The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-12-12
TELEGRAPH NEWS SUMMARY
culLED FROM DISPATCHES o
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
4 Review Of happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemlspheres
During the Past Wsek-NationaL
Historical, Political and Persona
Events Tersely Told.

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Backed financially by the United
states government. a salmon fisheries
congress will be convened in Seattle
February ~. 1904.
Jack o'Brien knocked out Jack VII
tiams in the third round OF what Was
scheduled as a SIX round bout recent
~ in Philadelphia.
kaiman Foldessy, who was arrested
In New York during President ROose-
VelIs recent visit for writing threat
ening letters. has been committed to
the state hospital for the insane.
The Rappel. OF Paris. publishes a
dispatch from ST. Petersburg announe-
ing the massacre by Boxers OF a mum
Der of Christians In the Szechuan
province OF China.
A eablsgram from Tegueigalpa. Hon
duras. announces the death OF Sonora
GuArdiola, mother OF the wife OF Pres
ldsnt Palma OF Cuba. and wife OF for
msr President Guardiola Of Honduras.
Henry Billings Brown. associate
Justice OF the United States supreme
court. will be totally blind within a
week or two. according TO information
impaired to him by his physician.
The rise In the Tiber has flooded
the country so near Rome that II Is
impossible TO get to st. Paul's. TWO
miles out OF the city. as the district
surrounding Rome is now covered BY
four feet Of water.
Five OF the men charged by Liant K.
Salisbury with accepting brides for
supporting the project 10 supply Grand
Rapids with water from Lake Michi-
gan. appeared in the superior court
and pleaded guilty
The report Of Health OHicer Snow.
in regard to the diphtheria epidemic a.
Stanford university. shows a total OF
~ cases Of dlphtheria. eight OF which
have been removed 10 the newly pur.
chased detention hospital
The declaration Of martial law has
paraIyzed all business In Cripple
Greek. Heavily armed plcksts OF the
| National Guard are stationed on all
street. corners and many residents %
the city do not venture upon the
streets.
Handcuffed 10 a man he Il alleged
to have defrauded out Of $500. Gabriel
Hossza. the young foreign banker Of
Sharon. Pa. wanted for the embezzle-
ment OF nearly $4,000. made his IS
cape from an Erie train at Bingham
ton. N. Y.
Paris. Mo-Enraksd because Miss
Anna Hartman. for whom he had 50
cured license 10 wed. would not mar.
ry him. Frank Dawson shot and fatal.
" wounded his sweetheart and seri.
ously wounded his successful rival.
ODE Hughes.
William Clarke q Sons bankers OF
r~w York. have assigned for the b@n..
At Of creditors to the Van Nord-n
Trust company. The drm IL com pos
ed Of James and Hudson Clarke and
had a mercantile rating OF from SIS.
mo To St250O0.
NJ Raume, the French astronomer.
noted for his studies Of volcanic phe-
nomsna, although a very old man. has
taken up his residence on Mount W.
suvius IN the hope that the researches
he is about TO undertake will result
In important discovery.
As a result Of the coronor's Inquest
at Chicago over the body Of John
Quinn. the detective killed by Gustav
Marx. one Of the car barn robbers
while the officer was trying 10 arrest
him recently. Marx was held 10 the
grand jury on an additional charge
Of murder. Later. In the criminal
court. Marx changed his plea In all
the cases against him to not guilty.
II Is reported that Edward L. wentz
the young Philadelphia millionaire
who has been missing since October
~. has been found and that he ls prob
ably demeuted. II IL said wentz has
beea hiding In the mountains not fat
from Finnsy. a station on the Norfolk
& Western railroad.
The banks at Co,fax, Ira, Baxter
and hlngo. Iowa, owned by George D
Woods. who committed suicide at Col
far. have closed their doors tempora
rily. the crisis being breclpitated b.
the filing Of a mechanics lien on the
fixtures In one Of the banks.
Governor Peabody Of Colorado ha,
issued a proclamation declaring Grip
pie Creek under martial law and sus
pending the writ NJ habens corpus
He declares that the gold camp IL n
a state Of Insurrection and rebellion
and that the civil authorities are pow
erless.
Frederick ". Rlndge Of Los Angeles
has received word Of n fire on nj,
Malabu ranch. one NJ the largest ir
Ventura county. Cal. The ranch house
recently constructed, together with 9
number Of smaller outbuIldlnes. were
destroyed. II is rumored that many
cattle we're destroyed by the flames
Estimates Of loss run from 100000 tc
sf5O.0O0.
There has died in the Ksntish vii
laEe Of Rolveuden an old lady. 90 years
Of age. who was present at the battle
NJ Waterloo