The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1902-06-07

The transport Meade has arrived at
San Francisco from Manila. On board.
besides the passengers, are rs officers
and ga men Of the Twenty-frst In
fantry.
Two hundred garment workers OF
Syracuse. n. r.. mostly Hebrews, have
struck for a nine hour day, with the
same pay now given for 10 hours. =
A daring Jail break took place at
LeadviIie. Col. recently. Five pris-
oners from the county jail are now at
large They escaped by an under
ground tunnel. They had sawed on
the lock to a trap door leading to the
sewer. broke the sewer wall and then
crawled TO the outside Of the Jail
through small hole in the founda-
tion wall
A letter found in the possession Of
L. Wachman. a travelling salesman who
committed suicide in a Chicago saloon
recently. leads TO the belief that he
was member Of New York suicide
club.
Max Kastan. 81 years Of age. and
Mrs Lydia Me7owett, the same age.
lost their lives Sunday in a fre which
swept away many buildings at Rock
away Beach, n Y. Thomas s. Nc
Know and year old SON Frank; Mar
tin Hanson. aged Is. and Morris Kas-
tan. aged rs. were injured and taken
70 a hospital in Long Island City.
Since being taken to the hospital
Toung McKrow has died and the father
Is probably dying.
Bert G. Lewis. q special officer en-
ployed at local theater in Los Ange-
les. was waylaid and shot through the
body after midnight Sunday while on
his way home
Colonel Patrick DOMAIN. for several
years past advertising agent Of the
Oregon Railroad & Navigation com
pany. died at his home in Portland.
alonei Donan was widely known
ALAchg Newspaper men Of the west
The strike situation in the building
trades at Denver. is unchanged. en-
>ept for the declaration Of the owners
n the ornamental wire works that
hey will start up tomorrow with non
union labor. No serious trouble is an
ticipated II the attempt is made.
J. Pierpont Morgan. leaving Rome
for Venice on board the CorsafF. cables
the Rome correspondent Of the New
York Tribune. said he was going TO
Athens and viii return to Venice In
two weeks and go to London for the
coronation
There are $50 Americans at one ho-
tel in Berlin, and other hotels are en-
tertaining numbers Of travellers from
across the Atlantic The hotelmen
think Americans are more numerous
in Berlin this year than ever before.
Leading fruit growers and shippers
Of California have formed q shippers
combine. known as the California Fruit
Distributors. which win take charge OF
he marketing OF all shipments OF
green deciduous fruits intended for
consumption throughout the east.
Hon Michael Henry Herbert. who
Is nominally secretary to the British
embassy at Paris, viii probably be the
next British ambassador to the Uni
tide States In succession to the late
Lord Panncefoote. Mr.Herbert's APP
pointment win probably not be an
bounced until the remains Of Lord
Pauncefoote arrive in England. The
only question in regard to Mr.. Her
bert's selection is the approval OF King
Edward
The consolidation OF the First Nation
al bank and the Metropolitan National
bank has been formally approved at
meetings held by the stockholders OF
the two institutions. On Monday
morning Chicago opened for business
its first 500. 100000 bank.
The several hundred special officers
brought to Hazleton. Pa. Sunday night
for guard duty at the collieries in the
HaEelton district have been dIstrib-
uted They will be housed and board
ed at the breakers Public sentiment
there is against the special officers and
the local labor union made an effort
to induce the servant girls at the ho-
tel where they remained over night
to strike. The girls are still at work.
however. Some OF the mineworkers'
leaders think the officers are non-un-
ion hremen and pumprunners
The illness OF Governor Taft Of the
Philippine islands. who is suffering
from tonsilitis at Rome, is not consId-
cred serious. He Is confined TO his
room by q slight fever which accom-
panies his sore throat
H. E. Nutting OF Lardo. In the upper
end Of Long valley. has arrived in
Boise. Idaho. He brings n story OF
the drowning OF Thunder mountain
travellers that. II true. constitutes the
sAddest Incident that has occurred in
the rus hto the gold fields. Six men
and Is horses were found dead In a
snowdrift.
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