The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-05-21
TELEGRAPH NEWS SUMMARY
cuLLEp FROM DISPATCHES OF
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
A Review Of Happenings in sotn
Eastern and Western HemispheTes
Durino the Past Week-National'
HlstorieaI. Pehueal and Personal
Events Terssly Told.

Tho last statement of the treasury
shows: Available cash balance SL'0''
2T7l40; gold. $TS,50O.0S7,
The entire business section anu
many dwellings were destroyed oy
mr.. At stselvilIe. Mo. The loss Is estl
mated at 100000.
Fire has destroyed 25 houses In the
en- tsaai. Montreal. render
Ing three families homeless and desl-
tute. Loss. $4,000.
At recent auction in London q
Holbein miniature of Frances How
ard duchess Of Norfolk. realized the
unprecedented sum Of SlS,toO.
A binding snow storm raseu
throughout the copper country of nor
thern Michigan last Saturday Ihree
inches of snow fell at Calumet
The hundred rulers and forwarders
in the 80 printing shops OF the chi
cago Typothetae have gone on strlAe
in sympathy with the bookbinders.
The United States squadron has
sailed for the Canary Islands, the
Brooklyn and Castine for Tenerlne
and the Atlanta and Marietta for Las
Palmas.
1t is officially announced that Vice
roy Alexieff has demanded that the
Chinese administration and the Tartar
general be compelled to leave Muk-
den.
AT Pittsburg Fred Schuetz. son OF
Henry Schuetz, shot and seriously In
iured Mrs. Minnie Mccormick and
then fatally shot himself. 1t was
love affair.
Rear Admiral kennedy. retired, for
merly paymaster general Of the navy.
it is stated at the navy department
has been selected as treasurer Of the
Panama canal commission.
The president has signed the proc
lamation opening the Rosebud, n d.,
reservation to settlement. The reser
walton contains $4,000 acres and will
be opened at 9 a m. August s.
Miss Clara Barton has resigned the
presidency OF the American Red Cross
and was succeeded by Mrs. Genera
John A Logan. who has heretofore oc
cupied the Office Of vice president.
Samuel Enrich. a Denver. Col, de
tective. mas been convicted Of murdei
in the second degree for the murde
of William Malone. a salOonkeeper
on the night of February %. 1904.
BY order Of the boot and shoe man
ufacturers' association, six San Fran
cisco shoe factories and one in Peta
luna are closed. locking out nearl.
600 employees. It is labor trouble.
Because Of a strike of Iaborers. en-
gineers, fremen and winchmen at tn
Callao docks and the laborers on tn
Central railway. which broke on Ma,
8. traffic on the English railway ha
stopped.
The shipping strike at Marseilles 1
virtually over. The Captains. eng
neers and other officers OF the met
chant marine have agreed to resum
their duties on the shipping company
conditions.
The long pending and bitter lega
fight between the Burns-Hicks and tn
Hays factions OF the nniguCs OF La
Dor has been decided in favor OF tn
former by Justice Anderson OF tn
district equity court.
Damage exceeding $4,000 was don
when fire destroyed Haslam's saw an
shingle mills at NanaimO. 3. G. Tn
machinery was worth nearly 300 O'
Insurance to the amount Of $500
only was carried. The origin OF tn
fire is 4 mystery.
The Chicago Great Western Raj
way company has adopted a novel pIa
for protecting its right OF way fror
drifting SHOWS which 80 frequentl
impede train operations. The con
pany has ordered several hundre
thousand evergreen trees from a
Iowa nursery and will plant ther
thickly along the right Of way on a.
main tracks Of the company.
According to Lord Dundonald's rec
ommendations. the fortihcations Wi
be located on Point Grey and Poin
Atkinson. two prominent and opposit
points Of land. which command tn
entrance to Vancouver harbor, an
which would cover a wide range OF wa
ter. Lord Dundonald says that In IN
event Of war in India, Vancouve
would be an important base Of sur
plies in transit to the orient.
Captain Peary, U. s. ". the Arctl
explorer. Is negotiating for the sea
ing schooner Eagle. to convey hin
and preliminary expedition to Lii
tleton island. in the Greenland seas
during the present summer.
Two thousand Khamba warriors ar
marching TO join the army in the Gy
angtse fort The bombardment Of tn
camp continues. The Tibetans hav
found the range Of every building Il
the camp, but the British are well ur
der cover and communication with IN
rear Is still open