The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-12-16

and one hundred and fifty men win be
employed.
There has been shipped to the depart
ment Of agriculture at Washington q
large bundle Of wheat on the stalk.
which IL 70 form the center piece Of the
American grain display At the Paris ex-
position. The grain was raised on the
o. r. q n. experimental farm near Wal
IL Waila, under the supervision Of the
United States department Of agricul-
ture.
MONTANA.
II really looks now as II q brand new
smallpox epidemic had started in at
Butte.
A. H Benkendorf, Of Smith Valley.
has lost his residence and household
goods by FIRE.
John Bigando. m emDleye Of the Bell
mine, At Butte, was painfully injured
while at work In the mine.
A. w. Swaney has been appointed
deputy sheriff at Kalispell to take the
place Of LAban Thompson. resigned.
VIII Engle. OF the lower valley, lost
his granaries and grain by IRE the 9TH
er day. About $500 bushels OF wheat
and 1000 bushels Of oats were burned.
The loss 10 partly covered By insurance
G. d. Weidemann OF Butte has been
arrested for mot RENTING $l12 he re-
ceived for the colliery Engineer com
pany Of Scranton. Pa This 10 q COM
pany which teaches engineering BY cor
respondence.
This year the payment Of tax money
has been heavier than ever before In
Butte. Out Of the 34s5. 900 due. about
| &472,0 have 90 far been collected,
leaving less than $4,000 to which the
10 per cent penalty must be added. Yes
terday. the last day to escape the 10
per cent addition. over 81, 900 was paid
in. keeping the clerks busy.
Three mining accidents which, while
not fatal. are very painful. occurred in
the mines In Butte recently. p. ]. Hol-
land, was thrown backwards AGAINST q
timber. injuring his back seriously.
John Mccarthy. q station tender at the
Bell mine. had a car fall on his left
leg. crushing II horribly. John Harch
| at the St. Lawrence, was setting mp Q
machine drill when the machine fell.
| catching him underneath II. His left
leg was broken
The police Of Butte have received
some information which u to them one
and all disQuieting. 1t Is stated that
Jew Jess, the mistress Of Robert Shad.
well At the time he murdered Red
OConnor, has returned to Butte, and
is in hiding She was wanted as q wit
ness. but kept away until sentence was
pronounced. And worse still, she Is
accompanied by the equally notorious
and dangerous Black Pearl, who de
parted from Butte last spring after rob
bling q well known business man Of
$1,000.
Professor Malachy DwytT, an old res
ident OF Butte. formerly Of Ogdensburg
N. Y. during q heated religious discus
sion with J. S. Charlebois. the divine
healer, attempted to strike the latter
and Charlebois called on God to pro
tect him, and Dwyer dropped dead
The men were in the public library al
the time. Charlebois, who 10 from Hell
ena, and once lived in Spokane, 10 I
religious EealOt, with q reputation as {
divine healer. and is editor Of q publ
cation called The Living Truth" Dur
ing his discussion with DWyer he mad,
the statement that he had read the fig
ures -e6s" which were marked on tn,
forehead Of the pope. Dwyer said the!
had an anti-Christ significance. anS
called Charlebois . liar and made ,
1 g. ),
strike him. Charlebois says he stoo'
up and called on God to protect him
. and before Dryer could strike he drop
: ped dead. Dryer was IS years old
The coroner's inquest this evening dc
veloped the fact that death was du
to heart failure. produced by excite
ment
Judge Fraser has decided that vii
liam A Storey was legally elected may
or Of Portland by the city council
Multnomah Athletic club and Olym
pics Of San Francisco proved event.
matched in q recent game OF football
A young man named willard Akin
was drowned in the Grand Ronde rive
last week. while helping to ford som
cattle across.
DR.. e. L. Irvine, who was second ply
sician at the Oregon state insane asy
lum under DR.. Lane. has again bee
committed as an inmate Of that inst
tuition at his own request He was dii
charged last September. Morphine
= the cause Of his downfall.
Tha Aru4 aN~tAAnf AZ fha ananA a
? operations on the new portage road q
The Dalles. On the Washington sid
occurred last week. when n workma
was killed by q blast
+ The people OF Woods. Tillamoo
county, headed by T. J. Lucy. are eI
deavoring TO raise sufElcient funds I
build q freight schooner for their Ow
Q use on the cooperative plan.
Ex-Governor VIM. P. Lord. minists
to the Argentine Republic. has left fC
n his post Of duty. He will stop At wasl
9 inKton to receive final instruction
: from the state department
e A man In Junction City gave his dc
to a friend in Portland. As soon a. u
q dog arrived In Portland he struck OF
for his home. He reached Junctio
/ City, about 10 miles from Portlan
q in two days.
DR.. F. p. Graves. president OF q
! University OF Washington. delivered
II short lecture to the students Of Il
r high school at Portland on High,
n Education" He dealt chiefly with Il
purpose and value Of q collegiate ed
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