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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-23
ALONG THE COAST.

The City Council of Los Angeles has
refused to accede to the Mayors propos-
ition to reduce the saloon license.
A Portland woman is charged with
poisoning her mother and sister in order
to obtain possession of all the proper Y
in the family.
1t is said that a company ha secured
the use of water-power in the san
Gabriel Canyon and proposes to furnish
cheap electric light for Los Angeles, Pas
adena and other cities.
Never before in the history of Wa h
ington was there such an immense
wheat crop as there was this year east Of
the Cascade Mountains. 1t is estimated
that the product is over fifteen million
bushels.
Great excitement prevails in the
CRur d'Alene mining district over a re-
cent gold discovery. A tramp walked
into the guch, made the discovery and
sold out the following dav for $40 600
Samples of ore assay $25,0 the ton.
Great excitement prevails in mini e
circles at Grass Valley over the contlnu-
ed marvelously rich specimens coming
out Of the Seven-Thirty mine. The ore
is as rich as any ever seen IN the worla.
II is deposited in bank for safe-keeping.
The workmen who took the places OF
the strikers on the Exposition Building
at Seattle in September, and who have
not yet received their pay, went out to
the big building, tore up the floors
carried away the lumber. Before the
police could be summoned they had es
capped. The worKmen gent word to the
city officials that the Exposition Build
ing would be burned unless they were
maid nj once
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-23

The sole depository Of the entire
tradition of the state, Talleyrand. even
at the age Of so. ate but one sonarn ,,aai
IN 'ne day his dinner, and every morn
ing ne required the menu of it from bis
chet lie would rise at 10. DRESSING him
sell even after the hands got rebellions
ana nan an hour later would have an
egg fruit or slice of bread and int.
ter' a glass OF water with a dash Of Ma.
uelra IN 1t, or perhaps only two or three
cups OF camomle tea before beqinnin,,
,,N ~oIh' NO coffee, no chocolate. and
lima tea very rarely.
lie dlned at s in Paris and : in tho
country, well and with appetite takine,
soup hSh and meat entree. which w.
almost always of knuckle of veal b,,,isaJ
mutton outlets or a fowl He ,ronIi
s 50 have slice off Joint. and no
liNeu eggs and custards. hul ra'.oI,-
touched dessert. He ALWAYS dr,pl. - e.,
l i;,.g claret' IN which he would put a very
1 1 water, glass Of sherry he did NOT
desplse' and after dinner Detit-verra 10y ~
oiu malaga. In the drawing room, H.
would himself fill up a LARGE cpn VIII,
Jumps ~, OF sugar, and then the mott,
Ilotei-Careme, no wou1d ,dI ~
c cS Then came forty winls anI
alIerward he would play whist for HON
stakes His senile eyelids were 81 s VA
t zen a. tnat II was vast effort to open them
70 any width, and so he often lef tbonl
close ,i and slept in company that boraI
nm. lie still continued to call M ~ ~
secretary at night and dictate to bin' '
through the closed curtains. ond i,,
Saturday Review, '-''7' io'iaoh
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-23
The Bahamas' sponge Exchanro-

Inc greatest sponge exchange on this
continent IS not an inspiring sight TO one
fresh from Wall street Ii is merely a
large shed without side walls, and omen
10 the public generally Along the SIDES
are scattered huge piles Of the elastic
Protozoans strung together in strands
lhe building is opened at 0 o clock in the
ulorhlhg, the members of the EXCHANGE
oeihg promptly on hand There are no
tckers' no spIendor Of plug hats no Ba.
s DEL OF shrill voices, no excited rroups
ne brokers merely deposit bids with the
clerk OF the exchange and at noon the
highest bidder on any one cargo has tba
privilege OF buying that cargo Not.
W'thSlandhG the primitive provincialism
OF Their methods Nassau brokers ara
Keen business men. They understand
gloves and key Vesters' as well as
wall street man understands nuts and
ca'IS' and they often bid within two
pence or threepence OF one another on
GaLsoes ranging IN value from $50 in
@L%o. - Nassau Cor New Yo,L e,u,,
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-23
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Senator sherman has introduced a bill
pro iding that the present tariff should
not be construed to repeal on impair
stipu'ations contained in the reciprocity
treaty with Hawaii
The Secretary of War has sent to the
House a letter recommending the pas
sage OF bill appropriating $4,000 for
laying out and constructing Il era ed
plank wagon roa from Fort Candy to
llwaeo in the State Of Washington. The
bill has passed the Senate, and has been
fayorably reported To the House by the
Committee on Military Affairs
Representative Wilson of Washington
has given up the idea of getting any
public building bills through at this ses-
sion of Congress, but looks forward to
the Filty-second Congress with some
hope, believing that there is a. even
chance that he may be made member
OF the Committee ON Public Buildings
and Grounds owing to the fact that there
are not very any for the places to be
given out.
senator Allen has secured the passage
by the Senate of u bill giving to Clalam
county, Wash, the proceeds Of the sale of
$500 acres of land which has been reserved
from sett ement for many wears Obiec-
ton to this sort of legislation was made
by Senator Cockfell of Missouri until
Senator Allen made detailed statement
OF the case, going into the history of the
tract quite fully. He held that the
county had strong equity in the land,
the reservation OF which for so long has
checked the natural growth in that por-
tiun OF the State
Senator Dolph has introduced several
petitions from Oregon asking that the
tobacco schedules in the tariff bill be
amended, so that the section which was
omitted should be inserted as was orig
inally inteuded. tie also introduced
bill to pension Elizabeth Lee. The res
o!ution introduced by Senator Mitchell
for a Pacific cable is intended to give
Portland one end Of it in case Congress
authorizes it, Senator Mitchell thinks
the delegation from the Pacific Coast
would have the deciding voice in the
matter, and expects that the Washing
ton Senators would join with Oregon in
favor of Portland before they would !
low San Francisco to have il.
The free-coinage bill introduced by
Senator Plumb provides that for double
unit OF the value of 81 of 4l2]9 grains
standard silver or 25.s grains OF gold OF
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-23

"Wa give our heaviest bonds for al
ministrators of estates We have gwen
them as high as 500, 600 iere. how
ever we absolutely secure ourselves
The bond covers the money and secari
ties belonging to the estate, and these we
lock into drawer in some sale deposit
company's vault The drawer mas three
KEYS, one of which is held 10y us, one py
the administrator and one by the sate
deposit company II II Is necessary To
take anything from the drawer mol less
than two men generally three go from
this company with the administrator ana
his lawyer The securities are all taken
out upon a table. and after the required
papor is found they are carefully put
back.
1--WE used tc send but one of our men,
but an unfortunate incident taught us
the value OF greater caution. One OF our
nrincipal officers will not say who
because he is sore about it yet went
down to the safe deposit company with
fine lawyer employed by an administra
tor While they were there the lawyer
stealthly distracted a package contain
ing $40 600 and put il under his coat
He is now in Mexico, out of the way,
and we have settled the account, which
cost us in the aggregate about 100000
Since then we have taken the greatest
possible care All money deposited in
different companies is in the joint name
of our president vice president and
treasurer and their three signatures are
necessary to get it out We consider
ouroniVas abs.olutpiv safe now In cases
of bonds over $2j 600 we reinsure in
other companies here and in England.
New York Mail and Express.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-23
CRIME AND CRIMINALS.


Jugira, the New York murderer, will
die by electricity.
George Weston and his wife at Atchi
son, Kan, fought each other with a
hammer and a Ratchet. The wife is
dead, and the husband is terribly i'll
jnred.
A scheme is being exposed in the trial
OF Doodle Alderman at Des Moines, Ia,
whereby the Councilmen were to receive
800 in addition to their salaries b., dis
honest methods.
stephen u. Butler, aged Is years, who
forged check for 800 was sent to the
Bloomingdale Asylum by Judge Cowiag
in New York. The youth was shown to
be insane from excessive smoking OF
cigarettes.
A robber entered an express II on the
Georgia Pacific train near lndianola
Miss, the other night, held Up the agent
with a revolver, took the money and
ju ped from the train. He was captured
subsequently,
William CLARK, owner of an electric
light plant, went to Milwaukee and drew
SO, 900 from the bank. VIII near the
depot he was knocked down by two men
who had been following him and re-
lieved of the money.
A man claiming to be Henry Elders,
eldest son OF Lord Elders OF the Strand,
London is locked up at Trenton, n j.,
suspicion OF being bogus-check ma
nipuator, who has been wanted for some
time by the Trenton police.
Henry ". spicker, a bookkeeper of
the st. Lous Tribune, has left town, and
his books show a shortage of $4,000. 1t
is now known that he has been living a
double life for eighteen months without
suspicion being directed toward him.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-23

The idea of combining various uses
in single article is favorite one with
inventors. The combined cap, pill
low and life preserver" is to be made
of some air tight material. As a cap it
looks like the double vsored headgear
which is considered the thing for
steamer wear The center pulls out.
What appears to be ventilator in the
top proves to be a mouthpiece. You
blow into it until the interior is abont
half TILED with air, and you have n
very fair imitation of the air pillow
If you awake at night and find that
the boat is sinking you blow some
more air in through the mouthpiece
and have a life preserver as big as n
good sized bladder. There is even n
piece of tape attached for tying the
preserver to the breast. Cor. st. Lonis
Globe-Denocrat
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-23

Many methods are suggested TO seP
drinking water cool, but think lue ="
lowing will be found 70 possess adsar
tages over the box system. Procure
ten gallon jar and an empty sail oallss
which can be had for the asking, put SUI.
ficiert dry well tamped sawdust IN S
barrel, so that when the jar Is p1',s
therein it will protrude about one u y,
above the barrel Fill in AROUND 'le y
with sawdust and lamp as before q,
ing a space of about two inches s.a y j
filled out with cement nicely slloO,n,'
off and sloped, in order that any u ny.
ping water will be carried over 'ile eaa
of the barrel, and your cooler = 'V ,@
pleted in about one-twentleln u ar
time required to make box a''l
more handy Cor BOSTON llldge|
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-23
Money Saved by Sanitation.

Medical men have long been familiar
with the fact that sanitation has been a
saving to the community at large in
doctors bills in nursing and even in
days OF labor to the industrial classes
But it has been difficult to put results
INTO figures, so as to impress the public
mind Mr. Bndenel Carter attemDted
this IN his inaugural address to the Col
lege OF State Medicine Every case Of
fever, he calculated, cost the community
$40 The reduction in the annual death
rate from fever to 4Si per million from
the lS5l so rate OF 00S per million rep
resented a total saving Of 81. 500 600
'but OF this no one seemed conscious"
while the annual cost OF scarlet fever nj
me present time was 50 600 900 a wear
II therefore, we could trace scarlet fever
To definite cause, as bovine disease
communicable 10y milk we could adout
precautions which would save the conn
TY every year somewhere about half as
much money as the recent conversion of
STOCKS, besides much misery Here is
new night upon disease. 1t is increas
mSly prevenlable, and as we reduce its
vlrulence and range we save money. -
Fan Mall Gazette.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-23

full lsgal-tender quality. Any holder Of
bullion is authorized to have it coined or
receive certificate OF deposit for it as
prepared in the act of 1878, and certiti-
Gates are to be full legal tenders. Sena-
tor Teller's bill on the same subject diff
fers from the above in that it fixes the
weight of silver dollars at 400 grains
standard silver, and contains no proyi-
sion in addition to the existing law for
the coinage of bullion received at the
mints. Williams of Illinois also intro
ducad a bill in the House for free coinage
of silver.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-23

Five hundred compositors emploved
on the weekly newspapers of Brussels
are ON strike, and as a consequence
typographical work on these papers is
parIlyzed. =
The estimated debt of France . %
o ~ 81, pa francs nominal capital and
q, ~ 'U4"'oo9 nanes actual capital
nominal rate OF interest 3,43 per cent
ana actual 4.6- per cent. This is the
largest public debt in the world, mIt
French Credits sufficiently solid To a.
low French stock being reckoned At 2
per cent. 80 a
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-23

Horsehesh consumption increases in
Germany.
Booths Social Salvation fund amounts
to over $500, 900.
Italy is to spend $4,000 900 on its new
navy this fiscal year.
The Kaiser's health is poor and his
ear trouble is again very dist essing.
part of Princess Victoria's trous-
seau consists OF the work of all nations.
Jews in Russia have to pay 300 rubl
for their Xemption from military duty.
The orange crop in Spain and South
ern Europe generally this year is a
failure.
steamer is being built at Glasgow.
which is to navigate Victoria Nyanza, in
Africa.
One thousand small farmers and labor
ers are begging Tor food or employment
in Dublin.
The city OF London, England, will
build and rent houses to workingmen at
a slight profit.
The Matin says that new French
loan t 10000 900 francs will be issue
January /, 1891.
1t is estimated that these are more
than two million of people in Eur pc
who do not get a good meal once year.
The German Kaiser has given ord RS
tn t no women shall be employed a
night in any Government factory.
dispatch from Buenos Ayres states
that Il decree has been issued reducing
the salaries of Government officials 10
per cent.
The weekly statement of the Bank of
France shows an increase in gold of
275,00 francs and decrease in silver of
$50, 900 francs.
Australian cannibals show great
preference for Cinnamon, whose rice
diet is imposed to make their flesh es-
zee ally sweet and tender.
Florence st. John has got verdict of
81, 900 and costs against the London
Sporting Truth for printing story that
she had lost her diamonds.
The English Cotton EMPLOYERS Asso-
citation has decided to raise wages 10 per
cent, One hundred and fifty thousand
persons are affected thereby.
The FIR, nch Chamber of Deputies, by
a vote OF 2Sl to 1919, has granted SUI
yentlon OF Y Oo0,0oO francs for public
works in Anam and Tonquin.
To check the e il of usury, the Mum
lcipal Councils OF many small towns in
Russia have established pawn houses in
which money is loaned at a very low
rate Of interest.
\ general strike of workmen in aid of
the universal suffrage movement in Bel
ium has been averted by the Govern
mcnt Introducing a bin to ext nd the
electoral franchise.
A verdict for S67j and costs has been
given in London against Miss Golden
for persisting in sitting in the county
cou Gil after She had been judiciallv de
cared incapable.
During the last fifteen years the en-
rolled military lorce of the European
nations has doubled. There re now
l40J0,00 men in Europe ready to be
called into the field.
Heavy rains have flooded the shin
canal at Manchester, England. destroy
ing portions f the works and throwing
our OF employment for probably four
months about $500 lahore $.
They have got 4 new disc 1se in France
allied the electrie-lght stroke. produced
by the chemical action of the electric
light, and deteriorating the retina, the
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-23

hehlnd rumbez are tie petroleum de.
p 'l OF Peru, which have been known
~ 'i'e natives ever since the times of the
meas but they We're ignorant of the
I Ln or value Of the oil A Yankee
" me name of Iarhir, from western
1>e" iork' went down there to sell kero
aeHt' ana recognized in the moterioy
Nnieh the Indians used for hlbrira,i''.
a'' eo'otnS purposes the same article no
wa, was peddhnS Attempts have been made
~ Juno Tie deposits. which ara yer,
extensive, but so far they have not bcen
tbo t'j T, u IN producing burning auid
FL. c ,'lier saIe or agreeable. VIM.
A1''0y curtis u American Magazine.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-23

Brown-lou seem to think a great
deal of your cousins.
nes-les, they don't seem like raja-
tiVes to me.
Brown-lndeed?
Jones-No, they seem more like
friends. Chatter.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-23

Col. Ghooly, the new Persian dis ncoural
Washington, says the women % ' '.orli. u
are the most beautiful IN tno ,,g -ydr
must have visited Norristown III
rlstown Herald
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-23
4 Cheeky Nurse.

Nurse-Can't I put baby in '''
ma amt ,rih va
Mother-No, doggie is in 'he -, =, ICusfG
till doggio has had bis nap - pV'''N
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-23

Madge supposed to be in Searen 9 "
Can get rooms herel ,,,ror,sl
Jenny dandladyl Is that ch''' 'V''
Madge-- Yes'm. >. ..ta cil
Jenny-I'm sorry, but We don' ''''
dren here. Life.
New-York tribune., 1890-08-30
4 DESTRUCTIVE SURF At 0cEAy GROVE

AsLury Park. y. j.. Aug 90 (Special-Thc ocean did
great damage here this afternoon and evening To the
board walk Of James 4. Bradley, the founder OF th'
town This afternoon the began pounding 81 the
buIthcads under the board walk near the foot OF
Second ave The struck the planhs with u force
which sent the spray IN showers across Svc ana
blinded tho people who wcre occupying chairs on tho
hotel porches The Srf undermined the bulkhedd'ng'
swept I'm behind 10 and each wave struck The undcr
side OF the board walk with Such vgor that The soud
of the blow was heard distance OF two blocks from
the brach. They tore away the sidlr"hN' h"u'hs
from the board walk 20 the beach and pounded Them
m pleoes on the sand The surf tore away several
sections of the bulkhcadinc. The heavy OAR piank-
and high chcStput pilng we're swept out ino tc rlf
aud the waves began running up under the bg cIhhp
of Mr. r5dley's bathing houses at the foot o >c'"hn
ayo The waves swept IN" sand ont ana tore "n'
some OF the plling which supported The bathing houses
The little s1cturcs swaye 10 and fro and then sctra
down The -uff cut on; all the sand under The occan
plaza from Thriave. south FOR ncafI; tlrfr bIn'h9
and Ripped ont tho big timbcrs as u they Wcrr hec
ncgs Several Of the post Of tie Electric Light Com
pany swept out 10 sea Win the o'hrf unpcr''
New-York tribune., 1890-08-30
TINE srrFeaGD PROBLEM rs MISSISSIPPI.

Jackson Miss, AUG e0.-Thc Committee on Elective
Franchise of the Constitutional Convention pTaccaiN
eonpletcd its iabors To-Day. The plan OF Nnhfnec
ocrcod rpou embraces the modification Of the Aus
italian ballot system known IS the Dortsch law Il
residence OF two wears n the state and one In thc
voting precinct the prepayment oi po'l TAX u -
and qnaliGod woman suffrage based upon tho posses
sion bv her or her husband she Is married or Ical
rroprty TO the value Of 5000 The property duaii'
cation has been abandoned. aud an educational quah
cation is provided for. limited TO the ability oi tnc
voter IN understand the Constitution when read to him.
TIC convention met at 80 p. m.. ana under o'Ii "'
countes q number Of resolutions Scre read ana tc
fesrcd.
The Committee on the Convi't system suhhl''eu '''
repon which was made the special order Tor heA'
Tuesday II provides that and after January j.
s0b the practice Of leasing or hiring cnnNtS IN ts
sia,c sh1i rloso foreyer II also provides for tn
abandonment of the present state fenltentirl ana
the establishment " prison tirIn IN ~, ,i'W ~
refornatory school constant separation OF thc eNc'
and the Keeping of juvenile oncpders from ,'''iirl @
With hardened criminals arc also provided i'r Inc
convention adjourned until Monday ut J 10 D. IN
New-York tribune., 1890-08-30
DR. M,GLYYN WARMLY RECEIVED.

Fully COCO persons greeted the Rev. Dr. Edward Me-
Glynn last evening in Joness Wood The demonstration
as under the auspices OF tho East Side branch Of the
Society. but all the sympathzcrs with the
pastol OF ST. Stephens in the most distant part Of tho
city A. well followers among the parishoners who
have remained faithful n him, helped TO swell the crowd
ipto an enormous throng The occasion was the first
pube apearsnce Father MeGynn since his return from
california whittier he went some months ago He looked
houncd and said that the trip benefited him good deal
His appearance the platform accompanied by eXJudge
James g. Msguire Francisco the best known
the snee.tax men the Pacific Slope the occasion
for one OF these scenes OF enthusiasm which
I'm the early Of the AntPovery agitation when the
big mass.meetings we're held In the Academy OF Music.
Tho audience eheered Itself during two minutes be-
fore the got chance 70 be heard IL was expected
that he would something about DR. Burselps bt
he made 10 reference f. directly indirectly lie
followed by ex-Judge Maguirc; and James dpath. who
present. but III u speak came TO the front OF the
platform and received welcome for which he bowed his
acknowledgements. John II. Feeney presided, and those
present included John McMackn Michael Clarke. John
Bcalln and George Smith All the afternoon before the
New-York tribune., 1890-08-30
couIc OPERA SINGERS DIsaGRrH

The question hns sometimes been debated whether
On actor can play part we'll II he feels all that
his words and actions express. When the feelings
Of the actors are slightly antagonIstc aud the scene
Il q quarrel. there is no doubt that good deal OF
spirit can thrown into IT, and this fact was Illus
trated In the last act of Nine Angotr at the Casino.
on Thursday night There has been a little Jealousy,
IL seems. between Miss Camille Darvie and Miss
Marie IIaton. In this act they have quarrel cx
pressed IN song, and while each sang her staza IL
has been the custom OF the other to make
few uncomplimentaTy "asides." on this particular
occasion Miss Darvile took offence at what Miss
Halton said and suddenly stopped singing saying that
when Miss Haton had finished she would 20 on
After the curtain was down Miss Darvillc told Miss
Ialton that her conduct unprofcssonal to which
the lator replied that there nothing wrong Ia
what she had done and 1t quite the custom In
France.
Tile discussion being thus fairly started one told
the other that she ought 10 go 20 Franco and learn
ITO play her part by copying French models, tile other
replied that she did not copy anybody and the ono
eiOlned that would be better II size did NO positive
harm done either side. but compliant Was
made to Mr.. AronsOn and he decided to cut out tho
asdesn altogether The two singers accordingly said
nothing 10 each other hast night except what was
absolutely necessary. but they looked moro than they
ever said before