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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10

Allentown, Pa, June 7.-Thrrs msr
were smothered to death in a cave in The
refers q sans slate quarry at Berlin.viils
hiiled' Robert Snyder. leaves a widow
and several children; Jacob shaftsr. Wild
gle. ''"'
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10

An interesting gift has Just been
made BY Princess Bonaparte. widow OF
Prince Lueien bonaparte, TO the library
Of the University college Of Wales. con.
sisting Of the valuable case OF pOlygIot
bibles collected by the prince.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10
Hot weather over E,,on.

London, june s.-A heat wave, .imil,r
10 the one affecting New York, prevail.
over Europe.
There have been several deaths from
neat. A commercial traveller committed
suicide yesterday: IL must got IN, n,
the world; will not suffer the heat .
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10

cAieago. JRna pflniern and i.,k
g.aPhsEa met he's isw ~ pafpdss 4 ~.
ing aeiian aaAin u ikrsaffssI 1.
i TIE piles = Ilas apsT y ~ ~ 49,
hinstiap q mAnaiAtiaitI@ Il ,1fs
eomplsssd 4 tsmpesaty ranIzsI s.
with w. b brewster 4 81 pass = s'''
dent Was igrmsA
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10

Chicago. June s.-Martin Meier, q
wealthy and eccentric Swiss, was found
dead at his home, which for years he has
occupied alone. The condition in which
the body was found points to murder
with robbery As the object.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10
Postal cI.rL. A......a.

Indianapolis, June 9.-The postal
elfrks' convention today decided to assess
each member 81 to pay the expenses Of a
committee to Washington to secure legis-
latiJn favorable 10 the rehabilitation bill.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10

Topeka. Kans. Jane al Q Harting4
as-ist4As treasurer Of The Rack Islsnd rail-
road. viIA headquarters In Topeka. eem-
nittsd saisi'lr BY shoSting Almself lhFoasA
shs bad p~-pondehry ever po1Ss Asalth
Is SUPPOSED TO have besn tse esaR.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10

Belfast, June s-TAsrr WE'RE exciting
sesn~s here In consequence Of the natioa-
alt't demonstrated. headed by wllsam
ohr'sn and accompanied by bAaAs Of
MUSIC and a display d hiunrrA
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10
Gbarkea WIN p.riurr.

EastoB, Pa, June DIR. l. n. johnson.
a member Of the legislature from this
county, was arrested charged with per
jury before the recent legislative bribery
committee.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10
Aa.trIan Town B.r..a.

Vienna, June 9.-The town Of Linse,
near Otensbeim. has been totally burned.
-Four women perished in the flames and a
number Of people were injured.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10
RsA-rt N.Ilnr- 4. n..a.

L.Snd0n. Juns sy--R.h~rt Wallace, lib
eFal msmbsF Of parliament i5t Vast Ealin
burg. who. whils Speaking during the de-
bate on the grant TO General kiiehsuel
Of khartOum. Was seizsd ~ith ssrvbsal
p raiyais, l. dad
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10

There was q young man from LanorA
Who boldly went OF to the war;
me beef made him sick,
de recovered quite quick,
By the prompt use OF old Jesse Mora
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10

The London Tract Society has car.
ried on work in all parts Of the world.
and In no less than go languages. dia-
lects and characters.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10

1t is stated that the weekly attend
ance at the Salvation Army meetings
in Italy 10 more than double what II
was IS months ago.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10

Berlin has followed the example Of
London in forbidding cabmen to use
certain streets unless they have a pas.
senger.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10

Twenty years aEo there was scarce
" mile Of good wagon road In Egypt
During the last six years more thar
1000 miles Of ans roads have been con.
atFuetsd.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10

i-an astsS. Pa, Jans s,-RalPh w..
wirstaa.k. IAs maElsssr u DssiA Laaiis.
.as h aged IeAay Ia the Pssseues u ses-
seal han.lTsd psFsoas. Thls was TIE ara
sArru. IN ia lka esaAly sine~ tssA
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10
Hanna WIN No, R.,,,.

Cleveland, o., June s.--senator Hanna
hatly denied the report sent from Wash.
ington that he intended TO retire from tho
Craftsmanship Of the national COMMITTEES
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10

A ring around the moon indicates
bad weather. which will last as many
days as there are stars lnclosed In the
circle.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10

/ II silver coin or fresh laid egg Il
placed In the hand of q new born babe
long life and prosperity will be assured
to II.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10

Joshua C. Stoddard. who invented
the steam ealliope. Is spending his de-
Ginning years In a queer little house
in the Advent camp grounds at Spring.
field, Mass.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10

! believe Piso's Cure IL the only msd,.
sine that will cure consumption. Anna
N hoss. Willlamsport, Pa. Nov. II. 'Ns
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10

Nsw York. JVhe s-~s~Vsa Auatha lEuAn
The beat ~rrs reported daIiag ths "a
hoaFs sailing ~ hs-n yesterday.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10

Mothers will find Ms. Winslow's sooth.
ing syrup the best remedy to use for thar
children durng the teethinQ period.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10

New York. JrHe On 10 nom 60.
terday nine deaths from heat have be.o
reported. The Thermometer Registered si
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10

eTYR PermAhratIy Cured. Es AZ or nsrvouan.
~ enef nrst days use o. DF Klins's 0Fr1
seIW stesloreI send foE ERkH Os.oO iris
s0ttls and tFeatlsa On. n H EINK ia =
Arch aGros1, Philadelphia p
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10

When you ask for Casearsts be- sure Won
get the genuine casearess Candy cathartic'
Don't accept fraudulent substitutes. limitations
or countsTfsitsl
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10

II the thread knots while sewing the
sewer will live to see the garment worn
out.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10

The Central Presbyterian church OF
New YORK gave last year s2s,Ol1 for
missions.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10

To yourself you owe thu anti or,,,- -.
Vstsm ~ Pfunders orsson Bid PmSin spu'
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10

Nebraska in 1893 added 81 90 ooo "a
us land mortgage debt. In 1898 that
debt was reduced by $1,000, 900.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10
AIMING NOTES.

The Big Buffalo. in Idaho, has q two
foot pay streak that is remarkably rien
and all ore being taken from the chute
is being kept separate.
Superintendent J. W. Cunningham OF
the United States assay office in Boise,
has completed his statement Of the
mineral production of the state of Ida
no for 1SSS. 1t shows a falling on as
compared with the production Of 1897
OF sl3S,6O7. The decrease in the gold
production Of 1898, as compared with
1897, amounted to 1928. 1857, while the
decrease in silver production was $685.
$50. There was a marked increase,
however, in the lead production, Of
S3ST.s4O The comparative production
is shown as follows:
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10
Fence and Iron Works.

PORTLAND WIRE q IRON WORKS: WIRE
ana iron fencing; office railing. etc. "a AIdsr
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10

wsston has boashg . $50 poanA bell
for lin are dsbzstmsnL
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10

There are AZ Chinese heather tenn.
pies In the United States.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10
Lyons Boarding school for BOYS.

superior advantages: reasonable charge
send Tor prospectus to James Lyon. principal
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10

The sale Of Bibles n China reaches
10000 annually.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10

Purifier. O"ss0o BLOOD
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10
NAY GO 70 WAR
FELL OUT ON ARBITRATION

rransvnn Presidents una British Cou.,
lnisaioner- Disagrse- oom. Paal's Oh.
stinaey -coaf1rsnes ia oe-Great Brit:
ain viii PrsPAre--All Excited.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10

Brussels. Jane s.--Dr Leyds. European
representative Of the Tmnsvaal govern
ment, has received an official dispatch
trm Pretoria confirming the report al the
failure Of President Kruger and British
High Commissioner Miner to reach an
agreement at the conference just held at
hlOemfontein. Ii Is added that, although
President Kruger offered important con-
cessions, he made them contingent upon
British acceptance OF the principle Of ar.
bitration on differences existing between
Great Britain and the Tfansvaal. Great
Britain heretofore has invariably refused
on the ground that il woald be, an ac-
knOSledgHnent Of equality OF the two
countries.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10

Mr.. Moody will conduct meetinRs in
Glasgow in October next.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10
British Columbia.


There is still a strong rumor preya
lent that the London & British Colum
bia Golddelds Co. is contemplating TAX
ing over the Dundee mine.
The Lake Shore mine at Movie CITY
has been sold to a Montreal syndicate
for $4,000, said to be spot cash. The
mine is on the same ledge as the st,
Eugene and is not far distant from the
latter. Considerable ore has been ship
ped from the property, which is well
developed. The deal is one OF the Iarg-
est ever made in East Kootenay mines.
Ore shipments for the past week over
the kaslo SLOGAN Ry., were: Payne.
so tons; Last Chance, 81 tons; SLOGAN
Star, so tons; Whitewater, 50 tons
Over the Canadian Pacific: Payne, so
tons; total, BIT tons.
Shipments from Rossland camp for
the past week and for the year to date
are as follows: Tons this week: lie Roi
1870; War Eagle 1899; Iron Mask IA:
Centre Star-1S5. Tons this year: LIE
Roi 1878; War Eagle 1896; Iron
Mask lO15; Evening Star So; Deer
Park IS; Centre Star 1893. Total tons:
this week, 3s1s; this year, 51,s77.
The Evening Star continues to re-
port good showing of ore in the work
ings- The ore body is 1856 feet deep by
so feet wide.
strike has been made In the Num-
Der One. on the new 30O-foot level. The
ore is Of high grade and there is plenty
OF il.
Returns from the Columbia & Koot.
enay, Great Western, Nickel Plate. 10
sic and Number One show that Bis
miles Of underground work has been
accomplished during the IL months
ending May LIST.
Inc British American Corporation is
opening extensive machine shops
which will be used both for manufac-
turing supplies and repairing. =
There is greater activity than ever
before in mining circles in the history
OF the Boundary country. Hundreds
OF properties are being developed, but
the demand for mining still continues.
The big War Eagle electrical plant
Is now running full force.
The work OF grading the site for the
proposed CRANKY smelter on a bench |
overlooking Kettle river, one mile from
Grand Forks, has commenced.
Recently the Crows Nest Pass coal
mines in East Kootenay shipped u con,
signment Of 100 tons Of coke to the
smelter at Northport. The smelters
supply ordinarily comes from Pennsyl-
vania. and This Is n trial shipment to
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10

IT CLAIMANTS FOR nERTcTONY
Il write to NATHAN EElNSINIIN
BiCkFoRD, Washington. d. C., they wul
receive quick replies. B. sth ~ H. Voln .
S1sff 20th coFps- Prosecuting claims since Is71
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10

London, June s,-The report Of the
breakdown Of the Bloemfnntein negotia-
tons has created considerable excitement
in political Circles and there i much
speculation As to the next move Of the
British government. While Great Brit
ain does not mean war, it IS generally
thought there viii be military prepare.
tiOns.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10

determine the relative merits Of III,
The British-American Corporation
i Is said. has let contracts for four $50
Horsepower electrical holsts, to Be al
vtded a. follows among the mines op
Grated BY the corporation. Two for
the Le Rol mine. one for the Number
One and one for the Josie.
On his return TO the city recently,
Superintendent w. A. Carlyle, OF the
British American Corporation. an.
nouneed that he bad received cable in
stEuctions from the London office OF
the e Rot eampany authorixlng him
to 50 ahead With the elaborate plans
be had suhmifked for the further de-
velopmeEit Of this famous producer.
AIr. earlyles plans recommended the
sinking 0f ! new vertical six-compart-
ment SHAFT. arranged to have only four
compartments. two of which win be
double In size Of an ordinary eompart.
ment. The dimensions OF this new
shaft. inside timbars. will be 1918 feet
The tive cage compartment for hoist
ing purposes win be four feet four
inches by nine feet six inches, to con-
tain q cage large enough to carry two
mine cars, or . timber car. In one Of
the smaller compartments there will
be cage for ordinary trafie. The
whole plant 10 on q design powerful
enough to sink to depth Of $500 feet,
with capacity Of from 1900 to 1900
tons per day.
The shaft will be sunk to q depth of
1000 feet with the utmost rapidly and
viii take fully year to complete. II
Is to be sunk from the end OF a new
S0etoOt double track tunnel that will
be run in at a point little above the
compressor plant and from the place
the shaft will be sunk to the surface
win be distance OF about rs feet. A
raise viii be made Of the same general
dimensions OF the tunnel to a height
Of 100 feet above the tunnel level, or
rs feet from the surface, at which
point a large station wall be cut out
and here win be installed two enor-
nous and powerful electrical HOSTS of
o00-horse power each
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-06-01
Criminal Record.

Mrs. Emma Lands died at Kansas
City, being the third of the three
women shot by Levi Moore, a fish
monger. Mrs. Annie Campbell,
Moore's fourth victim, cannot live.
AS the Australia was leaving the
harbor at Honolulu, negro named
Wade, who was tcrroriZing the crew
with gun. was shot and killed by
Capt. Evans.
John Washtub and Joseph Stark,
full-blood Choctaw Indians, were pub
licly logged at San Bots. l. T., in ac-
cordance with the Choctaw law. The
two men We're sentenced to receive 100
lashes on the bare back as Il penalty
for stealing cattle.
William Hackney. architect to the
Kasas City board of education and
one Of the foremost men in his pro-
fession. committed suicide in his Of
fee. The suicide left a note to the
newspapers stating that he was hope
lessly in debt and that he had decided
to quit business.
In endeavoring to carry out the order
of his superior officers to place under
arrest all coiored men found carrying
weapons without permits - an order
which was due to the killing of two col
ored men and the wounding of a third
Policeman James +. Sheehan of the
IWenty-Second street station. Chicago.
was shot in the abdomen by Ed Ham
MGR, receiving a wound that may
prove fatal.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-06-01
SpOrtinG Notes.

Oxford and Cambridge challenge I1ar-
ward and Yale to athletic contests.
The l'itzSimmons-.I etfries fight is to
take place on the night Of June g.
t.nglewood. H.. had hull-fght re-
Gently. in which TWO boys We're nearly
killed.
The French Oaks was Won by Ger
maine. With HerSe second. JacasSe
third and Sesara fourth. Fifteen ran.
Mike Farragher of Youngstown.
Ohio, knocked out Jimmy Reeder of
Altoona. Pa. in the fifth round Of
what was scheduled as Il Jwentyround
contest.
Joe Butler of Philadelphia knocked
out Ed Dunkhorst of Syracuse at the
Arc Athletic club i'll Athens. Pa. in
the sixth round of what WAS to have
been a twenty-round bout.
Charles l.. Buel. on a $500 wager,
walked from Trevor. Wis. to the sheep
pens in the stockyards at Chicago. Il
distance of sixty miles. in less than
eighteen hours. beating the sheep
trains schedule time 10y three hours
and thrty-six minutes.
Frank Erne and hid Lavigne have
been matched for twentyround con-
test at 1913 pounds for the lightweight
championship. The bout is to be held
in the big amphitheater OF the Haw-
thorne Athletic club on the outskirts
of Buffalo. n. ". on July 8. The purse
is $500, $4,000 to go to the winner.
AT the ellis theater at Kansas City,
before Il few hundred spectators. Evan
Lewis secured an easy victory over
Bert Scheller. They met catch-as-
catch-can. strangle-hold barred, best
three in five falls. Lewis won in
straight falls in 3 minutes. 6:45 and
$40
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-06-01
People Talked About.

Gen. Rermudez Reina. formerly min
lister of war and military governor of
Madrid. is dead.
The Western Turf association of San
Francisco. elected w. F. Martin presi-
dent and named Il board of directors.
Ada Bethner. an actress. who has
been touring the West at Teddy in "A
Bunch of ekyes." died in Elgin, Ill.,,
from spinal meningitis
James I. Kerby. sixty years of age,
a promoter of Montreal. died suddenly
at the Mills hotel on Blocker street,
New York. ApopleNy is believed to
have caused death.
The trustees of the Ohio state uni
versity have selected John T. San
borne of Madison. Wis. to be assist
ant professor of United States history
in the university.
EN-Gov. Harrison Reed died in South
Jacksonville. Fla. aged eightysiN.
Cause Of his death was the general de-
bllltleS of his age. He was born in
MiddleSeX county. Mass. in 1913.
Levi u. Letter died suddenly from
heart disease at the old Letter home
stead in Haggerstown. Md. He was
a son of the late James Freeland Lei
ter and was named after his uncle, l..
Il. Letter. the we'll known Washington
and Chicago business man.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-06-01
Foreign.

DR.. Noise Nautier. president of the
state council of Switzerland, is dead.
Two cases of the plague have been
reported at Alexandria, making four
in all.
1t is understood ut Rome that Arch
bishop Loni, of Port -Au Prince, Hayti,
will be appointed secretary of the con-
gregation OF the propaganda.
President Kruger. Of the Transvaal,
says he will never agree to the general
extension Of franchises demanded by
the Uitlanders.
Forty-eight locomotives have been
ordered of the Schwartzkopp works at
Berlin for the Russian railway in ST.
IBERIA.
The London Telegraph announces
the discontinuance Of it's Sunday edi-
ton. No comment accompanies the an
nOuncement.
The employees of the street railway
company at London, Ont. are on strike
because the officials declined to consid-
err demand for new agreement re-
moving certain alleged grievances.
yellow fever of very malignant
type prevails at Vera Cruz. From
May to May 20 there We're 14S cases,
Of which 67 proved fatal. New cases
develop at the rate of eight or ten u
day.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-06-01
Christian Scientists Arrested by
Federal Authorities.

Buffalo, n. Y, May %. = George T..
Kinter and Elizabeth f. Kinter, his
wife, well known in Christian Scientist
circles, were arrested on warrants
charging them with manslaughter in
causing the death Of Ralph Saunders,
nine years of age. who, with his par
ents had been visiting the home Of
Capt. Sample, Thirteenth infantry, at
Fort Porter. Warrants on the same
charge were also issued for Mr. and
Mrs. James c. Saunders of Port
Townsend, Wash, the parents of the
child. The Kinters were held in $500
by United States Commissioner Glib
binson. The arrest was made under
the United States law. as the death oc-
Cured on federal ground. The parents
were arrested after the funeral. The
boy is said to have died of pneumonia
ard without medical care.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-06-01

The land on which the bank of Eng
land stands has been regarded as the
most valuable piece of ground on the
planet, but real estate transaction
in New York probably represents the
highest price ever actually paid. The
C. P. Huntington and WaldorfAstor
properties on Fifth avenue adjoin each
other. To piece out" his own lot,Mr.
Huntington bought of his neighbor a
strip ten by one hundred and twenty
five feet. paying therefor $4,000, or
four hundred and three dollars per
square foot, being at the rate of over
thirteen million five hundred thousand
dollars per acre. A smaller plat, of
three hundred and fifty square feet, at
the corner of Broad and Wall streets,
has also been sold for three hundred
and twenty-three dollars per foot, or at
the rate Of nearly eleven million dol
lars per acre.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-06-01
Cnsualities.

The business part of Dawson City,
Alaska. was burned recently.
Fourteen persons We're drowned by
the capsizing of ferry boat on the
Danube, near Strauhing. Bavaria.
George Wesley Bradley of New
York. engaged in tropical agriculture
in the state of Vera Cruz. Mexico. was
drowned in the Gulf of Mexico while
bathing.
One hundred houses have been de-
stroyed by fire during a heavy gale at
Bulyurka. in the government of
Panza. Rucsia. There is great suffer-
ing among the homeless victims Of the
disaster.
4 report from Dickens. Texas says
waterspout did much damage there re-
Gently, deluging IN area of TWO square
miles. DR.. +. I. Dawson of Denver
was caught in the food and drowned.
Much damage was done TO crops.
tornado passed over Wise county. re-
Gently. also doing much damage.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-06-01
The Automobiles Trip,

New York, May %. The carriage
containing Alexander Winton and Mr..
Spinks arrived at the city hall from
Cleveland, Ohio, at 5:45 yesterday.
The mayor was unable to remain in his
office SO late and the message will be
delivered to-day. The automobile left
Cleveland at 6 o'clock Monday morn
ing. making the trip in four days
eleven hours and forty-tive minutes,
covering the distance of 1914 miles in
two days better than was hoped by
the owner
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-06-01
Washington Talk,

The representatives Of several int1u-
e1.tial journals have left The Hague
because of the secrecy with which the
deliverations of the peace congress are
being conducted.
The controller of the currency has
declared a Is per cent dividend in IA
vor Of the creditors of the insolvent
First National bank of Ialimore,
n. D.
The president has rarjloned William
Raster who pleaded guilty in 1898 in
Alaska of assault With dangerous
weapon and was sentenced to two and
a half years in prison.
Mai. James Allen. signal corps. Z. S.
A., has been relieved from further duty
on the staff of Maj Gen. Miles and
ordered to report for duty as an assis-
tant in the office Of the chief signal Of
fcer.
The Belgian minister has notified
the state department that the intelna-
tional congress of agriculture. which
is to meet at Client. will open July s
next instead of June 3 as heretofore
announced.
The British embassy at Washington
has been informed Of the appointment
of William MaXmuller as second secre-
tary of the embassy. He is q son of
the we'll known author and scientist.
Prof. MaXmuller. is an Eaton and Ok
ford man with diplomatic service at
Constantinople and The Hague.
Col. Alfred f. Bates. of the pay de-
partment. who was recently relieved
from duty as military attache at the
United States embassy at London, re-
ported at the war department for duty
as assistant to Paymaster General
Carey. The latter will retire for age
July l next. and it is generally under
stood at the war department that Col
Bates will succeed him.