The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1902-08-09

| A special from Granite. Mont. SAYS
that Albert GregoF. who IL a wen
known mining man Of that section. vas
drowned at Fred Burr lake, four miles
east Of that place.
J. Ogden Armour has purchased =
substantial interest in the q. II. Ham.
nond company and the Hammond
Packing company. and the transfer OF
stock is completes.
An excursion train on the Ann AFbor
railway. made up Of II coaches ana
carrying 700 people, was wrecked six
miles north Of Cadillac sunday. 60
far as known no one was Killed.
Battle still being fought desperate
~. These were the words contained
IN dispatch received at the Colon
bian legation from General salazar. the
governor Of the department Of Panama.
The strike OF the employees OF the
Camden Interstate Electric railway has
almost completely tied up the lines
rom Guayandotte. W. Va, 20 Hanging
ROCK, Ohio. and intermediate points.
The monthly comparative statement
OF the government receipts ana ex-
penditures shows that for the month
o. July. 1902, the receipts amounted 10
s4s ,sos.s91. and the expenditures sss..
sls.567, leaving deficit for the month
Of $780,, SIG.
The body Of Mrs. George Wolf. who
has been missing since June 81. has
been found in the sand four miles
south OF Chippewa Falls. wis. Mrs.
Wolf was last seen alive on the night
OF June y. driving with her husband.
who has since disappeared.
At the regatta Of the Northwestern
Amateur Rowing association over :
course Of mile and a half, with turn.
the junior four OF the Western Rowing
club OF St Louis defeated the Grand
Rapids Boat and Canoe club crew No.
BY half length The worlds record
OF s:2sA was lowered to g:Is.
In streetcar collision at EIkfn. m
TWO cars were telescoped. Fifteen mas.
sengers were imprisoned in the wreck
for nearly an hour. and all are more
or less injured Those most seriously
burt: Frank Warner, mosorman;
Frank Minnard. Mrs. D. C. Hunter ana
two children. Mrs. NJ. e. Eberlin ana
daughter.
A head-on collision between milk
trains on the Ontario & Western road
at Horton. N. T.. recently, resulted in
the death OF four persons. Both en-.
gines were wrecked and several cars
were ditched. The dead: Andy
o'Neill. engineer; Robert Reese. Are
man; Michael TuIley. traInman;
Frank Monroe, trainman.
Spokane was visited Sunday by threa
railway presidents. II il perhaps the
first time in history that the chief ex-
ecutives OF the three principal lines
centering in Spokane have met here
They were James J. Hill. president OF
the Great Northern and Northern Sc
enrities company: Charles s. Mellen.
president Of the Northern Pacific. ana
A. l. Mohler. president Of the Oregon
Railroad & Navigation company.
The announcement from China that
Minister WI is to remain here iudea.
nitely is explained BY the further an.
nouncement that there HIS been a
change Of plans, and that LANG
Chang, the newly appointed minister
to the United States. who is now IN
London, acting as secretary TO Prince
Chen. instead OF coming directly to
Washington to assume his once as
originally intended. is going first TO
make visit to China This will con.
sumo four to six months, so that Min
lister WI probably will not be able 10
leave the United States this year.
At Los Angeles. Cal. Santa Re pas
senger train running from Redondo
Beach ran through an open switch
Sunday and crashed into an oil train.
Both engines were wrecked. as was
also one coach and four oil tank cars.
The fuel tank Of one Of the engines
exploded Immediately after the crash.
setting fire to the wreck. Two OF the
tank cars became ignited and exploded
with great force. Burning oil was
scattered in every direction, and the
large oil refinery plant Of the Coombs
Refining company was set on FIRE. The
plant was completely DESTROYED. as
were all the cars in the wreck except
one.
The monthly statement Of the ma.
tional debt shows that az the close of
business July 81. 1909, the debt, less
cash in the treasury, amounted to
ss7s.s10.Se7. which is an increase as
compared with July I Of s4.45S. 12s.
This increase Is accounted for by the
reduction in the amount OF cash on
hand. The debt is recapitulated as
follows:
Interest bearing debt. 1881 .070 $40;
debt on which interest has ceased
since maturity. s1.274.s1o: debt bear.
Ing no interest. sSe5.5s7. sic: total.
ti.s27. SS4. see. This amount. however.
does not include ss41. se5. os9 in GER
tiicates and treasury notes outstand.
Ing. which are OFFSET by an equal
amount Of cash On hand held for their
redemption. The cash in the treasury
Is classified as follows:
Gold reserve fund, $3.50, 900. 600;
trust funds. sstl.s65.osl: general fund,
s2se.51t.b0s. including 12e.1S2sef in
national bank depositaries; total. ST.
2Ts. tss.59s: against which there are
demand liabilities outstanding amount.
Ing 20 s92l.6ol zee. leaving q cash bal.
-