The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-07-25
cuLLEp FROM DISPATCHES OF
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
A Review Of Happenings In sosn
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
Durina the Past Week-National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events Tersely Told.

declared the regular quarterly dividend
OF IA per cent, payable August |.
Charles Derrick, a millionaire con
tractor and builder OF Buffalo, \, l,
is dead from a surgical operation.
AT Hamilton, Ohio, recently Alfred
A. Knapp was convicted in the nrst
degree for the murder OF his wife.
Hannah Goddard Knapp, by a jury.
James Abbott Mcneil Whistler the
celebrated American artist. died re-
Gently at his residence. "a Cheyne
Walk. Chelsea. near London. al the
age OF SO years.
Eighty-eight persons. charged with
taking part in the recent riot and the
attack upon the soldiers At Evansville,
jury. More than half OF those indicted
are negroes.
The Ave lodges at Peoria, III. OF the
Knights OF ST. John. al a joint meeting
have accepted the offer OF the inter
national body to hold their next an.
nual convention In this city on June
%. 1904.
The special report Of the treasury
experts on their examination OF the az
fairs OF Auditor Petty OF the District
OF Columbia fixes the shortage In that
Office, for which James NJ. A. Watson
clerk. Is now in jail. at S733s7
After standing as a hostelry about
40 years. the Lodi hotel. at Kearuey.
". j.. has been destroyed by Are Gen.
erals Washington and Lafayette are
counted among the historical person
ages who put up at the Old tavern
Heart failure. due TO over motion. Is
the cause assigned by the physician
for the death OF p. VI. Arthur OF the
Brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers.
who died suddenly az a banquet In
Winnipeg He was one % the strong,
est and wlsest OF American labor lead.
ers.
In carrying out the program Tor the
reduction OF the force in tho Philip
pines, the secretary OF war has directed
that three regiments OF cavalry and
three Of infantry be returned 10 the
United States as soon "a tranaporta
ton Is available. The regiments hnv,
Ing the longest service Ia the Islands
will be selected
At Wichita. Kan. Dr. w l. Doyle
shot and killed George p Varuout
recently. He then took strychnlne and
was dead Is minutes later. The trag
edy was the result Of a fcud Of tong
standing and Il arose over Doyle graz
Ing his horse on parking under the
care OF varnouf.
! The Chicago packing firms. the 'Bls
Six" made defendants In the beef trust
cases. have appealed the suit To the
supreme court OF tho United States
This Is the case in which the packers
were enJoined from the continuing ot
an agreement which tho court held tc
be in restraint Of trade.
The 200 outside laborsrs Of tho In
ternational Paper companys mills Al
Corinth. Saratoga county. N. T.. threat
ened TO 20 on strike. Tho com
pany's plant. valued at $500 900. also
had narrow escape from destruction
by fire Five hundred cords Of pull
wood were consumed before tho ar,
was subdued.
1t has been announced that the Chi
nese at Honolulu will hold n maa,
meeting TO make an emphatic protest
against their exclusion from the Unitrc
States. They will ask their govern
ment 10 enact tariff regulations aralns
American goods "a a matter OF retail
iation II the immigration restriction,
> are not removed.
; Tho continuous rise Of tho Oder river
Glogue. Germany. The entire portion
OF Glogue. In the neighborhood Of tn,
cathedral Is submerged and the princi
pal bridge crossing the Oder IL threat
ened. Large areas Of Seidmost. Schre
Eau, Bobering and other small town
are Inundated. causing a number of IN
/ talities.
r Colonel John A. Matile. command
Ing the Twentyfourth infantry at For
Harrison. who Ia to be promoted to
brtgadier generally and retired Au
gust g. has been in the United Statet
army AZ years. He entered in 1856
as private at IS. He served through
the civil war. number Of Indian war;
= and the Philippine troubles.
There was no room for doubt in III,
last victory Of the Reliance in the sec
ond run Of the New York Yacht clui
cruise Of 30 miles. She led from the
start and finished more than n mile
ahead Of tho Constitution and ovel
two miles ahead Of the Columbia. beat
Ing the former minutes and 20 sec
onds In elapsed time and the latter II
minutes and ~ seconds. The ConstI
tuition beat the Columbia minutes and
35 seconds.
Henry Davis, aged CT. a native OF
New York, and a resident Of the Calls
pei valley In Stevens county. Wash.
Is dead
The machinists and boilermakers in
the Northern Pacific shops at Spokane
have been granted an Increase OF
wages from - cents to 81 cents Der
hour. The new wage scale will date
from July 1G.
Ten deaths have resulted from lock
Jaw in Cleveland. Ohio. since July 4
IN" latest victim is Joseph stasko.
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