Show three hundred fifty in the keeping of soldiers martial law in the coeur davenp gen merriam holds a special train in readiness troops on the scenes of the late rioting wardner ida slay 5 three hundred and fifty minors accused of participating la saturdays riot are now confined here under guard of united states troops with arrivals five hundred troops are now in the coeur dalene and all fear of further I 1 outbreaks ont breaks are past there will be three charges against the prisoners namely rioting destroying property and stopping united states malls it Is unlikely that all the prisoners will bo tried but they will be held until evidence is collected against the leaders gen merriam has his headquarters here but a special train Is held in readiness ito carry him to any part of the district whenever he 1 needed the majority of the troops are held in the vicinity of wallace burke gem and mullan owing to the tact that most ot the alleged rioters are in that district tho inquest over the bodies of smith and cheyne probably last for at least a week as there are about a hundred witnesses to be examined coroi ner france in speaking of the inquest today said the inquest la in the nature of a grand jury investigation I 1 have been authorized by attorney general hayes of idaho to make the investigation aa searching as possible WP desire to punish the guilty and release tha innocent as soon as possible washington may 5 the war department part ment has received the following from general merriam bardne r may 4 adjutant general washington inquest still in progress with closed doors one hundred and twenty eight arrests made by state officials under military support no signa of resistance but indications are that most of the leaders of the mob have escaped going east and west nto montana and washington others biding in the mountains sheriff at thompson falls montana reports many arriving on foot over the mountain trails governors of idaho and montana corresponding in regard to arrests in Ston tana in position to do all bIe there Is no appearance of organized resistance signed MERRIAM |