The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-04-22

The aeth annual meeting Of the Ma
tional Conference Of Charities and Cor
reetions viii be neld In Cincinnati May
i7th TO 22nd.
1he United States transport Senator
has arrived In San Francisco from
Manila.
Secretary Long has Instructed the
.eommandant at the Mare Island navy
yard TO procure two metallic caskets
and send them 70 Apia TO receive the
remains OF Lieutenant Lansdaie and
Ensign Monaghan, which viii be re-
turned 70 the United States for burial.
The driver Of the COnlee City and
Brewster stage line reports that last
week the town Of Ruby City. in okan-
ogan county, was entirely wiped out BY
IRE. except livery stable.
Another old.time river captain. r. A.
Dor~t, OF St. Louis, IL dead.
Ars. Z. n. n. Stevens, president. and
Miss Anna A. Gordon, vice-president
at large OF the national w. c. T. u.
have started on . western trip In the
interest Of the organization.
The secretary OF state has directed
the return 70 their posts in Spain OF
the united States eonsuls who were
obliged to leave on account OF the war.
George n. Stroud. the pioneer rail
way conductor OF Oregon, 10 dead
Sam Washington. q negro. was
hanged at Yazoo City, Miss. last week
for the murder OF q plantation mana
ger named Coker last November.
Governor Rogers new book. Look
Ing Forward, or the Story Of an Afri.
can Farm" has been printed and the
governor has received an advance copy.
Manuel Chavez was hanged In San
Quentin last week for the murder OF q
woman In southern California two
years ago. He died bravery.
The trial Of Lon Edwards for the
murder OF his mining partner. c. 1.
Evans, At Fairview mining claim.
near Ashland. Ore, March sth last, re
suited In q verdict OF aeQuittal by the
jury. Both Edwards and Evans re-
sided in Los Angeles before going TO
Ashland.
The National Federation Of Miners
has issued a call for an immediate
strike for q . per cent increase in
wages in all the four great coal basins
OF Belgium.
Philip Walker. young married man,
was shot and killed in q cowardly man.
per last week At Kamioops. b. c., by
an Indian named CasimIr.
The celebration attending the return
Of the United States cruiser Raleigh
from Manila occurred last week In New
York. The Raleigh. accompanied by
two small war vessels captured from
the Spanlards last summer and q feet
Of about Is excursion steamers and
tugboats. paraded from Tompkins-
VILE to Grants tomb and from there
back TO anchorage In the North river
OF Thirty-fourth street
A case Of hydrophobIa has developed
In colville. Wash. the victim being
AIiss Nettie Fogg. When fed the lady
Tapped her water and used her hands
and teeth 70 tear the meat given her
For two hours she kept up a continual
barking like a dog. II took four men
70 bold her down. When quite young
the lady was bitten By dog, the name
Of which she calls Garfield In her de.
lirium.
A verdict OF e5.oeo damages against
7. J. Carson, a prominent race horse
breeder. in favor Of W. r. Singleton,
photographic. who was shot by Car
son. was returned AT Lexington, Ky.
Singleton sued for $4,000.
The president has appointed. Lawr
ence Townsend OF Pennsylvania to sue
coed Mr.. Bellamy Storer as United
States minister to Brussels. Mr.. Town
send is at present United States min
lister AZ Lisbon.
Duke d'Arcos, the late Spanish min.
lister 20 Mexico. who married Miss vlr
giniA Lowry Of Washington. has been
designated Spanish minister at Wash
ington.
A eablegram al the state department
from the United States legation at 30
gotta states that the Colombian gov
eminent has mailed a draft to New
York for the sum Of $4,000 In satisfac
ton OF the claim Of the Panama Stal
and Herald for damages sustained
through the suppression OF that news
paper by the Colombian government.