Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-08-14
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Devoted Principally to Washington
Territory and California


baystack in Glover valley, New, and
br, Ike his neck.
Ex-Justice OF the Peace, William
Henly, of Sacramento. Gal, com
mitted suicide at the Western hotel'
by taking morphine.
Lee Sykes alias w. r. Short, sus.
pected OF completely in the robbery OF
stage aud the murder of passen-
ger in Shasta, county, Cal, WAS ar
rested by Sheriff McCord.
G. N. Galloway, ffeight brake
man, was thrown from n train at
Tucson, Ariz., while making curve
west of the depot. His neck was
dislocated, and he died immed-
iately.
A destructive fire occurred in the
Hidden Treasure drift mine, at Sunny
South, Cal Two miners, Robert Nc
kitchnie and John Bowering have
been taken out dead, and several others
were fatally burned,
Mrs. p. Dempsey, of Fort Bragg,
Cal, forced her two children to drink
whisky, and gave them no food. The
Oldest, boy Of 3 years, could not sur
viye the shock TO his little brain, and
died in commissions.
Joseph Marian, an Italian, aged Az,
was crushed TO death at Los Angeles,
| Cal, while making an excavation for
sewer pipe. Three other men were
badly injured internally, and one had
leg broken.
The custom house officers Mt San
Francisco have seized 800 five tael
boxes of struggled opium on the
bark Forest Queen, bound for Homo
| lulu. The opium arrived on the
steamer Parthia from Victoria, and
was transferred to the bark.
| james Leary, stumbled and fell in
front of cable car at San Francisco.
Before the gripman could apply the
brakes the car passed over the mans
leg. He was taken to the receiving
hospital, and died from the shock in
about an hour.
Giovanni Distano, an Italian, was
killed ut San Francisco by the caving
in Il IA sewer. The trench, which was
eight feet deep, oayed in and covered
the man with sand. His fellow lab.
orers succeeded in digging Bistano
out, but life Was extinct,
John Murphy, Is years old, was
drowned in the San Joaquin river,
near Stockton, Cal, while bathing.
Murphy and another boy had been
ducking each other During the
sport Murphy yentured beyond his
depth and WAS carried away by the
current.
Haywood Reed, of Sacramento, Cal,
conveyed two small boys across the
river in his boat, and on reaching the
other side they commenced wading in
| the water. Both went over step-of
and were dragged into the current
The younger, aged 8, a son of VIM.
Lamphey, was drowned,
| The Otago, $40 tons, Captain w.
| Collins, LETT Seattle with 1881 tons of
coal, bound for San Francisco. While
three and half miles north of Point
Reyes, she became lost In heavy Jog,
and before the captain could locate
her position she was among the break
ers, and had struck. The vessel and
cargo are total loss.
A disastrous fire occurred at Santa
Fee, N. NJ, by which the Catron build
ing, containing the opera house, post
Office, Mexican Office, book and news
stand, and an extensive law library
and offices, WAS destroyed, and several
other buildings We're badly damaged.
The loss aggregate $4,000; insurance
$4,000.
George Grassel and Rhiwold FRYE,
two coopers, had fight at San Fran
cisco, and the former was badly dam.
aged about the head. He retired to
his house, followed by Frye, who at
tackled him with cooper's axe and a
long knife, burying the knife in his
groin and nearly severing Grasseps
arm with the axe in an endeayor to
reach his head.
Charles Jansen, of Los Angeles,
Cal, committed suicide in most
shocking manner He used "A double
bdrreied shotgun, and tied II handker-
| chief from the toes of his right foot to
| the triggers, so that both barrels were
| discharged at once, blowing one side
Of his face and hall Of his head off and
SCATTERING his brains against the cell
ing OF the room, making most sick
ening sight.
At mass meeting OF citizens at
San Francisco, a memorial was drawn
for presentation to congress, setting
forth that 5000 Chinese have been
landed on writs of habeas corpus
since 1854, and that the violation OF
law has been accomplished through
the agency of federal courts. The
memorial further charges that there
are now 1 900 Chinese in San Fran
cisco without certificates, who have
been landed on writes of habeas cor
pus, and who are now out on bail. In
conclusion the memorial demands the
impeachment and removal OF Lorenzo
Sawyer, judge Of the United States
circuit court of the ninth circuit, and
George Nj. Sabin, district Judge for
the district Of Nevada.
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