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ELMORE BULLETIN
MOUNTAIN HOME, IDAHO, THURSDAY. JUNE Wif.
VOL. XII.
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IDAHO NEWS.
A patent has beeu issued to George
M Clubb for a wedge cuttimg ma
Chinç.
Kx-Senator Fred T. Dubois has ac
un invitation to deliver the
jpepted
oration, Fourth of July, at Baker City,
Oregon.
4 Surveyors who were camped at the
Bead of the Malad last week killed a
silver-tip hear that weighed 600
pounds.
The . Wardner
Lumber company,
■mlted, of Kellogg, capital $2,500, lias
â'ed its articles of incorporation with
the secretary of state.
■ The postoffiee at De Lamar will"be
relegated to the forrth class July 1.
lowing to the falling off of receipts
during the past year.
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I The Banner mill of Florence, the
chief
dlling plant of that district,
was destroyed by firy last week. Loss
*10,000; insurance $5,000.
One harness dealer iu Weiser sold
loo pack saddles last week. These go
to men outfitting for the Seven Devils
and Buffalo Hump sections
1 Elmer Francis of Moscow, gradu
ated this year from the Colorado
School for the deaf and blind at Colo
rado Springs. lie is 18 years old and
Is blind.
f The snow is still seven feet deep on
the summit between the middle fork
of the Boise and Rooky liar, and fully
five feet deep between lloeky Bar and
Atlanta.
An immense ledge of graphite has
Been discovered in the Seven Devils
region. A ledge of asbestos has also
been looated within a short distance of
the graphite find.
The State Bank of Idaho, limited, of
Welser, has been incorporated with a
capital slock of $25,000, the articles of
Incorporation having beei
the secretary of state last week.
filed with
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De Lamar has been afflicted with a
»umber of petty thieves recently, half
ft dozen robberits having occurred iu
one day. The officials contemplate
making a clean out of all suspicious
Ch aracters.
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock
has denied Smith's motion for review
nod rehearing in his contest against
the townsite of Hope, from the Coeur
d'Alene district. His homestead entry
will he canceled.
In tlie apportionment of the annual
appropriation for the education of In
dian pupils in contract schools, Idaho
gets $2160 to be expended for the ben
efit of twenty children in the Coeur
d'Alene agency.
The Comptroller of the currency an
nounces that the First National Bi»nk
of Kendrick lias gone into voluntary
liquidation by resolution of its stock
holders dated May 2, 1809, to take
effect June 20, 1809.
The Idah
sheep quarantine law,
passed by the last legislature, has
been upheld in a test case brought be
fore Judge Richards of the Fifth dis
trict, from Oneida county. A Utah
sheep man Instituted the case.
I Captain W. W. Hart, United States
*> engineer, last week inspected the
j Snake and Clearwater rivers for the
J purpose of determining what improve
ments should be made by the govern
| rlièiit on these streams, and upon tlie
report will depend future appropria
I tions for that purpose.
Colonel H. W
Dewey, president of
* the Boise, Nampa & Owyhee railroad,
jjj last week piloted O *' 7 . Mooraaw of
Roanoke, Va., and Thomas Nalwai of
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rved^ftFMl, Wash., over Boise valley, who
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looking over this parJ.of the state.
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Moomaw represents an eastern !
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colony which desires to secure land
enough for a settlement.
I The appropriation for reimbursing
S the subscribers to the Omaha exposition
fund is now available and the eertifl
cates will be paid on presentation to
the state auditor. Those who have
not yet received their certificates will |
please mail their receipts to the secre- i
tary, R. K. Greene of Boise, and their
certifleates will be handed to the aud- !
itor. !
The
governor has made the follow
ing promotions in the Idaho volun
teers resulting from the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Captain Sehnat
ter of Company B:
Edward O. Martinson of Company BU !
be captain of company 11; Second Lieu- j
tenant Robert D. Stanton to be first
lieutenant, and Frivate Chi pear Wilcut
to be second lieutenant of the
First Lieutenant i
corn
pany.
Adjutant General Weaver of the
'itrv'"; ""T 1 '"";'
1 pp nés. It will be one of the
biggest demonstrations in the state's
liistory.
THOUSANDS MADE IDLE.
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All the Tin Plate Mill* In the Country to
Close Down Friday.
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I'ittsburg, June 28.—All the tin-plate
1 works in the country will he closed on
! midnight Friday as a result of the fail
ure to settle the wage scale at the con
ferenee in Chicago. Fully 50 000 per
sons will be thrown idle by the shut
down. The conference which opened
in Chicago on Tuesday morning, closed
Saturday evening at six o'clock with
out arriving at an agreement.
The workers' wage committee, act
ing uuder instructions received from
the annual convention held in Detroit
The present ;
wage scale expires on June 30th. and j
members of the Amalgamated associa- j
tion are not permitted to work after |
tliat date unless the new scale is |
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members of the association, and as I
many more are dependent upon them
and will be idle while the skilled men :
last mouth, made a demand for an ad- j
vance of 20 per cent.
signed.
About
25,000 skilled workers are i
are unemployed.
LIVED ON DOG FLESH.
Terrible Story of
Privation
by Klonriyke Prospectors.
mil Suffering
Seattle, Wash,, June 28.—Charles P.
Osborne of Sau Francisco, who arrived
here today from Dawson, elaii
j have found rich placer ground on the
headwaters of McMillan river. He
says it is a terrible country to get into.
With his partner, Smithson of Los
Angeles, he traveled up the river 400
miles. They cleaned up nearly $1,000
before they were compelled to come
out for provisions.
While in there they met a party of
six who left Edmonton over a year ago
and wintered on Peel river. Their
clothes were in rags and they were al
most skeletons. Three of their party
had died.
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The leader of the party, a man
named Jackson from New Jersey, said j
they had been held up by Indians and !
robbed of a good part of their outfits.
From that time they had lived on dog
flesh and a couple of moose they were
fortunate enough to shoot.
PROVO OFFICER KILLED.
Murdered by a Tramp While Making
Arrest.
Provo, June 27.—Special Police Of
ficer William Strong was found lying
dead, shot through or uear the heart,
on the crossing of J and Third streets
opposite Dr. Pike's residence, at 13:15
o'clock this morning,
supposed to have been committed by
two or more hoboes whom it is thought
the officer had arrested at the depot
and was taking to the jail.
Near the body was found on the
ground the dead officer's revolver, a 38
j Smith & Weston.
The murder is
Four chambers were
loaded and one empty, witliau
shell in it.
even a
The condition of the
pon showed that it had not been re
cently discharged.
It iß supposed tiiat a party of tramps
had been put off a freight train that
passed through the town a short time
before the killing of Policeman Strong,
and that one of these killed him.
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STABBED TO DEATH.
Professional Trai
ip Killed In a Caloon
Row In Seattle.
Seattle, Wash.,
June 26. — James
Murray, a professional tramp,
stabbed and killed by a man whose
identity has not been established, in a
tenderloin saloon tonight. Murray was
cut across the throat
his head was almost severed from his
body. There were about thirty
iu the saloon, but in the confusion the
murderer escaped. He 1» still at large.
The murder grew out of a drunken
was
dth a dirk, and
men
quarrel.
RACE WAR THREATENED.
Negroe» and Sheriff'
'owe. I.lkety to Col
llde In Alabama.
Birmingham,
Ala., June 28.—John
Sheppard, who assaulted Mrs. Jones,
has just been located near Cardiff.
The sheriffs of Jefferson and Walker
counties have possession there. There
,
500 armed negroes protecting the
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i rapist. Bosses have divided and
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, advancing on the settlement,
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from Cordova threatens to lynch the
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negro if he is captured. Trouble is
imminent.
are
A mob
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Fltx.lnimon. Will Fleht McCoy.
Denver, Colo., June 27.—"Kid" Me- ■
Coy gave a sparring exhibition at tlie
Tabor opera house here last night, and
| ^ was announced from the stage that
i Fitzsimmons had agreed to fight Mc
^°y ' u September. Two clubs have al
! rea,| y made bids for the fight, the
! Colorado Athletic association of Den*
York. Manager Floto of the former
ver and the West Chester club of Ne
has offered a purse of $30,000 for the
meeting.
ferenee for Denver.
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McCoy has expressed a pre
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Filipinos Capable of Self Government.
Milwaukee, Wis., June 28.—Brig.
Gen. Charles King, who returned from
the Philippines a short time ago, in a
letter to the Milwaukee Journal, states
that the capability of the Filipinos
can not be doubted, and if given a fair
»'• '■*•«' « u. u,.,
higher than the Cubans, or the unedu
cated Negroes, to whom the United
States has given the right of suffrage.
WILL NOT RESIGN.
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* LGER SAVS HE WILL REMAIN IN
THE CABINET.
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r»lk« rreely ne B *rciia K in. Candidacy foi
the Senate, amt Declares lia Will
Stand by tha Adminis
tration.
Washington, June 27.—Secretary Al
gtr has been busy since his return to
Washington in denying that lie has
any Intention of resigning his position |
; candidacy for senatorial honors and of
j the printed statement of the probabili
j ty of his leaving the cabinet because of
| his alliance with Governor Pingree,
| who, it is stated, is opposed to the ad
1 ministration of President McKinley.
He made it plain to his questioners
I that he did not Intend to resign on
this account, as be does not consider
tu the cabinet at present.
To callers at his house the secretary
talked freely regarding his announced
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his candidacy for the senate any rea
lty he should not continue his
position as a
Governor Pingree, the secretary added,
is for President McKinley first, last,
and all the time.
son
ember of the cabinet.
GIGANTIC CATTLE COMPANY.
Fort Worth, Tex., June 27—George !
; B. Loving, who is at the head of the
Have a Knu-h with «MO.OOO.OOO
Behind It.
Texas t(
I great deal, having for its object the
formation of a gigantic cattle and
i ranch company in Texas, in an inter
terview said that the company will be
an American organization, composed of
New York capitalists aud not English
men, as reported. The intention is to
form a company witli 810,000,000 capi
tal, $25,000,000 or $30,000,000 of which
are to he used in the purchase of eat
tie and ranch property in this state,
the balance
f the capital stock to be
use<1 in »Pöting the big concern. It
ls believed the ln,siness can he more
successfully conducted aud at less ex
pense under a single management.
Mr Loving says there is no inten
tion of forming a cattle trust, merely
an effort to conduct an extensive cat
tie business, tlie largest in the world.
There are 6,000,000 cattle in Texas,
valued at $l?o,ooo,ooo.
TO DRIVE OUT ENGLISH.
This the Object
if the South Africans In
Waging War.
New York, June 27.—A special from
Capetown says that a warlike appear
ance pervades the entire South Afri
can republic. There are unmistaka
>,i.
hie signs that a conflict is impending
and the arming of forces, which are
being 1 brought together, indicates that
the Boer government thoroughly ap
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predates the seriousness of the situa
i
High officials declare that the war
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There is a
tion.
will be a general one and will be for
•he complete and permanent independ
ence of South Africa
feeling of distrust against tlie En
glish und it is said that the
Orange Free state, the Transvaal and
I ape Colony will combine to oust the
British and preclude tlie possibility of
their being a menace to the different
governments in the future.
HAD BUBONIC PLAGUE.
Japuiiff
8 b*|> "Placed in Quarautli
Honolulu.
San Francisco, June 27. — Advices
from Honolulu state that the steamer
Nippon .Mai u, due here last Friday and
concerning the 11011-arrival of which
there have been many speculations, is
in quarantine at Honolulu, detained
seven days on account of the death of
two Chinese passengers from bubonic
plague.
The first death from the plague
curred a short distance out from Naga
saki, the second when nearing Hono
lulu.
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TWISTER IN NEBRASKA.
Storm Destroy. Property ln the Town
of llradley.
Bradley, Neb., June 27.—Karly Sun
lay morning a twister struck this
thriving village and wrecked it.
•torm came from the north with a tre
The
mendons roar and aroused everybody
from bed.
Floyd A. Walworth
was
caught in the debris and seriously
hurt.
The post office was totally
The ground was plowed up
by the wind and some stock killed.
wrecked.
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bration of the r ourth of July in Hawaii,
under American sovereignty, is to be
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Flr,t c, ' 1 * hr * ,lun L'mler American
errigntj. to b* Memorable One.
Honolulu, June 27.—The first cele
FOURTH IN HAWAII.
made a memorable one. The general
P* an celebration includes salutes in
the morning, at noon and at night, a
F rand parade, field sports, addresses
and other literary exercises, and fire
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wo ^s and a ball in the evening.
Woixiaa Discovers a Klt.li .Mine.
Tacoma, Wash., June 37. — Miss
Frankie Flormann of Rapid City, 8. D.,
has discovered what Atlin mining men
believe will become the greatest quartz
mins in Alaska aud British Oolumbia.
It consists of an ore vein from *00 to
600 feet in width, and nearly a mile
long. In its coarse this immense vein
The
Treadwell
:• -t * aw - ^
'iSL zzi
richer than the famous
mine ' ** the»« values continue with
GENERAL OTIS HEARD FROM. j
Inform* the W
f tlie Situ*
Dein
atlon In the Philippines.
tent
ing from General Otis covering the
situation in the Philippines, was re
ceived by the war department this
morning:
"Manilla, June '.'0.—-Adjutant Gen- I
eral, Washington.—It is now the rainy
season and little campaigning is possi
ble in Luzon. We occupy a large por
I tion of the Tagalog country, with lines
I stretching Jrom lmtis on the south to
San Fernando on the north, nearly I
i *'-xty miles, and to the eastward into
Washington, June 2«, —The follow
| Laguna province The insurgent
armies have suffered great losses and |
are scattered. The only large force i
held together is about 4,bou in Tarlae
province and northern Rapanga. The
scattered force is In hands of 500 to
Loot) in other portions of Luzon, in
they^eoukt* assenHdo' probably ■' ooo
although they are demoralized by re
cent defeat.
gas provinces,
The mass of the people are terror
izec by the insurgent soldiers, and de
sire pence and American protection.
They no longer lice on the approach
of our troops, unless forced by the in
surgents, but gladly weleoiu them.
There has been no recent burning of |
towns. The population within
lines is growing dense and taking to
land cultivation quite 'xtensively.
They are kept out of Manila as much
as possible, as the city population is I
becoming too geeat to be eared for.
The natives in southeast Luzon are
combining to drive the insurgents out.
f the insurgent :
They
the near overthrow of the ;
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The only hope
leaders is United States aid.
proclai
! present administration, to he followed
by their independence and recognized '
by the United States. This is the in- ;
fluence which enables them to hold
Mueli contention pi
no civil g
, ails among
rntnent re
out,
them, and
mains.
The seaside ports are now in onr pos- j
of Insurgent
! interdicted,
although the wisdom of tiiis policy is
uncertain, as the people in the sea
ports are without a supply of food, and
Dio merchants are
session, a former soui
revenue.
Trade is
■suffering los.es
We meditate restoring the trade privi
lieges, although the insurgents *ill
reap benefits. Courts here are in suc
cessful operation under the direction
Affairs in oilier
of able Filipinos.
islands are comparatively quiet, await
ing results in Luzon. All show anxie
ty f° r trade and repeated calls for
American troops are
giving attention to Jolo archipelago
Palaywai islands.
Our troops have worked to the limit
of endurance. The vol untrer organiza
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tions have been called in and replaced
Am
by regulars wli
now occupy the suli
Nebruska, Penusylva- j
taking
ent positions,
nia and Utah troops are
transports and the Sixtli infantry
lias been sent to Negros to relieve j
lieve California troops. These j
physical
ong the troops
cHunite Vnflu
ences, hut nothing alarming of tho
12 per cent of tlle * olnlllaud Reported
8 icU, nearly C per cent
hospital have typhoid and 17 per
? en ^ malaria fevers. 'J. r > per cent have
i intestinal trouble. The remaining 53
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per cant, have various ailments, 14 per
i cent, of which are due to wounds and
injuries. Many of the otbeers and
men who served in Cuba are suffering
a reeurrance of the Cuban fdver and
i the regular regiments lately received
are inadequately officered. Oris.*'
It is stated at the department that
tlie inadequacy of the number of offi
cers mentioned above in the cablegram
has been remedied by the sailing of
tlie Zealandia and Sheridan carrying a
number of officers for regiments in tho
Philippines.
troops are all in gooc
condition,
has increased lately, due
arduous services and
Sickness i
in general
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MOHETON
FREWEN'S OPINION.
Distinguished English l.eonomlst Think.
iprobuble,
War
Chicago. June 20. Moreton Frewen,
the distinguished English writer and
economist, who is in the city,
today concerning the Transvaal ei
"In my opinion there will be uo war.
The talk of war is largely the seusa
tlonal work of newspapers. The
truth is neither the Boers nor the En
glish can afford to tight. A com pro
mise will be patched up somehow and
diplomacy will exhaust all her metli
ods to prevent a war that would bring
great loss to both Boers and Kuglish
ineu.
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SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND MEN.
(« en eral Miller Say. This Number Is He.
(|utr«l 111 the Philippine..
Washington, June 26. - General
Miles'opinion is that large reinforce
ments should be sent to the Philip
pines. He declines to discuss the situ
serions "'Tvlmrsl Nl^'Jim LÜkk
returned from the Islands, believes
that at least 65,000 men will here
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SHAMROCK
LAUNCHED.
Sir
Tlioi
Llpton*» Cup
< Imllt-nger
.Hniidifil at Thornycroft'H.
London, June 26.—Sir Thomas Lip
; ton's cup challenger Shamrock was
launched at Thornycrofts's yards at
! -' 30 o'clock this afternoon. Lady Rus
i sell of Kilowen christened the yacht.
! The launching was to have taken place
at 3 o'clock this morning, but was !
postponed because Lady Russell ob
jected to getting up ut "such an un
earthly hour.''
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>t Float tlie Paris.
Falmouth, June 26—Another
successful effort
to (lout the Faris.
ing the ship's bottom this morning.
I The vessel is likely to go to pieces.
HEAVY SENTENCE.
un
its made yesterday
Divers are examin
Mr*. Add!« Harrow i* l'p for Tvr«lv*
V**Hr<* lor Kltipiippin;.
morn
New York, June 26.—Mrs. Addie
Barrow, the last tried of the kidnap
pers of baby Marion Clark, was
brought before the criminal branch
of the superior court
ing. Through her counsel.
William F. 11
guilty and threw herself on the mercy
of the court. Judge Werner, who was
on the beDcb, was merciless, however,
and sentenced her to twelve years and
ten months in the Auburn prison.
this
Mr.
e, the woman pleaded
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TROOPS IN READINESS
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Kn K**ncl !» Prepared to Fight Over the
Triui»va«l IHfttculty.
London, June *35.—The Shropshire
regiment has been ordered to hold it*
self in
I
i„g a question, de
South Africa to
I A Bloemfontein dispatch says
Volksraad of tlie Orange Free State
lias voted S'.iSTO for the increase of ar
readiness for imi
ediate em
barkation for t ape T
The secretary of state for the colo
nies, Joseph Chamberlain, in aiiswer
rn.
at
led the government
was reinforcing tlie British troops in
total of 40,000
en. ,
the !
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i tUlery, tents and other millitary sup
plies A resolution was adopted di- \ c
renting the government to adopt tha i
jj Hust , r
s the national weapon,
The Volksraad als.
voted $72,500 for
ammunition, and $19,950 for other war :
material.
The Gei
ans who arc in sympathy |
with the Transvaal are holding mcet
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of returning Klo
:
250 of them, and a few of the
; considerable gold dust
■
ings at which they adopted resolutions
y to intercede in behalf
urging Gern
of Pretoria.
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KLONDIKE GOLD.
Another Tri-j
re Slil|> Arrive» at Seattle
From Alaska.
- The second big lot
1 liters since naviga
hore on the
There were about
brought
Others were
Irafts for large
home I
Seattle, June 2
j tion opened,
i steamer Humboldt.
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reported to liavi
while others
eu me
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dthout riches.
,f the amount
N.
accurate esti
of gold dust can lie made, for the Teu
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ferent passengers vary widely, ranging
all the way from
gtill
dif- !
>0,000 to $500,000.
more diverging are the conjec
ture» a» to the amount of drafts, ln
eluding drafts and dual., the estimates
range from $300,000 to $1.350,000, Fur
ier Carroll claims that lie had in his
custody $280,000 in dust, and estimates
that there was about $300,ooo more in
the different staterooms not turned
over to him.
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1 Colorado Sprui
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After remaining
VERDICT WAS NOT GUILTY.
Wind-up of Colo
lo Spring*
Shooting Affair.
roltticMi
s, Colo , June. 25.—
out about forty-five
-
j minutes, the jury in tlie case of the
people of Colored
j
j Willia
gating the riot at the opera house Sep
teraber 7 last, when two factions of
*" Tur Republicans were endeavoring
to gain possession of tlie hall for the
s. Samuel Ei
rick, Thomas Clark, Isaac Duffer and
Arnett, charged with insti
.
defendant, was dismissed before tho
case went to the jury, as no evidence
had been adduced which would in
criminate him.
The verdict leaves the question of
the responsibility for Harris'death un
settled.
a
Washington, June
purpose of holding a convention, dur
ing which Charles E. Harris of Den
ver was killed, returned a verdict of
not guilty.
Glen DufBeld, another
WILL KEEP THE CANTEENS.
War Depiiili
nt Deride. tt> Maintain 1*o»fc
Drink Shops.
—The acting
secretary of war said today that so far
as the department is concerned the
; question of tlie maintenance of can
' teens at United States army posts is
settled in favor of maintaiuiug the
!
present system.
Reports from officers in all branches
tion as operated is infinitely better for
the interests of tin* soldier than the old
system of post traders and low grog
JT eries on the outskirts of the posts,
" he regulations under which the
cant cen operates are already form-'
eve, 'y j
of the service showed that from
standpoint the army canteen associ
ulated and there will lie no need for
further action by the department.
Train Robber'» Futilshmeat.
HartviUe, Mo., June 25—Twenty
years' imprisonment in the state peni
tentlary is the punishment imposed by
tlie jury here in tlie case of "Bill'' Jen
other ' v ! se Harry Glenn, another
robbo(1 a Kaas f" | ll y.
». ,° vf ' ; emp is express train at
tt nd°' John Kennedv had nre
vionsly bven convicted. Jennings! or
*^ enn ' ^ man whom the the detec
tlT6!, T believed to be Bill Ryan of the
old James gang, but in this they prove
to have been in error. The convict is
a hardened criminal, and lias served
terms in the penitentiaries at Salem,
Ore.; Stillwater, Minn., and in Nebras
ka, in each ease for violent crimes.
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! Lloyd, living seven miles northwest of
FIVE GIRLS DROWN.
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Terrible Disaster
which llefetl a Ratting
Party.
Lampasas. Tex., June 25.—Mrs. T. J.
this place with lier five daughters arid
a visitor, Miss Childers, went in hath
i ing in a creek today. The youngest
! girls went beyond their depth when
their eldest sister and Miss Childers
went to their rescue and alt five were
drowned. Mrs. Lloyd saved her other
daughter only by heroic efforts.
CROKER WILL RETURN.
K«$ded al Horn« to Rektor« Harmony In
» am many.
New York, June 25.—Owing to seri
ous trouble in the ranks of'lammauy it
is said today that Croker will cut short
his stay in England and return to N w
leaders are endeavoring to break aw aj
sod the strong hand of broker is badlj
needed to restore harmony, it is alsc
said thst Croker is disgusted with his
poor luck and troublesome experiences
*>n the English turf.
York at once.
Several of the district
NEWS SUMMARY.
The Queen Regent of Spain has
signed the bill for the cession to Ger
many of the Caroline islands.
Acting Secretary Allen has perfected
his plans for the drills of the naval
militia organization on tlie i'aeitic
At Jeffersonville, Iud., 1,500 men In
the foundry of the. A
ufaeturing c<
ricau Car Man
ipany have struck.
Madame Dreyfus lias obtained per
mission to visit her husband in prison
at any time between sunrise aud sun
c
set.
mst.
a
a
>r Gomez has discharged the
mayor of Santo Domingo for complic
itv in the falsification of the Cuban
army lists,
The Darcey island leper station has
yed by tire. One leper is
dead and another it is feared will die
from injuries received.
The Toledo Press club has issued a
letter to the newspapers of Ohio ask
ing them to assist in determining the
most beautiful woman in Ohio.
been desti
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Nearly 3,Ooo pants makers are on
strike in Manhattan, Brooklyn and
Brownsville, throwing 5,000 women
and girl finishers out of work.
All the racing stock of tlie Palo Alto
stock farm has beeu ordered sold by
! .Mrs. Stanford, who has decided to
abandon the breeding of runners.
The Chinese government, it is said,
iestruetli
of the
: contemplates the
ancient Chinese wall that
■parates
China proper from Chinese Turtury.
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Captain Mercer, Indian agent, lias
received peremptory orders to r
all white persons off the Chippewa
dtliin thirty days.
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love
Indian reser
■ul ion
German-Amerieaus of Detroit, iu
mass meeting assembled, in most radi
cal terms Tat a red hostility t
of America
any sort
'-English
political alli
ance.
The steamer Alpache, plying between
•hicola, Fla., was
sunk in the Uhipola river near We
wathitcka, Fla., and four persons were
drowned.
Coin
bus and A pal;
In tlie course of recent reciprocity
negotiations an arrangement was made
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between the United States and Portu
gal for a mutual reduction of duty on
certain articles.
gree
Carnegie, the Iron and steel
of Pittsburg,
Tlie hoard of regents of Heidelberg
university, Tiffin, ()., conferred the do
f doctor
»f laws upon Andrew
magnate
An Knglish syndicate with a capital
D f $100,000,000. it is said,
ln to purchase all the cattle in Texas,
has started
with a view of cornering the cattle
market in this country.
The government of the South African
republic, according to
the Daily Mail from Rome, is ordering
large quantities of rifles from Italian
firms for immediate shipment.
dispatch to
tending thirty miles in length, causing
destruction to crops and inundating
ere lost. I
A tremendous waterspout is reported
in the Fine Ridge, S. D., district, ex
New York District Assembly No. 4, j
Knights of Labor, unanimously adopt- j
e| ! resolutions demanding General Mer- !
riam's recall and court martial on ao
ail tlie low lands
No lives
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I
! count of his action iu the Couer d'Alene
labor troubles.
.
than to go to Europe when he has a:
senatorial fight on in Michigan."
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j Governor Pingree announces that
Secretary Alger will not leave the cab
inet to accept a foreign appointment. !
Said the governor. "He knows better !
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pon tlie war department for
four expert Spanish court stenogra
pliers for service in the Philippine
islands. They must he familiar with
the Spanish and English languages.
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There has been a call made by Gen
eral Otis
The British armed sloop Buzzard
while trying to reach the French!
treaty shore, Newfoundland, collided
with an iceberg, which stove in her
bows. By means of collision mats and ;
moving the heavy guns and gear to the
»tern, she made her way back to St.
. . , ,,
John 8 saftl y
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While Miss Nellie Kendall and C. G.
Batting were walking on Jackson
emains of Ensign Robert Mon
The
aghan of the cruiser Philadelphia were
given every honor while in Portland,
; where he was
vell remembered by
After lying at
! many old classmates,
the armory over night the casket was
carried out at noon to the waiting j
hearse and taken to the cathedral,
where services for the dead were con
ducted.
A heavy explosion of gas oceured in
one of the lower lifts of the Maxwell
colliery of the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre
(Fa.) Coal company. Three hundred
men were at work in the mine at ths
time, and had narrow escapes for their
lives.
street, Seattle, they were held np by
two men.
Without
arning one oi
let passed through bis coat lapoel, th< ;
powder burning his face.
X sneak thief entered the Metropoli
tan National bank, Iioeton, and atol«
$10,000 while the paying teller's atten
tion was drawri' away for a moment. !
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Philip Zambee was arrested ln New
York es he alighted from a train, and (
the stolen money found on hie person
the two men fired at Bating. The bul
The transport St. Faul has sailed toi
NORTHWEST NOTES.
A special train bearing 111 miners
from Joplin, Mo., arrived at Wardner,
Ida., last Friday. The men will goto
work in the mines.
James Green wanted at Seattle, for
the murder of s cabman, and in Walla
Balia for buncoing a farmer out of
$5,000, was arrested at Harrisburg, Pa.,
Of the men to win
permits to work
in the mines at Wardner, Ida., hnvo
been issued, nearly all are native born
Americans.
Previous to the strike
about 80 per cent were foreign horn.
Antone Hetieke
ing man of Butte, was accidentally
killed last week,
a lie
a distance of twelve feet, breaking his
neck.
well known min
lie was
forking on
house, and fell from a staging,
The Honey Dew mine, near Boise
City, Ida., claims to have produced the
largest nugget from a quartz ledge
ever taken out in the country. It
weighed four pounds, three-fourths of
which is solid gold.
It is announced that the Denver A;
RioGrande will spend *2,000,000 in im
provements in Colorado in the next
year. Among other improvements the
company will build a line through the
San Luis Valley to Del Norte.
Captain Nickerson, agent, of the
Shoshone Indians of Wyoming, is in
Washington with a delegation of nine
members of the tribe to negotiate a
new treaty which will permit the tribe
f its lands.
to sell a millic
eres
The 3-;
M. 0, Hull
■ar-old child of Mr. and Mrs.
This is the second child the distressed
parents have lost in this manner, an
other being burned to death several
vas li
rned to
I death last week
child rei
She
villi
it her
were playi
g witli matches.
years ago.
A big gold proposition has been dis
covered near Banner, Idaho, in
district. A very
ledge has been opened
erty bonded to Boise people,
perts say the new district will rival
any dislriet in the state. Buffalo Hump
not excepted.
a ne'
ich and extensive
d the prop*
The ex
The Lucky Boy mine at Idaho City.
Idaho, is of such immense size, and tlie
ore all good, that tlie owners are con*
templating putting In a 25-stamp mill
right away, to take the place of the 10
stamps now running. The width is
not yet known, although it has been
■ cross-cut a distance of fifty feet.
The conference held in Butte be
tween the office
Line and those of the Great Northern
resulted iu a satisfactory adjustment
of the difficulties that had
the piece of road between Silver Bow
and Butte, which is owned and oper
ated jointly by the two companies.
Troops will be maintained in the
Coeur d' Alenes indefinitely. The per
manent detachment of 300 dismounted
oi the Oregon Short
arisen on
cavalrymen, who have arrived from
Fort Riley, Ivans., are under orders to
be in readiness for a stay of several
months, and the officers are settling
'town with the expectation of making
I t* le * r homes in the district until snow
falls again.
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Two horses were stolen from Oripp's
stable at Rock Springs on tlie 20th, tlie
Mercantile
I Guild
store
company
I broken into and burglarized to the
amount of about $00 worth of
.
mer
j ohandise and jewelry, and the cellar of
the seclion house at lSlairtowii was
a | so broken into and a quautity of
! provisions stolon.
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The police are kept
busy, but no clue as to the thieves.
The state of Idaho has received four
1 flags. One of them, a handsome
banner 6x12 feet, is to be presented to
Mrs. Sinclair, the Wardner lady who
rushed in between tlie rioters and the
men whom they were murdering, when
the Bunker Hill mill was attacked and
destroyed. The other flags were 10x18
! feet. One is for the capitol, one for
the penitentiary and the other for the
soldiers home.
; l*a» been collecting subscriptions for
*he benefit of the families of the Coeur
d' Alene mines, has returned a eontri
The Miners' Union of Butte which
j bution of $5 which was made by Gov.
i Smith of Montana. The grounds for
i the action was that the governor had
approved the course of Gen. Merriaia
in a letter to tiiat officer in allowing
men to J>e taken out of tlie state with,
out requisitoin to answer charges of
rioting at Wardner.
At Idaho City, Idaho, three hundred
tons of ore that has lain on the Wash
ington dump for nine years has been
put through the mill. It yielded $!3
per ton. When tlie ore was cast aside
by the former owners they did not be
lieve tiiat it would pay milling ex
penses. Tlie mill is now running on
200 tons of stiver ore. The force in tlie
mine is constantly increasing, and
large ore body east of tlie old works is
turning out good rock.
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J. H. Ley son of Butte has received
official notification that his bid fora
site for the new Federal building had
been aoceptad and that the new build
; l ng would be located et the Dortheast
coruerof Main and Copper »Ueets.
The consideration is $1.
It is expected that the reduction
works at Reno will be in operation
! within a week. Winn it starts up it is
stated that a large force of miners will
( be pot to work at the mines from which
at least a carload of ore will be shipped
to Beuo from Oreana daily.