boat.
Fire has destroyed the large -four mill
Of CaTgill and FAN at Houston. MINI. The
capacity Of the mill was $50 barrels a day.
large quantity Of wheat, -four and other
mill stuffs was destroyed Several Nil
waukec and St Paul cars on the track
were burned.
Edward 7. Price, aged a.. prominent
and wealthy business man Of Lexington.
KY. committed suicide by shooting him.
self in the forehead. He was respondent
over III health.
The latest election returns in Ontario
show the liberal government has been sns
tanned by majority Of three The &c.
nres are IS liberals. IS conservatives. one
patron and one independent. There Is
one constituency vet to hear from.
Augustus St. Gaudens has deserted
America for Europe. His studio in New
York city, which he has occupied for Is
years, is for rent in the future. and
the famous sculptor win make his home
in Paris.
The largest mortgage ever filed in Fl
Paso county, Col, has been placed on rec.
ord in the county clerks ofFice at Colo.
Tado Springs. II was filed by the Chicago,
Rock Island a Pacific railroad and is for
the sum Of 100000, 600 in favor Of the
Central Trust company Of New York, to
secure the payment Of certain bonds The
mortgage is on the railroad and its equip.
ment
San Francisco reports that the fear q
drought and failure Of the crops, which
had given a gloomy color TO reports from
the interior during the latter end Of win.
ter, have been in a great part dispersed
by the recent rains. So opportune were
they that now far from feeling apprehen-
sion the agTicnlturalists 81 California are
in most optimistic frame Of mind. and
save in a few localities are ccntented with
the outlook.
Fred Moore. the murderer OF Tom An
derson, was taken from the county Jail
at Senatobta, Miss. and shot TO death by
a mob Of 50 persons. Anderson and Moore
quaTeled about some trivial matter.
Moore followed the man and shot him Ave
times, afterward placing the body on the
railroad track TO hide the crime.
Bradstreets says: February bank clear
ances. as reported to Bradstreet's, point
10 an immense volume Of business done
in the country during the past month. The
total elearances. though naturally smaller
than January's record in totals. are evi.
IDENTIFY 50 only because Of February being
short month. The total clearances.
though naturally smaller than January's
records in totals were evidently 50 only
because OF holiday still further curtail.
ing the time available for business trans
actions, for the reason that the average
daily clearanees were larger than thosc
Of January, and the monthly total was
heavier. not only than for any previous
February on record, but larger than most
months Of normal years.
The machine shops Of the Union Pacific
at Laramie, Wye. have been closed, and
all the employees discharged.
A 10 per cent reduction in wages has
gene into effect at the Boston Company's
cotton mills at waltham. Mass
The Indian commissioners, in their an.
nual report, say that there is evidence Of
steady progress in industrial pursuits and
education among the Indians.
All Of the ranches and cattle Of Beatty
Bros, in Kansas and Oklahoma, have
been sold to the Bryce Bryce Cattle Com.
pany a Montana for $S50.O00
In the Colombian cabinet. General Isias
I.ajal succeeds DIR. Pedro Analis. minister
Of war. and DR.: Nicnor Insnares sncceeds
DIR. Antonio Roldau as minister Of the in.
terror.
Superintendent Gayle Of the Indiana on
Company has discovered process Of OBJ
tanning gas from wells which have been
drowned out by water and Is buying in
old abandoned wells.
The house committee on pensions has
reported favoEably the Gibson bill. ex-
tending the benefits Of the pension laws to
cx-confedemtes who enlisted in the union
army before September l. lS6L
In the case Of a beQaest 10 the Smith.