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Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10


Senator Spooner reported favorably a
bill for the erection of public building
at Sioux City, Ia, to cost $4,000.
The house committee on pensions has
agreed to the senate bill increasing to
$50 per month the pension for total
deafness.
A bill has been reported favorably in
the senate to authorize the president to
appoint Gen. Alfred Pleasanton, major
of cavalry, on the retired list, and Gen.
William Waverill as colonel on the re-
tired list.
Senator Plat, from the committee on
territories, has reported fayorably bill
to extend the southern and western
boundaries of Kansas to include what is
known as the public land strip in the
limits of the state.
Mayor Francis, of ST. Louis, sent the
following telegram to President Cleve-
land: congratulations to you and the
democratic party on the time and loca-
ton Of the convention at st. Louis. II
means the fight will be made squarely
on the principles so clearly, forcibly and
courageously enunciated In your mes
sage"
The democratic congressional cam
paign committee held meeting on the
evening of the 23d at which the sena
torial committee, previously appointed,
and consisting of Messrs. Kenna, Hearst
and Blackburn, was also present. Rep
resentative Jones, of Alabama, was
elected permanent chairman and Rep
resentative Shively, of Indiana, per-
manent secretary. 1t was decided that
the committee should hereafter hold a
meeting once a month. Chairman Jones
was authorized to appoint committee
of ten TO act, together with the three
senators named, as the executive COM
mittee of the congressional committee.
The senate has received from the sec
rotary of war his estimate of 81, 500 for
an appropriation required by the war
department to pay for the extension of
the Fort Robinson military reservation
in Nebraska. Accompanying the letter
of Secretary Endicott are the proceed
ings of the board of officers convened at
Fort Robinson ON January 9Th last to
examine into the report upon and APP
praise in detail the improvements aban.
doned by John G. Sechter when re-
moved from the military reservation at
that post. There are affidavits in the
communication from Sechter showing a
detailed appraisement of his property
and why he abandoned it.
Mr. McShane, from the committee on
Indian affairs, has reported to the house
favorably the bill authorizing and
directing the secretary of the interior to
extend the time of payment for the pur-
chase of the reservation of the Omaha
tribe of Indians in Nebraska. He gives
n history of the matter showing the
quantities sold to settlers, payments
made, etc, and states that it was two
years before the settlers could realize
from the cultivation of land and the
very low prices now paid for agricul-
tural products would require the settlers
to make sacrifice unless the govern
ment gives them an opportunity to save
their land by an extension of the time
within which they must make payments.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10

The President Of u,s luton Pacific Befor
the House COntyufffee.


The House COBiHliifee.
Washington dispatch; Charles Francii
Adams, president of the Union Pacific
railroad, and Story, counsel for the
company, were to-day heard by the sen.
ate committee on Pacific roads in sup
port of the propositions made by the
Union Pacific for a settlement Of its in,
debtedness TO the government. Then
arguments were practically the same az
those made by the house committee.
Mr.. Adams expressed the company's
willingness to meet the obligations il
the burden was so adjusted that it would
not deprive the property of those re-
turns which where necessary to every
well managed property, and declared his
readiness to advise his people to accept
the settlement proposed in the Outh
waite bill, with such notifications as he
had already submitted TO the house
committee. There was a general inn
preston, which had been repeatedly
stated in the papers, that the Union Pa
cific additional security amounts to moth.
ing; that it was all mortgaged. This
was shockingly erroneous, and no per-
son who would examine the property
would endorse the statement So far ae
the Union Pacific was concerned its ter
minal grounds in the cities of Omaha,
Kansas City and Denver, would, before
the loan matured, be worth twice their
present value, which was fully fifteen
millions, and before fifty years, the ex.
tension period which was now under dis
cussion, had passed, he did not hesitate
to say these terminal ground would be
worth more than the entire debt of the
road.
Senator Hearst made point that the
grounds could not be made available TO
extinguish the company's debt, mas
much as they would always be neces-
sary to the operation of the road, to
which Adams reioined that that the
grounds would have their value to
whomsoever should purchase the road
and the purchase money for the grounds
would be applicable upon the debt.
Woodfield Story, counsel for the
Union Pacific, followed President
Adams.
Senator Morgan put it to the counsel,
as legal proposition, whether the gov
eminent could not, by execution al
though without statutory lien on the
branches and in its capacity as a general
creditor, hold those branches as secur-
ity.
Story admitted at the end of ten years
the government might, as a general
creditor, sue the company and ruin it.
| 1t might add to its present security 246
miles of road and terminal facilities, but
it could not touch 2,700 miles of branch
! lines.
Adjourned.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10
KILLED THE ooSrnAoyon
a Denver Arehiteot Does DsadIy Uorb i,
Las dnlDas.

ATohifect Does Deadly Work az
Las dntDias.
Las Animas Col. special. II Ruou
contractor on the court bouso bo;na
punt here, was shot and killed al tbe
Leland hotel in this city by Fred A
maze architect OF Denver. The facts
connected with the killing are as fol.
lows: For some time the feeling anono
our people has been that Controctoy
niiey was preparing TO put in insult.
able brick in the erection OF the court
house, and the county Commissioners
sent lor Mr.. Hale, Of Denver. 10 come
ana inspect the brick. Mr.. Hale ar.
Hsed mere this morning and in company
mlth the commissioners examined the
Dfick ana made report Al the morn.
ing session OF the board Mr.. Riley inter.
rnpted them in their work. and Mr.
nan quietly told Mr.. Riley that lie was
mere by invitation of the Commissioner
aud had to do only with them where.
upon MIR. Riley struck Mr.. Hale three
or four times before those present
could interfere, and also strpeI, ~
~; hall, county clerk, because
- 'A< .hhSht'ttu 70 Quiet MIN. This
al took place in the building occupied
Tor court house. Mr.. Riley had been
drinking some, and when drinking he
was exceedingly unruly and abusive.
~ noon Mr.. Hale needed the advice OF
has friends and secured revolver and
vent TO bis hotel for dinner. When he
arrived at the hotel he was advised that
Riley was in the dining room and sug-
gested 10 Mr.. Hale to wait for his din.
mel. until Riley had left He consented,
took a seat IN the Office and began read.
ing paper When Riley came out of
the. dining room he saw Mr.. Hale and
rushed towards him and struck Mr..
Hale, who was sitting down, knocking
hlm OF the chair into corner of the
room, striking him upon the head four
or five times while he was down, when
Mr. Hale drew his revolver and fired al
has antagonist some three shots Riley
walked out Of the hotel and fell dead.
Justice Fry summoned coroner's Jury
and after hearing the evidence in the
case rendered a verdict that Mr.. Hale
acted in self-defense in the matter and
that he was Justified in killing his an-
lagonist Mr.. Hale regrets exceedingly
the necessity Of being thus forced 10 de-
Tend himself He leaves tonight for
Denver.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10
DIED IN EAOH OTHERS, ARMS.

Alliance co. dispatch: Charles Win
gard and Annie Fox, uncle and niece, in
Jail here for clipping from Monroe,
Mich, committed suicide by shooting
at 10 o'clock this morning. The Michi-
gan officers had Just arrived and had a
talk with the prisoners, who asked few
minutes in which to decide whether to
return to Michigan without a requisition
or not The officers left the Jail to give
them an opportunity to consult together.
Returning shortly, they found they had
locked themselves in cell and ended
their lives with a revolver. The details
of the deed will never be known. Win
gard is still living, but cannot survive
the day. There is great excitement here
over the tragedy.
Monroe Mich dispatch: The re-
port of the double tragedy at Alliance,
o., creates great excitement here. Win
gard had been doing odd jobs for farmers
and others about Frenchtown, five miles
from Monroe, for some time previous to
November IS, and some familiarity had
been noticed between him and Annie
Fox, the pretty, vivacious and exemp-
larry daughter of respectable and
wealthy farmer of that locality. On the
date named above the pair fed, and
after long search were arrested at Alli-
ance, Wingard being charged with in
cest
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10
~ EIp4so SENs arroN.

Ell Paso Tex special; The arrest Of
Postmaster Luis N. Fleury, of Paso Del
Norte, Mexico, last Thursday, on the
charge of robbing the mails and snug,
Cling goods into Mexico, has led to
many startling developments. The last
is the arrest of Albert Kahn, of Kahn
Bros, proprietors of the City of Lon
don store, and probably the heaviest
merchants and importers in Paso Del
Norte. The firm is composed of the
brothers Albert and Felix Kahn, and
their nephew, Felix Brumschweig. Al
bert Kahn is charged with receiving
stolen goods from Fleury.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10
A LIHEMAY,s FATE.
Caught By the Wires and KILLED by Eieetri
effgf,

Caught bU the Hires and KILLED by Efeetri-
city.
st. Louis dispatch: Robert Archi-
bald, lineman for the Bell telephone
company, met with horrible fate this
evening. 1t had been raining all day
and the lines were working badly
Archibald was sent out from the central
station to repair a line on Fifth and
Pine streets, and had climbed half way
up sixty-fve-foot pole when he re-
ceived shock from the heavily charged
wires and fell backward. He was caught
by bunch of wires and held fast, his
head hanging down. A large crowd
gathered in few minutes, but no one
seemed to know how to get the poor
fellow down. Finally the truckmen of
the No. engine house were notified,
and, responding promptly with their
Hayes extension truck, they ran up the
ladder to where the poor lneman was
hanging, but before relieving him took
the precaution to cut the wires with
insulated shears, as the lines were all
heavily charged through contact with
crossing electric light wires. Archi-
bald was unconscious, and his legs and
right side were frightfully burned. He
was taken home in an unconscious con-
dition, and his recovery is considered
impossible. He is 26 years old, un-
married, and was an experienced line
man
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10
a FRIGHrrUL COLLAPSE.
a Building Falls with Disastrous
Results.

Kansas City special: Sixty feet Of the
roof 81 the Midland hotel, now in course
Of erection here, fell to-day, burying
nino men In the ruins, the following
being injured:
Jack o'Bncn, Of Chicago, seriously
injured
William Miller, Of Chicago, cut about
the head
Joe Mooney, hands and head cut.
Charley Birch, seriously injured.
VIM. Nelson. hand aud head cut.
Thomas Evans, seriously injured.
Joseph Hunt, hurt about the spine.
Joseph Cox. slightly injured.
In addition 20 the above Frank Edi-
son. a young carpenter, lies dead some
where beneath the debris
The erection Of the Midland hotel was
begun about year and half ago, and
II will cost when completed S135,0OO
The loss from the accident, which was
hy a shoe supporting an iron truss IN
the roof breaking. is placed at 5000.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10
T4RIFF MArrERs.

Washington special: For the first
time in six weeks the house committee
on ways and means will meet tomorrow
morning. Chairman Mills personally
notified the republican members this af-
ternoon of the meeting, and added that
the majority would press the tariff bill
which it has been at work upon for two
months. The finishing touches were
given the bill by the democratic mem
bers of the committee yesterday, and
the proof from the public printer was
to-day read by the clerks of the COM
mittee and compared with the copy by
Chairman Mills. The bill makes about
IS. 900 words.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10
,o,, orTrR D4NsEROUSLT m

Washington special: AT willard
hotel tonight IL was stated that Mr'
pottor's condition had not improved,
but that on the contrary he was re-
garded moro critically i'll than at any
s,,a s;pee his arrival. DIR. Ransom, the
ottnnding physician, would not say inst
a ,vhat be thought Of the outlook for his
, mi% Int when asked il he believed
III. Potter would soon be able to con
,;nna his trim 10 Florida, he replied
a;th ! meaning glance and emphasis,
WIN saNir Potter will not go to Florida.
Tho condition Of Mr. Potter around
the hotel and by his friends is regarded
"a very serious.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10
rRAIs nonnrNa ~ 4nKANs4s

A special from Pine Bluffs, Ark, says
that as the train on the ST. Louis, Ar.
Kansas 4 Texas railroad, north-bound,
stopped at Ringsland, about o'clock
this morning, three men stepped on to
platform Of the baggage car next TO the
engine. About mile from Kingsland
the train suddenly came TO s'andstill
and the conductor stepped 10 the door
% See what was wrong. Az lie opened
the door a bullet whistled by his head
and lie ~ once retired inside the car
whore he remained during the trouble.
The robbers went 10 the engine and
compelled the engineer and fireman to
throw up their hands They were then
ordered 10 call on the messenger to open
the car They did as ordered, but no
refused 90 open the door They then
began fusilado, which lasted while at
iempis were being made 10 force a way
into the car Their attempts we're inef.
frciunl, and after setting the car on fire
they wcre enabled 10 get in. The mes
senger opened the safe for them and the
contents were quickly transferred 10 a
sack which they carried. The mail car
and passengers were not molested. Be-
tween 81. 900 and $40. 900 are thought 10
have been taken. The sheriff an posse
are in pursuit OF the robbers.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10
DR. FULTON ON THE FUruRE.
ne Declares The Catholics are EHdedror'"g I"
Control The Country

m, f,,clare. me Catholics are EHdenroring "a
Control the Country.
Chicago special: Rev. DIR. Justin ~
Fulton of Boston, preached to-day at the
Fourth Baptist church. His sermon
was n bold assault upon the Catholic
church. He said that the Catholic
schools were training young men to be
newspaper reporters and 70 fill business
positions in connection with the wealthy
In order 70 propagate their doctrines,
"Why. in San Francisco there are 40,
600. 600 acres connected with the Catho.
lic church. and the street railways are
aIl In Tho hands Of the Jesults. lie de-
ciared that they had bombaTde ,,I,d New
med 10 open up square fight IN Cni,
c rn from center to circumference, and and
soid II he was properly supported, 600
would start here through the ins dTIa ra.
tality employed q work tht' ,ho nanol
,i,vqrh
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10

In the Commons, Feb, 81. Bradlaugh
made personal explanation regarding
the correspondence in which Lord Sails
bury appeared to charge him with cor
ruption and perjury, He said Salisbury's
solicitor denied his responsibility; that
the government refused the committee of
inquiry, aud he hoped that the House
would recognize that no further RESPONSE
bility rests upon him.
A DISPATCH from Mt. Carmel, Pa OF
Feb 2lst says; The striking miners made
q rush for their places this m 'rning to
find in many cases they were not wanted
Many were turned away The feeling is
bitter against the Reading company.
Ex-Governor Merrill of Iowa, who
went TO California less than two years
ago, is said to be several times a mil
lionaire already, his land and mining
speculations having all been successful.
"Swipes, the Newsboy," who killed
William Dempsey in a prize fight near
New York about a month ago, is now
posing as dime museum attraction.
Tennie Claflin says that her sister,
Victoria G. Woodruff, will bring 81 900, :
600 to this country to found school of
marriage.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10
cAN,r sraNp THE STEAM.
Postmaster Dickinson Worn Osa bD he
opportunities Of Office Seekers.

Postmaster Dickinson Worn Dat by the
THPorfHHhiss Of Ogioe-seeJsers.
Washington special: When the pres
ent administration was just inaugurated
ex-Postmaster General Tyner called at
tention TO the fact that in the last eleven
years of the rule of the republican party
the average term Of the gentlemen who
had served in the capacity Of postmaster
general was just about one year. He
accounteds for thi state of affairs by as
serting that to the ordinary man the
strain of the Office was so great that
none but those of iron constitution could
bear up long under it. 1t will be re-
membered, too, that in the four years
preceding the Inauguration Of President
Cleveland there we're four postmaster
generals, namely: James, Howe, Ores
ham and Hatton. Mr.. Villas term of
three years was an exceptionally long
one, but the indications are that the
president will have to select successor
to Mr.. Dickinson long before March A,
1889. Mr.. Dickinson is said to have
succumbed to the strain already, and he
was reported yesterday to be worn out
with the constant strain upon him,
caused by the opportunities of the mem
bers of congress for places in the de-
partment, in the railway mail service,
and in the various postoffices. HIS
friends think that he will not attempt to
retain the postoffice portfolio after the
campaign shall be fairly opened.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10

ana ' Io, Trains are running In Illinois
s s.or, IOWA .E The train due this mornin@
~ a .he west at $3.50 arrived at o ;45 and
T ~ tralli due at 2 this afternoon from
california was three hours late i''i'
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10
HrrNERs IN ED PLIGHT

Hazleton (Pa) dispatch: The con.
gressional investigation committee this
morning examined d. M. Evans, a leg
islator and practical miner. Hesaid the
condition of the men in this region was
pitiable. They could not under the
store system and the rates paid get
enough to eat and wear. Some of the
miners never saw a dollar in cash
Other witnesses testified as to the man
ner in which the miners were held at
mercy of the companies.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10

IGNATIUs DoNNELLY was showed in
at his farm at Hastings, Mimi, re-
Gently with the snow four to seven
feet deep and the thermometer forty
to fifty degrees below zero.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10

An immense cigar factory is to be
built at Key West, Fla, by Cuban
manufacturer. The cost is estimated
at 100000. and its capacity at over
one million cigars per week.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10

ONE Of the saddest deaths recently
recorded was that Of A. Diebold. a re-
tail coal dealer. who froze 10 death in
his Office in LOUSY lie. Ky.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10

A HERD of almost 1000 Angora
goats. ''about which nobody knows
anything" it is reported. are running
at large along the banks of Little
Wood RIVER. L I.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10

A CITIZEN Of Milledgeville recently
received two-cent postage stamp as
bis full share of the proceeds of
mortgage that had just been foreclos-
al
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10

A PoRT HURON man has won the
everlasting gratitude of near-sighted
men by inYenting hitching post which
drops out of sight whenever no horse
is ttached to it.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10

EX-SENATOR d. A. TABOR is again
in luck. 1t is said that eight feet of
solid ore that will average S75 per ton
has been opened up at the Matchless
Silver Mine. owned by him in Leadville.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10

The only religious daily in the
world has been published in Montreal
sincs 1860. The experiment W as once
tried in New York but 1t was a fall
ure
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10

THE wife of dentist says that she
intends to go into her husband opera
ting room soon and do her share of
work, for she believes that man and
his wife should pull together. 7,
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10

BOILING snow 10 get diamonds is
novel; but il proved efficac Gus in
Bridgeport when $1,000 worth that
had been dropped by lady were re-
covered.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10

HERE is local item published in the
Northwest Grand Forks. Oak: ANY
person wanting wife or housekeeper
Or a servant girl, 60 TO Walsh, the
Intelligent, opposite the Herald office.r
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10

A DAKOTA editor wrote fellow
and it was printed 'felon." The mis-
take occurred in an article attacking
the grand jury, and he was tried for
contempt of court
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10

AT Newcastle, Cal. there is q
famous fig tree. One foot from the
ground it measures eight feet four
inches in circumference, and its
branches cover $500 feet of surface.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10

PEOPLE don't really kiss the Pope's
toe. The Pope's foot is encased in
six stocking. which is again encased
n dainty slipper embroidered with
cross, which the pilgrim touches with
his lips.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10

A CORRESPONDENT in Japan says
that he has learned how to tie horse
in the streets. He saw meek looking
steed hitched to cart standing in front
of a shop, and the horse stood, not be-
cause he was h,tched to a post, but be-
cause his forelegs were tied together
with stout cord. 1
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10

A WEALTHY Montana man has offer
I'd to give the College of Montana, at
Deer Lodge $40. 600 on the condition
hat the college will raise $4,000
more and maintain perpetual schol-
arshIp for deserving girls without
means.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10

THoUGH workers in copper seldom
suffer any i'll health from their work.
yet the particles of the mineral enter
their system so as to completely sat
urate them in process of time. Some
old coppeIsmiths have had their hair
turn green instead of gray, and their
bones have been found green after
DEATH
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10

A SCHEME is under consideration in
Mexico for tunnelling the volcano of
Popocatapetle through the wall of the
crater, in order to reach the immense
sulphur deposits inside the mountain.
A narrow-gauge railroad will connect
the tunnel with the town of Amecameca.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10

THE finest solitaire diamonds owned
in Washington are said to be those in
the earrings of Mrs, Langhorne, a Vir-
ginia lady whose husband made great
fortune in tobacco. These stones are
valued at 5000 each. and she has a
necklace to match which cost $40, 900.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10

/. T. HARPER, of Victor, lows, owns
ST. Bernard dog that stands twenty
nine inches high. is sixty-two inches
long from tip to tip. and weighs $50
pounds. The other day he saw little
fodder making its waS toward two
angry boars that were fighting, and
walking in front of the baby he pushed
it away. and repeating this several
times until the child mother came.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10

The old proyerb of setting thief to
catch thief was illustrated by the
robbery of railroad station in Indiana
Just as they were scared away the
burglars had broken open some boxes
full of goods that proved to have been
stolen by the station master.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10

FLORIDA promises to become large
producer of opium The poppy grows
there very readily and larger than any
where else in the United States. Six
teen plants will produce an ounce of
opium and an acre should give profit
Of $1,000.