The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-02-04
|DOINGS THROUGH THE WEEK
NEWS or THE WORLD IN BRIEF
An HntcFeating Colieetlon o. Itema from
the Two MemispheFes Presented IN .
Canasnssa Rorm-O Quilted from the Tel
elsraph Reports.

The body found near Fort St. Philip
was identified an that Of Captain Sturte.
want. the pilot Of the launch Paul Jones
Four men were badly burned. one per,
hAps fatally BY the explosion Of boiler
in the basement Of the Chicago Tribune
building Sunday.
Bob Ntzsimmons il matched 10 meet
Jim Jeffries for . side bet Of $4,000 and
the largest purse offered. Jsflriea has
covered Fitxsimmons forfeit posted in New
| York.
Fourteen persons were killed Sunday by
an explosion Of gas In the Palia mine
near Mazarrcn, Spain
The loss Of an entire family In Lake
Erie l. reported in Toledo. On one Of
the islands In the Bass group lived q
family named Robson The family con.
sisted Of the father, mother, daughter
Of 20, q son Of 8, and hired man, Harry
NJ. Martel.
/ A pair Of human legs sticking mp
through the Ice in one Of the alps in the
haFhor attracted the attention Of this men
ON the steamer Walter l. Frost. The
body waa chopped out and found to be
that OF William DoFmeE, deekhand on
the Frost.
1t was IS degrees below zero. the cold
est in recent years in Wisconsin Sunday.
The Montauk Club OF Brooklyn tend
cred a banquet TO Admiral 7. sampson
and the principal among the other guests
was Secretary Of the Navy John Long.
Calvin Heilig has closed a eontraet for
ia i've years lease of the AlaTquam Grand
sheateF Of Portland. MIR. Heilig has also
just closed Ave years contract TOR the
Tacoma theateF At Tacoma.
George White. eattleman o. Mendo
eino county. aled petition in Insolvency
His liabilities are placed at sls5,OO0. In
Guiding a Judgment Of 100000 granted
his divorced wife. Hs assets arr placed
at sll0OO0
| There was much eommotion in Colon
Columbia, arising from the strike Of the
doekmen and railway employee During
the demonstration several persons we're
| wounded
| Ihe district attorney at Philadelphis has
n0tified counsel IoF senator Quay, biz son
Richard and ex-Stats Treasurer HayW ood
that he had fixed Monday, February 70
A. the date for trial u the three defend
ants on the charge OF conspiracy 10 the
misuse Of the money on deposit in the
| Peoples bank.
/ Private adviees received at Ssattls
state that the government ALL seRd shgee
detaehmenta Of soldiers into ths Copper
river district Of Alaska next spring to lay
out mail route 70 the Yukon river and
establish portA
/ II Is the opinion Of prominent navsl
officers that the disabilities 0i the Topeka
will lead to an Investigation By tbs .ee
Rotary oi the navy.
| Ex.Unitsd States Senator JAme= u
Slater Of Oregon il dead. Deceased was
born in Illinois Ia 1898. went To Caliiornia
in 1919 and came to Oregon in 1850
George w. Piummsr, sged ~, beat hls
mead TO . Jelly near Baker city and then
ran half ulile to a mach and securing
knife cut his thToat from ear To eur, caus
ing death.
Great excitement exists on the mining
exchange in Colorado springs over tab
ulot1aiy rich strike in tns isabella mine
at Cripple Greek. Assays from the aLriks
run over $4,000 10 sfuO,O00 to the ton.
Representative Payne Of New York hs,
been appointed = member Of the Canadian
commission 10 all shs vacancy caused By
the death Of Mr.. DingIsy.
wellesley Moore, British vice consul in
san Francisco, haA been advanced tO the
eonsulship at Puerto Rico, ~ l.. to .ue
esed George W. Crawford. Who died at
Caen, France, recently.
The Bulgarian cabinet haa resigned,
owing. Il IL believed. to the diseontsnl
aroused by the adherence Of N. sto,lsfI,
the premier, to the schemes for Maesdoa-
Ian autonomy which are considered TO b.
antagonistie TO the Bulgarian aspirations
for obtaining predominant influence in
Macedonia.
Billy Marsh, the professional jumper,
y going TO England early in the summer
TO engage with Bauougta and Colauitt,
the famous English jumpers in a series Of
international Jumps
The Fremont Hot Springs Company Of
Alcova, Wyoming, have forsardsd an
offer to the managers Of both sharkey
and FitEsimmons, offering a pure Of eco,
900 for fight TO take place any time in
June. July or August, the only condition
attaehsd being that the training shall be
done at AIeova, the health resort, in
Wyoming.
ii. w. Sebastian has been appointed
receiver Of the Farmers Elevator. one Of
the largest concerns Of its kind in 81.
Louis
IL Is announced that the surplus wheat
Of New Zealand win amount 10 B5OOOO /
btiahels The surplus Of other grains Ia
also larger than usual.
The reoPening Of the Cor.ss At Madrid
Is fixed for February 20. The govern.
ment viii introduce q bill providing for
the payment Of indemnity to the span.
iards who suffered through the es.-sion Of
the Philippine Islands to the United
stateA
General ". " Sheridan, commander o,
the department Of the lakes, has issued or.
ders for the departure Of an expedition
Tor the Philippines.
The department Of state Il informed bv
minister Powell that the Haitisn govern.
ment will put in force the act passed bv
the chamber to increase all import duties
Is per cent on and after February I, 1900
A gang Of 20 track repairers we're work.
ing ON the railroad at the western opening
OF the Gallitzin tunnel Tuesday when thew
heard the approach Of locomotive which
was running west through the tunnel
The workmen all stepped from the north
track on which weat.bound train. ,n,,,.