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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-04
MIDLAND OPERA QUINrErTE
Musical Entertainment at the
Baptist Church.

Wednesday evening the Midland
opera Quintette will render the fourth
of the series of entertainments given
under the auspices Of the Baptist
church at that institution. The pro-
gram IL one especially interesting, aud
Judging from past entertainments,
this one will be above par. A large
number Of season tickets have been
sold but tickets for the seperate en-
ter'ainmeuts eau be- had Of the Occur
d'Aleue Furniture company. The
personnel Of the company Is Miss
Blanche Fernau. sopmuo; Miss Mil.
dred Hanson, alto and riolinist; Miss
Harriet Delauo, alto and pianist Mr
} Redmond Saylcr, tenor; Mr.. Tols
sert McRae, basso aud reader. These
people have been chosen for their tai
ent an 4 artistic qualities and each is
capable Of entertaining an audience
without assistance. When taken a. a
company they are excellent.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-04
MURDERER IN WALLACE

Joseph Fanniss, who murdered
james II. Thompson on the st. Joe
river. % miles above the head of nav
igation, was taken to Wallace yester
day afternoon by Sheriff Angus Snth.
erland.
Albert l.. Rodrick, one Of the pro
prietors Of the saloon, Edward Valley,
a logger, Thompson, Fred Stone, his
employer and Fanniss shook dice to
decide who should pay for their din
ners and Fannis lost lie became
angry at Thompson and left, mutter
ing threats, 10 which nobody paid any
attention. He returned Immediately
with a 25 80 rifle, stood outsid and
fred three shots through the glass
door Of the saloon. The third shot
struck Thompson in the right side Of
the abdomen.
Roderck arrested Fannis. Themp
son WAS put on the boat to get immed
late attention at ST. Joe, but died
long before the boat got there
The remains 81 Thompson were
taken to Wallace. Fannis is a rancher,
hut works as boatman Oh the St.
Joe. He il "A Canadian, aged -
years. and single.
Thompson was in the employ Of
/ Stone in the lumber business. lie
II a native Of Salt Lake Utah. His
father resides III Brownsville, KY,
and the young man was % years Of
age and single. He belonged to the
Odd Fellows and ths Red Men.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-04
BANDITS BUSY

Spokane, Wash, Jan. 4. Foot
pads, bandits, highwaymen and burg.
lars who have been operating IN Spo.
kane for month past changed their
operations at o'clock last night to
the Olympia Brewing & Mailing COM
pany's depot, Railroad avenue and
Adams street, which they held up at
the points of revolvers and robbed.
George Hyden, bookeeper for Henry
Siffert, local agent for the Olympia
company, was alone in the Office
when the two men entered. He did
not look up until the two men were
in the room and he had a chance to
look down the muzzles of two revol
vers, a gun being held in the hand
of each man. Scores Of people home
ward bound were passing on the side
walk.
One Of the robbers did the talking
and calmly said they wanted such
money as was on the premises. The
safe was open and one of the robbers
helped himself to 81 and a lady's
fancy purse. Mr.. Hayden was then
asked to give up any money he might
have.
After securing the money the ban.
dts mortified Hayden not to spread
an alarm and to remain quietly in th,
Office until they had gotten out o
sight. He gladly Obeyed the instruc
tions of the two men until they wer,
a safe distance from the office.
Mr.. Hayden, in speaking of thu
robbery, said last night:
'There have been so many robber
les that both Mr.. SeifFert and | hav,
expected just such a trick as wa
pulled off. Because Of our suspic
ions we have been carefully banking
money each day, and this explain
why such a small sum was ON tn
prem Uses. -
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-04
FIGHT FOR
JUST RATES
One of Greatest Legal Battles Ever
Fought in the West

Spokane, Wash, Jan. 4. -Spo-
kanes' fight before the Interstate
Commerce commission for reputable
rates against the Northern Pacific,
the Great Northern, the Union Pa.
citic, the Oregon Railway 4 Naviga-
ton company and the Spokane Falls
& Northern, specifically and the Hud
son River, the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne
& Chicago, the Boston & Maine, the
Pennsylvania and the New York, New
Haven & Hartford companies made
parties to the suit will establish a
precedent for every inland city SINH
Iarly situated in tie United States.
The members of the commission
will come to Spokane Jan IA, when J.
NJ. Gerathy, corporation counsel for
Spokane, Henry NJ Stephens OF Spo-
kane, and Brooks of Boston, repre-
senting the Chamber of Commerce of
Spokane and the Spokane Jobbers'
association, original eomplainants,
will seek to show by witnesses and
documentary evidence that Spokane
is unjustly Disseminated against by
the defendant railroad corporations
on through freight rates compared to
cities on the Pacific coast and Puget
Sound. More than $50 picked at
torneys and the foremost legal coun-
sci in the country will appear for the
IA railroad companies and the four
intervening cities, Seattle, Tacoma,
Portland and San Francisco.
Spokane shippers, jobbers and com
mercial organizations are supported
in the fight not only by the city
council and board of commissions" g.,
which have each contributed 50, 600,
but every town and city in tn Inland
Empire, embracing more than 125, 900
square miles in eastern Washington,
northwestern Oregon and northern
Idaho, as we'll as other inland cities
in the country, which recognize the
great importance of ruling favor
able to the complainants. Spokane
is fighting the cause of every inland
city in the United States which is not
now on basis of equitable rates as
compared with coast points, and Its
case, the first filed with the commits
sion under the new law. involves
principles which, if established, will
revolutionize tariffs everywhere.
The petition, in which the alega-
tiuns are fortified with rates and dis
tances of hauls taken from the pub
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-04
Death of Charles TOmpkins.

This morning at $50 o'clock.
Charles Tompkins, aged 80 years,
died of paralysis. after an illness
covering q period Of several years.
Mr.. Thompklns served in the war Of
the rebellion In many Of the princi
pal engagements and was q member
Of the local post Of the 6. A. X. His
death leaves n wife. son aud daughter
20 mourn his loss. The funeral will
be held Sunday morning at 10 o'clock
from the Thompkibs home. and inter
ment will be in Forest cemetery. The
funeral will be under the direction
Of the G. A. r, and the " X. c.. Of
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-04
Fitted up New Quarters.

IThe Occur d'Alene Undertaking
company, Ltd. is now located Ia new
quarters in the old Methodist church,
Many alterations have been made III
the building and the city can now
boast Of an undertaking establishment
which is not surpassed in Spokane.
The front Of the building Is divided
into two parts, one serving as a re-
ception room aud an office and the
other as q chapel. The floors are
neatly earpeted and the entire place
is scrupously neat and clean. Along
one side Of the chapel the stock Of
Baskets are displayed, but hidden
from sight by draperiss. The work
room is located in the rear Of the
chapel and presents . neat appearance.
The embalming room is located just
OF the work room and IL kept neat
and clean. and Is fumigAted after each
embalming operation. Mr. Frank
Lemmer, manager Of the company, Is
an Experienced Fmbalmer and funeral
director.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-04
Grill Room at Hotel Idaho.

The contract for the Idaho Grill
room will be let Monday to the lowest
bidder and work will commence inn
mediately. From the plans displayed,
the management of the hotel company
Is preparing for 9 spot which will at
tract the people Of the city. After
theatre suppers will receive much at
tention and this feature Of the attrac-
ton promises to grow. Lunches may
oe obtained at all hours and the ser
vice and cuisine promises to be OF
the best. The furnishings will be
elaborate and the motto ''In all the
vest, no spot like this" will be
carries out. There will be entrances
rom the hotel. bar or street.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-04

Fraternal hall. with fair attendance,
The meeting was an interesting one,
and with Mrs. E. NJ. Rogers as chair
man, a program was rendered as fol-
lows: ''Places Made Famous by
American Writer'S" Mrs. F. L. Bur
gan; 1.-THE Beginning of Things, ="
Mrs. H. Lyon; general discussion
led by Mr.. Murray. A pleasing
musical program was rendered under
the direction of Mrs Watts and Mrs.
d. H. Stetler, Mrs. B. II. Williams
and Mrs. W. A. Thomas, as the re
freshment committee served a light
luncheon. The next general meeting
of the club will be held January Is.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-04
SHIPPING OUT CATTLE
Has Ordered Men to Buy Dead
Carcasses,

The story told bY II. ". Golf. Of
Colfax, Wash, who is in the city
looking after the shipment of cattle
from the Occur d'Alent reservation
where be is wintering about 1000
head. as to the throwing of the car
casses of the dead cattle in the river,
has been most emphatioally denied
by the boatmen who navigate the St.
Joe river. The stories as to the
Of dead cattle seen in the
water vary from 10 TO so feet but each
man declares that the carcasses have
been skinned. The boatmen also say
that number Of the cattle are dy-
ing each day from cold and exposure.
Goh admitted this, saying that the
old breed COWS could not stand the
eliamte and that be would ship .
number Of them TO his ranch at Key
stone, Wash. The shipping was com
menced yesterday, the cattle being
brought to be city ON barges by the
CarSeallen Bros. While making the
down trip last evening a tug with 3
boom Of logs in TOW collided with
one Of the hargas- One COW was killed
outright and a number we're severely
injured. The landing vas made with
extreme difficulty, owing to the heavy
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-04
BRADY WANTS TO SHOW BORAH
FavoPs Passing a Direct Pri-
mary Law.

Boise, Idaho, Jan. 4. Chairman
James H. Brady Of the state republic
can committee arrived in Boise yes
terday. He will remain until after
the Legislature has elected q United
States senator. and will probably be
in Boise much of the time during the
session.
MIR. Brady said this evening: "Mr.
Borah opened has headquarters here to
day, and at his suggestion have very
willingly taken charge and will be
here most of the time until after the
senatorial election. While the cleo
tion of Mr.. Borah rs United States
senator is a formal matter, | want TO
show him that am greatly interested
in his election, and am here to as
sist him in any way can. am not
here to interfere or influence the leg
islators, who are ell loyal men, and
will carry out the pledges of their
party.
lone thing that the Legislature
should do, and which have no DOUBT
will be done, is t. pass direct pir.
mary law Both parties were pledged
to pass a primary election law aud IL
was understood dur ing the campaign
that direct primry Law should b'
passed The party must carry Out
it's pledges and the members of th'
legislature will see that the is duty
attended to.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-04
viii Make Investments Here.

Lar. A. NJ. Strobe. a prominent
and successful mining man of Mullan,
WAS a visitor in the city yesterday
transacting business at the local land
office MIR. Strobe is one of the
pioneers of the Occur d'Alenes having
come to this section of the country
in 1886. He is heavily interested in
mining property, such as Nonpariel,
Mineral Farm, Cuban Republic AMI
Idaho Copper, besides numerous other
prospects. He speaks highly eun
corning the future of the Occur d.
Alenes and this city and will invest
in local real estate.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-04
Choral Club VIII Meet Again.

Tuesday evening the Choral club
will again take up rehearsals for the
sacred concert, after . holiday recess,
meeting at the home Of Mrs. o. o.
Young. The club has received an in
vitation from Prof. Kimbrougb OF the
Washington State College at Pullman,
to participate in the May festival
which will be held in Pullman in that
month. The matter Of Acceptance will
be discussed at the coming meeting.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-04

THE Midnight Flyer, which is
said 70 be the equal Of any Of the
modern melodramAs, will BE- pre-
scented at the Auditorium on Satur-
day evening. The great success OF
the play 10 due 10 its strong dramatic
situations, startling scenic and me-
ebanical effects and unique comedy
scenes, but there are spceiAlties intro.
duced 10 satisfy the most exacting
farce comedy patrons.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-04

snow, but the cattle were Immediately
loaded into the cars at the Northern
Pacific dock and began their journey
last evening. There are two more
shipments to be made aud 300 head
will be transferred. Gof stated that
he had instructed his men to bury all
dead animals.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-04
THE STORM
is EXTENSIVE
Reports State Snowfall Is Heav-
lest in Years

Wallace, Idaho, Jan. A very
heavy snow storm occurred In the
Wallace district. Train service
with Missoula is upset. The train
leaving Wallace this morning is
showed up twenty miles east of the
city.
Reports from the railroad state the
snow is ten feet deep where the trains
are stalled.
wINDSToRM IN MONTANA.
Butte, Mont, Jan. A Living
ston special TO the Miner says:
Livingston was visited yesterday
by one OF the worst windstorms In its
history. Considerable damage was
done to property.
LANDSLIDE NEAR THE DALLES.
Pendleton, Ore, Jan. 4. "A land
slide below The Dalles yesterday az.
ternoon covered several feet Of the
Oregon Railroad d Navigation com.
pany's track, and traffic was tied up
eight hours. Florence Roberts and
conn any we're billed here last night,
but did not arrive until about mid
night.
HEAVIEST IN YEARS.
Moscow, Idaho, Jan. 4.--The snow
that had been falling in little fiurries
for several days, settled into heavy
continuous fall yesterday. The mer-
curry indicated 20 dergees above
zero. IL Is the heaviest snowstorm
in many years. The ground was
frozen hard and the snow will make
fine sleighing. This will give ranch
ers aud wood rats" an opportunity
to bring IN hay, grain and wood, the
need Of which is being felt.
PALoUsE RIVER Is HIGH.
Hooper, Wash, Jan. A hard
snowstorm yesterday evening turned
into heavy rain that continues. This
makes the heaviest p ecipitation ia
this locality In years. The Palouse
river has been higher for the past two
weeks than for years previous.
ON THE SOUND.
Tacoma, Wash, Jan. Am un-
usually severe snowstorm Is raging In
the Green river canyon. The fall last
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-04

which Mrs. Thompkins is n
member. The deceased Is we'll and
fayorably known In the city, having
been resident Of Occur d'Alene for
some time Arrangements for the
funeral are being made by the Occur
d'Alene Undertaking company.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-04

Saturday evening q social dance
will be given BY the Nauholz orchestra
at Sanders new hall. Be sure and
attend. q good time is assured.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-04
Woman's Club Net.

This afternoon the first general
meeting Of the Woman's club to he
held in the new year convened in
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-04

d, York has resigned his position
At the Hotel Idaho and will devote
his time 10 the theatrical business.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-04
HENRY W. TAFT, WAR sEcRETARrs BROTHER.

W. Taft brother of Is
with judicial aspirations
He
Mr. Taft graduated from
being
father having been
minister Austria and Russia
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-04
STORM DELAYS TRAINS.

North Yakima, Wash, Jan. 4. -
Ten inches Of snow fell here last night
and this morning while In the upper
Matches valley the fall was is inches.
Passenger train service of tho North
ern Pacific Is demoralized. both
east and westbound trains running
seven TO ~ hours behind time. No
coal Is 70 be purchased here and none
is expected before Saturday or Mon-
day. Only four cars hare arrived
this week.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-04

night exceeds two feet and Northern
Pacific reports today say that tae fall
during the day has been about three.
inches an hour. All trains from the
east are delayed and IL the storm con-
tinues for any length Of time block
ade Is feared.
The rainfall was heavy in the val
legs throughout the night and early
morning. The Puyallup il flush with
It's banks. A heavy storm swept In
from the coast early this morning.
The chief danger to be apprehended To-
a chinook wind. Should that follow
ON the heels of the present storm a
food would be certain,
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-04
PALoUsE RIVER Is HIGH.
ON THE SOUND.

Tacoma, Wash, Jan. Am un-
usually severe snowstorm Is raging In
the Green river canyon. The fall last
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The unbleached comedian, Mr..
Ernest Hogan, will have a new
play next season.
Tom Brown in his support of
Rufus Rastus is the right man IN
the right place. He is the great
est character actor of the race.
Cora Kirby is to give an enter.
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Theatrical
Column.
What the Leading Players
Are Deing and Where
They Are.

Black Patti and her. Trouba-
dours comes to Chatterton S
Tuesday, evening, April 80, and
the public is all anticipation, as
it a fact beyond question that
she sings and if she has MT q
substantial list of lesser lights.
the public will be repaid in going
for she sings. But, the Trouba-
dours, from press reports are
improving. We shall see.
Williams and Walker will have
a new play next season entitled
Bandana Land, written by Shipp
and Rogers, and it is also rumor,
ed that they will be under the
direction of the Shuberts. If so,
they will appear in 50 houses
ana Walker will have reached his
ambi ton.
Lees Star Theater should now
open with the proper manage
ment.
Henry Troy of Hogan's Rufus
Rastus, is the singing hit of the
season backed by strong chorus
Bob Cole is the only one of our
great comedians who does not
black up.
Rosamond JohnsOn's piano
solos are too classical for the gal
lery gods and it is not unusual
for them to call for rag time. But
h 2sey, say me to the classics.
Much credit must be given to
Cole and Johnson for the class of
young ladies they have brought
together in the Shoe Fly Regi-
ment.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-17
hut howl a resident of RIrmlngham. spent

but now a resident of Birmingham spent yesterday in the city with relatives.
 MT. Will Lowery who has been spend- ing the past few days with his sister, Mrs. w. D. Taylor, leaves tomorrow for San Antonio, Tex.
 MT. Harold Rogers of Gadsden is spend- ing a few days with his parents, MT. and Mrs. J. F. Rogers
 Yrs. ". J. Carroll died this morning at. 10 o'clock at Bluff Ridge. Deceased was 56 years of age and leaves quite a large family. The funeral will take place tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock at Georges cemetery, and will be in charge of Kennedy Bros.
 w. N. Depoyster died at his home out at the pipe shops this morning after a long Illness. The young man was only 26 years old, and leaves many friends to mourn hls sad demise. The interment will take place tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock at Cedar Hill, and will be Tn charge of Kennedy Bros
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