The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-12-10
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Qanrters 81 she Enrth--Ths After
mafh % the Late war-criraea.
Business Notes, Accidents asa q
Chewing Gum cssfesa


cubans in New York deny that their
countrymen are seeking annexation.
General Wood has decided 70 Impose .
heavy fine upon persons convicted Of gam
bling in Santiago.
The torpedo boat destroyer Farragut il
to have another trial speed test 1t San
Francisco.
The Spanish admiralty has advertised
for sale or lease the fine floating dock in
Havana harbor.
The Hawaiian annexation commission
will be ready 10 report 70 congress when
the session opens.
Ii IL stated in Havana that the Span
iards hope TO complete the evacuation Of
Havana by December 20.
The Red Gross Society win endeavor TO
obtain the release Of spaniards held pris-
oners by natives in the Philippines.
Severe EnoWstorms and gales have pre-.
vailed in the British Islands during the
past week.
At gum chewing contest in New York
Miss Martha Monroe chewed IA sticks
Of gum in 30 minutes and won the cham
pionship
An Official dispatch received in Madrid
from Manila stated thai the Americans
had landed 1000 reinforcements in the
Philippines.
A moyement has been started in Georgia
in honor Of the memory Of Miss Winnie
Davis for establishing an industrial school
for girls.
In his annual report First Assistant
Postmaster General Heath shows that
the general business Of the department in
creased s6yOO0.OOO.
Mime. Dreyfus, at Paris, has been per-
mitted to reply by cable to the letter re-
eeiyed from her husband in prison on
Devils island.
II is said that the emperor Of China
is unable to walk unassisted, and It IS be-
Iieved in well informed circles that the end
Of his life Is near.
An attorney before the circuit court at
Anderson, Ind, insisted on arguing his
case in poetry. The judge protested, and
finally adjourned the case
Oklahoma eattlenen complain that the
dipping process Of the new quarantine
regulations renders cattle unable to with
stand cold, and they soon die.
Customs officers on the Canadian Dor.
der and Chinese interpreter. Charley
Kee, are said to be implicated in snug.
Cling Cinnamon into this country.
1t is proposed by officials Of the war de-
partment to organize regiments to be
composed entirely Of Cubans, except the
three principal officers for service in Cuba
Several whitecsps captured q negro al
Black Rock, Ark, for hog stealing. and
were fred upon by friends Of the prisoner
One Of the whiteaps was killed and two
wounded.
In Belgium there are $4,000 liquor e.
tablishments Of ali kinds, or one 10 ever
20 Of the population
Complete returns Of the casualties o
the Santiago campaign show; Killed, 2
officers and 234 men; wounded, l02 OH
GERS and 1888 men.
A princess, a countess, a duchess and
the daughter OF = reigning prince weu
among the 1000 thieves, professional ana
anprofessionAl, who were arrested in Pan
during the past year.
OF the l,500yO7a bushels Of wheat Il
81. Louis elevators, $4,000 bushels, o
nearly one-hah Of the total stocks, Ia
been sold for immediate shipment and WI
be loaded out as fast as possible.
DIR. Frederick W. D. Evelyn. of S~l
Francisco, has prepared serum, whicl
he calls eauisine, for the incubation
children against hereditary or acquired In
temperance.
In the decree at Madrid accepting tn
resignation Of BlAnco as captain general q
Cuba, the queen regent eulOgized n
zeal, intelligence and loyalty" wit
which he has fulfilled his functions
There is prospect Of Thomas hnsie!
( the New York millionaire. spending tn
rest Of his life at Houston, Tex, haN
ing been convicted Of contempt OF couI
0 and Obstinately refusing to make amend
/ Eleven packages, each containing $iO'
/. were stolen from a pigeon hole at II
stamp window Of the pcstoffice in Ciey'
e land, O., while the clerk had his bNc
e turned. There is no clew to the thief.
4 While the officials of the Wilson banl
b at Utica, O., were absent for Is minnt'
= ct the dinner hour last wednesday, ba
+ glars effected an entrance through baC
window and stole $4,000 in cash an
bonds
At Mannheim, Pa, little Ella Y. Randle
9 only Is years old. was married Ia
Thursday. She Is the youngest to be ma
ried in the county under the new licen
law. Her mother and grandmother We
each under IA years old when Marie
Mrs. Susan Sanders, aged l0T veal
died last Wednesday in the house
!. which she was born, on Chucky river,
I, walauga valley, Tenn She was a rel
a tive Of John Sewer, first governor of TIE
1. nessee, ana possessed many souvenirs
the battle Of Kings Mountain.
The fun bench Of the Massachusetts,
preme court has rendered q decision hol
X ina that q married woman can be h
" eivilly responsible in damages Cor psrsc
j. al injuries inflicted by her husband up
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