The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-05-28

Bishop, Kiser Trepinsli and Doe WeIls
who are believed to have persisted
Paymaster General Stanton has recon
nended 70 Secretary Alger the appoint
ment Of 10 additional paymasters Tor ii,
army, IN addition TO tne 20 now in service
General Stanton has also submitted esti
mates aggTegating 20OO0 900 for the pa,
Of the regular and volunteer army for th,
six months beginning July and endin.
December 81, on the basls Of the nurlbei
Of volunteers already called for End In.
regular army at its war strength.
The public and the press Mt st. Peters
burg are not eyincin great interest ID
the future OF the Philippine isIanas. Much
hostility Is manifested fowarus an,
scheme by which the United States. Greai
Britain and Germany individually o,
jointly are to have possession Of the isl
ands, and some Of the papers urge the
Russian government to endeayor 70 oh.
tain from Spain lease Of some Of the
Philippine islands in order that they may
serve as a Russian base in the Pacific.
The fight at SyaFacuse, New York,
tween KID Mccoy and Gus Rubin. the
latter of Cleveland, resulted in q victory
for Mccoy after 20 rounds. iaree thous-
and persons were in the Alhambra where
the fight was held. There was little bet
ting on the result and the showing made
BY kuhlin was a surprise. He stood lot
of punishment and was always ready TO
come back for more. He was apparently
strong at the finish. Mccoy says he viii
now meet Goddard and then Choynski.
There was great difference In the weight
OF the men Mccoy, according to his state
ments weighing l57 pounds, and Rubin.
according TO Billy Madden, his manager.
tipping the scales at $50 pounds. Sixty
per cent Of the gate receipts are to be
divided between the men, Mccoy taking
IS per cent and Rubin Is per cent in
place Of a $500 purse.
ThetrOops of rough riders at For. Meade
have orders to start for Chickamanga
Fully 10000 peoplpe from the northern
hills cities visited the fort to say fare
well TO their friends and relatives.
A great fire has broken out in the Zol
'ern mine in Prussia. II is feared thai
at least As miners have persisted.
The Prix du Jockey Club French der
byl, of $27 $40, for 3-year-olds, II miles.
Sas run Sunday. Cardo-Fou was first.
Dex second and Cahabat third.
Robert j. Dodds, councilman from the
Fourth ward, dropped dead while riding
his bicycle on the Lake Union path in
Seattle, Wash. Mr.. Dodds had been hax-
ing considerable trouble with his heart.
and 10 this is attributed his sudden death
The L. S. S. Hist, formerly the yacht
fhespia, has arrived at Newport, Il. l., for
the Rhode Island naval reserves. who are
enlisting in the navy for patrol duty She
mounts FIVE guns
A high fence has been erected around
the Carpenter steel works at Reading. Pa.
As a further protection from spies. Ship
mentsc of shells are now made from the
works three times q week.
The United States commerce DESTROYER
Columbia. which has been at anchor al
Ocmpkinsville, eoaling and provisioning.
after tour Of duty with the North Allan
tic patrol, has weighed anchor and pro
ceeded to sea.
An epidemic Of measles and pneumonia
has broken out in the Fifth regiment OF
Missouri volunteers at jefferson barracks
Six patients are in a dangerous condition
and were removed to the city hospital to
dav.
The president has approved the Alaska
homestead and right of way bill.
The New York Chapter Of Colonial
Danes will equip and maintain hospital
ship for service in Cuban waters.
While boating on the lake near Allan
Ia, Ga, Paul ID. Safe and Miss Sadie
Moore, his fiancee, were drowned.
Farmer HibbS Of Bucks county, Pa.
has sold his wheat at $50 busheI, the
higest price ever obtained in that
county.
Fifteen American fishing vessels have
abandoned fishing on the Grand banks of
Newfoundland through fear of Spanish
cruisers.
The work done on the wreck Of the bat
tieship Maine cost the government $50,-
600. The contractors recovered a good
deal Of government property, including
Eve 6-inch rified cannon, which alone are
worth the amount paid for the entire
work.
The secretary Of the treasury has re
ceied from an old soldier in Alexandria.
Ind, who did not give his name, a letter
SO bill, part of his pension
money, with the request that ii be placed
in the fund to help free Cuba. The money
has been added to the 100000 contIibn-
ton made by Miss Helen Gould.