The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1902-10-11

"A reduction of 90 cents a keg in the
I price of wireuAils is announced.
1t is reported that the business por-
tion of Gervais, Ore. was destroyed by
fire recently.
/ The 36th annual encampment Of the
G. A. r. begun at Washington, d. G.
last Monday. IL will last a week.
A cargo Of raw silk valued at ST.
500, 600 arrived at Vancouver, b. {.
the other day.
W. r. Hearst of the New York
Journal, has been nominated for con-
gress from the eleventh district by the
democrats.
Beginning October 6, stopping of
apple shipments enroute TO Fargo, n.
D.. will be discontinued by the north
ranscontinental lines.
Judge Brooks Of Minneapolis has
sentenced former Superintendent of
Police I. W. Ames To six years and a
half in the penitentiary for accepting
bride.
A committee of Boer sympathizers
of New York welcomed Francis Will
lam Reitz, recently. He was formeraly
secretary Of state # the Orange Free
State.
The rumor started some months ago
that the Chicago, milwaukee & st.
Paul was seriously contemplating the
extension of its system TO the north
{ ~, Haa vys.N
!. General Chaffee and Vice Governor
Wright have sailed from Manila ON the
transport Sumner. They were accord
ed a general and popular farewell
, demonstration.
The total gross earnings Of the
Northern Pacific last year were SAL
S7S, $50; net, SEQ, 09S 1865; surplus,
81 ,547 ,2s6 increase, $544 ,667.l The
, total surplus now is $5,O5+, 709.
The city reservoir at Camden, n. j. !,
broke recently and about 5000, 900
gallons Of water escaped and flowed
down the streets, flooding the cellars
Of many houses and doing other damage.
The Saimese government has just
issued large quantity of paper money
with the assistance of the Hong Kong
& Shanghai bank. Siamese credit is
+ thus placed under the control of Great
Britain.
: Sheriff Robinson Of Cripple Greek
Col, levied on a pullman car for taxes
!, amounting TO 1868 which the pullman
company neglected to pay and in order
to prevent the removal Of the car. he
chained it to the track.
The river steamer Hassalo and the
British ship Cypromene were in a col
ision recently on the Columbia river
at Coffin Rock, two miles below Kala'
= ma. The total damage will be about
J. 100000.
"A At O'Clock Monday morning tbs
:. gates Of the ninth anuanl Spokane In
;, terstate Fair was thrown open and a
O'Clock the in evening the Masonic
Fair were opened. 1t is believed tbs
two big events will send to Spokane
record breaking crowd.
, According TO the report Of the pay
"A master general army expenses decrease
h. during the past year 1918. sl9, as com
d pared with the preceding year, partl.
no army and in part to the reduction o
III claims for extra pay to volunteers.
as The total expenditures made by Pay
" master General Bates were S52, 532,
n i79.
st Utah MOrmons are greatly incense'
I'd over the insinuation that the crime o
ld Wilcliam Hooper Young, alleged mur
derer, is in accordance with the ''bloo'
as atonement" teachings of the mormon
n. church, of which his grandfather
IA Brigham Young, was the great profit.
" The Kansas supreme court has grant
tn ed stay Of execution in the case O
In Jessie Morrison, now in the peniten
be tiary for the murder Of Clara Vile
" Castle. The case will be heard i
ex January Miss Morrison's appeal bon
ld will be fixed at $1O,O As soon a
We this is given she will be released unit
a the time Of her trial. She was seutenC
III. ed to Is years in the penitentiary.
To- William Nelson Cromwell, genera
counsel for the new Panama company
ny who has returned from Paris, says h
~ delivered to Attorney General Knox
no Paris every conveyance, decree, cor
cession or other document relating I
tie the properties Of the new Panam
III panal company and its unquestionab
all cover to convey the canal, the plan
ok Concessions and other property to ii
llf United States, free and clear Of a
u. liens or claims Of any kind.
IN The feature of the naval estimate
~. for 1904, which have been made publ
IS. at the navy department, is the libe
ZEE atty Of the recommendations for eac
m Of these branches Of the service whic
have TO provide for the equipment {
nd our fighting ships. A great increas
ar is noted in the estimates Of the Oh