The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-06-08

not know. No satisfactory ~infor-
nation could be cleaned from her.
DR.. Anderson told Sheriff Belknap
that Ada had been long suffering
from heart disease, for which he
had treated her, and that leaving
as she did, and the excitement of
it, probably occasioned a failure Of
the hearts action. The body was
left in the hands of Coroner Larkins
at Ogden, until the mother could
be heard from.
IMPERsoNATED DEAD WOMAN.
William Louis Schley, claim and
pension agent, of Baltimore, has
been placed under 81 900 bail to
answer in the United States court
on the charge of aiding in the false
making, forging and counterfeiting
of voucher for the purpose of OBJ
tanning money from the United
States. The case is that of a Mrs.
Laura Weaver, who died in Decem-
Der, 1887. She was entitled to
pension. After her death her son,
August Weaver, and Mrs. Catherine
Miller went to Schley's Office to try
and secure the dead woman's pen
sion. Mrs. Miller personated Mrs.
Weaver in the voucher, and the re-
suit was a check from the govern
ment last January for 81 1914. The
matter leaked out and August Wea-
yer and Mrs. Miller were arrested.
Now they accuse Colonel Schley of
having Matched the fraud.
PROHIBITORY LAW IN IOWA.
Collector Webster of the Dubuque,
Iowa, district, having stated in an
interview recently given to the press
that the prohibitory law had in
creased the sale of liquor in Iowa,
and that he had issued 232 more
liquor licenses this year than last,
MI. Wayne w. Cordell, of Wash
ington, D. c., made an inquiry of
Governor Larrabee concerning this
somewhat surprising report, and
has received a reply in which the
governor says: "Permit me to state
that I have no confidence whatever
in the correctness of Collector Web
ster's published statements. There
can be no doubt that the sale of
liquor in this state is constantly
decreasing" In confederation of
this view of the case, Gov. Larrabee
sent Mr.. Cordell the opinions of
nearly all the judges in Iowa con-
corning the operation Of the pro-
hibitory law, and they seem to bear
out all that the governor himself
says.
THE FISH COMMISSION
has completed its work with shad
for this year. Although the season
opened much earlier than last year,
owing to the two rainysspells, the
number of eggs Matched was much
less than in.1888. Last year the COM
mission Matched 153, 100000 eggs,
while this year the number is only
100000. This may be increased
by four or five millions more shad,
as some are still being taken at
various points. The next work of
the commission will be with the
native fishes of the streams Of Illi-
nos. Reports continue to come in
daily testifying to the good results
of the work of the commission. A
few days ago Colonel Mcdonald re-
ceived in Washington two shad,
each fourteen inches long, caught
in the Withlacooche river in Flori-
da, where shad were planted several
years ago. 1t is known, also, that
the efforts to establish the salmon
in the Hudson have bourne good
fruit. Some eggs have been placed
there every year for several years
past. One day last week there was
exhibited in New York market
salmon that weighed twelve pounds,
caught in the Hudson river. and a
twenty-pound catch this season is
on record. President Harrison has
set aside, as government reserva-
ton, 1900 acres of land lying along
side Stone river, Colorado, running
up from the location of the pro-
posed new hatchery to the source
of the river up in the mountains.
NATIONAL CEMETERIES.
After the war it was found neces-
sary to establish national cemeter-
les at various points, and into
those were gathered the remains of
those found on the battle6elds or in
the vicinity. There are fifty acres
in the national cemetery at Ander-
sonville, Georgia. The grounds are
beautifully laid out and decorated,
and there rest IL, 461 brave soldiers.
Of these, 451 are marked "Unknown
United States soldiers" The stars
and stripes are always floating above
these lonely graves. The cemetery
at Vicksburg occupies forty acres
and there lie Is, 479 Union soldiers.
Of these, 10000 are colored troops,
and three-fourths of the whole num-
Der are unknown. Near Beaufort,
S. c., is an Enclosure of thirty-one
acres, containing the graves of 9,O72