The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-10-20

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b in Chicago hospital Il
Fred Collins shot and killad Arthur
Dando al ReteEboroRgh. b. c.. resulting
from drunken row.
The navy department has been In
formed OF the arrival OF the transport
Westminster at Manila with snhsis-
tenee stores aboard.
| The governments authorities Of Santo
Dominingo report that the rebels are
surrounded and are asking for guaran-
tees previous to surrendering.
The Wisconsin recently completed
the most successful trial trip ever made
by battleship. and she Is pronounced
the finest vessel ever turned out by the
onion. Iron Works
The coroners' jury Of New York re-
turned verdict 10 the effect that Kate
Seharn had come to her death by as
phyxia and strangulation at the hands
OF some person or persons unknown.
Considerable alarm is felt at the
British embassy in Berlin, over the
condition Of Dowager Empress Fred
erica. A fortnight ago 1t was not ex-
pected she would survive the winter.
The ten men from Idaho, convicted
Of seixing train near Wardner at the
time Of the Occur d'Alene troubles have
Just been released from the peniten-
tisry. in accordance with the recent de-
eisiona Of the circuit court OF appeals.
They have railroad tickets for Moscow.
Idaho and hope to secure work in the
Miness
1t Is understood that the anal dispo-
sition Of silver, some S275,000 in
amount. taken by the American ma
rines at the capture Of Tlentsin. may
be determined by congress In the
meantime the silver is being treated as
a trust fund OF which the government
is custodian until a determination is
reaehed as to its rightful disposition.
SPokane's registration for the election
OF 1900 is S276.
The registration books Of Seattle show
approximately 1880 names on the books
Postmaster General William l. vii
SON died suddenly Wednesday at Lexing
ton, Va.
Ex-Secretary OF State John Sherman,
whose health has not been very good OF
late, is quite i'll.
Eight thousand FIVE hundred and one
voters are registered in Tacoma a gain Of
l729 over two years ago.
Sir Henry Wentworth Dyke Aeland
Radcliffe, librarian at Oxford university
since 1851, is dead, aged 50.
l FFba - T,,n;-
of Commandant General Botha, at Nolks-
rust, October. Is, is reported.
Joe Pazen, proprietor Of the Pazen The
dtFieal exchange in Chicago, was shot in
the abdomen by ZOrah Card, an actress.
Kruger has postponed his departure for
Europe until October ~. He will sail on
the Dutch cruiser Gelderilnd and Land at
AIarseilles.
The Colby mine at Bessemer, Mich, has
been shut down and 30 men thrown out
Of employment. The Dunn Tobin mines
near Crystal Falls haYe also closed.
Lord Salisbury, according to the Daily
Express, has offered the portfolio of war
in the reconstructed cabinet to Lord Bal
four of Burleigh, secretary for Scotland.
The night shift men of the Rockdale
plant Of the American Steel 4 Wire com
pdny at Joliet, ILL.,, have been laid of in
definitely. About 400 men are affected.
Large customs frouds, carried on by
Chinese and japanese, are reported to have
been unearthed by American officials at
the boundary line between Vancouver and
NhAtcOm.
Among the passengers on the Empress
Of Japan, which has arrived in Victoria,
were Baroness Won Ketteler, Or. W. A. +.
Martin and several others who went
through the siege Of the legations in Pekin.
John Hughes, postmaster at Cambria,
near Wilkesbarre, Pa, shot and killed one
of two burglars who broke into his office.
When Hughes fred they ran Later one
Of their dead bodies was found by the
roadside. His identity is unknown
Passengers who arrived from the Orient
on the Empress Of japan say that resi-
dences and stores at Tientsin and Pekin
we're looted by soldiers, correspondents and
missionaries. An immense amount Of sill
yer and valuables were taken.
The westbOund fast mail was wrecked
at Topaz, 30 miles from PocatelIo, result
ing from a reaT-end collision with freight
| train occupying the main line. Engineer
Alex Breckman and Fireman Oswald Short,
both of Montpelier, are badly injured. Bert
Emerson, tramp, was killed.
The total number Of paid admissions to
the Spokane industrial fair was lO9,9J9,
which is a grand record for Is days. Dur
ing the same period last year 1888 people
paid to enter the exposition, so the in
crease this year is 34,776.
The steamship Humboldt has arrived in
Seattle from Skagway, bringing in Klon-
dixie treasure and 200 passengers, includ-
ing a number Of prominent mining op-
orators. OF the gold the Canadian Bank
Of Commerce owned a consignment Of
500 292 s., sent to the local assay office
J. 4. McAlpin IS owner Of sSOOOO and the
remainder is distributed among a number
of the passengers.
The population Of Arizona. As officially
announced, il l22,l42. against j962O in
1890; an increase Of 02,J92, or l04.9 per
cent.
Major Matt r. Peterson. United States
volunteers, died u yellow fever at Las
Animas October II. Mrs. Peterson, his
Eiis, Killed herself an hour hter.
The isthmisn canal commission j. att
work on it, report, but it il evident that
it win find II impossible to do more than
submit a preliminary statement to CON
gress when the session begins.
DT. Alfred {. Girard, the commanding