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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-11-11
OREGON ITEMS.

MeIburn Alvin, the year old son o.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Mathew OF Flora,
was drowned in a garbage bucket
while in the house alone.
The enterprising residents OF Free
water have under consideration the
project of raising funds for the erec-
ton Of a suitable building near the
depot in which it is proposed 10 dis
play the resources Of this section OF
the country. II is suggested that
building l6x24, with glass on one side.
be erected.
A test To determine whether Athena
section OF the country is adapted TO the
successful growing Of hops has been
made near there. The experiment has
proved entirely successful, showing
that the soil. as well as the climate.
is we'll adapted 10 the growing Of hops.
In fact. this section Of the country Is
thought to be in some respects SUI
perior to that on the coast
Lying at deaths door in q Portland
hospital is Jack Williams. an unem-
ployed longshoremRn. who was shot
full OF bird shot by c. b. Murhard. q
plumber. into a window OF whose
home the victim was peeping. He
had obscene pictures In his posses
sion. and he Is said by the police to
be a man who has gained the reputa-
ton OF late Of being a ~Peeping Tom.
Fire damaged the Hotel Oxford at
Portland to the extent Of $4,000. The
IRE started in the basement and quick.
~ spread.
The price Of land in Athena has been
advancing rapidly for the past threa
or four years.
w. "A. 0lston. supposed TO be a
travelling man from 81. Paul. Mimi
was thrown from a street car az Port
1 land and killed. The blowing out oi
a fuse. caused the car. which wa
travelling rapidly. 10 stop suddenly.
Sums Of money, agEregatiRg thoup
ands Of dollars are tied up by reasou
of the inability to adjudIcate proceed
inEs In bankruptcy. owing 10 the Va
cancy in the once Of the United
states district Judge at Portland
Cases in admiralty are also in a stAaa
OF suspense.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-11-11
IDAHO NEWS.

Chinese Inspector F. W. Mcfarland
OF Helena. Mont. and Inspector John
Sullivan of Priest River. Idaho. ar
rested a Chinese woman and eight
Cinnamon who were making their way
into the United States by the Boomers
Ferry route.
The schools Of Shoshone county win
be closed all of this week to enable
the teachers to attend the institute al
Wallace. which viii be in session all
Of the week.
JEFF Thompson, the pioneer miner
who in the fall Of 1861 erected the
FIRST house in the Boise valley, died at
the county hospital at Lewiston last
week.
Samuel e. Bibby. surgeon general Of
the Idaho National guard, Is dead.
Isaac Mcfarland the hoteikeeper al
Forest. lies dead and his wife is in q
critical condition as a result OF gun
shot wounds inflicted by Mcfarland.
Andy Goddard. Darwin Bevan and
George Halleck. all OF Wardner, whs
started on a trip 20 New Orleans down
the Missouri and Mississippi rivers
going over the route travelled by Lewis
and Clark In their expedition, abandon
ed the trip after reaching n point II
North Dakota. They found the rive
fun OF floating ice and the weather ex
tremely cold. They disposed Of tn
boat they had built In Montana an'
returned to Wardnor.
Fifty thousand hsh have been places
in Idaho streams hx the United State
EoxeEameat since August. within tn
last two weeks 5000 have been place
in the streams OF Latah. Ne1 Porc
land Koo:enai counties.
The sheriff al Lewiston recent
burned gamblers toolR valued At -
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-11-11

Nine. Helena ModjeskA will appear
in Spokane this season on her fare
well tour Of America.
Ethel Barrymore is still on tour In
Sunday" the play OF western life in
which she made such q strong i'm
precision last season.
Joe WEIGH. the popular delineator
OF Hebrew character roles, is appear
ing in Hal Reid's drama, The Ped.
Ter" again this season.
Alice Nelson, formerly a most pop
ular singer OF comic opera. but az
present n full iedged prima donna Of
grand opera, has just returned from
d. tour years sojourn in Europe and
will shortly inaugurate an operate
tour through the United States.
Nine. Calves tour opened October
20 10 Toronto. where she was greeted
b, a $1,000 house She is not the only
attraction. as she is supported by q
splendid company. II she appears al
Spokane in January she will sins
Carmen in costume.
Nat Goodwin has decided to come
west again AAln HE@nAH NAtN AAfAN @N-A
booked by Manager Petrich OF the
Spokane theater for one night, Jan
uary S.
Grace Elliston is 10 create the rol
81 shirley in Charles Klein's new PLAY
Tie Lion and the Mouse"
Vera Mieheiena and Reuben Fax ar
m The cast II The Yankee Consul,
which will be seen in Spokane later il
i the season.
/ Rhea Acton. who plays Jennie Il
+ ~ Crk State Folks Is to be starre'
as sunday. the character which ha
been made famous by Ethel Barry
more
A play which teaches a moral an
stirs one to do better deeds and b
satisfied with life as one finds il,
always To be commended. and this /
what WIN G. Murphy has accom-
plished in his wonderful story Of VIII
Women Sim. which win be presente
Int the Spokane Theater Saturday, NJ
i yember II. Smiles and tears are bar
lpiiy blended and a rich scenic equiI
ment helps to round out this thrillin
story OF life
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-11-11
MINING NOTES.

The Payne mine ID SLOGAN. b. c., has
been Leased 60 Walter Smith. former.
iy Of the Enterprise mine.
The SLOGAN Star Mining company.
controlled By Byron N. White Of spo'
kane, has declared q dividend Of Szb.-
600. per cent on the capitalization.
Great excitement prevailed 81 Mos
COW recently from the report that
free gold had been found on the farm
OF A. NJ Buchanan. a farmer who
lives about two miles from Cornwall
g. r. Parrish, former manager OF
the i4e Roi mine al Rossland. ID. c..
and important Boundary properties. Is
10 the Occur d'Alene district.
The Butte Reduction works. owned
by united States Senator w. A. Clark.
are closed. according 10 General Man
agrF A. II. wethey. who positively re-
fused la aceede TO the demands Of
the wiEa rope makers for an increase
of pay from Is.s0 to 50 per day. The
rope makers union numbers about 20
persons. Who are now on = strike.
a million dollars q month Ii going
60 Goldnsid. nnllfroE and Tonopah for
I investment IN mining shares. The 70
yer 81 speculation il rampant
The hrnt zinc concentrates ever sent
from the CoeuF a'Alenea we're shipped
I last Neek from the Success mine 10 an
lola. kan. smciter There were about
90 tons d concentrates IN the ship
meni
1 Reports Of a discovery ~ tungsten
or uolframite IN the Cascade noun
IAina Ia northern Washington for sew
sgai mohths have been verified by Tbs
receipt 81 eight or ten sacks q ore
brought 10 BY pack trains AZ various
times. and the results q analytical In
reb,iEatioa,
A nesrs gaseous Gre Is rAg,sg in th'
YouEhlogheny d Ohio Coal company
mine Al AmweFdAms Ohio, Il original
80 from a shot fred By Charles Hon
man. who vas fatally burned. All %
the 900 miners got cut Many had mar
ruw escapes. and some were badil
aiHKcd.
Ia obedience to the order 81 Iudg'
iiunl. Who found them guilty Of con
temp, Of court Ia extracting ore from
abe disputed Blue vein N tho Nippc
mine at Butte. contrary 20 the term
~ an injunction. the Parrot Copper 4
silver Mining company Of the Amaiga
J mated Cope company and ita on
} eials paid an~a and costa amountinl
} 10 $500 into the uai,ed States cour'
: For the value OF ore the sum oi t22S
| uas deposited
The Hendyx aEi,ator and process
, OF ryanidinR ore which has been IN
, stalled ~ the Reliance mine, in IN
? Nelson. q. C. district. has been d.
clArcd BY Superintendent y. Lay q
! the Reliance 20 be \ complete SUGGEST
Seven miners are dead and a nun
, Der uf others we're seriously injured a
result ~ an explosion recently
one ~ the TldcwRtcr Coat & Cox
company'a mines a. Vivian. W Va.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-11-11
The GIRL HoRsgrHrEF.
Sketch Of the Girl Who Has Been Sent
20 the Pen for Two Years.

Sketch Of the Girl Who Has Been Sent
TO the Pen for Two Years.
Myrtle Upton. the girl horsethief.
who was sentenced az Colfax. Wash.
te serve two years In the state peuiten-
uary. although only is years old, has
most remarkable history. She says.
Il never did any homework and
don't know how, From the time l
was old enough to do any work help
cd on the farm, driving horses aud
doing the work Of a boy. I never
cooked a meal in my life and know
lots more about horses. plows and
farm work than about dishes. cooking
and work about the house.
Il like to work out doors and would
lots rather wear mems clothing than
dresses I always helped my father
and he treated me like a boy. ] plow'
ed for several weeks with the team
stole. There were three horses, a
bay. a gray and a brown. liked these
horses and one night | made up my
mind TO steal them.
when / got the money for them
4 aGabsNu-t Nbth AN& AAAAu AAi " ais
waila. There / blowed all the money
in for clothes. | then went 70 Pres
colt. where we had lived. went &c
a neighbor's and they did not know
me. had my hair cut short at Sc
John. Il has always been rather
short. as had II shingled about once
overy Year. l asked for a room tC
dress in and went in there and put OF
girls clothes.
Il read in the papers all about tnen
Hooking for me. but I did not try e
get away. When the constable ant
another man came after me they hAS
two big guns and q pair Of handouts
They pulled the guns on me and trie'
to make me throw up my hands.
wouldn't do II and bluned them botl
out They were big men and 'ruboe'
Il into them about two big men an'
two guns and a pair Of handouts afte
one little girl. but they could not pu
handouts on me and they didn't
vent with them In their wagon. The,
had a lantern and did not blow, IL out
. but put Il under the ae1t~ iiNhted. M
It burned and smoked my clothes aN
ful."
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-11-11

00o. Many machines we're found 70 be
fixed" as the interior Of Tie appar-
atus showed how the victims stood a
ppor chance Of winning.
A Company composed Of is citizens
cf Trey have purchased Percheron
stallion, The animal was imported
from Trance. and cost he company
e. 400. He d four yea old. and
brings with him a pedigree verified by
the Frenfh government.
J. H. Bruff. . fireman on n freight
engine on the WaiIaee-Teko run. WAS
badly burned recently when the head
light OF the engine. which he was
lighting, exploded Burning oil was
thrown on Brun's face. and in a mo
ment his clothing was in flames He
hurried with all speed from the front
OF the engine 70 the tender and low
cred himself through the manhoIe in
to the water tank
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-11-11
RIDDLE A BLIND rIeER.-
Kentucky Militia Battles With a Law
less Gang on the Border.

kentucky Militia Battles With a Law
less Gang on the Border.
Middlesboro. KY. Nov Ga reign
OF terror exists In the border line city
that threatens 70 rival in violence the
bloody feuds Of Breathitt county. The
Middiesboro militia company spent
Sunday afternoon in the mountains
after a lawiess gang. said TO be head
ed by Frank Ball. wanted for the muir
der Of John Bolen. barber. Ball is
reported TO have with him crowd OF
AZ least 90 men. who intend 10 resist
his arrest 70 the last
-Four miles from Middlesboro the
soldiers attacked a blind tiger" and
riddled II with steel bullets. They
succeeded IN capturing nine Of the
men. Returning 70 town. a rolicall Of
the company showed the absence Of
three men. whose whereabouts are un
known.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-11-11

Within the past month there have
been six men confined in Butte jail
awaiting trial for murder committed
in the city.
After 3 bitterly fought court con
test reaching over the past Eve years
the Wolf & ZWicker Iron works Of
Portland were awarded decision for
81. 900 against the Butte waterworks
al Butte The judgment is fer an
unpaio balance for the construction d
a pipe line for the water company
Peter Coello was assassinated Sat
urday morning al Butte by Anton Mas
seno. The two Italians. who were
close friends, were drinking and jokes
led 20 a quarrel.
PAT O'Brien, miner, met a horrible
death at Zortman while working in an
open cut for the Alder Gnlch Mining
COM any of that place. He drilled a
MISS hole. and the explosion liter
ally tore the lower part Of his body
awas. while bis chest and face were
filled with small stones and dirt He
lived four hours and was conscious
up to the last minute
Ia mas Murphy. an electrician, VS.
killed Saturday al Anaconda by 8 fail
from a pole He lived recently in
Helena.
Within a stones throw Of police
headquarters and In the very heart OF
the business section OF Butte, a mask
ed highwayman walked into Joe Har-
mons saloon on Broadway, near Main.
shortly before O'Clock in the morn
ing and at the point Of revolver com
PEELED the proprietor to hand over the
contents OF the cash register. about
s75.
Virgil Stewart ard Hector MeI.e3d
we're arrested Rt Standpoint, Idaho. ON
suspicion Of being the men who held
up the Northern Pacific operator az
Rayelli. recently. The men stOutly
denied that they had been az Rayelli.
Mcleod is a halfbreed Indian and both
men live on the F7athead reservation,
near the scene Of the holdup.
i While walking along the county
, road three miles south OF Helena Sun
day. ]. C. Dolive and A. K Arpin, tWc
well known telegraphers employed IN
the local Western Union Office. were
without the least warning, fired upon
. four times from ambush by an IN
known man. and each sustained dan
genous but not necessarily fatal In
Ijuries. Their assailant escaped and
because Of the darkness officials WIZ
went in search Of the would be muir
I derer wee compelled to abandon ths
chase. Arpin was shot twice in tbs
! left thigh and Dolive in the right arm
! and right groin.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-11-11
DUNGEON DOORS ARE OPENED
Out Of Russian Prisons Come
Wrstehes In Sad Plight.

st. Petersburg. Nov. From all
over Russia comes news Of the release
OF political prisoners under the am
uesty proclamations. There were many
nitiful incidents connected with the re.
uniting OF families here In 81 Peters
burg. A relief commission has been
organized TO furnish clothing and aid
for the poor wretches. The doors OF
the bastile. spalernla. the detention
prison ON the Viborg side Of the river,
waa opened Al 6 o'clock this morning.
Notwithstanding the hour and the
darkness. several thousand persons
ronRreEated about the entrance. The
authorities gave 70 each person re
leased 20 cents TO pay his cab fart
and turned him loose.
The news Of the coming release wal
comparatively unknown within tbs
prison walls on the previous night.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-11-11
sur cAsE rRAoEDY.
Head 81 Susan osary. Supposed Vie
tim, Found IN Bay.

Head o. susan GeaFYs supposed VIC
tim, Found in Bay.
Boston, Nov. What 10 confidently
believed to be the head Of Susan A.
GeaTy, the dress suit case victim, Was
recovered In 8 leather handbag from
the bottom OF the harDor. II was
dragged 20 the surface very near the
point where Lewis w. Crawford and
William Howard. who have confessed
10 disposing Of the dIsmembered body
Of the girl, said they dropped II from
the stern Of an East Boston ferry boat.
The head completes the body OF the
girl. The trunk was found on Sep.
TENDER /. and the limbs were picked
up October Z. The leather bag in
which the head had been placed, to
gether with 30 pounds Of loose shot,
did not move. apparently. from the
place where IL sank.
Morris Nathan, the lover Of Miss
Geary. win be arraigned in court on a
charge OF abortion.
DR.. H. D. Mcleod. who was arrested
in the Back Bay district Friday for
alleged completely in the case, left
town today for q few days. He IL
under bond Of $4,000.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-11-11
ARMY DESERTIONS.
DURING LAST FISCAL YEAR $3.50
QUITE THE SERVICE.
Major General Alnsworth in His An
n0aI Report Devoted Much Atten.
ton 70 the subIset-cantssn Not
Likely to Be hestors6-Easy and
Luxurious Life Of soldiers Criticized.

Major General r. C. Ainsworth, the
military secretary. in his annual re-
port. devoted much attention 70 de-
seTIions IRON the army. Those who
know how the eanteen came TO be
abolished, he states. are not hopeful
Of It's restoration; there Is no likeli-
hood OF any such increase in the sol
dieFs' pay as will offset the greater in
.Geen4cAt offered la civil pursuits; the
comforts and even luKuries that are
furnished men la our service are even
noS cflueized BY some as being not
only e1tfayagant but injurious In their
effect on men whose real business Il
is To march and eight, encountered
with few comforts and no Injuries;
and the discipline and instruction 70
which the soldier il nov subjected are
not likely 10 be relaxed In the future.
de continues:
Our people have little real interest
In the army in time OF peace and from
lae earliest days Of the republic have
been accustomed 10 look upon il as .
more or less unnecessary institution
Enlistment Ia the army In time Of
peace Is not uncommonly regarded a.
evidence Of Sorthiessneas ON the part
uf the recruit
Il is safe 20 predict that desertionI
from the army Will continue TO be e1
radical change Of public sentiment
toward the army and until the de
serter shall come 10 be regarded Al
the criminal that be ls. 10 be ostrA
ciEed and hunted down as reientlessly
a. any other tTRnsRreSsor Of the laws
| There Is 30 reason TO look for such /
change ~ sentiment Ia the near fnt
urw. and there are some who believ'
that the change Wal never come unit
our people shall have learned. through
national disaster and humiliation tina
the effective maintenance OF an arm.
OF professional soldiers Is Absolusel.
essential 20 the preservation Of the ma
tionai honor sud life. and that tn
trained and disciplined troops Of
tu4odura esemy can not be withEtood B.
hastily organized armies Of untraine
or haif trained civilians.
The losses In the regular army dui
ing the fiscal year we're; ohicers XII
ed in action or died Of wounds. diseas'
etc. -: resigned or discharged. 20
dismissed. Is. deserted. ,; retired. b
total. IFS
. Enlisted men killed In action or die
Of wounds. disease. etc, s77; dii
charged upon expiration d term {
service. 22.25t. discharged for dis
bliity by sentence OF court martial an
r by order. $3.50. deserted. 6sS3; retire'
lIss. total. 3A.A3i.
/ During the year ga battle flags
! custody Of the war department weT
s returned 10 the governors Of the state
In which the regiments that bore theI
: we're raised. He says there stiil r
. main here 4S2 OF these fiREs.
g General AinswoFth recommends thi
!. these union flags be transferred 10 II
Z United States Military academy. an
that the confederate iags be given
some general confederate memorial {
historical association.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-11-11
aYork state Eolka.v

The announcement is now made that
york State Folks has been secured
for the Spokane theater next Thurs
day and Friday evenings, november
3 and 10. Plays OF unquestionahle
merit like york State Folks" are 50
few and come 80 seldom that All
should see them. In this play, the
author was indeed close to nature's
heart. and his story is OF intense in
terest because it takes men with
hearts and showing them in natural
surroundings TO tell the story OF life
as It lives every day. Few playrights
strike 50 true key as Mr.. SidmAr
and his play viii be welcome visitor
n every community that Il ever ap
"a
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-11-11

Il has been claimed that Abraham
Lincoln was descended from men who
we're connected with the law, but this
IL dispruyed by Frederick Trevor Hill
In the opening article Of his work on
Lincoln the lawyer. which IL TO be.
gin In an early number Of the Cen
fury.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-11-11
g.. PAUL SALOONS 90 we'll.
AAInneapoiitans Hike to Twin City for
IN Orgy.

~ Orgy.
ST. Paul. MINI. Nov. 6.-FOrty
thousand thirsty Minneapolitans came
TO st. Paul Sunday for the purpose OF
getting liquor. Mayor Jones of Min
neapolis has placed the I'D down on
Minneapolis. and every saloon IN the
city was closed. This IL the frst time
In the history Of the city that such q
thing has been done.
II was a gala day for the saloon
men OF ST. Paul. and II is estimated
that $4,000 Of Minneapolis money
was left in this city.
In st. Paul the 500 saloons never
close. The police report less drunken
ness than for months.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-11-11

Senator John w. Daniel Of Virginia
Is working steadily on the writing Of
the memoirs OF General Jubal A. Early,
the distinguished confederate leader.
The senator has but recently returned
TO his home in Washington from an
extended trip in search Of material for
notes and additions 10 the book.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-11-11

Having pledged itself e rsise tbA1.'
77a the coming year. the executive
committee 81 the womans Fureign
missionary society Of the Methodist
church brought It's ssth annual session
to 4 close IN New YORK with . service
OF song and prayer.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-11-11

Il requires the workmanship Of 20
men and the use Of much costly ma.
chlnery 10 make that dainty article og
the household. the thimble
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-11-11

Elsie-why do they say grandpa ID
In his second childhood7
Tommy guess it's because he's
bald like the Chicago News.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-11-11
nenda Az Thrown q TIHIa.

Tiais. - Patriotic demonstrations
sunday WIRE participated in by 10000
persons. While procession was
passing along Golowinski prospect fir,
ing began. Bombs were thrown at the
troops. who answered with rife shots.
The dead numbered 10 and there we're
many wounded. In another place .
crowd of school pupils with revolu'
tionary Gags collided with a loyal
demonstration The troops fred in
the air with a view to dispensing the
crowds and n general encounter en-
sued, In which four were killed and II
wounded
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-11-11

Most deaths occur between sunset
and sunrise.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-11-11
COMING ATTRACTIONS At THE
SPOKANE THEATER.

Nov. s-i0-York State Folks.
Nov. i4.I5-Sultan OF Sulu-
Nov. iS-Is-Peggy OF Paris.
Nov. 22-2s-Merry BuTlesquers.
Nov. 24-25-Artzona
Nov. 26-Peck's Bad Boy.
Nov. 2s-2s-Thoroughbreds.
Out Of town patrons can have seats
reserved for any OF the above per
tormances by writing or telegraphiAs
Jos. Petrich. manager Of Spokane the
alter. who viii give such orders his
special attention. Prices range from
IS cents 70 $50.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1905-06-02
The Brown and Black Of Il.

The pretty little village OF Prince
ton. Me-, boasted of but one negro.
He was great favorite with the farm.
ers and other natives who frequented
the corner grocery. One day a Mr..
Brown, who was an extremely dark
complexioned gentleman. met the old
colored man in the store. They were
talking on one of the topics OF the
day, when Mr.. Brown said: ooh, to
change the subject. Billy, what is 1t
makes you so blackY'
"Well," replied Billy, with merry
eyes. 81 jes' lives be black as a berry
as dark Brown"