The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-11-17
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uana OF the department OF the lakes.
In the Dominion elections the lib
erals won i2s. the combined opposition
81 seats.
Sir Charles Topper. leader of the
conservative party in Canada. an.
nounees his intention to retire from
public life.
Thomas Haekett shot and killed ]
Hamilton II Rockville. Ky, In q quar-
rel over politics.
A nat increase Of cent a pound has
been put upon beet. pork and mutton
By Chicago packers.
II. ~ Clemens. OF Silver City, New.
foreman Of the Virginia Water Com.
pany. shot and killed Kim KeIger.
keiger commenced the shooting.
Secretary Root Is going 10 Cuba for
his health. says q special TO the Tri-
buna from Washington. More than
this he has not conAded to his closest
oaicial associates.
The employees OF the American Steel
and Wire company OF Worcester, Mass.
suffered reduction OF III per cent
The workers are Tar from balng elated
over this evidence OF prosperity.
A. St Petersburg the Nosoe vremya
says two steamers and swenty odd sail.
Ing vessels were wrecked In the Black
aea during the recent storms. several
laundering with their entire crews.
A terrific explosion Of gas occurred
racentiy in Buck Mountain eollIery.
near Mahoney City. Pa Thirty men
we're In the mine at the time and three
are known TO have been killed.
Al onenbaeh. Hesse. recently. two
express trains came into collision. A
Gas reservoir exploded. setting IRE 10
the wneckage. and seven persons were
burned To death and four injured.
While excavaung for q sewer al
Cumberland. Nd. = large cave-in oc-
curred. burying = number Of men un.
der ~ feet Of slate rock. Two men.
Isaac F0Fman and George Rice. have
been taken out dead.
\ GyndlcAta composed Of Pittsburg
and New York capitalists has formed
new coal company which will be capt.
taiIsed at $4,000. 900. The purpose IL
70 develop immense tracts OF coal land,
practically all OF which IL located In
Washington county. Pa.
Biloxi. MIsS. situated on the sound.
80 miles from New Orleans. was swept
by terrific Are recently, which des-
troyed upwards OF 100 houses and ren.
dared hundreds Of people homeless.
Biloxi 10 a town Of 1000 people and
well-known summer resort OF Nlaais-
GIppiAns and Louisianians, and q win.
ter resort for northern people
oaiciais Of the Amalgamated Aaso-
citation Of Iron and Steel Workers an.
nounee the settlements today OF the
strikes al the Riverside Iron Works o.
the National Tube company and the
Observation-Disclosures plant Of the Tennea-
see Iron and Steel Rail company. The
resumption OF the two plants win give
employment to 5000 men.
The preliminary ofBeial report Of the
Russian crops materially conflict with
the rumors OF the alleged failure OF the
Russian cereals which have been cir
culated for some weeka According 20
the report referred 10, the wheat crop
IL ls.Is0,e00 quarters: rye. 1880. 600
quarters: oats. S2.oOO. 900 quarters. and
harley, $3.50, 600 quarters. This is the
hest wheat crop since 1896.
tArucgic will establish polytcchnic
.chosl al Pitishufg. Pa.
lssSkhan's scat !. safe. The kentucky
republicans will M, contest. rs
linn JrfITies and Tom Sl,arkey haze a
as,rh arranged TO take place some time
in May.
The rrTnrts 81 the dead letter Office
show, tina, over seventy million packages
uvrC rccivc1 during the year
A sensational murder occurred in Vic
toris. u. G., when Thomas Connell shot
AMI Killed William Ashley, a prosperous
gardener.
HOLLAND has expressed Willingness to
Iain,ha-c on bchali OF MIR. Kruger for the
cxiloi lIorrs portion Of German South
west Africa.
Ilright's disease threatens the life "
senator Davis OF Minnesota, who has been
struggling against pain and discOmfort Of
a wounded foot for weeks.
r. ". Naillc. director general of the
posts Of the Philippine islands, in his an,
uual report to the postmaster general
shows surplus Of $la,Gs2 to the credit OF
the Philippine postal service.
At Yokohama the chief sensation 81 The
weck has been the attack by lnnalie
npon the carriagr OF the empress a. the
latter was being escorted through the
streets " Toxic,
1birtccn insane soldiers from the Phil.
ippincs. who had i,ccn confined In the
Prpsidio hospital, have been sent to the
government asylum a, Washington, ID. G.
len more insane men will soOn arrive on
the transport Logan.
,IOscph II. Choaie, United States ann.
t,ssAdor to GtrAt Britain. delivered the
inaugural lecture al the Philosophical In.
s,itn,ion Of Edinburgh, taking as his
,hcme The Career and Character Of
Abraham Lincoln"
Kid Bruad of Cleveland stayed six
, rounds with Terry McGoven at latter
sall's in Chicago, and although McioNern
had the fvht well in hand at all stages,
he never had an opponent who came back
a, him with more vigor
William l. Strong 4 Co, Wholesale ~ry
!, goods merchants, for whom receiver was
appointed In New York, have branch
house In Philadelphia, at which large