The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-02-06
telegraph NEWS SUMMARY
cuLLEp FROM DISPATCHES OF
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
A Review Of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemlspheres
purinc the Past Week-National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events TsrsslJ Told.

The Omaha Mckinley club cels-
brated the birth Of William Mckinley
with a banquet.
Mrs. Roosevelt gave another music
ale at the White House recently, TO
which very large company was in
vited.
Otto Seilof Of Chicago, was given
the decision over Jerry Mccarthy Of
Salt Lake recently at the end Of 20
slow rounds
Charles J. Ellis, OF San Francisco,
real estate agent committed suicide
recently by shooting himself through
the head at his residence The only
reason assigned is insanity
Exhausted at the end Of the 18th
round recently kid" Broad Of Cleve-
hand, abandoned his contest with Ed
die Hanlon OF san Francisco. and the
referee awarded the fight to the Cali
ko-nian.
Ex-Mayor Ames Of Minneapolis has
been released from the state peniten-
tiary Of Minnesota through the de-
otsion of the supreme court which
Quashed the indictment under which
he was tried. convicted and sentenced.
Kansas IS the storm center for
freight rate on grain and in the next
fortnight it is likely that the state
will be pretty thoroughly drained Of
the &c, 0OO, 900 bushels of wheat which
are supposed to be held by the farmers.
The report Of the commissioner Of
patents for the calendar year 1908
showed that the business transacted
exceeded all previous records. The
total cash receipts Of the office were
e1,6I6, 697, leaving 3 surplus Of $751;
GOO. There were 5O.2lS patents applied
for and sI.ssa issued.
SSyFire at Progreso. the chief port
uf Yucatan, recently destroyed an
mtire square OF business houses and
public buildings, including the market
The loss is $4,000. 900. The rail-
way Offices were consumed. The
public buildings were NOS insured and
the loss on them is $500 900.
Negotiations for the fiotation of
the, proposed sS5 900. 900 Cuban loan
have come to temporary halt The
banking interests declare that the
RussO-Japanese situation makes such
q transaction inadVisable as this time.
because it would tie up a large sum
on money which might DO used
elsewhere to better advantage.
News has reached Panama from
Bogota that. as Generals Reyes and
Cavallero have assured Columbia
that the United States will only OBJ
iect to her landing forces in the canal
zone, the Columbian government in
tends TO organize aud send an expedi-
ton against Panama.
Mrs. Lulu Prince Kennedy. Kramer.
on trial a second time for the murder
In January, 1901, Of her husband.
Phillip e.. Kennedy, was found not
guilty By jury at Kansas City As
her first trail she was convicted and
sentecned to 10 years in the peniten-
6ary. The conviction was reversed
on tecnnlcauty.
By his will, Captain Daniel @. Parr,
who died recently, aged 10 years,
leaves Immediately $500, 900 in person
al property and after the death Of his
last grand child, $3.50 900 in realty.
or his entire estate, toward the
establishment and maintenance Of
PARIS Rest refuge for old and
infrm woman at Louisville, KY.
Canton, Ohio, observed McKinleys
birthday in an appropriate manner.
Lieutenant General Chaffee, as chief
OF staff, has made report to the secre-
tary Of war, which will DO transmitted
TO congress-, urging an Appropriation
OF 81 1000, 900 for the purchase Of four
tracts Of ground, one each in the four
quarters Of the United States, for
military maneuVers.
The Chefoo correspondent Of the
London Daily Mail says a foreigner
who has arrived there reports that
the Russian steamship Arugun, upon /
which he was q passenger from Maya
'azEf t0'-Port Danley. was fred at BY
! Japanese wafship outside of Chem
alpO harbor. Three kzats were fred
sorosA the Arugun's bows, b.. m
.ur1ner attempt was made to stop her.