The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-02-02
THE COMMITTEE IN CHARGE

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THE COMMITTEE IN CHARGE
OF the preparations for celebrating
the centennial Of the Inauguration
of President Washington. are max
ing every exertion to make the af-
fair an event long to be remembered
They are gathering together all the
relics they can find of those days,
and among them they will have the
identical arch which the ladies Of
Trenton erected, and under which
Washington passed on his way to
the Inauguration, and under which
Lafayette passed when he visited
this country in 1924. It is now in
the possession of the wife of the
Hon. Caleh~S. Green, of Trenton,
| N. j., who also has the letter of
thanks which Washington wrote to
the Trenton ladies. It is now on
exhibition, in independence Hall.
and will be returned to Trenton in
time for the centennial services.
Mis-. fdELPS,
Wife of the American Minister at
London, is as great favorite with
the ladies of the metropolis az her
husband is with the lords. She has
just been presented by Lady Sails
bury and Lady Rosebery, as souv-
enir Of their friendship, with a
magnificent bracelet composed of
eleven South African diamonds.
A GHOST STORY.
A good sized ghost story is in
circulation concerning the South
ern Hotel at st. Louis. 1t will be
remembered that in room A, of
that hotel, in April 1885, Maxwell
chloroformed C. A. Preller to death.
After robbing the body he packed
it in trunk, where it lay for two
weeks. Since then the guests who
have occupied the room have had
strange experiences. The hotel
people at first laughed at their fears,
but the laugh soon turned into a
sickly smile, when some of the
brave employees tried to sleep all
night in the apartment. Groans
and frightful noises, alternating
with the opening and shutting Of
wardrobe doors, created a panic
among the employees and guests.
Finally the reported horrors of
room A spread to such an extent
among the travelling public that
the room could not be assigned.
Then the hotel people changed
the number and called it 113. This
had no effect on the ghost. Last
week one of the best known men in
the city occupied the room for three
nights, and was then forced out.
He is a man of sound sense and
reliability. He said: Il did not
know of the Maxwell murder in
connection with that room until
after the exhibition. The first
night | was awakened by rap
pings. They were as plain as
possible. Then the bureau drawers
would open and shut. Raps would
sound all along the walls and cell
ing. | rushed down to the night
clerk and complained, and he then
told me the history of the room. l
went back the second night and the
same thing was repeated, only more
violently. About l o'clock, while
| was sitting up awake, two explo-
sions occurred in the fireplace, and,
a piece of slate and plaster as big
as my hat came rafting down.
That settled it and | left" Mana
ger Lewis refuses to talk about the
matter.
ANOTHER OMNIBUS BILL.
Representative Springer has pre-
pared and will at the first opportu-
nifty introduce in the House another
omnibus bill, providing an enabling
act for the admission of the terri
tories of Arizona, Idaho and Wy
oming. The bill embodies all fea-
lures of the omnibus bill recently
passed by the House with the fol-
lowing exceptions: Elections for
delegates to the constitutional con-
yentions res.to be held in each of
these territories at the Novemberl
election, 1889. The constitutional
conventions are to assemble in the
capital Of each territory On the first
Wednesday in January, 1890. The
constitution framed by these con-
ventlons is to be submitted to
vote OF the people for the ratifca-
ton or rejection of each territory
at the November election of 1890.
At this election the Governor and
other state officers. members of the
legislature and other county Off
GERS and representatives in congress
are to be elected. The legislatures
then elected are to be authorized
to assemble and elect two United
States Senators. A special act Of
Congress will then be passed for
their admission into the Union.
COLORADO HAS EXPERIENCED
A genuine earthquake. The shocks
commenced on the afternoon of the
18th ult., and at 4 O'Clock there