The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-19
NEWS AND GOSSIP.


falls at Niagara and changed the
contour of the land, the change
forming an angle to the original
horseshoe. The rock fell at two
different times, about twenty-four
hours apart. The noise made by the
falling mass and the jar and vibra-
ton caused by it, greatly alarmed
the residents in the vicinity, who
at first supposed it to be occasioned
by an earthquake. The jar was
distinctly heard half-a-mile up the
river.
The proprietors of the New York
Voice are after Senator Quay's
"scalp lock-" and are liable to get
the whole wig before they let him
go. The mailing list of the Voice
was stolen just before election, and
two of the employees have con-
fessed to being the thieves, and say
they sold the lists to Senator Quay
and James S. Clarkson for $3.50 and
a promise of government employ
ment. The lists were used by the
republican leaders to further con-
spiracy through which the mana
gers succeeded in hurting the pro-
hibition party in order to elect Gen.
Harrison. The 'Voice" people have
strong case against the republican
leaders, and are airing the transac-
ton pretty thoroughly. They &C.
cuse the Pennsylvania manipulation
of bribery, theft and corruption,
and say they will make the country
ring with the infamous story. The
executive committee of the prohi-
bition party will decide whether
Senator Quay and Mr.. Clarkson will
be prosecuted in the criminal courts
or not
Princess Bismarck is seriously i'll,
and it is feared she will not recover.
In type-writing contest in Bos-
ton a few days since, Frank Nc
Gavin of Salt Lake City won the
nrSt prize OF @lUO.
A Washington dispatch says that
there seems to be a concerted NOV
ment on the part of several repub-
lican leaders in Ohio to secure a
place in General Harrison's cabinet
for ex-President Hayes. Mr.. Hayes,
it is said, could have a foreign mis-
sion, but he prefers to remain at
home. His friends say he would
like to be Secretary of War. The
most cordial relations exist between
Mr.. Hayes and the President-elect.
Five hundred employees of the
Higgins carpet factory in New York
have struck on account of the re-
peated reduction of their wages
since the election. During the
campaign these people paraded the
streets loudly cheering for Harrison
and protection. They were told by
their employer that if Cleveland
was elected their wages would I'M
doubtedly have to be reduced, but
the promise was made that if Har-
rison was elected there would come
unexampled prosperity to the car
pet industry in general, and to the
employees of Higgins in particular.
They voted for Harrison, of course.
and they had hardly done shouting
over the result of the election when
they were notified of a ten per cent
reduction in wages. Several SINH
lar reductions followed in rapid
succession, and the workmen have
now decided that protection" did
not protect.
A frightful cyclone visited Read
ing, Pa, one day last week. 1t
was beyond comparison the worst
storm ever experienced in that part
of the country. A silk mill with
two hundred operatives within
almost all girls-was blown down.
Very few escaped without injury
and many were killed.
On the same day tornado passed
over Pittsburg, Pa, destroying
many buildings, killing eight leo
pie and injuring many others.
A nail mill at Sunbury, Pa, was
blown down the same day. About
twenty men were buried in the ruins,
nine of whom were rescued alive
but badly hurt. At all these places
there were many minor accidents
houses were unroofed, trees blown
down and windows smashed. Many
buildings in course of erection were
blown to atoms. Beside the loss
of life that has cast a gloom over
the two cities mentioned, the pecu-
mary loss is enormous.
Late dispatches from New York
say that the N. Y. World has sent
Thomas Stevens, who made the tour
of the world on a bicycle, to Africa
to search for Stanley and Emin
Pasha. There is grand work to
be done in the Dark Continent, even
should the fate of the two famous
explorers be cleared up before Ste
vens arrives in Zanzibar. To great
extent the correspondent will be
left to decide upon his own plans
on reaching the ground. though he
will always keep in mind the fact
that the greatest interestin all parts
of tho world will ho Eolk for CAnxlo.,