The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1886-11-20
THE TRIBUNE.
CALDWELL. NOVEMBER 20 1886.
NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST.

bis neck.
Fred Winkleman, the boy murderer
Of Baker county, Oregon, died in the
Insane Asylum at Salem on the IS inst.
He is the man who burned the jail at
Baker City short time sinoe. and after
being sent to the penetentIary he tried
to commit suicide, and was transferred
10 the asylum where he died in few
days.
There are now about LOCO men en-
Gagged between Portland and San Fran
cisco on the lines OF the Bsnnott- Macky
cable telegraph company, and they are
rapidly pushing the work towards COM
pletion.
The Mountain Sentinel ssys that no
less than dozen murders have been
committed in Union. Baker ard Grant
counties within the last yesr. Til, is 5
bad record ard we hope it may never
be- repeated.
The October shipment OF ore from |
which amounted to el36 6S3.19. The
net realz aftor paying sampling, rail-
way and smelling charges was over
100000. This is wonderful showing
and Supt. Carmichael has the sasisfac-
ton OF having shipped last month more
than double the monthly shipment Of
any ofhar nina in idaho
A tourist in Aiask, writes; There is
not horse, mule or bicycle in Alaska;
each and ali would be useless IS
means Of loco m otior. Tho whole
country heads toward heaven st an an
gle OF foriy-fvs degrees. To move on
you must climb and keep on climbing
forever. Tho Indians, for this reason,
avoid ths land except IS place to sleep
on; they live and move in canoes Whist
the gondola is to the Yenetians the Ca
noe is to the people OF Alaska
A few days sgo two toughs named a
Anderson and Ward had a quarrel ever n
= room, which resulted in a shot being =
tired by Anderson at Ward, but With
out effect. Last night they met on =,
street corner, and began to pepper
each other in grand style. About six
shots were fred in all, both men being p,
in the head, Anderson quite sc
'eriously, and Ward slightly. They |.
we're immediately arrested and arc now VI
aursing their wounds in jail.-PendIe- dc
.on exchange. ia,
Tho Umatilla Indian Reservation lei
vill soon DO thrown open for settlement bis
he Indians having at last agreed to M
Axe the land in severalty. The reser- VS.
alton contains 265 600 acres of tho fin- for
st land on TIE Pacific Coast. After
10 I1diars have taken land in several
: there will be balance of 140, 900 !
,res, and this will DO sold tc actual poi
Tiers, and in few years the rossrva-
On will blossom like the rose. IL viii ~
axe Pendleton great inland city. ,,.
10 reservation wodld make e whole = ~. :.
ID two-thirds OF state So largs as ~ -
iode Island. considered geographically. d. '
ID. j. Corker, . hardware merchant Gus
Lafayette, Yamaill county, Oregon, Cas-.
IS foully murdered IN his room last Idal
'nday night, for his money. An aka Koo
fered with blood found near the win Lem
" shows plainly that this was the in Nez
ament used. and the fact that Cork Owy
8 trunk was broken open aud several OneI
1dred dollars distracted from shot Shos
,ch shows that robbery was the OBJ Was
of the terrible crime. HIS head
} literally chopped to peices. S-v-
severe strokes with the axe had
n dealt on the side of his hssd and
lis face. His skull was mashed to A
ces snd Lis tongue entirely cut off. save,
Corker was respected citizen OF ing.
fayette, ard has been in business cuer
re for many years. in
recently the skeleton Of a man wss N
nd near the southwes. corner Of Col LOT
Lake, eighty miles west Ct Sprague me-
ADAMS county, Washington territory NUM-
'en Shiny grass had grown over the Oh NJ
lains, aad near the head was a por- II
OF cloth cap. The skeleton is neroi
eved to be all that is mortal OF eth both
sergeant Williams or Private Jones, ~
Company f, lat Dragons, who were grate
, Colonel Steptoe when he was de- you
cd by the Indians il 1853 or 1859. nave
tain Smith, Lieut. Castor, Sergeant only
liams, Jones, and others were killed. yours
Schnebley arrived in Walla Walla Uod
, shattered arm. Hs said he left
IS near big lake. but did not know
t became Of Williams. Tho skele- 81
found recently was embelished By a a girl
OF in the back of the head. low O
40 steamer Idaho brought from AL 'H