The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1901-01-05
THE TELEGRAPH SUMMARY
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF
tomPlste HeNisw Of the Events Of
the Past Week-Ia This and Fer
etEH l-aRds-Taksa From the
Latest Dispatches.


horse Is dead.
Moses c. Taylor. professor OF Amer
lean history in Cornell university, Is
dead
Lord William Leslie de Ia POer Der.
esford is dead In London.
Miss Marriott Mrs. Alice Edgar)
the actress. is dead. She made an
American tour about 1870.
The steamer InsushIma Maru was
lost on December by striking-a rock
Ia Akashi bay. One msn was saved by
passing steamer. but 20 others were
lost
Recent investigation eonyinces the
friends OF Murray Mcdonald, q wealthy
Klondike miner. that he was robbed
and murdered at White Horse last
July.
The steamer Rio Jun Maru brings
news that the japanese training ship
Tsukishima Maru has been lost with
all hands. numbering l2l. near Ma
madzu. Japan.
lncessant reports OF innumerable
shipping casualties show that the gale
that ragged for - hours on the English
coast recently was one OF the worst
known in many years.
Il 10 stated that champion Jeffries
has started active preparations for his
championship battle with Gus Rubin.
which Is scheduled TO take place in
| Cincinnati on February Is.
Dewet's attempts 10 break though 20
the south have been frustrated and he
Is now reported 10 be az Senekal with
large commando holding the country
between FreeksJurg. SenekRl and Win.
1 burg
Major Mite the dwarf. died at the
New York hospital recently OF a com.
I plicatlon Of diseases. He had been III
for some time He was born in New
/ Zealand and had been exhibited In cir
cuses for II years.
A Spokane man has patented = new
style OF water wheel. BY a system Of
folding paddles action Of backwater
is overcome, The inventor and pro,
motors believe the new idea will revo-
IutioniEe water power.
Tx Secretary OF War. Alger. in an
article in the North American Review
on 1.-THE Food in the Army During the
I Spanish War" makes a hitter attack
on General Miles and defends ex-Com.
missioner General Egan.
| In a duel between Myles Mcdonald
l and Thomas Kennedy in Harlem cafe
w New York city. Kennedy was hit In
the leg by bnlle, and two bystanders
Edward Courtney and George Price
were probably fatally wounded.
A special from Jackson. Tenn. an.
/ nounces the sudden death al Clarkes
dale. Miss. Of Rev ]. T. Martin. pastor
Of 81, Luke't church OF Jackson. Mr.
Martin was chaplain with stonewall
Jackson In the army OF Virginia dur
ing the civil war.
The Michigan Central depot at Wy
andottc a suhrb Of Detroit, Mich. was
the scene Of = bold mail robbery recen
tly. when u pouch containing. II II
estimated. 100000 Of negotiable pa
pers. checks and money. was stoleE
from the waiting room.
From Osaka comes news that the
bark KatokuEawa Maru was lost OF
Toso province with all on board on De
ccmber 2. The bark Kamiji Maru wal
lost on December 4. The crew OF II
we're picked up after being IN boat
several days without, food.
Tho engagements OF the porte for th'
purchase and renovation OF warshipi
and for naval and military artlller!
row amount 60 1900. 600 pounds. say
the Consisntinople correspondent o
tho London Times, while the treasur!
Is absolutely empty and internal debt
Increase daily"
At Nation. Iowa. about 90 women o
I. I.ongyicw raidod a blind pig" tina
has been running for some time Il
spitc 81 the officers Of that little town
broke In the door, gathered up all tn
d bottles and jugs they could find. car
g ricd them to the street and Their
g smashed them. splitting the content
J. on the ground
q A corner in beans IL being engineer
: "a by the Albert Dixon company 1
( Chicago within two weeks the pric
has risen from 81 Si per bushel {
II 81 20. and retailers predict turtle
2 advance to 81. 80 within a fortnieh
Il Heavy purchases by the sovernmer
X. are said 70 be NJ the bottom OF th
u boom in prices.
" Major Grower Botha, brother
m Commandant General Louis Botha, h
arrived In Rome on his way TO II
Ia Hague In the course Of an intervie
W here he said the war in South Afri'
re- would last for years: that Mr.. Stey
N had planned the invasion OF Cape @
X ony and that n revolt Of the Africa
ne dprs was certain.
as From the present outlook matte
are tending toward the necessity
On calling an extra session uf congress,
a senator Hanna presists in keeping q
". shin subsidy hill before the sena'
n. onposltlon TO the bill lie solidityi'
On among senator's from the south al
In middle west. and even those who a
no In favor Of some kind Of subsidy b
IN in,erposo objections 20 the prese
ew form Of the Frye bill. At the sal
time it Ia generally understood q
ma senator Hanna has set his heart up
"a, ,ho massage Of the hill and will not p
,en init u 20 be aidetracked.
he Ten Germans werc killed and n
rea u,oupdcd al IIciehu. near Tentsin, ia
IN. ary |. through the firing Of a salute "
- a defective cartridge.
so. Az The Hague Mr.. Kruger Is suffer
Inn. nom slight attack Of bronchitis, w
ex there (. no anxiety As to hia condition
10 obliged to keep to HE bed