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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-09-24
|ALL PARIS Is Startled
THE CASE IS POSTPONED
Colonel PteanaFt Says That ~ Feana
Deed u WAN Ne MsFaeS, eaa MOT
sateiae-Deteetive IL Supposed %
Have Met VITA PouI Play.

Paris. Sept. 22.-The trial Of Colonel
Piequart and n. I4oblois. the lawyer, on
the charge Of revealing documents con
corning the national defense, was TO have
begun yesterday before the correctional
tribunal. The public prosecutor. how
ever, asked for an adjournment ON the
ground that the prosecution OF Picqnart
on a charge Of forgery and using forged
document had been ordered by the min
lister OF war.
II. Laborie. who was counsel for lola
during the latter's famous trial. indig-
nantiy opposed adjournment, which he
said was an attempt 10 hand Piequart
over TO the clutches Of the military an-
thOritieA.
Picqnart then made statement which
caused = sensation. He said: This Il
perhaps the last time ! shall speak In
public. shall sleep. perhaps, in the
prison Of Cherche Midi. Therefore, /
wish to declare that II I find there the
sirangling cord OF lie Mercier Picard on
the razor OF Colonel Henry, it win be
murder, for have no idea Of committing
suicide"
The audience was intensely moved and
shouted "Viye Piequarti" The judges.
however. decided 70 indefinitely adjourn
the case.
lie Mercier Picard. referred TO by N.
PicqnaEt, was detective understood 10
have been employed In the Dreytna affair,
who was found hanged In hls lodgings
about year ago under circumstances
which cast doubt upon the theory that
he committed suicide.
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Fatal CAarsh sssiaI.

SIlrs. Mica. Sept "a - Nearly one,
trnsh al the en,ire population 81 Plain.
veil. . little village in AiiegAn county, IL
III from eAiing canned heci al a church
social hi.y Iss PeEsuns were poisoned,
- are dangerously ~ and four are OK.
Pccsud 10 die, the docsors having express
ed no hope q their Eecovesy. Those Ia
danger are Mrs. Ethel Clancy. Mrs. J. NJ.
Travis, Mira John Bishop and L. w. Souls.
The ladies ol the Prcsbytesian church
gave q supper and aboai $50 guests we're
present, all Of whom had supper and par.
took ni canned hcet. SO far 50 cases Of
poisoning have been reported and In each
cAas u has becn learned the patient had
eAtru Of the beef. Some were viosently
III, and IL waa thought at one time that
al least . dozen would sueCumb 10 the
poison. Steps arr being taken TO make
rigid investigation into the food, the
doctors believing either the meat was dis.
saacd OF the combination Of tin and beef
resulted In poisoning.
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4 EAIAL FIRE N TOLEDO
Elevator BaFaea ~ spentaneema
CembnstteR 81 Dasf-six nesa.
FeaT Asisatnm. Reas IRtaFeA va
aasly--Leasss over Halt = hiiaien.

Toledo, Ohio. Sept a. The explosion
In the great elevator Of the UnIoa Eie-
saloF and Transportation Company last
evening resulted in the death Of most Of
the employees in the structure and mon,
~ loss exceeding hal. million dollars.
There HeFe 100000 buslleis Of grain In
the building. The corrected list of dead
and injured ioilewss
ead-GFaee Parks, aged 10, John
Carr. shoveieri Fred Garasst. shoyeler;
EYeretl Smith, maehinisl; unkneHn Pol.
ish shoFeieF, and another aHknown shoF.
eleF.
Missing and believed TO have been
burned inside the bailding Prank Van
HOeaons grain inspector, samuel Alexan.
dsri Harold Parks, aged Vi chariss Ksef-
e.. ehgineeF.
Fatally burned IIamiltom Parks, aged
l6i John Smith, shoHeieF; Barney Meleh,
sAovelerl William J. ai'rks. sapsFintsnd.
snt.
Burned. Nho may Feeoyer-chaFlea Par,
geils, iaFemani W. v. Jordan, railroad
man.
Tia OAio ceniEai road. whose tracks
Tan near tbs building. lost the depot
baiiding and nnmheS Of cars. making .
total loss Of about $4,000 The elevator
was owned hy the haekas family and up
GRATED By Paddock. Hodge 4 Co. The
total Ions. Including .As Ohia Central, Is
eSl0011. VI whleh &se0yO0o l. on the
building and eai0I@oo On the grAiR The
building Gas insured toF sl360Oo and The
gtain toF e2sG mo.
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THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII.
senator AorgAa Tells Them They
Must Net Expect 60 Ne = state.

Honolulu. Sept. II (yia San Franciscoi.
causing the people Of this community
much worry. Acts OF vandalism are be-
coming frequent, and General King has
issued orders for q court OF INJURY TO in.
vesligate the alleged lawless acts com
mitted by soldiers and assess the amount
Of damage. The Chinese fruit growers
and vegetable gardeners have been for
the most part the victims Of the soldiers.
and their gardens have been raided and
destroyed.
The Hawaiian archipelago Is now the
military district OF the Hawaiian depart
ment Of California. The order creating
this district, dated September 4, has just
been promulgated by Major General Mer-
riAm.
The Hawaiian commission has been
holding daily sessions. bat nothing Is
given out for publication. The commits
sion will probably not leave for San Fran.
cisco bcfOre September ..
Senator Morgan Is quoted as saying:
Il am inclined TO think you viii have
only territorial government at present
The United States will. Of course. takS
charge OF the custom house and postal
department, but in all other matters you
will be your own masters. You viii make
your own laws, subject to the approval ol
congress. The territory of Hawaii has Z
great future before L."
Senator Cullom announces that the 10
cal land law will remain in force. Dol,
still transacts the business Of the cxecu
tive. Merriam leaves for san Francisco
today.
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OUR FLAG WAVES II HAVANA
HoIsTED OVER SPANISH SHIPS.
the Stars and strspes Fieat Rrem
tbe Hetei Treeha In Havana ana
Over Twensy Spanish Vessels al
nGanila.

New York, Sept 2O.--A dispatch to the
Herald from Havana says:
American occupation has begun. The
Stars and Stripes are waving over the
Hotel Tr0ehas tree-emboweFed villa IN
the suburbs of Yedado.
The whole commission party moved
from the Resolufe TO the Trceha today.
The entire place 10 now in the hands Of
the commission at cost Of &I4OO week.
The hotel is stiIl guarded by "orden pub
licosD against possible foes.
The first work OF the commission to-
morrow will be 70 prepare the second
series Of propositions answering the
Spanish reply to the first series sent .
week ago.
Waves Over Spanish shsps.
Manila, Sept. 20.-Twenty Spanish ves-
sells, including IL steamers, have com
pleted their transfer to the American
flag. and the majority have proceeded on
coasting voyages.
There i some uncertainty regarding
the native crews in Filipino vessels. Il
Is reported they have been committing
questionable acts. and the Boston, Ra-
leigh and Manila sailed today under or
deB TO protect commerce.
There are rumors that the insurgents
are attacking Cebu and nOiIo.
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Camp Wikotf. Sept. 20. - Tho move
mens d tToors continued today and Of
the present rate there win not be many
here by this time next week. batteries
A and y, Second light artillery. have left
for Admission, Ala. All the division or
Tegimensal hospitals have been closed.
There were no deaths reported this morn
ing. The Third cavalry expects 10 get
away tomorrow for Fort Ethan Allen.
The Eighth Maine volunteer signal corps
will be relieved from duty tomorrow. The
Twenty.fourth infantry (coloredl was to
have gone wholly 10 Fort Douglas, Utah,
but the plans have been changed. Only
half the men can be accommodated IN
Fort Douglas, and The other half will b
stationed In Wyoming.
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Madrid. Sept. 20. - The workmen Of
Bilbao. where the cruisers which belonged
to Cervera's feet were built, have decided
TO 60 TO Santander to make demonstra.
tion against the defeated admiral there.
The government prohibits the proposed
move.
Blanco cables he is not In accord with
the Cuban colonial ministry, TO which the
government here replied that, while Span
ish sovereignty was maintained in Cuba,
he must apply the rules Of autonomy,
and therefore could not turn out tia CO
lOnial government now in Office and APP
point a new one.
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WASHINGTON.

The normal scfcol ~ EilensbuFg open
ed with about 100 students In attend
anee.
"BlOekhouseR Smith. WIN gained his
name by building . blockhouse on the
upper Chehalis river during the Indian
war Of 1855. i still living At Monte
sanO.
The schools Of Fairhaven opened with
100 more pupils in attendance than last
year, and 1t IL believed that the hiring
Of two more teachers will be necessary.
Oscar Blnhm Of Blaine caught por-
poise measuring six and half feet In
his gall net the other day while drifting
n the bay At South Bend. Mr.. Bluhm
says that PoFpoises are plentiful in the
bay, but rarely get caught in net.
ed. The work heretofore done at those
shops viii BE- done at the shops Of the
Great Northern railway, the present
owners Of the y. i. 4 n, at Hiilyard
Frank Hesket Of MondOvi has just
harvested and threshed fine crop Of
grain HIS winter wheat yielded him
over 20 bushels per acre. and his yOlun-
teer wheat went 20 bnsheis TO the acre.
The quality OF his grain Is 90 good that
be y offered premium Of two cents over
the ruling market
This month the shops Of the Spokane
Falls O. Northern railway, which have
been running in Spokane since the road
was established. viii be practically clos
The United States civil service com
mission announces that ON October an
examination viii be held at the postofice
In Fort Townsend for the grade Of stem
ograPher typewriter. There 10 a yacan-
81 IN the grade In the customs service at
Port Townsend. At a salary Of $1,000 per
annum.
Threshing crews report that the yield
Of whsat has been greater throughout
all o. kliekitat county than was ex
Peeted by farmers. Peter Anderson,
who has farm east Of Goldendale. ex-
pected a machine measure Of 100 bush.
els OF marketable wheat. When thresh-
ing was completed MIR. Anderson found
that he had $500 bushels Of Al wheat
AaF. Collins harvested 100 bushels more
than he expected
All grain near Sprague In Lincoln
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shet ma. A..a,lans.

st. Paul. Sept 20.--A Helena. Mont,
special 10 the Despatch says: Arthur
Wald. an employee Of the American Bis.
cult Manufacturing Company, was shot
and killed near the Northern Pacific de.
pot last evening by Ebert Dills, an en-
gineer. wald was with Ed Wilson, q dis.
charged fireman. who went TO the depot
TO revenge himself on Dills, who, Wilson
claimed. was responsible for his dis.
charge The police understand that ono
man threw pepper in the face Of Dills
fireman. while the other attacked Dills
The latter defended himself manfully, but
was badly injured.
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A womanis club iat wnrdneE and Ksi.
loGx Aaa h~en 0sEanisrd Nth The ioilow.
lag osaosssi Mira Oyds. Psusldsni; Miss
naskss. FecsFdlAR sSrFvtaEy, and Mira
faifwrsthes, corresponding SECRETARY.
1hs riab hnseSa every Saturday evening
u. n. hsaaIh As seiRs hahinx On the
Idaho sads h<tMera Tea Mile And Aas-
ian wtth an1 sacS9sS Ora nlght las
week hs made . catch u over ~ nzinaoa
81 cos haul. uslEhing tSOsa six 10 -
Posnda sasa.
Great qasatill~a II rood ana lambsr
ere hsahg shipp~d 10 ths i'Aloass coan
try daily. Tbs pgasa p~E coed he stead
Wy sdF4nears and uill sena EuaeA 81. A
Large blaek heaE saa killed naAr Vel,
H~g Last wr~k.
II 10 Espostsd thai the grand jury IL
Lsusssna has laksa up the case oI J. u.
Averages. The eoaasy saSvryus Who shol
and killed ~ A. kipPra last February.
Mosag1a VA sxRmined ana eommitsed
BY The probate jaags ~ The time Of The
kiiling. and uss hsid toE several moasha
% . charge 81 snar5sr. The grad Jury
81 ths May terra u he district court
tAitea 10 and . true hsil. bat did not
aETSa SPoa Tia asusaiOa u dlsSAArging
The pfisausE.
Tbs HARVEST carnival whirh Naa cele.
hFatsi Al Iswaatsa last week wAs ven
veil ATTENDED, Al elaborate Display 81
isuita. vegetables Asd grains, In pavil'
len caassrprsrd % AlAln stErrt IOs sAs
O<Oaaion. uas . iAvUSits feature The
tams II Lswtston valley hAs b~sa estab
bahed By the sxhihattsaa made al past
Spakans fruit fairs. and tha TppusAtion
uAs saslAinsd 90 this ercAsioa
l.xwiasSa has besa . pFOataeis market
fos tha farmers from Tar and near shis
year. Hay. butter and sEgs havs bssu
Aaaisd and sAipped extensively. Ths
IEanspostnsioa By teams u enormous
quantities oi fruit 10 and from The In
terror makes . god market for hay
The butter saprly has been short all ths
past yeaF, although the dairy product
has been haulsd avcn from oTegon and
shipped in from outside CfeameEiea. and
Svea IRON the east.
District couFt ies Bingham county
will be held at Blaekiocl commencing
September ~.
Thssp will be . very kaary apple CroI
near vollmsr this season. sixty car
or moro viii be shipped. while probably
20 cars Of apples loo small 10 shiP vii
BE- dried here. wheat IL coming 10 lowI
with . Suah. The weather has bee'
most favorable and farmers have taksI
advantage Of Il. The yield wiil aver
age 20 bushels per acre and % per cen
viii grade No. |.
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New York, Sept IA dispatch 10 the
Herald from Valparaiso says:
Argentina's circular note instructing her
representatives abroad to deny the ru-
mOrs in connection with her differences
with Chile. and to state that she ID not
hostile to the general plan Of arbitration
proposed by Chile. has not caused q ees-
satiOn of the preparations Of Chile. to
meet any emergency. The note is regard
ed as a trick designed to allure the bank.
ers to place q new loan in Europe for
war purposes. As evidence of this. Il is
pointed out that Argentina is pushing
her war preparations harder than ever, in
spite Of such peaceful declarations.
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London, Sept s2.-AccOrding to Paris
dispatch the cOnvicts at Cayenne, in
French Guiana. have mutinied. and it Is
feared that prisoners to the number of
1000 will regain their liberty.
Devils island. where former Captain
Dreyfus of the French army is confined, is
but a short distance from Cayenne. 1t is
possible the revolt may be the death
knell Of the prisoner, whose guards are
under strict orders TO kill him If any at.
tempt is made TO deliver him or il there is
any possibility of his escaping.
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San Francisco. Sept. 2l.--A company
has been formed 10 build . railroad from
bakersfield to Los Angeles, q distance Of
900 miles. This, with It's connections, will
give San Francisco another transconti'
mental road. the Southern Pacific up TO
this time having a monopoly Of northern
California business Five men comprise
the incorpOntors, Claus, John d. and A.
r. spreckels, Robert VIII and II. II. Pay
am
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New York, Sept. 2l.--A dispatch from
Naples says, Frightiul misery and i'm
mensc damage will be caused II the erup,
ton Of MI vcsuvius continues on The
alarming scale Il has reached in the last
few dAyA Mine new cratere were count.
ed today, but even this extra vent does
nothing toward checking the flow Of lava,
although there h a marked cessation In
the moro violent belchings Of Ere and
nKnoke.
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TAou.ana. Are alomelesu.

New York. Sept sI.--A dispatch from
Barbados says, Full reports Of the dam.
age wrought by the recent hurricane here
have been made TO the authoTsiea. They
show that the destruction Of property
was not overestima.e,., though the loss Of
life was somewhat smaller than was sup.
posed at first. AZ Il was. the reports
show 100 fatalities Fifty thousand per.
sons were made homeless by the storm.
The full damage Is estimated at more
than sl,O00,O00.
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Washington, Sept. ls.-General Law
ton reports to the war department. to-
night that all but eight Of the Spanish
prisoners have been shipped from SaAti-
ago 10 Spain. Following b the text Of
General Lawton's dispatch:
Santiago de Cuba, Sept. Is lvia Haiti,
1929 p. m.--AdjOtant General. WASH
ington: All Spanish prisoners have been
shipped. except one at Barcoa and seven
at Gnatanam0-siek, yellow fever.
LAwTON. Major General.
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MOS Mlll Inxratira,e.

Washington, Sept. 2l.-The president
Is making progress in the matter Of the
preparation Of q commission for invest,
cation Of the conduct Of the war as far as
It relates to the war department, and he
stated 10 the cabinet today he had 20
far completed the commission that he had
invited the members TO meet him for con.
ference on Saturday next. Seven Of the
nine members Of the body have definitely
indicated acceptance Of the presidents in
vitation.
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San Francisco. Sept. 2a.-A sergeant,
corporal and II priyatrs Of Battery |,
Third artillery win relieve the battalion
Of Washington volunteers under Lieut.
tenant Colonel Fife. which has been sta
toned At Angel island. California. The
battalion Will reioin the two others at
the Presltlio and &c. ready for the trip
10 Manila.
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OLA TsIIsss ssI%eiisa.

Iiaston. SEPT. 81. - The sccon~ days
session Of the sovereign grand lodge |. U.
o. y. opened with a full attendance. Al.
fred s. Pinkerson Of Worcester was unan.
imously elected grand sirej A. c. Cable
Of Ohio. deputy grand sirei J. Frank
Grant Of baltimore. grand secretary;
Charles Mucklc Of Philadelphia, grand
treasurer. The lodge voted to hold the
neat annual session in Detroit Iae con.
vpntion then adjourned.
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Chicago, Sept. 21.- Unsuccessful in
their efforts to induce Governor Tanner
10 substitute water for wine in the chris
tening of the battleship Illinois, and fail
ing Of the positive assistance sought from
President Mckinley and Secretary Of the
Navy Long. the officers of the w. C. I.
U. have focused their endeavors on the
shipbuilders. Mrs. Lillian NJ. Stevens,
the national president, has sent letter
to the contractors urging the use Of wa.
ter instead of wine in the ceremony.
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Made Hin Nervous.

Denver, Sept ee.-ChaPlain J. p. Nc
Inlire Of the battleship Oregon, who is
visiting here, has been stricken with ner'
vous prostration. This viii likely delay
the assembling Of the court martial or.
dered TO try the chaplain for his alleged
unfair criticism Of officers Of the United
States navy.
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a.lner., Strike .. over.

Monongahela City, Pa, Sept. 2l.--rhe
coal miners strike in the third pool ia
over and work. will'be resumed in all The
pits tomorrow pending q settlement Of
differences by arbitration. Two thousand
miners are affected.
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Alrer Hasn,. RenlEnea.

Washington, Sept. el.-Secretary Gage
and Attorney General Griggs were the
only members Of the cabinet present at
today's meeting. and as consequence
the meeting was informal and brief Gage
said there was no foundation for the re-
port that Alger had rendered hia reslgnA-
tion.
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Phoenix, Aria. Sept. le.-willlam
Belcher shot and killed Mike Powers Sat
urday and then committed suicide Bel.
cher was member Of wealthy English
family. Jealousy was the cause
There ara $50 female blacksmiths In
England.
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Springfield. N. Sept. l0.-Governor
Tanner has decided the battlaship Him
OILS shall Be christened With champagne.
and Saturday IN letter 70 The commit
tea Of the W. O I. u. who protested
against christening ths batllsshlp With
wine. notified them q hin dseiaIen.
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Portland, Sept. lo.-Saturday waa the
FIRST day Of the Jewish month Tisri. the
beginning II the year 685A It was the
FIRST day Of Rosh HsshonoA. The begin.
ming and the most important part Of the
Jewish New Year observance
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Seattle, Sept. le.--The revenue cutter
Grant. which went up into Alaskan wa
Tern IN a iIuitless search for Spanish
privateer, arrived here from sitkA TO-
night
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The left side Of the face Il cOnsidered
By artists and photographers more beau.
tiful than the right
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THE sPAHIARDs MOVE OUT.


han Juan, Sept. 2O.--The evacuation Of
outlying positiOas occupied BY the span.
laFds began today. AgnadiIia, San IL.
basiian and IaFes were abandoned by
theMs and the troops Of General Gar5st.
sons brigade and the Eleventh infantry
aided IN hosting the American Gag.
spanish troops from the abandoned nor.
tlons are being concentrated At Arecibo
On Wednesday the 6paniards viii
eyaeaate the Island Of yeques, where i
company Of American troops dispatched
from Grants brigade has been landed.
The Spanish troops from that island will
remain II iinmaeaO until the spaniards
TALL back ON the line Of the military road.
Spanish control 10 now confined 10 less
than onethird Of the island.
soldiers VIII sail sesn.
The Spanish evacuation commissioners
today officially informed the American
commissioners that they have been noti.
Ned Of the sailing from Spain Of two
transports intended 10 embark the troops
here. aad also that 1000 Spanish soldiers
will sail from here ON transport which
IL expected from Cuba.
The meeting Of the commissioners was
entirely without friction, and IL was ow.
ing 70 the good feeling prevailing be-
tween the soldiers and those Of spain
that II was decided TO allow the company
Of Americans 70 land at the Island Of
Heqnea before the Spaniards left. Ii was
decided in the interest Of the order Of the
island. TO allow the Americans 10 enter
the spanish lines, and vice versa, In pur.
salt Of maFaadeF&
In spiss Of the fact that some Of them
have be~n diailMsioniEed, tie influx OF
American promoters continues. An
agent Of an American sugar refining com.
pany h here, and many others are seek.