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LUME i, NUMBER 50 THE COEUR D'ALENE PRESS. TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER a, 1906 PRICE FIVE' ITY COUNCIL IN REGULAR SESSION cts on Street Grades and Side walks be regular semimonthly meeting the city fathers was held last ening at the council chamber, be question of the Fourth street de was brought up and discussed, ordinance estbalishing the grade presented and read the first time passage. This ordinance includes t portion of Fourth street between er d'Alene street and Sherman ~t. This did not seem satisfac While waiting for documents Arthur Goble, of the Idaho Under ing & Embalming company, was ;nt and stated that he was having jlty with the cemetery lots. The was that of interring a body on ther lot. He stated that he had n misinformed on the lots. The »ins were intered on Jerome's lot a difficulty arose between Jerome Goble. he city decided to make the ge at its expense, at such time as -s agreeable to the sexton and Goble. e matter of the Fourth street e was deferred until this after when a special meeting was or called. ordinance fixing the grade of Hey between Sherman and Lake -treets from First to Sixth street resented and read, the first time ~ssage, by title. e rules were suspended and the ance passed its third and final ng. The city attorney stated the ordinance declaring the in 11 of the city to grade the alley d be presented at the special ing. e treasurer's report showing a nee on hand of 80 .53 was read accepted. Under this head, the HOME FOR THE CLUB he regular meeting of the Com cial club was held last evening in Democratic headquarters in the der block, and several matters of rest were discussed. The meet was a large and enthusiastic orman R. Totten, of the Coeur lene Bank * Trust company, re ed for the committee on a night ol and public library and state d nothing definite had been done in matter. y motion the matter of securing rooms was left to the board of ctors and they were instructed to jn this as soon as possible, and [et the best rooms obtainable. 1 is an imporant matter and defin ition will be taken in the near e, when the rooms will be loeat id furnished. e board of directors recommend e following names as members e club and they were duly ac d. They were John J. O'Brien, . Johnson, F. W. Reed. E. V. hton, J. J. Minor, H. G. West, Chainey, Jos. P. Fallon, Coeur ne Furniture company, J. P. ir. e secretary and two other mem Df the Club were appointed as a littee to secure the signatures merchants of the city, to an ; to close their stores tomor ten o'clock, and observe the sy proclaimed by Mayor Col They were also instructed to :he attendence of all persons to iterstate fair in Spokane, tomor which is Coeur d'Alene day. W. Branson was present and to the club that immediate ao •as necessary if they wished to > the Piqua Harrow works for ty, that he had received com at ions from them stating that there was definite action taken near future, t he works would Labllshed in some other city, s a question which demands lerstion, inasmuch aa it will an increase of 8800 a week in y roll of the city, should the be located here. The Piqua -n asks for a bonus of 810,000. is tbs sticker, in view of the at the entire 825.000 has not wised for the Lutheran college, thought that to try and raise 00 for the new project would ere with the ra sing of the bol >f the bonus tor the college. report of the justice of the peace showing fines collected to the amount of $112 was accepted. The report of the village marshal showing fines and taxes collected to the amount of • 125.75 was read and accepted. Mr. Bjorklund was present and re minded the council that in spite of the fact that complaints had been made on the frame building at the corner of Sherman and Second street it had not been removed and that nothing bad been done on the side walks at that point. Messrs. Rice and Chainey were al so present. It is claimed that the presence of this building increases the insurance rate for those who con duct business in the locality. Mr. Chainey spoke on the sidewalk ques tion and urged that the owners of the property be compelled to construct a sidewalk. This led to the discussion of sidewalks in general, and the clerk was instructed to have the road over seer lay sidewalks on Sherman and Second street where they are not al ready in. The attorney was intsruct ed to take the necesasry step to have the building removed about three weeks ago. The building is still there and the business men in that locality are still making a kick. The committee on finance and claims reported bills to the amount of •887.06 and recommended their pay ment. The report was accepted and the bills ordered paid. The salaries for the mouth of Sep tember were ordered paid. The plat of Sander's park addition was presented for acceptance, but as the plat was not legally correct it was refered back to the owners for correc tion. The meeting adjourned sine die. The matter was referred back to the committee which is composed of Geo. F. Steele, J. T. Scott and John M. Flynn, with instructions to secure the opinions of the people of the city in this matter. The meeting adjourned, and the committees were requested to make all possible baste in their depart ments. MORMONS GAIN CONVENTION Turn Down Dubois in Strong Resolution. Boise, Idaho, Oct. 2.—A sensation was created In the democratic county convention at Blackfoot yesterday. The Mormons secured control of the convention and proceeded to peas a resolution denouncing Senator Du bois. The resolution was bitterly fought, a substitute being offered. The originael motion was carried. Thereupon the delegates from the Idaho Falls precinct walked out and the ticket was named by those re main ing. It is now given out by the gentile democarts that they will nominate an American party ticket and fight the Mormons to death. This action followed close upon a rather senaatoinal convention of the republicans in Fremont county. In that convention nearly all the nomin ees were Mormons according to the reports reaching Boise. The demo crats bad intended to pat ap s ticket, bat it is said they do not now propose to do so, and it is intimated that an American party movement will follow in that county. President at Washington. Washington. Oct. 2.—President and Mrs. Roosevelt and three of their children, Mias Ethel and Archie and Quentin, returned to Waahintgon at 4 o'clock yesterday from their sum mer home at Oyster Bay. where they have spent the past three months The president looked the picture of health as be stepped from the train, and cordially greeted a number of acquaintances awaiting his arrival. Surrounded by a squad of police men and beaquartera detectives the president made his way to his car riage, the remainder of the party fol lowing his land. The party was driven immediately to the White Boose. Copyright, no, by CUnedloM. Washington E. PORTELA, ARGENTINE MINISTER TO THE UNITED STATES. The visit of Secretary Boot to the Argentine Republic was productive of many expressions of good will between representatives of that country and our own. At Buenos Ayres there were enthusiastic demonstrations over tbJ visit of Mr. Boot, and the Argentine capital was gayly decorated in his honor. The envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Argentina to the Uuited States is Senor E. Portela. On this diplomat much depends as to con tinuance of good relations between our own republic and •bat Is often called the ''Yankee Land of South America." a POLYGAMIST IS_ARRESTED President of Church Living With • Five Wives Salt Lake City, Oct. 2.—The pres ident of tbe Mormon church, Joseph F. Smith, was arrested and bound over to the district court yesterday on the charge of living with live wives. Tbe complaint was sworn to by a Mormon deputy sheriff, the warrant was served by order of a Mormon sheriff and committing magistrate is also a Mormon. Pres ident Smith was immediately arraign ed after his arrest and waived pre liminary bearing. After being bound over be was released on bis own recognizance. President Smith reached here two days ago ou his return from Europe. He then learned that an attempt had been made to secure his arrest for a statutory offense in connection with the birth of his 43d child. The com plaint was made from a distinctly anti-Mormon source The county at torney refused to approve a prosecu tion on this charge. The county at torney was then cited to appear in court and show cause why be should not be compelled to set in the mat ter. After tbe bearing tbe oourt held that tbe attorney was justified in refusing to prosecute because the complainant offered no evidence that tbe mother of tbe child was tbe wife CHASED BOLD BURGLAR Some enterprising sneak thief, small of stature, and heavy set, en tered the home of Sam A rosier yester day afternoon and made way with a shot gun. some wearing appears 1 and two watches. While leaving the yard he was seen by one of tbe family and the chase began. Chao. Amsler ap peared with a gun. and others with various hostile implements and fol lowed the thief as be dodged in and out of the lumber piles in the yards of the B. R. Lewis Lumber company. Be evidently thought be would be caogbt sad did not want to be found with tbe goods on bis person, tor be dropped the stolen property, piece at a time and continued to run. The sturdy hunters were not to be eluded so easily, and after a long chase the man with the gun cornered him. "Halt," he cried. Tim man halted. Mired around, and aaksd. "what do you want?" Then turned and ran. Several shots were fired at the fleeing pm*image, but mam took effort, and of President Smith. Whatever the motive bock of to day's proceedings the effect will be to disarm the criticism that has been directed against the authorities for their failure to take cognizance of tbe admissions made by President Smith before tbe senate committee daring the investigation of the Smoot case. CAPTURE MORMON YOUTH. Chicago, 111., Oct. 1.—'The Rev. R. M. Stevenson, president of tbe Westminister college, Utah, in an address before the semiannual meet ing of tbe Chicago Presbytery in Evanston today, arsed the members to exert greater efforts in the support of tbs Presbyterian church in Utah in order to defeat Mormon ism "While Mormons absolutely re fused to attend tbe Christain churches or to allow thier children to attend, they do not object to their cbilren attending schools conducted under Christian supervision,'' mid the speaker. "Therefore, the best way to bui Id up our religion In Utah is to build educational institutions which will be under the supervision of tbe Christian church, and thereby secure tbe attends was of the Mormon youth." Bomb Under Train. Boise. Idaho, Oct. 2.— Considers ble excitement has been crusted by an incident on tbe Boise branch road at 5 o'clock yes te rday afternoon. The train from Boise was behind time and running fart. Three mi Us from Nampa there was a loud explosion under the tracks of tbs engine. There were two r e p or t s, the first be ing much lighter than the second. The front trucks were lifted from the rails, fait dropped back squarely an them and the train went an without accident C. , E. Heckman, the engineer, stated the explosion loosened his cop and the jar os his m a ch ine struck the rails kicked it off. Thspamrngrra in each our thought the explosion was directly under them. The baggage buggy on an elevation near by. Be dfately. Jb ra sa tm I has been discovered. TAFT PLEASES CUBAN PEOPLJ Marines and Infantry to Preserv Order Havana, Oct. 2.—Governor Taft's acta yesterday have gone far to win him a home in the hearts of the people whose destinies have been placed in his hands. Presiding at the opening exercises of the University of Havana, he declared his mission bere was for the fallen republic and r est ori ng it to the path of prosperity, and an nouncement which was received with demonstrations of delight by an au dience representatives of the highest society In Havana. Following this it became known that Governor Taft and assistant Sec retary of State Bacon bad cabled for their wives to join them here, a step which will be most agreeable to the Cabana, end which will strongly cement the bonds of affection between them and the American provisional administration. Still another act of Governor Taft's is warmly commended aa illustrative of his thoughtful considers ion cf the humble classes. Learning that many poor families occupying the temporarily disused barracks at Camp Columbia were about to be summarily evicted by order of the Cuban authorities in preparation of the occupation of the quarters by the brigade of marines. Governor Taft di rected that these people remain un disturbed in their homes for a period of 15 day*. In the meanwhile a portion of the marine* will remain under canvas. The order for tbe eviction had been issued in the name of the provisional government. Up on bearing of the plight of the pres J < nt truants of the barracks Governor Taft went to Camp Columbia in an automobile, explained that be had not been aware of the conditions and rescinded tbe order. He left tbe camp amid cheers and wanning ex previsions of gratitude from Hie peo pie. DOGS LOSE THE TRAIL Lewiston, Idaho, Oct. 2.—There is a growing impression that all the facts in connection with the escape of Frank Mitchell from the county jail have not been told. It baa been es tablished through McIntyre, who es caped with Mitchell, and then return ed with tbe fail keys, that Mitchell had been expecting bis release for s week. Draper and bis Spokane dogs true ed Mitchell from tbe fail to Jones' barn on tbe bill, where Mitchell, or one of his confederates, stole a horse, and where tbe trail was lest by tbe dogs. The horse was traced to tbe edge of tbe Nez Perce reservation, where tbe trail cuts off across the country in the direction of Culdeaee, From there all trace of tbe fugitive was lost, but the search lias been con tinned. Tbs authorities are convinced that Michell was assisted by confederates brum Cuideaac, wbtr* be fa well known and fa supposed to be at the hand of a sung of rustlers and all around "bad mew" Ever since Mitchell fans been in fail be has boon liberally supplied with money, and for six months his wife, where borne fa at Portland, Ore., has been living at the Bollinger hotel. She was tbe last visitor Mitchell bad. Last weak Mitchell had hfa prelim inary examination on the murder charge, and Justice Colburn was to have rendered a decision this week If be derided there was not sufficient evidence to bold Mitchell and turned him loons, the man won to have been taken over to Asotin, Wash., to answer the charge of borne stealing. When last seen, about 10o'clock fast night. Mitchell was riding a large roan! bom si brctlnMck along tbe* Lapwai rend toward Cnldesuc. Tbs authorities are certain Mit chell's friends had a relay of bones staked out a cros s the coon try, and that b* fa waking either for the boms of an* at hfa fri e n ds iu tbe vicinity of Cu(dense or the Salmon river country, where be cun be bidden and as sist sd out of the country by easy at night. _ t SMdl $17,000 to BoIm. One & fast weak while Senator [Utah, was loaning instroc M Beady, of the Ida j ' CONSULTS ASSOCIATES. Wsahington, Oct. Roosevelt lost night hod a long 1 fere nee with two members of the < Inet, Secretary of State Root and At torney General Moody. Both 1 officials declined to disown tbs tore of the discussions, bat their 1 at the White House was by arrangement, and began at 9 * o'clock. Just previous to coming away, 8enor Qrn—m, the Cuban minister, bad a conference with tbe president. Upon leaving the White House, Mr. Queaada stated that be had called to thank the pres ident for bis letter to him, for Secre tary Taft's "kinily proclamation,*' and for tbe efforts President Roose velt is making for Oaba. Minister Quaeada mid be bad re oeived no reply to his cable tends* of his resignation. He mid the prasl dent telegraphed all diplomatic rep resentatives of Cuba Making them to remain at tbeir posts but be mid it did not apply to him, aa be bad 1 ready tendered his resignation. It www stated ss h>M?s sent us yet to tbe foreign | nouncing tbe provisional government of Cubs. Tbe transport Sumner this morn ing railed for Havana. She carries tbe first detachment of troops for the Cuban expedition, consisting of two battalions of infantry from the Platts* burg, N Y., barracks and one battal ion of engineers from tbs Waahintgon barrack*. WO men in all. The troop# will tie under command of Colonel Cowles of the Fifth infantry. In ad ditiou to the troops the Sumner will carry a targe consignment of romsta nary stores. Tbe sailing of tbe strain er Sumner will be within 4fi has from the issuance of orders for tl movement of troop*. j ' ; { bo repntjlicau central committee, over tbe Rocky Mountain Ball Tele phone company's wires, a rather en tertaining leak oecurad. Not being cm the aitneee stand. Maverick will not give the details as to where, bow or why this leak took place; but parties at both end* of tbe line will know that such was tbe eaee wheat they read this statement. Senator Smoot was over Salt Laka way while Mr Brady was fa Boise, presumably at republican headquar ter* There was also there Governor Gooding, who. of course, mode a re mark or so occasionally, himself. Another man was present, at which end of tbe line could not be deter mined, nor could hfa name be dis tinctly braid, who butted into the conference now and then. They held the Hue, what appeared to the listen er an boor, sod grave affairs of state were guardedly discussed. Now. this fa what will convince the gentle men who were parties to the confer ence that this fa no fake. Senator Smoot said to Chairman Brady; ! "I am sending you $17,000 of the money oeeeaaary, and under no cir cumstances must you (et it get away from you." Tbe "it" fa supposed to refer to tbe Boise Capital News it fa authori tatively reported that the paper fanow controlled by the Mormons. The price paid to as Id to bare been $35, - 000. and tbe natural supposition fa, taken in connection with hfa $17,000 message from tbe sanatoria! apostle to the Mark Hanna of Idaho politico, that one half of the money was fur nished by tbe Mormon church direct and tbe other half by its Idaho allies. Now. remember, ao bluff at a de nial goes; or else the eat racily will be let out of the bag.—Mountain Home MaTeririt. O. Arthur Goble of the Idaho Un dertaking company baa motived word from tbe mother of Dennis Morris, who died Saturday boos tbe efforts of being badly burnt Saturday morning, that tbe remains will have to be in terred fa Forest foemiUry . No time ha* been set for tbe funeral, but it will take place som e time tom* Hfa wife and two children who H in Rathdrum will not attend th