The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-05-28
GLANCE OVER THE WORLD
NEWS ITEMS FROM ALL PARTS.
wusiness P0fnfers-Personal Notes.
ceFieas Faefs-Eaecora Of crfmes
sna casuaItfes-Progress Of Msna-
aefoFfes-Reiigfous Notes.


caFfeas Faefs-Eaecsra Of Crises
ana casuaIties-Progress Of 1fssa.
Observation-Disclosures Notes.
II will cost 81 100000 to feed the In
dams on the various reservations.
i The railroad men In California hay,
started fund 70 build battIe-ship TO
the government
4 A warning 70 all local boards Of healti
in Pennsylvania against the danger o
smallpox has been sent out by the stat,
board Of health.
The harbor Of San Francisco has beer
thoroughly mined during the past tw.
weeks.
| In Havana meat Is % pound and oof
fee Is cents . cup. First-cIass restau
rants are guarded by troops.
A heavy rainfall at Key West has fillet
the cisterns and ayerted q wter famine
among the troops.
/ J. 5. Collins, q prominent resident d
Topeka, Kan, was mysteriously murdered
In bed at his home.
Edward Beiiamy, author and humani
tartan, died Sunday at his home in Chic
opee, Mass. in the 49th year Of his age
Three hundred persons have been exc
cuted i'm Puerto Rico on charge of treason
Many families are fleeing to the interior
Weyier and the Carlists and Republi-
can leaders are deliberately planning To
bring on revolt in Spain.
Food 10 getting scarcer every day in
Havana and the insurgents threaten to
cut oil the water supply.
The Philippine insurgent chief Aguin-
aldo has issued proclamation to his fol-
lowers at Manila TO obey the orders Of
Admiral Dewey.
Spaniards at Manila refuse to submit to
the Americans and Admiral Dewey il un-
willing TO bdinbard the town. He hopes
TO starye them out.
Great Britain has as many war vessels
in Asiatie waters as France, Russia and
Germany combined, and they are far more
modern and powerful
Many wealthy Philippine families are
going back 10 the islands from Hong
Kong and are taking the oath of allie
glance TO the United States.
James q. Longslreet son Of General
James A Longstreet, has just been com.
missioned as second lieutenant in q bat.
terry Of light artillery at Atlanta, Ca
Joseph Letter, the phenomenal grain
manipulation Of chicago, has announced
that he will retire from the business when
be has sold out his cash holdings
Several decided improvements have been
added to the plans of four new monitors
for our navy which will render them prae-
ticaily indestructible except by tosPedces
Correspondence outlining the whole
scheme for revolution in Italy has been
seized by the police at the residence Of
Nine. kuliciefi, the noted Nihilist in
Rome.
The restoration Of Independence hall
Philadelphia, has progressed so rapidly
that it Is expected the formal opening OF
the historic structure can be held on the
Fourth Of July.
The Mexican minister at Washington
has been informed by his government that
Mexico has taken all necessary precan.
lions 10 prevent Spanish filibustering ex.
petitions from invading Texas
Packing and shipping firms o. Chicago
have asked congress TO impose retaliatory
duty against France on account of rates
fixed by that country lard and sau-
sage from the United States
The house Of representatives has adopt
ed the resolution TO submit TO the states
proposition to amend the constitution
so as 10 provide for the election Of senators
by direct vote of the people.
Spanish refugees recently arrived in ia.
maica from Havana say that poor people
are dying Of starvation in Havana while
even the soldiers are wretchedly fed. Raw
food costs in the market about IS per day
for a single person.
A New York dispatch says that in con-
sequence Of the lack of greenbacls treas
ury notes and silver certificates the Unit
ed States is paying out gold over the
counter as well as settling its debit bal
ance at the clearing house in gold.
The navy department it is said, will
not send coal to the Philippines, as it is
probable that Dewey has all he needs
II Is known that there was large amount
Of coal stored at Manila and this must
have been captured by Dewey.
The Painton electric beat, it Is claimed.
will accomplish the feat Of crossing the
Atlantic in three days The speed claimed
Is forty knots an hour. The noise Incl.
dent TO steamship machinery will, Il is
said, be done away with, and the saving
In coal be one-hAh. The ten propellors
will be screws driven by dynamos
According 10 an old docket in the nos.
session Of Maine justice Of the peace
Admiral Dewey was once fined SIS for
thnshing drunken marine who had
sought qanrrel with him during a visit
to the navy yard at Portsmouth. Dewey
paid the SIS cheerfully, remarking that il
WAS worth that much 10 have had the
pleasure Of thrashing such a disgrace TO
the United States navy.
A cablegTam IRON London states that
the one mile paced record Of lass IS,
held jointly by Eddie McDuffie Of Boston
and j. w. Stocks Of England, has been
broken by ]. Piatt Belts, who but re-
Gently returned from Australia. The new
time Is lass fat
As the result of recent exchanges he
tween officials Of the state department
at Washington and the French embassy
an agreeable understanding is said TO
have been reached which gives assurance
OF continuance Of the traditional friend
ship existing between the United States
and France.
Damage to the amount Of $4,000 was
caused at Toledo, Ohio. by q Gre which
destroyed the six-story building at Su.
perior and Jefferson streets, occupied BY