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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-05-19
BRIr1sn COLUMBIA.

The Evening Star, Mining company,
which sold out Its interests 10 the Ross
land district some time ago. has Med
. petition 70 disineorporate. Hearing
has been set for July 8.
ROssland b onne more forging ahead
and the British America CorporAtion's
works will soon equal those Of the
great Anaconda In Montana, says G. p.
Chamberlain OF the Evening Star.
A discovery OF seemingly valuable
building stone was made about four
miles from Grand Forks, b. c., last
week BIZ Give A Pettijohn- The Stone
looks much like marble, but Is % soft
that II can be sawed into blocks By q
eomEnon saw. II appears nevertheless,
to have all the qualities OF n high grade
building stone There IL q largo de-
post ~ The stone and h ID reached by
good wagon road. III
The eroeseut which b being driven
for the north ledge in the Iron Mask
at Rossland. has struck an ant@medi.
ate ledge SO feet from the south ledge.
II iS 40 feet wide, half ofthe width be-.
ing solid ore and the other half min
eraIISed rock. Eight feet further the
crOsscut this morning ran into another
body Of ore. which may prove 70 Be >
spur OF the same ledge. The crescent
In making progress &C the rate Of about
three feet In "a hours.
At a recent extraordinary general
meeting Of the shareholders Of the Hall
Mines. limited. the scheme OF reorgan-
ization submitted BY the directors Wa
formally passed. The capital ,O9 thE
new company. which will be known q
the Hall Mining and Smelling Com.
pAny. iimIted. ID TO Be E325, 900, d
which 2s0.0Oe ordinary shares are q
be given In exchange for 25o.ooO or
binary shares held by the shareholder
OF the old company. These new shares
VII be credited with IS shfllings paid
and will carry q further liability, OF
fve shillings per share.
Splendid reports continue to come
from Comp Mckinney regarding the
Development on the Mammoth. The
wtnzs being sunk FROM the tunnel level
has reached q depth OF 26 feet, and the
indications are that il is being sunk IN
the center Of a rich pay shoot Tia
ledge itself is said to measure Sc
inches between perpendicular walls
The quartz is well mlneralised through
out with sulphurets Of iron. and in the
center galena is coming IN pretty free
ly. which is an excellent indication Of
high values. Recent assays gave $92
SIT and S4s In gold. The Mammoth
Gold Mining Company OF Spokane
owns tb9 claim upon which the worn
has heen continuous for q number Of
months. On the lie Roi q rich streak
Of free milling ore has been encoun.
tered. II should not be long before
Camp Mckinney 10 again the talk d
mining operators. With the Cariboo
and Waterloo mills running full bias,
and turning out their gold bricks and
the Lemon 10-stamp mill shortly to dc
likewise. there are brighter prospects
than ever In store for the camp
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-05-19
OREGON.

Cougars are becoming plentiful In
the vicinity Of Seaside.
April receipts at the Portland post.
ONCE were S1s,e4S, an increase Of g..
$50 over April. 1899.
By the use Of = machine 10000
strawberry plants are set out In q day
In Hood River valley.
Canada thistle has appeared on q
farm az west Chehaiem. having been
mixed with clover seed sowu.
POrtland's death rate Is Decreasing.
During January. February. March and
April. 1899. there were $50 deaths. For
The same months this year there were
but 2Sl deaths. tE1ff
J. II. Putnam Of Wheeler county has
tecently sold 20 head Of draft horses
10 Portland a. prices ranging from
5000 to $780, I ~ ~ srrk
H. q. Mortified. q hopgrower, resld.
ing at Aumsville. reports that half thi
acreage OF hops In that vicinity win
he plowed up this spring and sowed tc
oats and other grain.
The outlook for q prosperous year
In the Grand Ronde valley was never
better. Grain, fruit and sugar beeta
ere all In good condition. and stock
never Jared better through q whites
than through Che one just passed. sAys
the Chronicle.
Captain oheever Of Fort walla waila
left last night for umAtilla, Ora. in
answer TO call from the sheriff, for
his presence and help. Ahe trouble
4 with the Umatilla Indians. who are
promising to give the authorities !
chase and are making preparations toE
Q light.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-05-19

the Blue Bird, Little Joe. b. y al
and others has been increasing right
along, and now these three are ship.
ping ore and getting handsome returns.
From all points on the lake where
work has been going on there are, re
ports Of marked improvements in the
sbowingA On the Keep Cool in the
No. 4 tunnel below the 2O0-foot level,
. splendid body Of siIver-iead ore IL be.
ing developed. Two steamboats, hays
lately been put on the lake for the
growing freight and passenger tfafnc,
and . road 70 connect Il with Wrlghfs
spur on the Northern PaciSc 10 being
laid out. as
Another big sGFike on Ehe Velvet
mine on Sophie mountain, near North
port. Wash, has been reported. While
excaEating for building purposes . big
ledge Of copper and gold was uncoy-
cred but q foot and half beneath the
surface. The superintendent at once
put large force Of men TO work sink
ing on the new End. and soon an open
cut ls feet and extending clear across
the proposed building site. revealed q
large body Of high grade copper-gold
ore. The rock 10 much richer than that
taken from the 3Oo-fOOt level. but con-
tains less gold.
Recent reports are coming from Ida
no Of . strike In the White Cross mine.
on Moscow mountain According to the
reports the workmen had sunk about 10
feet and then drifted ave feet cutting
q vein three feet wide. Pan tests
showed q value Of fully $500 per ton.
This IL tho richest ore ever found on
Moscow mountain. aas4
The Trade Dollar Consolidated Mn
Ing Company viii invest $3.50, ZOO In a
Power plant At Swan Falls on Snake
river. Idaho. for the purpose OF gener-
eting power for its mines and mills Ut
Silver City and 70 supply other con
sumers. Willard White win be- In
charge Of the enterprise a. superin-
tendent. Swan Falls is 30 miles due
south Of Boise and about 10 miles above
Gufey. The Snake river there has q
considerable descent and the current
La divided by an island. It is proposed
to put in q rock crib dam which viii
give q total fall Of Is feet Turbine
wheels viii be used. The power win
have to be transmitted 7S miIes %
reach the Trade Dollar mine. Il Il
proposed 10 utilize the electrical en-
ergy for all power purposes in the
mines and mills OF tins company.
Word has been received az the once
Ct the Big Buffalo that the remodeIing
OF the hosting plant and the general
repairs to the mine above ground were
completed last week. and that the fur
ther sinking Of the main shaft had been
commenced The mine has bean put I'm
orst class working shape. % that there
viii be no delays in the rapid develop.
ment below ground. The shan is .
doublecompartment one, and vas down
70 feet when work was stopped several
months ago. Il b 70 be sunk On the
vein 800 feet further, and drifts win
be run at regular intervals. Three
shifts. each Of i've men. are working
In tho shan, and everything that win
add speed to die progress Of stnkias
d being done.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-05-19

Manila, May l4.--The towns Of Hilun.
Cos, Maasin and Leyte have been ocxpied
BY the tuoops Of the Forty-third regiment
The enemy opposed the landing Of the
trocps, and their Losses were heavy. There
were three American easualtieA
The Filipino junta has been receiving
large amounts Of money at Manila. With.
in the past three months three ship loads
Of arms have arrived here from Germany
for the insurgent cause The junta gave
a big banquet here in honor Of the reor-
ganiEation Of the government The mi
Pinos claim they viii open aggressive hos
Utilities just a. soon a. the rainy season
beginA
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-05-19

Butte, Mont, May l&-Charles PAas
ten, aged about 30 years. a blacksmith
helper and football player and well-knOwn
athlete, Saturday shot and killed Alexan-
der Tate, manager Of butchering con,
Germ, shot and seriously wounded Mrs.
Alex. Tate and when the police went 10
End him he was lying dead in his room
with pistol wound in his head, having
committed suicide
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-05-19
n. a. s......

The senass Monday resumed the CO...
sidsratioa 81 the naval appropriation bill
and by vote Of n 10 10 saoptcj the Gun
nhttss amendment vlAtIng 10 Armur plate
I, provides tuS the payment Of ests pei
ton foe thErs ships and elts for tho otheS
II the aFInor can not be obtained al tn.
latter prev. the scrFr,ATy Of the navy i
diTrCted 20 build an aFnoF plate factory.
A motioa Was made 10 report the bsl
aud withoat debate the vote was tAkea
Senators Morgan. Mcbride. Hauis and
TUNER voting in the alternative and -
aabr iIeaea u tbs neeAtive. EtF8es
The ssA2te cunrmittar On etaarnSrscA d
dered favorable vPortA on tho amend
ments 10 the suRdry civil appropriation
bill, appopriatihg ee5Q0Uo lof an sner
gency expenditure % lhe AliAoaFi rivcl
ena IN sAne aReanl ius The mouth o
u ColnulbiA fiyef. v 81 80
The later developments In The Cuba
poetal saandAls have produces q iseiins
amohe numbsf q slnslQre sd ttpFtsen
iAtlvsa that oouEresa hae 30 bsen lseate,
In al vs~peels with entife ffAnkhesa b.
aOne Il The oliicials Of The war department
which h especially charged with he adj
minislTatisa Of dvl afFaie In Cuba. q,
ven a. In The Philippine ArchipeAgo, and
until recently, IN Puerto Rico.
A sensAiion va spfAna u The senat,
TUESDAY coon aiiet that body convened
scarcely had the routine business bceI
concluded when Mr., Clark q MoAlAns
fost and addressed the chair on . qhea
tion Of personal privilege to himselt
ACTING upon my own judgment, and
holding No one responsible for the, ruaplt
4 have concluded TO place my re&gnalIe,
in the banda II tAe. chief jexqtpti1e D
Montana. and There submit 4 copy 3
Che lettss addrrssd 20 HIN, ulaer dai,
lot May II. and which ls nov In "
handA." a't t..i .s z
After reading biz letter 10 the govsrno
soi Montana resiRning The Office, Senate
Clark concluded BY saying, soll s
-Mr. President, I desire IN relirinl
from the sauats 10 STATE that have her
Horned some wurm fFiends whom I 4
}Eret 10 leave. / have received from u
Honorable presiding officer The most con
lteous attention. I am deeply ssnsi6l
tof the generous sympathy and support 3
salmost al Of my democratic COLLEAGUES.
SenAtos The sOsAialVOoa wishes d a'gsSa
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-05-19
GENERAL NORTHWEST AEES'
BRIEFLY TOLD II NOTES
BRIEFLY


Milton Mitchell has been commits,
stoned postmaster at Russell.
Frank J. French has been appointed
% one Of thu Idaho. delegates 70 the
international shining copsFeas at NIL
waRkee. E# 80 81
Through TIE efforts Of United States
Senator Heitfeld, Secretary Wilson Of
the department OF agriculture. has or.
dered q weather bureau established At
Lewiston. WV
The farmers OF MeEidian are busy
|irrigatihg their crops. vhich are far
in adSance Of last year. There ID q
much larger acreage OF grain soWn
than usual. s.s gass..
Probate Judge Koelscb Of Boise has
completed. the dintslbution Of the g.
tAte OF James Wilson. deceased. among
the children. The estate was appraised
At tt0.l4s.64.
UmAtiIia Indisps INVITE the Nez
Perces 70 pay them . visit and hold q
siK-day JOillneatioa on the Fourth iof
July. Agent Gtranahan speaks favor
ably OF conditions a. LApwaA
A shipment OF 1000 cattle left Lewis
ton last week. the purchase Of Senator
Roach Of North Dakota Senator
Roach has bought 5000 hsAA pf cattle
ia that vicinity. paying upwards Of
ti40.DD0. They aresto be tahnn 70 the
ranges near Minot N. d.
Over 100 laps have arrived In Boise
TO 30 70 WORK on the Idaho Midland
railroad. projected from Boise 10 Butte,
and 600 more win arrive soon. Work
on the grade win be commenced.
The weiseF Valley Lumber Company
has hied with the state land board an
application for q franchise for the I'm
provement Of the Weiser river and It's
tributaries. The application states that
Il viii require about two and . half
years 10 do the work required.
Tue program for commencement
week n the University Of Idaho has
besn made public. II presents an In.
toresiing series Of college events, one
Of the features Of which viii Be the
address to the graduating class BY
General King. the eminent soldier and
novelist
Reports have been made TO the post.
once department regarding mail routes
on CamAs Prairie. Il has bern decided
10 abandon the daily mail service BE-
tween 0rAngevIIle and Florence and
mSiptain . tFt-Weekly series -betweeu
these points. This IL made necessary
because Of the extreme peril Of the
route. II Ia ~ milea long and the
most dangerous star route in the Unit
Cd States.
State Treasurer Rice. who is On.
ofhciA state Insurance Commissioner,
has Just issued the lirHt insurance re
port since the once was created. II
contains many interesting details.
Since 1891. II appears SIC companies
have been licensed 20 do Insurance.
business 10 the state. There were aD.
pointed tsSs agentA The total sum
paid 10 the state ~ licenses and feaa
on account % the occupation 10 SIS, see.
Tho supreme court has rendered q
decision In the case Of the Clearwater
Short Line Railway company versus
J. T. Sangarde e al. in which the de.
cision Of the lower court in favor OF
the defendants II reversed. The case
involved the right Of way over q min.
Ing claim on the South fork Of he
Clearwater. The defendants located
the ground and decided right Of way 70
the railway company.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-05-19
REPUBLIc.

The directors Of the Chico Mining Com
Pany Of the Republic district the stock
Of which is largely owned in Tacoma, an.
nounce they have completed negotiations
BY cable and have sold 5OyUvV shares Of the
stock in London. -
|. The ore bodies In the drifts at the 10
loot Level Of the Black hi have been I'M
proving daily and today there was an
excellent showing. AsAays from the Eve
feet Of ore in the face Of the north drift
fteday- gave fUnpR JS10 10 el63. asssss*4saeF
Two fires Al Sllmpter caused the Ions Of
esq., 600 10 business men.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-05-19

Kansas City. May lA---In . contest
here for the 81. Louis Republic cup Fned
Gilbert Of Spirit Lake, Ia, defeated J. A.
R Elliott Of Kansas CITY, killing ~ out Of
possible loO live birds to Eliott's &c
Gilbert thus retains the cup which he
won from Elliott at the Springfield en-
shoot few days ago. A side bet Il $lO0
was also up upon today's match
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-05-19
|AI|MS and MINING MEMS
81 ~
|oUR 1IoRfRwEsrERT MINES.


a Butte mining man has received Z
telegram from New York stating that
" was reported there that there had
been q settlement or the litigation DO.
tween the Montana Ore Purchasine
Company (Heinze) and the Boston, q
MOntana and Butts q Boston compan-
iss. n q known In Butte that negotia:
tiens % that end have been under way
Tor some dine 4 II would mean that
Heinze had really been swallowed up
BY the Amalgamated,
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-05-19

workers. TO be held in Seattle. June s
and Q. under the auspices Of the wash,
ington Apti-eaioon League. a. inter
COLLEGIATE -epId and silver medal con
test" win y held q wednesday even,
| ing. June 6. ~
Hon. J. =. Edmiston died at his
home In Dayton last week. He was
enc Of the best known and ablest law
yers In eastern Washington. and had
been active In politics during most OF
his life. He was president Of the board
Of regents Of the Pullman agricultural
college. Is 0r : Z
A. KrentE exhibited In oakesdals
some fine apectmsns Of bronze grass,
raised on his ranch. some two miIes
north OF that city. The aeed was sown
in the fali OF 1888 and has attained the
rem&rkahle growth 81 three feet, and
is now hsadipg. thu growth Is heavy
and thick ana the yieid VIII be remark.
ably large. rs ~
The North Yakima city council has
formally received tbs. two parks com,
pieted by the Northern Pacific Rail
way company. and placed men in
charge 70 water and care for them. II
Is the purpose to have . band stand
| IN the northern park and induce the
city musicians TO organize q band to
occupy the stand on stated occasions.
Treasurer Windus reports the total
income Of Whitman county for the
month Of April to have been t3s. 1897.
and the total income since January ]
10 be the respectable amount OF tzli..
9T493. The disbursements for the
month u April asnonnteAeto eRs. 462ssi,
and the total expenditures Of the e0un-
" since the first Of January are s72.-
34s.as-only % per cent OF the total
receipts.
Wool 10 coming into thu warehouse
at North Yakima Tor storage G q rapid
pace. Buyers have copyrighted from
various sections for the usual ealea.
The fact that the American Wooden
Mills Co will Discriminate against
WOOL that has been dipped In lime does
not seem 70 worry the growerA Il IL
we'll known that lIme-dipped wool 10
injured TO the value Of about s per
cent. but even that deduction gives the
wool growers good margin. II wool sells
for i2h cents or more per pound
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-05-19
THO SERIOUS TRAIN WRECKS
IEvERAL LIVES WIRE LOST.


IordsburE Nay A.--A Frsek occurred
on the narrow gauge road running be-
tween this place and Clifton, ii which
Engineer 6chIottnan, Fireman MrAfee
and four tramps were instantly killed
and nine earpenten were more Or Ieas
serioualy injured One will die. The en-
CINE and seven can were demolished.
The wreck occurred at . point near
Clifton, which il 50 miles north Of here.
A bridge which was burned out . few
weeks ago WAS being repaired by q bridge
gang. II i charged that the foreman In
charge Of the bridge gang failed 70 dis-
IPlay the proper signals warning tie engin-
eer Of the unsafe condition Of the bridge.
When in the center, the bridge, which
was 30 feet high, gave way, and engine
and train were PrscipitAted into che
deptha ~ s
The carpenters hurt were working on
the bridge which went down
Another. sf
Philadelphia, May l2.-Fnnk Lnntel,
tower operator Of thu Baltimore a Ohio
Railroad Company, stationed At the en-
trance Of the tunnel under Two Hundred
and Fiftieth street. it Il claimed alept ct
bis post A . result rear end freight
collision occurred in the tunnel, eAnsin&
the death Of Engineer G. LOEB and Fire
man George Hinclman, and Il b believed
Eve txamps who were stealing d ride.
Fire followed the wreck and Q d0sen or
more 6ne1nen we're injured whiis fghting
the flames Al. a the dead wers sin N
the wreck this forenoon, and tn Sire
department was unable 70. extinguish the
flames which slowly consumed the. de-
molished ears. Operator Lantd disap-
peared and the police are booking for him.
The fast New York bCund express
freight train reached the tunnel On tinas
and slowed down 70 shift some eafn. ne
second section was due 10 minutes latsr.
Il was LAntel's duty to signal the 80
and section, as the 6rst had Gtopped in
the tunnel. This he failed 70 do. The
second section crashed into the first sec
ton At full speed The ears were piled
in an fndeseribabIe mass and took hre.
Crest difhcuIfy was experienced IN hght-
ing the flames. a. great volumes Of smoke
issued frOm both ends q TIE tunnel. Ths
four aremR who we're most serieamly IN
iured ara John Jonians John MeKsaiman,
Joseph Davis and Charles RAn.
Twenty additional fremen have been
treated for minor injuries. Each Of the
cara contained about 1000 gaIlons Of oil,
and the burning oil spread with Rrest
rHpidity to the other cara. he losa TO
the company - estimated at $4,000.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-05-19

St LOuia. May l5s-IAe usual samheE
Of cars are being run On tie Suburban
system and there b come Improvements On
the lines q the transit company. Chief
UamPbeIls advertisement for 200O emer-
geney policemen il not meeting with
hearty response President Mahon d the
street railway employees uniOa aye the
action Of the governor in calling cat extra
police has complicated the sitnatisa.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-05-19

Washington. Nay l6.-Admirai HIGH
born. chief constructor Of the navy, has
left Washington for the Pacific dope. ne
viii make an inspection q the Mare Isl-
and navy yard and the naval station on
Puget sound with > view Of AsesrtaininR
their needs and conditions
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-05-19
HlKA water IN IaaAo.

Lewiston, Idahos May lA-HsAry rains
have been falling in the mountains and
both the Clearwater and Snake rivers are
running bank full. The Clearwater ia n
nging torrent, and Is covered with drift
wood. Roth the middle and south forks
are out Of their banks. and the fun VOL
une of water has not yet reached this
point -
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-05-19

omaha, May lS-Mrs. Lena AndersoH
and eight.ysar-Old Mary Olson were burn,
ed b death in South Omaha. Mira Anaer.
son was lighting the Gre by pouring eAs.
oline in the stove, thinking II was coal
oil. An explosion resulted and the vie.
Tins were caught in the naIneA !.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-05-19

OambridgS Mass, May l4.--Havard
Atnletes upheld well the position Of the
cosrege in dual games with Yale, winning
% easily that the final result stood O. l-s
against lale's Al l-2 POinta BOal broke
the record in the hammer throwing contest
by Il feet his best throw being II feet
ala inches.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-05-19

Seattle, Wash, May la-Kin9 sOunav
win have two delegations to the democrat.
&c state convention which meets at epo.
kans Saturday. One q he delegations
viii favor Lee B. Hart for delegate 70
The national convention, and he ether win
supPert J. w. Goodwin. si1
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-05-19

London, May l6--A special Dispatch
frOm LorsnaO NAEqueE says II i reported
that large fOrce Of BoerS has been cap
tnred BY the British at Mafeking. Pre-
toria, it added, reports on the other hand
that MAieking has fallen.