The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1906-01-20
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Official announcement that inteTcol-
legiate football has been prohibited at
Harvard by vote of the board of over
seers, until the game is reformed, is
made. The announcement made known
the action taken Dy the board at their
secret meeting held recently.
Eleven Of the stars of the Pacific
coast league of 1905 will play ball in
the major leagues this coming season.
Never before in history of baseball
have the American and National lea
CUES made such inroads as they have
tbs year on the circuit of the far west.
Paris.-Ina 500 point billiard match
Monday fer the championship Of the
world between Maurice Vigneux of
Paris and Willie Hoppe the latter won
by III points
That the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul main line will not pass through
Spokane has been made known by the
Golfers of the company. A spur branch
line, however, will run into Spokane,
connecting it with the main line. No
reason is given for this route.
Northern Pacific engineers laying
out the building OF the Yakima valley
railroad have practically blocked the
| Chicago, Milwauke & st. Paul ont of
the Naches pass and forced the select
| ion Of the SnOqualmie gateway TO the
Sound. Coast officials of the new
| transcOnfinental line are making prep
arations for the use of SnOqualmie pass
and only a showing of impossibility in
| grades or some new advantage in
Naches pass will change the present
plan
A 50 cent rate is in force now on a
minimum shipment Of "a tons to the
carload, on timothy seed from Spokane.
Cornell, Moscow and Lewiston to Port
land. A rate of 65 cents q hundred on
condensed milk shipments from Rich
moud and Logan, Utah, to Spokane
went into effect recently.
/ new Spokane train west TO Leav-
enworth, Wash, will probably be in
stalled by the Great Northern SUNDAY.
1t will leave Spokane at p. IN. and
will arrive at Leavenworth at mid
night.
The work now being done by the
government at Box canyon on the
Pend d'Oreille river, will be completed
by the end Of March, and the canyon
will be nayigable at that time, accord
ing TO a statement made yesterday by
d. d. Birks, who has recently returned
from trip up the Pend d'Oreille.
American trade with China has
fallen on % per cent in the past year,
according TO the estimate of Samuel
Glasgow, secretary and treasurer Of
the Centennial Mill company at Spo-
kane.
d. G. Corbin of Spokane and his
associates have Just completed the pur-
base Of Il square miles Of coal lands
in the Crow Nest district of British
Columbia for about 800. 900. The
property was bought from Al Page Of
Wardner, Idaho, and the Langley Bros.
Of CranbrOok, b. g.
Henry Pratt Judson, head Of the de-
partment of political science and dean
Of the faculties Of the University Of
Chicago, has been appointed acting
president Of that institution.
Baker City, Ore. II. J. Marium, an
old miner Of this county, who has been
treasurer of Bourne Miners union No.
AZ, Western Federation, since its or
ganzation some four or FIVE years ago,
has been lodged in Jail in default of
$500 bail. He is charged with the en-
bezzlement of $46S.
Protests loud and insistent come from
Chicago pulpits against the lawless
conditions which were held responsible
for the murder of Mrs. Frank HOLSTER.
This crime, added to the killing OF
three other women within a few
months, reused the ministers and con.
gregations to demand that better pro.
lection be given by the police tc
women.