The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-01-27
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NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF



Plague has caused the death Of 20
persons ct Honolulu at last reports.
All grades Of refined sugar have been
advanced in prics onetenth OF q cent
per pound.
China will show fight a. she has re-
ceived encouragement to resist foreign
aggression.
The Germans insist upon fairness,
and say their ships shall no longer be
seized at viii, England will be asked
TO mend her ways.
Thos. B. Hildebrand Of Abba. Iowa.
ID TO be receiver OF public moneys At
Rampant City, Alaska.
osman Digna, the principal general
Of the late Khalifa AbduIIah Of the Sou
dan. has been captured.
The Livestock Association has wound
up business at Fort Worth and will
uext meet at Salt Lake City.
The German bark Marie has been
seized by British cruiser because -four
for the TranEyaal was on board.
Martin Bergen Of Worcester. Mass,
a member Of the Boston baseball team,
shot and killed his wife and two chill.
dren at his home in North Brookneld.
Mrs. Susan G. Tevis Of San Francisco
received nearly all the estate Of har
late husband. Lloyd Tevis, by q decree
Of distribution from Judge Coffey. II
is valued at about $1,000, 900.
The Mormons holding fat c1aces are
being investigated. Federal jobs may
be held by men Of plural families, but
the president has never been advised Of
il, according to Congressman 0fOs-
Venor.
Quarantine officers are stationed along
| The border of British Columbia to stop
smallpox. Passengers must bear health
certificate and all mail and cars must be
tumigated before crossing the line. Great
alarm il felt at Nelson
At every point the Yankee fighters
are victorious in Manila Hughes In
cutting q swath through PanAy. Mao
Arthur is capturing FilipinOs and their
arms and supplies. SchwAn and Whsa-
ton are pushing the insurgents hard.
The Bundesrath at Berlin has abro-
gated previous regulations and grant
ed permission for the importation Of
dried American fruits. and also fresh
fruits. on the condition OF their exam
inatIon at the Basic custom house.
A special from Redwood Falls, MINI.
says a report has reached there from
relatives OF old man Slower, recently
died in California, and that he made q
confession to the effect that he killed
Nose Lufkins in this county some II
years ago, instead Of William Rose.
who was afterward hung for the crime.
The open door is certain in China.
Japan and Italy hold back but are favor
able. .-
Philippine troops are to recuperate and
number of regiments may come home
from Manila.
The bubOnic plague has broken out
a; Rosario, BuenOs Ayres, ana a vigorous
Gordon has been established.
The reform wave has struck RosslAnd.
Nickel-in-the-slOt machines are to 90 and
music halls must close earlier.
AdVices from the north substantiate
the report OF a big fire at Dawson 1t
occurred on January IL and destroyed
buildings and merchandise TO the value
OF $40O,000
Two armed and masked men entered
the Northern Pacific depot at SpnAgue.
Wash, and at the point of a revolver
demanded that the night operator open
the till. This being done, they secured
the contents, amounting to 81.
Lieutenant StOckley OF the Twenty
first infantry has been missing since the
18th inst He was on reconnoitering du-
ty near Santa Tomas and was evidently
captured. A search for him is being pros
ecuted.
The North China Daily News pub
fishes an ediet signed by Emperor
kwangsu, appointing al emperor in his
place, Put Sing. the s-year-old son Of
Prince Tuano. The new emperor will
ascend the throne on Jan. 81.
General Otis reported to the war de-
partment that the western coast Of the
island of Panay is now open for trade
and that the coast of LAgunA de Bay and
neighboring sections of the country will
also be opened to unrestricted traffic By
the end of the week.
Nearly all the business buildings and
many frame dwellings at the mining
towns of Ward and Lafayette, near Boul-
der, Col, were destroyed by fire. The IOss
at Ward is estimated at $4,000 and at
Lafayette at 100000 About so fami-
lies at Lafayette are homeless.
The United States circuit court Of APP
peAls affirmed, with costa, the decision Of
Judge LAeombe dismissing the habeAs
corpus proceedings in the case Of former
Engineer Captain Carter, convicted by
court martial Of frauds In connection
with the Savannah river and Cumberland
sound improvements.
There were exciting scenes in the cham.
Der of deputies at Paris recently. Bsr
nard of the socialists violently denoanceG
the statements made by the pubic pgos
eeutor at the trial Of the. Assumptions
, fathers now in progress in the sectionA
tribunal, and attacked the minister o
justice, calling him q scoundrel and ca
naille. The chamber pronounced itsel
in favor of the expulsion Of Bernard frou
the house. but the deputy refused b
withdraw. Proceedings were temporaril,
suspended and 4 detachment Of soldier
: was marched in, whereupon Bernard lei
the chamber, protesting against his ex
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