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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-07-21
Blame the Saotorman.

Tacoma, Wash, July l6.--The coroner't
jury which has been holding an inquest
over 80 victims OF the street-car accident
July 4. rendered verdict charging that
the accident Was caused by car No. lie
running at q dangerously high rate OF
speed and leaving the track while in charge
Of Moiorman D. l. BoeAm and Conductor
}. c. Calhoun.
"And We further find that said y. l.
lsoehm Was grossly careless in operating
the car, by starting over long and dan
gerous grade al an excessively high rate
Of speed, thereby Immediately losing con
trol Of his car and failing 10 regain such
cunirOi by the manipulation Of the mechan
zeal and electrical appliances furnished ioI
the control of the car.
"And We further find that the said Ia
coma Railway and Power company was
grossly and criminAlly careless and negii.
gent in permitting said motormAn, F. l..
Bcchm. to go out on No. lie. over said
dangerous grade, without any previous
eifor, to ascertain HE efficiency.
"And We further find the Tacoma Rail
way and Power company Was grossly and
cTiminally careless and negligent in main.
tanning sAid dangerous grade without in.
stating any safety appliances when the
Necessity Of such appliances had been
fully demonstrated by previous accident
to a freight train al the same point
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-07-21
Army Of Forty TAsu.ana.

Washington, July l6.-Pians are under
consideration by the secretary Of war which
contemplate keeping a military force Of
$1,000 soldiers in the Philippines for some
time after the withdrawal of the volun-
teer troops that will have to be mustered
out of the service by the first Of July, 1901.
1t is estimated that it will require this
number of men TO properly police the
Philippines, as there is no intention Of re-
linguishing control in any part of the
islands General Macarthur has fire.
quently recommended holding all the
island gArrisOns and persistent policing Of
the territory occupied. General MAcAr-
thur has asked for more cavalry, but this
the war department is unable to give him,
and arrangements have been made to pro-
vide him with sufficient horses to mount
at least two infantry regiments Orders
have already been issued for the shipment
Of $500 cavalry horses to Manila, TO Be
distributed to cavalry regiments and to
be used in mounting infantry.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-07-21
California Forest Fires.

Grub Gulch, Cal, July l6.-Slnce July
I a ferre fire has been raging in the dis
triei south Of resno river and up to date
territory 20 the amount Of % square miles
has been burned. The fre was started on
the Fourth Of July at the Holton place
near the Chinese store on the Coarse Gold
road by a firccrAckcr set of by little
girl. The flames rapidly spread eastward,
sweeping everything before them. All
fences have been burned and three fam
ilies rendered homeless The fire reach
ed North Fork Tuesday. The whole pop
ulaiion turned out to fight the fire. 1t
too~ 100 men TO keep 1t from the houses
&C flames passed around the town and
are still sweeping eastward. The old
" aterloo stamp NAL, together with thou
sands Of aollars worth of machinery, was
burned Thursday. A terrific explosion
Monday announced .hat the powder mil
at Quartz mountain had been blown up
Hundreds Of cords u wood have been burn
eli. There is NO telling when the Ore viii
stop.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-07-21

The MissouIa land once has been
granted a new clerk. who will be ch0s-
en- by the civil service commission.
From reports received at AissOula and
from what has already been seen, the
potato bug is playing havoc with vines In
that portion Of the state.
york is being pushed on the Living
ston-Big Timber extension Of the Rocky
Mountain and Bell Telephone company.
IAe line will be run via Hunters Hot
Springs and follow the county road on
the north side of the river.
So far as heard from all of the prae-
teal mining men from Montana who went
to Nome have formed a poor opinion Of
the country as a mining proposition.
Old timers who have good memories
say this year is counterpart OF that
Of 1876. In that year there was an ex-
tremely dry summer, the ranges burning
up. In the fall there were heavy rains,
the winter was mild and the cattle in
the spring were rolling fat
The secretary of the interior has
appointed !. b. McTntire, OF KRlispel.
Montana; Jas. II. MeNeeley, Of Evans
Vile, Ind, and J. H. Hoyt, Of Beatrice,
Nebraska, commissioners to deal with
the Crow. Flathead and other Indians
under the act Of June 6. 1900.
The jury at Butte in the case Of Ed
gar Marshall. charged with the murder
OF Mrs. Georgia Creeeh, brought in a
verdict Of acqufttaL The verdict has
aroused general indignation, for the
killing was the result OF trying TO kill
the husband OF the dead woman.
Superintendent J. B. Collins, Of the for
est reserves, has received authority from
the secretary Of the interior to receive
applications for permits to Craze sheep
on the Lewis and Clarke reserve. The
permits will be limited TO 5000 head Of
sheep and no permits will be issued on
any reserve except the one mentioned
Frank Bateman, an old resident Of
Butte and balm OF the United States
Court, was accidently killed last week
while driving on Montana street A
runaway team collided with the team
he was driving and knocked him out
on the ground. He sustained a frac.
ture Of the skull and died within three
hours.
Apparently there is no excuse for any
man TO remain idle who is willing tc
work. LAborers are in great demand, and
there is an especial scarcity of ranch
hands to handle the hay crop. The hayins
season in the zig Hole basin is now II
progress, and unless more men are secured
the ranch owners will not be able to han
die all Of this years crop.
Some days ago the Anaconda Com
pany, through its local representative
Mr.. Dudley, gave its answer to the com
mittee OF the Miners union to the ap
plication for the adoption of eight houl
shifts for underground men The ans
wer stated that the company regretted
that ii could not grant the request, and
II declined to aceede thereto. Thai
insistence on a demand for the propos
ed change would compel the company
70 close the mines and smelters.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-07-21
GENERAL NORTHWEST NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD N NOTES
An Interesting Collection of Items
Frosa the Feur Northwest states
Of . Miscellaneous Nature GATH
cred the Past Week.
IDAHO.

The Northern Pacific Hospital at Orc
Elmo has been closed. 7~ys
Thomas Birch, one Of the pioneer ana
leading citizens Of WilfOrd, is dead.
The receipts for the past fiscal year at
the Lewiston postofiiee were $l0,350.
w. Y. Kittenbach has been chosen man
sger Of the Lewiston Athletic association
ball dub.
The Voilmer Touring mill La run
ming day and night. Duthie & Carrin
are building a large cold storage ware
house 33xS0 feet.
Lieutenant /. N. Busby Of Wardner,
who was an officer of the First Idaho
volunteers. has offered to raise a COM
pany Of l20 men for service in China.
Tie governor has been informed that
the government has approved the bill Of
$4SJO.4S for transportation Of volunteers
10 Boise at the time Of the mobilization Of
the Idaho regiment.
The mystery surrounding the disap-
pearance of Agnes and Metha Monlken-
thin has been cleared up by the pres
ence OF the girls at Valley CitS. N. d.
and the capture there Of Gust John
son. who had abducted them.
Harrison, on Lake Occur d'Alene.
Idaho. Is having quite q boom. Two
large manufacturing industries, a
mammoth sawmilI and a large plan
ming mill, box and sash and door fact
DRY. are to be erected there in the i'm
mediate future
July llth was miners union day, for
merly n greater day than the Fourth
of July in the Occur d'Alenes, but this
year IL passed unnoticed. There was
no demonstration OF any kind at Wal
lace, nor at any other point in the
Occur d'Alenes. so far as heard from.
Dr. G. A. Dorsey, curator Of the an
thropology of the Field museum, Chicago.
has been at Spalding and vicinity looking
up and collecting Indian nelics and curios
aud Studying the modes Of living Of the
reservation Indians. He secured many
interesting articles Of Indian manufAe-
ture.
Harvesting Is In progress in the vi
cinity Of Troy. Timothy cutting in
the timbered sections has been under
way for a week. The crop. both as re-
CARDS quantity and quality. is far above
the average. Fall wheat will yield 80
bushels TO the acre. oats and barley
will average so bushels to the acre.
Spring wheat, while still presenting a
fair appearance, needs rain. Blades
on much Of the spring wheat are turn
ing yellow. the cause Of which is caus-
ing considerable discussion, some at.
.tributing. II TO rust and others TO in
sects.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-07-21
Later.

Prescott, ATiz., July l6.-A scene Of
the greatest desolation and q feeling Of
deepest gloom perVade the town. All
that remains Of the principal business
portion Of the town is tottering walls
and piles Of chsrred and burning debris.
Ibe FIRE which started at l0.46 O'Clock
Saturday night was not under control I'M
I'll 3 o'clock Sunday morning, when the
fire fighters went q considerable distance
in advance OF the flames and blew up the
buildings on the south side of Goodwin
street, preventing fire from crossing that
street The most conserN alive estimates Of
the total losses are from 81 y0O0j0 600 10 81 :
10000. The burned district embraces
1--WE blocks, in which were located the prin.
eipal mercantile houses, both telegraph
olnces, four hotels and every saloon and
every restaurant except one IN the Town,
besides scores Of private residenees-
To add TO the prevailing gloom a high
aind has prevailed all day, sending
snaoke, dust and burning embers in every
direction. requiring the greatest vigilance
TO prevent another outbreak Of the
flames oAing to the chaotic condiiion
existing today it lie impossible TO obtain
an accurate account Of the losses or in.
dividnAl insurance. From interviews with
Insurance agents, the total insurance
does not exceed $4,000.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-07-21
WASHINGTON.

The State Bankers Association viii!
meet next year at Spokane.
The aggregate deposite In Eve Spo-
kane banks is over 5000. 900.
Andrew Miller. 81 years of age was
drowned in WRlla Walla river at Low
den, last week.
The school teachers OF Whitman
county will hold midsummer institute
at Pullman Aug. OF.
100 hundred men are wanted In
Ritzville badly TO assist in harvesting
the immense wheat crop Of Adams
county.
Horse on an average are 20 per cent
higher than they were one year ago.
was the recent statement Of n promin-
ent horse dealer Of Spokane.
The State Red Cross has given $40
to the fund being raised for the relief
OF Nils Hilsen. the Washington volun
teer, who is dying in St Paul.
Spokane County Commissioner P
Campbell was killed by being crushed
by a train on the crossing at Latah.
He was attempting TO drive across the
track. Death was instantaneous.
The business failures OF this year as
compiled by Bradstreet's. show that
Washiugton's record is more than
three times better than the average
states of the union.
The Reardan mill OF the Washing
ton Grain & Milling company, owned
by Spokane men is shut down for a
short time pending the installation of
some new machinery.
The Reardan Exchange bank has re-
Gently forwarded to the Central India
Relief committee at New York the sum
OF $26. They will continue to receive
and forward subscriptions.
Fire has destroyed the saw mill Of
the Buckeye Lumber company, IL
miles north Of Spokane, at the crossing
OF the Spokane Falls & Northern and
Little Spokane river. BY hard work
the planning mill and 100000 feet OF
lumber in the yards were saved. The
loss is about $4,000. on which there
was only $1,000 insurance. The mill
will be rebuilt.
The Agar old son OF John Greif. Of
walla walla, was run over by stack
er while playing in the street. The
heavy wheels Of the stacker passed oy
er the stomach Of the lad, and how HI
escaped instant death is n wonder
The little fellow is doing nicely. with
strong chances OF recovery.
George d. Brown OF Tekoa. has Jus
completed harvesting his wheat crol
Of 100 acres. II is Of the Arcadian va
riety, and this Is the first time that l
has been experimental with in thi
section OF the country. The heads ar
well filled with large kernals. and Mr.
Brown Is confident that It will make
greater yield to the acre than the val
ieties usually sown.
The fruit shipments from Mort
Yakima are growing larger every dag
and soon a special car will be necesss
ry for loading before time for the res
uiar trains to reach the depot tn
!. crop is unusually large. and all Sarl'
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-07-21
OREGON.

Good reports come from Milton re
garding the fruit crops. One half the
Walla Walla river valley is within
Umatilla county, and is one solid fruit
belt Throughout this entire region
the fruit Of all varie les is firstclass in
quality and the yield is unusually large
Wheat is coming to some warehouses
notably in the east end, near and at
Milton, where threshing has been in
progress for the past few weeks. Al
though no figures are given indicating
what the yield per acre is to be this
fall. the quality in every instance is
said to be straight No. l. All the sam
piles brought to Pendleton from the
threshers are Of No. l grain. One
field of barley has been all threshed
and the yield was 80 bushels TO the
acre. the quality being No. 1.
In the territory to the northwest OF
Pendleton. where in ordinary years the
wheat and barley crops are not Deepen
ded on to turn out very large. this sea
son the yield runs from 20 to 80 bush
els TO the acre Elsewhere in the
county the yield is expected to be not
so large as in some former years, but
will be good. however. and the quality
excellent. Every farmer in Umatilla
county will be at harvest by next Mon
day and most Of them have already cut
some grain.
The explosion OF a boiler at the De
Force Oil Works recently. resulted in
the death OF Jack Shaw and the fatal
injury OF Engineer James Moore,
Chris r. RentE. another employee who
was On a boat moored to the factory
dock. is missing. and lie believed &c
have been blown from his boat by the
conclusion and drowned. The acct
dent is said to have been due to q de
fective boiler. The factory was to
tally destroyed. Moore came her'
from San Francisco. and was formerly
a locomotive engineer. Almost at thu
same time as the explosion Mr.. d
Forces handsome residence. over thre'
miles distant on the shore. caught nr'
and burned to the ground.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-07-21

Boston, July l6.--The police arrested on
the ~unard liner which arrived Saturday
Edward McGnth Of New York and Hen.
nv Gordon and John o'Brien. The latter
two are well known to the police of this
country. When SEARCHED more than 5000
IN bills Of large denominations were found
On the men. Chief Inspector Watts iden.
,..,- Gordon as George Mason, alias
lunch" Mason is a notorious gold
brick man. He IS wanted at Windsor,
Ont. for obtaining S,,JOO from a farmer
Tor a gold brick swindle. He belongs to
SeAttle, Wash.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-07-21

ties Of peaches. apples, pears and ber-
rles are exceptionally fne.
Spokane Odd Fellows spent one day
last week At Loon Lake on their An
nual Picnic. The occasion drew 500
city residents to the shores Of the pref
~ body OF water at the north. Moon
light rides and dancing were the feat
ures.
The hop situation is very satisfac-
tory az North Yakima and sales are be-
ing made rapidly. Several contracts
for future growing have been made
with dealers at 10 cents per pound.
Among the recent contracts are those
Of George A. Bosdet for 1900 pounds
for this year. and similar amount for
the next two years; Timothy Lynch
has contracted 20.0e0 pounds at 10
cents. and probably 100000 pounds
additional have been sold at this price
by Conn Bros. Charles Kline, J. L.
Morrison and others.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-07-21

New York, July l6,-In the presence
of 5O0o spectators with scarcely q breeze
to interfere with the riders Jimmy Mi
chAel defeated lloyd Mcfarland Of San
jose, Cal, in s0-mile motor.paced race
at the Manhattan Beach track Saturday.
he also clipped 81 2-5 seconds Of the
track rrcord for the distance The con-
ditiOns Of the race were that II an acci-
dent happened to either rider or PAGERS
during the first mile the men were to be
recalled and the race started anew. This
saved Michael from defeat by q narrow
margin.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-07-21
Hanged uImscIt.

Husboru. ore. July ls.--The hicless
body Of II. &. Humphreys. a prominent
rai estate broker Of this city, was found
hanging by a rope from the limb oil a
.mAll Or tree. Humphreys was the guard
ian Of Mrs. Amanda ShiPley, en- insane
Ward. and also administrator OF the estate
If tbe late Judge Humphreys, his father
Il i. thought that worry over the cond',
lion Of the estates and other financial
,rablcs caused him to turn to suicide Al
he .pccdie.i solution Of the difficulty
Jlnch rper, a young man Of Farming
ION sl.o committed suicide by shooting
hiu,.cll through the head with revolver
uc had consumption and was respondent
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-07-21
Reese Wa. Illegally InprI.on.a.

St. Louis, July l6.-Judge Amos ThAy.
er Of the United States court Of appeals
has handed down an opinion declaring
that John p. Reese, the Iowa miners union
official, who was sentenced to impison-
ment in Kansas for violation Of a strike
injunction, was Illegally restrained Of his
liberty and granted = writ Of habeaS cor.
Pus releasing him. Judge Thayer ruled
that the lower court erred in including
Reese under the injunction.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-07-21
Preseott. Arl.oaa. Rurnea.

Prescott, Arizona, July l6.-The most
disastrous fire in the history Of the town
started in . row Of buildings known ~
the Scopel block on MOntezuma STREE.
Every building on the west side Of the
plaza as far north as GuIiey street, in.
Guiding the Burke hotel, ia destroyed. The
fire il spreading, and there y n9 telling
where II win stop. The principal basi-
ness houses 80 far destroyed are those Of
Sam ID. Hill, ID. Levy and the Ed block.
The Courier Office is destroyed and the
Jom n i Miner Office is In danger. fITenen
are powerless. as there is no water. Over
a dozen stores were blown up, without
elect. Ii now looks as if the entire north
end Of town would go. The loss at pres
emit is not Less than S6OOY0O0 to 100000.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-07-21
r.. ,,nr ltlll.a Ills Fa.Asr.

Victoria, II. c., july le.--By the &C.
c,Aeu,Al discharge Of awinchcster ritle ~
Tho hands Of lo.year'old boy, the boy
ts,hcr r. Mcclure. was killed and his
iI.ycar.old sister wounded. The boy is g
cra,ed with grief that he attempted to
drown himself
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-07-21
W. A. CLARK Ra,.e. wnr~..

Jerome, AriE., July l6.-Eighthour
shifts FOR all underground men at the
United Verde mine and an increase Of Ii
per cent in wages for miners in certain
portions Of the mine were announced Sat.
urday,
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-07-21

Halt the time when a man lies to his
wife. he does Il because he knows he
can get up story that win sound q lot
more reasonable 10 her than the truth.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-07-21

London. July l8.-lt is announced the
queen has approved the selection Of ne
earl OF HOpetown as governor general Of
the Australian commonwealth.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-07-21

man minister, were safe July 8. The i'm
perial edict calling him to Pekin. the vice
roy said, was due to the empress and EN-.
perOr and not to Prince Tuan.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-07-21

The best way for woman to get rio
Of a man she doesn't like her husband
10 like 10 to treat him too nice.
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II may be q long way around n
homely ioyG
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-07-21

London, July ia special dispatch
fuom Shanghai says the Decentralization of
lS.oOoo japanese troops is proceeding at
Taku.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-07-21

Hong Kong. Wednesday, July a1-ii
Hung Chang and his suite have arrived
here. The Chinese were received with Il
salule Of u guns, and with guard Of
honor from the Welsh fusileers, and a
band. proceeded to the government house,
where he was received by the governor, Sir
Henry A. Blake, General GaSele, Bradow
and other officials Ii Hung Chang was
extremely reticcnt. He stated that he
had received definite news that the min.
isters and foreigners at Pekin, with the
exception Of Baron Won Ketteler, the Ger
Voice of missions., 1900-02-01

dinner. In the study the preacher
gets the start of the people. In the
laboratory the chemist gets the start
of the farmer. In the studio the artist
gets the start of the admiring public.
In the study of the worlds phe.
nomena the scholars get the start
of the world. The chemist does the
profound work for the farmer, and by
this means benefits humanity. The
preacher and the scholar must do the
profound thinking for the world, and
in proportion as they perfectly do their
work other things being equal, in the
same proportion will they stand above
other men aud become the cynosure
of the ages. Genius is greatness and
greatness is genius birthed in inces-
SAINT labor and the perfection of work.
other things being equal, depend upon
the perfection in the running of the
mental machinery, this is genius,
this is greatness, Gods best gift to
man. Ask for it, and it shall be given
thee, seek it, and thou shall find it,
knock and all the doors of possibility
shall open to admit you into a life of
perfection.
By DEAN NJ. NJ. PoNToN, A. NJ. STD,
Morris Brown College.
Atlanta, Ga.