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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-05-06
NORTHWEST STATES
WASHINGTON. IDAHO. MONTANA,
AND OREGON NEWS ITEMS.
a Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the sur.
rounding cOunsry-NUmsrOUs AesI-
dents and Personal Events Take
Plaee--outIook 10 BrI0ht
OREGON NEWS.

Prairie City Marshal w. II. Lucy
shot and killed Ernest Hickman. the
bartender IN Woods saloon recently.
lie was trying to stop a quarrel
The Portland box ordinance, which
prohibits the maintenance % boxes or
private rooms in saloons and Eektanr,
euts. has been upheld BY the supreme
court
Oregon State Dairy and Food Com
missioner Bailey Il preparing 10 en-.
force The rev state Law which re,
gniF0s that milk contain 81 per cent
Of iuIleE fat an increase Of ! per cent
over the present standard. Cream
must have 20 per cent and lee cream
~ per cent Certificates are 10 be Is.
sued 10 the various daiFymen and TO
ereameFies ~ the state for $3.50.
The property OF the factory At Echo
which Was established 10 can the slack
taii rabbits at thai vicinity. IL TO be
disposed Gf - Hharifs sale.
Pursuant 70 orders issued W the
police committee o. the Pendlston city
council. Marshal Carney has notified
saloon men that gambling must stop
Immediately
The Hotel Eastern. q two story
frame building Of PendielOn. was de.
stFoyed b. are early sunday morning
Tho 20 guests escaped uniniuFed.
though several women tainted from
fright The loss lie estimated al $1,000 /:
insurance 5000.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-05-06
MONTANA NoTEa.

II the rumor Is true that the United
States government has authorized the
construction works on MIX river,
which runs from Montana into the
Northwest territory and then back to
the United statea territory. the effect
Of which construction would be TO dl.
vert the water from Canadian terri.
tory. strong protest win be made by
the dominion government TO the
Washington authorities, The domin.
ion favors sending this matter TO the
international waterway commission.
In a &c OF dependency caused by
constant brooding over family trouble,
Mrs. Kate Shea. aged SO years, Of
Butte. attempted 10 end her life by
swallowing a quantity Of rough on rata.
Patrick Mullins. a miner, aged 81.
single. was killed IN the Mountain
Consolidated mine at Butte BY a fall
Of rock.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-05-06

With elaborate ceremonies. begin
ming Wednesday and ending Friday.
the names Of s0.s6s soldiers and sail
ors Of Japan killed prior to the battle
Of Mukden were enshrined in the Sko-
konsha temple at Toxic. Many kins-
men and kinswomen Of the victims OF
the war assembled in Toxic TO partici-
pate in the ceremony and were shown
special consideration. These were the
special guests Of the government. The
flag Of the Russian cruiser Variag,
which was sunk in the first naval hat
tie Of the war. and a standard captured
at Mukden are on exhibition In the
temple. The emperor and empress Of
Japan attended the ceremony on
Thursday and the crown princess was
present on Friday.
The ceremony is based on the ma
tional belief OF the immortality OF the
soul and the homage due to ancestors.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-05-06

Charles NJ, Schwab OF New York
who is on his way from st. Peters
burg to Luxembourg to visit the iron
works and who thence viii return
home, stopped over in Berlin for a
day, In an interview. Mr. Schwab said
Il was quite true that he had made a
contract with the Russian government
for warships. but that he considered
Il would be improper for him to talk
about H. Those In the Russian gov.
eminent who knew Of the contract,
he said. were the ones to make the
terms public.
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Carnegie oIns to Date.

carneEie's public benefactions e
date total tI2l. 600. as follows:
Libraries in the United States
SOS. Ooo, 900.
Heroes families relief fund, IS.
900, 600.
Libraries in foreign countries, IS.
100000
Carnegie Institute. Pittsburs. s7.s52.
Polytechnic School, Plttsburg. -.
900. 600.
Employees pension fund. Pittsburg
$4,000. 600
Carnegie National University. $40.
OO0. 900.
Allied engineers societies. si.5oO.
Peace temple, at The Hague. 1880,
600.
Dunfermline endowment S2.5ob. 900
Scotch University endowment, SIS,
900. 900.
Gifts TO small colleges. Si7,O00.Oe0.
Miscellaneous benefaetions in the
United States. siS.0o0.000.
Miscellaneous bencfactions In Eu
rope. 100000.
For annuities to professors, So.
600. 700.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-05-06

Congressman and Mrs. Joseph n.
Dixon have arrived In MissouIa after
an extended trip through the south and
west, Mr.. Dixon says that IL all the
national irrigation projects are work.
ed out. Montana will have more land
under government irrigation than any
other state in the union. II is the plan
Of the government 20 reclaim between
100000 and 100000 acres In that
state.
The Spectator Mining company viii
pass into the hands OF the North Butte
Copper company In the course Of q few
weeks. On the agreement being sign
ed 20 sell the property 3 deposit Of
100000 was made as binding the bar
gain. Later. in further accordance
with the agreement. $1,000. 600 was de-
posted In New York TO the credit Of
the Spectator Mining company. The
balance Of the purchase. s3 800 600. Is
payable any time between now and
June /.
James g. NeaFy. a freight conductor
ON the Burlington road. was struck
BY a passenger train in the yards At
Billings and killed Neary was check
Ing up his freight train preparatory
20 pulling out. and did not see the
passenger.
Judge w. n. Hunt. IN the federal
court. has appointed Claude y. Moore
OF Helena receiver for the Jefferson
Valley Trading company o. Whitehall.
whose creditors have died q petition
seeking involuntary bankruptcy. His
bond was fxed AZ $4,000.
The federal grand jury AZ Helena
has made it's report and was discharg.
ed, A total Of IS indictments were re,
turned.
JR. Scot, Of the wild Rose poultry
ranch. near Red Rock. has been en-
gagged 10 take charge - the poultry
department o. the Montana AgFieul-
snral college nj BoEeman.
Secretary Pace Of the Montana State
fair has announced the greatest racing
stakes ever given In the northwest
The people u Helena have guaranteed
four stake races of $1,000 each
Hanging by bis left les out Of q win.
doW 81 the third noor Of the oWkiey
block In Butte. with blood streaming
from wounds inflicted By himself with
a dull rusty knife. Joe Cranberry. q
miner. cursed the men who attempted
20 NaTa him from death recently. and
struck savagely ~ his reacuers with
the katie with which be had stabbed
himself and which be held ciAEped in
bis hand until be dropped q from
sheer weakness. the weapon falling TO
Tho street below. Dependency and
III health Is believed to have prompted
Cranberry 10 aitemp, suicide He re
fuses 70 talk. except 10 curse that hia
effort III self destruction WAS a failure
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aREAT els pLAYER INsANE.
Champion Harry Piilsbury Tries Sui
eide.

Champion Harry PiiIsbury Tries Sui
eide.
When Harry Nelson Pillsbury. the
American champion chess player, one
time champion Of the world and prob
ably the most marvellous trick chess
player that ever lived. tried to commit
suicide in Philadelphia during a fit Of
insanity q few days ago he only full
filled the fate which has been that OF
nearly all d the great masters Of the
game. says the Chicago Chronicle The
tremendous mental strain which they
undergo in the great tournaments. aid
ed and abetted by excessive use Of
stimulants 10 keep them keyed up to
the proper pitch. Is too much for the
human brain, no matter how abnormal
u brilliant.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-05-06
IDAHO FOREST RESERVES.
Opinion in Washington. o. C., is sena-
tor Hepburn VIII Fail.

~F''-'~" :" "~~'sai'haNts ~ ~ - SShe-
tor Hepburn VIII Fail.
Al the national capital the opinion
prevails that Senator Heyburn's pro
test against the establishment of eight
additional forest reserves In Idaho will
avail him little, and that the policy
Of the administration with respect 20
the establishment Of forest reserves.
as outlined by Forest Pinchot. will be
carried out At best, the senator can
only hope 70 restrict the magnitude OF
Forester Pinchots program.
The eight reserves mentioned above,
namely. the shoshone, embracing L.
00s 600 acres Of land: Kootenai. en-.
bracing 5000 acres OF land: the Hen.
rvs lake, covering 100000 acres OF
land in the eastern portion OF Ere
mont county: the Sawtooth, embracing
nearly three times as much in Boise
county: the Payette. Of a million acres
In Idaho county; the squaw creek d..
vision Of the Weiser, embracing 500.
600 acres 10 Washington county: the
200, 600 acre addition 10 the Yellow.
stone reserve in Bingham county. and
the proposed $50. 600 acre addition 20
the Bitter Root reserve in Idaho coun-
ty, II created. will embrace about s..
100000 acres Of land. These reserves
would pretty much include all Of Sho.
shone, Boise and Idaho counties. as
well as immense strips in Fremont and
bingham counties on the eastern
Boundary line.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-05-06
AntlduellIna Lsaaus.

The antidueIlins league Is endeavor.
ing TO strike at the causes Of crels.
and urges the German government 70
support = bin providing for the punish
meut Of unfaithful husbands and wives
with imprisonment u from six 10 "a
months; Furnishing persons who I'M
truthfuliy assert that e woman has
been unfaithful to her husband; pun
lshlng with Imprisonment. instead q
by ane alone q man Who insults an.
other or who llbels him. and treating
killing IN q duel as murder. and al
who participate In a duel As criminals
under The ordinary coda
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-05-06

Seattle. Wash.--The steamer 0lym-
pia is anchored in the Sound here with
$40 Japanese laborers aboard who are
to be landed and distributed along the
sections OF the Great Northern rail-
road. The orientals were brought
from plantations In the Hawaiian ISL
ands by the Oriental Trading COM
pany. The Western Central Labor
union believes that the importation
of the Japanese Is in violation Of the
alien contract labor law and an at.
tempt Is being made TO secuss re.
straining order and prevent their be-
ing landed.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-05-06
Norway and Sweden Acree.

Stockhosm.-The special committee
Of both chambers Of congress have de-
cided to send a joint commission to
the government. expressing entire ap-
prevail and assent to the proposals OF
Crown Prince Regent Gustav. April 6.
for the initiation Of negotiations as
follows:
First. common Swedish or Nor
wegian foreign minister; second. a spe-
eial consular service for each country.
the consuls to be under the direction
OF the foreign minister in all matters
Affecting relations with foreign coun-
tries"
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-05-06

ST. Louis, Mo-, May s.-Edward ].
Smith Of San Francisco. fugitive from
Justice. was arrested here at the rail-
road station. He is charged with hav.
ing embeEEled $685., 900 as city tax col.
lector in that city. He admitted his
identity and acknowledged TO the OIL
GERS here that he Is short SOS, 900 in
his accounts. He is willing 10 return
TO California without requistion.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-05-06
IDAHO BoulRaa,

A. q recent meeting % the state
board q deposits they authorised the
distribution u slGb 600 to various
banks under the deposit las. The rate
~ Interest vas azed at ~ Per cent.
Money MAS ordered sent 20 - banks
in lots nf $4,000 and $500.
W A Capieh. uho rccratiy return
cd % Spokane frum = prospecting trip
tn the vicinity u Goldacld. New. has
received mesa u the death there Of
his partner. J u. Frazer. Of pneuBo.
MIA. Nr Frazer vas sell kn0wn In
the coauF d'AIruca.
ttuFduu waitua. a minor al Mace.
Il ~ the hospital undergoing treatment
for q kFuksn shoulder blade. caused
b an 70 foot fail down the shaft ~
tho mine Those who YES, 10 bis A..
sistanee expected 10 learn that he vas
dad. bot they were surprised 10 and
him NOT seriously hurt The only bone
broken wna the shoulder blade
iIlppoiytr pcrtanii. one uf the old,
est pioaerE ~ lewiston died Sunday
morning 81 old age. 10 WaH - years
and 10 usuu,hn old. Mr pcvrnnli came
In t.rEtsfea In iss3 ard lived here cor.
tinunuaiY ever since
Secretary Wilson 81 the department
~ agriculture has recommended 10
Secretary Hitchcock that the Spokane
International Railway company be
granted = riEat of way through the
proposed kop,enai forest reserve In
knotrnai county. idaho Secretary
Wilson also recommended that the
company be authorized TO cut all tim.
ber tnF necessary construction pur.
pnnna
Ncr Percc--AftsS hanging from the
ceiling oi bis shack for three or four
months. ths body Of John Muir vas
discovered In a mummyaed condition
by the town marshal There was
scarcely 10 pounds 81 the $50 pound
man left II WAS a clear case OF sui
eide. and no inquest will be held.
The idaho County Sunday School
union will hold its annual convention
at Orangeviiie, June le. II and Is
Senator Hepburn expects 10 remain
at Wallace during tho greater part OF
the summer. He has accepted an lnvi-
tAtion from thu reclamation committee
from the house and the senate. which
10 visiting the western states. 20 &C.
company a. The tour viii last for q
month. but important business matters
will prevent Senator Hepburn from
being with them during the entire trip.
He will. however, meet the committee
In southern Idaho in the latter part Of
June. and will remain with the mem.
beers while they are in Idaho.
The people Of the Troy section arc
preparing descriptive circular Of the
country for distribution at the Port
land exposition.
A grandmother az the age Of 30 IL
the proud distinction claimed by Mrs.
o. Meyer Of Grangeville. A 10 pound
boy arrived at the home of Mrs. Sllas
Deford. her daughter. In Graugevillo a
few nights ago. The young grandmoth.
or came from Omaha four years ago.
She is the mother OF six children.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-05-06

Professor John C. Olsen Of the
Brooklyn Polytechnic institute reports
1000. 900 bacteria IN one sample Of
milk bought in Brooklyn.
American dynRmos light the streets
and operate the electric railways Of
nearly an europe.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-05-06

Mexico City, May 1.-F1re insurance
companies doing business in this coun.
try. principally German and British
companies, have agreed to advance
rates from 80 to 20 per cent.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-05-06
BRITlsH CONE 70 AMERICA.
over 4ss.s77 Came to the New World
in 1904.

in 1904.
A preliminary report just issued
shows that the number Of British emil
grants who went to America in 1904
was nearly double the combined to
tai OF those emigratiag to ali the Brit
ish colonies Thus out Of a total Of
45s.S77 leaving the United Kingdom,
2sl,s45 went to America, being a. 600
more than in 1903. Canada attracted
the next largest number. s1.6s4s 81
27S went to South Africa. and 1870
emigrated to Australia The rest went
70 various parts Of the world.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-05-06

Chicago. May l.-Thomas GAhan.
for many years national democratic
committeeman from Illinois, died here
OF Bright's disease.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-05-06

Great Falls, Mont, May s.-The
dead body Of Ivan Bennett, the one
year old child OF a family residing
near Taber, was found damned In an
eight inch bore well ON the ranch d.
day. The boy was suftooated. How
no came 10 be- In the we'll Il a mystery.
His clothes had 10 be cut and torn of
before che body could be extrioated.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-05-06

American sash, doors and pther
woodwork sold IN England and pthor
foreign countries,
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-05-06
TORNADO IN TEXAS
SIXTEEN PEOPLE WERE KILLED
At LAREDO, TEXAS.
Storm Tore Through City During the
Nisht-scorss q People injured and
the Property Loss viii BE Enormous
Railroad Coaches Blown ovep-
Bridges Are Also Wrecked.

Sixteen people were killed and many
injured in Laredo, Texas. by q lorna.
do which tore through the city late at
night Rumors OF others killed In
places outsiae Larea0 are heard. but
as yet lack confirmation. The crop,
erty damage is large.
Not one OF the group OF magnih.
cent buildings which go TO make up
Laredo seminary escaped injury. The
escape from death OF the teachers
quartered In the institution is cousld-
cred miraculous. as the walls Of some
Of the buildings which they occupied
were demolished. Mrs. Eastlsy. one
OF the teachers. was heroicaliy rescued
by several cadet students OF the in.
stiintion, they lowering her by . rope
from a second story She was b dly
bruised.
Fifty railroad coaches belonging 10
the International 4 Great Northern
and Mexican National railroads were
blown over. II Is estimated that over
$50 houses were blown down by the
storm.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-05-06

Ask myself daily how mans ~
minded persons thou hast shown a
kind disposition. Marcus Antonins.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-05-06

American agricultural implements
sold IN every civillaed foreign country.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-05-06

American threahers sold in Europe,
Asia, Africa and South America.
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The streets are practically lmpas.
sable. being covered with debris Oh all
kinds The spans Of the international
fOothridge across the Rio GFande river
were blown down on the Mexican side
of the river and communication, ex.
eept BY means Of skifis. is cut OF. New
Laredo suffered severely One Of the
buildings destroyed Is the new Con
eordia hall. which was used as an
opera house.
The roofs Of the Hamilton and Ross
hotels o. the city were removed by
the wind The tower of the city hail.
partially built. vas damaged and will
have to be rebuilt.
Tho roof ~ the Mexican National
hospital building was lifted. and It win
require much time to repair the build.
Ing for patients.
A trip through the town fails 20
show a locality that has not suffered
more or less from the storm. Trees.
fences. telegraph and telephone poies.
corrugated roofs. chimneys and walls
and debris Of all kinds strew the
streets
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When che storm struck the city the
huts occupied by the poorer ciassos
were the FIRST 60 be levelcd ID the
ground. but IS the wind increased I'm
force the more substantially construct.
cd buildings we're unroofed and in
many eases were demolished.
The lightning flashed wildly and
continuously. adding to the fears Of
the people The storm lasted about an
hour.
The Mexican National railroad has
temporarily abandoned it's trains on
account Of lack Of telegraph wires
over which 10 arrange meeting pOlnts.
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Conditions in New Laredo. across
the Rio Grande river. are similar. Il
ls not officially known how many dead
or injured there are al that city. but
IL IL stated there are ave. The ave
known dead, added 10 the list Of dead
on this aide Of the river. would hiring
the number ~ dead in both cities lp 20
81 persons
The storm made Its appearance from
the southwest In the nelghborhodd OF
l.Ampasea. Mexico, ~ miles from Lar.
edo. and Il Is reported that great havoc
was wrought in that locality, although
1, is not thought that any loss o1 life
resulted there.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-14

to the Squire account which was
part of the yellow dog fund.-"
Hyde couldn't explain. This &C.
account had not been explained at
any time. He told Of the TX. w.
Alexander" fund which was used
to settle suits, purchased stock and
for political contributions.
Hyde said when the banking de-
partment called for the repayment
of the $6S5,000, Alexander and
Thomas D. Jordan made up what
they could, and he paid $4,000
himself.
Hyde( courtly, affable and at his
ease among women in a ball room,
was uncomfortable on the stand
ahong men. In the drama of his
own making he appeared like a
school boy before his master, ex-
pecting to be sent to his corner In
shame.
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discounted down to $3.50.

discounted down to $3.50.
Now the gas company told the
public about the big new plant,
the big gas reservoir, the new
mains and told just a scintilla Of
truth about gas rate reductions,
but the gas monopoly, nor Aldrich,
Its apoloeist, did not tell you how
much less it would cost to manu-.
faeture gas out at the big new plant
and how much greater their pro.
fits would be and that twice the
amount Of money that they have
taken from the people unlawfuIIy
In deposits would build this bio.
now plant.
Not one word about this.
AT the new plant the gas will
be manufactured by driving a cur.
rent OF air through alternate tanks
OF oil and water. This oil.water
gas Is odorless and in order to
make 1t have an odor, whichc il
required by law to protect the pub.
lie. some coal gas Is added.
But this new gas Is Infinitely
cheaper than the pure coal gas
The by-products are just as valu.
able. In Los Angeles this oil gas
Is used. In Los Angeles 1t is shown
by statistics that per cent coufr,
be made on the entire gas plant
Investment out of the by.products
and have all the gas to give away
II 1t were so desired.
The process will be somewhat
more expensive here, for the oil
Is transported from the California
oil fields by boat to Portland or
Seattle and by rail to Spokane. The
transportation will have to he
added to the Los Angeles cost 10
get the Spokane cost But at that
the cost will be trifllng.
II would take much discussion
much study and hard work before
the average man would understand
the gas business sufficiently well
10 discovers the ins and outs of all
the gas company's representations
But when the gas company talks
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-14
GUAM Is SURF III DID
NOT l|D[ ON CARS fQt[

A little fire department poll
tics" appeared On the surface of
things yesterday when Jack Guam,
formerly a member of the depart
ment at No. 3 station and now
working at his trade of cabinet
maker. confronted Chief Myers
with one Valentine, an employee of
the Traction company, who stated
to the chief that Guam is not the
man about whom there has been
considerable talk lately.
Guam few days ago learned
that he was being charged with
riding on street cars on the
strength of his being a member of
the fire department. He traced the
source of the story to Valentine,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-14
COMMON EVERYDAY
BLACKLIST IS WHAT
MERCHANTS WILL START

One great big black list for the
people who will not pay their bills.
One man to see that all the mer-
chants in the newly organized
Merchants Protective association
are kept posted as to the dead.
beats Of the city. No more credit
to those people who make a prac-
tice Of going from one store to an
other and beating the proprietors
out of goods.
Such Is the idea Of the new or.
ganixation which is being formed
by Spokane merchants at the pres
ent time. For the past few years
the merchants, so they claim, have
been robbed out of thousands of
dollars, In some instances by peo-
pie who are supposed to be among
the best In the city.
A meeting was called a short
time ago and the merchants de.