The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-06-04
GLANCE OVER TIE WORLD
NEWS ITEMS FROM ALL PARTS.
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ana observation-disclosures Of MASS
Observation-Disclosures Notes.
The war has caused an immense de-
crease in first and second class ocean
travel.
Spaniards in me Canary Islands live
IN dread Of bombardment BY the Amer
lean feet.
The wonderful submarine torpedo boat
Holland has been bought by the govern
ment
A dispatch from London says Queen
Victoria favors an alliance with the Unit
ed States.
Marine insurance companies are greatly
agitated over SPANS new threat Of pm
watering.
A tannery to tan the hides Of wolves
and dogs has been established in Chey-
enne county, Kan.
The Armours, Of Chicago, viii invest
100000 in = packing house on the
North Pacific coast.
Upwards of 100000 American flags
have been sold in this country since the
blowing up Of the Maine.
Of the shoes imported into British colo
mics, more than As per cent are Of Amer
lean manufacture
Owing to the drouth in California, grain
Is being shipped from Nebraska to that
state 70 supply the deficiency.
The navy department has invited bids
for the construction Of twenty-eight tor
Pedo boats and torpedo-bOat destroyerS
The commerce Of the United States with
Japan has grown more rapidly in the past
fear than that Of any other nation.
A large part Of Cuba is occupied by i'm
penetrable forests not more than 10 per
cent Of the island being under cultivation.
An error in the naval personnel bill,
which recently became Law, gives q re-
tired captain more pay than one in active
service
Jim Baker, the famous Indian scout,
died Of old age at Snake river, wyo, Nay
~. He had been in the Rocky mountains
since 1924
A strong detachment of troops has been
detailed to guard the United States pow
der works, near Dover, n. j., against
Spanish spies
In the Canadian parliament, Premier
LAurier and Sir Charles Upper declared
themselves in favor Of an American aIli-
anee.
To maintain an army Of 100000 men for
six months will cost $4,000 900, accord
ing to estimates prepared by Paymaster
General Stanton.
The Russian government has been petit
toned for 5000 rubles for the purpose
Of feeding 10000 starving school children
for six months 80
The board Of supervisors of San Fran
cisco has changed the name Of BiIboa
boulevard TO Dewey boulevard, in honor
Of the hero Of sIanila.
Lord Russell lord chief justice Of Eng
land, urges intimate friendship between
Great Britain and the United States with.
out contract Of alliance.
Walter S. Barker, who was American
consul at Sagua Ia Grande, Cuba, is to
be commissioned colonel of men who have
had yellow fever. to be sent to Cuba with
the first division Of troops.
A dispatch from Hong Kong says it has
been discovered that the black plague
is disseminated among the people by the
neas which gathered the germs from the
bodies Of those afflicted with the disease.
The federal statutes authorize the pay
ment of a bounty Of 500 for each man
in an enemy's ship of war that is de
stroyed in action Assuming that there
were 1000 men on the Spanish ships at
Manila, there viii be $4,000 to be di-
vided among the men Of Admiral Dewey's
feet.
Timely rains have insured large crops
Of wheat and oats in Texas
More than half a million spindles are
idle at Fall River, Mass, owingto a shut
down of the Gotten mills.
The English marquis Of Ripon has ex-
pressed himself as much in favor Of an
Anglo American alliance.
After the rinderpest the locusts have
appeared in South Africa and railway
trains are being stopped by them.
Exports of manufactured goods are in
creasing at the rate Of 81 600 600 q month
and imports decreasing at the rate of
5000! 600 a month.
The government needs war horses and
will soon invite bids for the supply that
may be wanted. Dealers all over the
country have been notified that desirable
stock is required. Prices the liable TO
go up.
Reports 10 the bureau OF statistics in
dicate that the net importatiOns Of gold
for the fiscal year ending next month will
reach Sl00.00O,0Oo exceeding the gain in
any preceding year in the history Of the
country.
by Venezuela as counsel before the board
of arbitration in settling the boundary
dispute with England.
William Drake, a notorious burglar,
who tortured his victims and who e.
capped from jail at Salem. N. ", has been
arrested at Petersburg, Va.
At Washington the United States su-
preme court has decided that convictions
under the oleomargerine laws Of Pennsyl-
yania and New Hampshire are invalid,
thus holding the laws Unconstitutional.
The treasury department has ordered
that clearance papers be refused vessels
carrying coal to points in the West Indies,
Bermuda, Mexico and 70 Central and
South America during hOstilities with
Spain.
The talk Of an Anglo American alliance
seems to have had a marked effect In
Enrope. Friendship for the United States