Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-11-17
The Owsley Mines on
the Tukanon.
ABERDEEN'S NEW HOSPITAL,
All the Eastern Papers Mention the
Huge Piece Of Coal Exhibited
at Tacoma.


Tacoma exhibit Of I6,000-pound
piece Of Goa Is mentioned In all the East
ern newspapers.
The new hospital building at Aber-
deem is up and Enclosed, and Is an i'm
posing structure. 1t will cost ~ 5000.
Superstitious people in Puyallup are
greatly alarmed because there are now
thirteen teachers employed in the pub
lie schools.
Congressman Wilson will ask the next
Congress 10 appropriate $4,000 for the
improvement OF the Nootsack. Skagit
and Snohomish rivers.
Mrs. Mary T.. Mcmahon OF Tacoma
has begun an action 10 recover 5000
damages for the killing OF her husband.
James +. Mcmahon, formerly a North
ern Pacific brakeman.
Great preparations are being made for
mn extensive acreage In grain the conc
ing year In Eastern Washington. New
settlers are constantly arriving, and the
amount OF ground that In being broken
mp indicates the confidence farmers have
in that part OF the State.
With confidence In the ultimate tri-
umph Of the right to locate Valentine
scrip on tide lands Jacob 9. Mann con-
unues 10 invest la the scrip. A bill OF
sale was filed in the Auditors office re-
Gently, by which William q. Hill sells 10
Jacob q. Mann five iortiea near Tacoma,
five forties near Seattle and five fortcs
in Gray's liarbor, all covered by Valen-
tine scrip at 900 each. just what
the Significance Of the deal " can only
he eonjectured, but Mr.. Mann relies on
the future TO justify the wisdom Of his
course.
In race from Tacoma to Seattle the
other day the Bailey Gaizert defeated
the Greyhound, and lowered the record
TO hour and 20 minutes The best pre-
yions time was made by the T. J. Potter
last spring in ! hour and 22ls minutes.
The time IL disputed by the Greyhound's
crew as being incorrect, nevertheless the
tiaizert people sent the following dis.
patch to the r. J Potter at Portland !.
I" Have broken the record between Ia
coma and Seattle. You will please re-
turn my greyhound, which you took last
summer"
There are runors OF the commence
ment Of u number OF suits by banks OF
Tacoma against prominent residents OF
Tacoma and elsewhere. Ii seems that
two slick insurance men have worked off
lot Of Insurance in u New England com
pany upon representations that they
were giving u special contract OF insur-
anee ut inside underground rates. These
operators were willing TO take notes OF
cash In payment OF the premiums, sell
notes matured the policy holders found
out they had been sold, ;" and naturally
refused 10 pay the notes.
a. a. A. ~ .
again, and IL Ia stated that important
testimony has been secured against
Tucker, Barnes and others Of the Amer
lean Book Company. Information will
he filed against them and extradition
papers applied for at once The testi-
mony il in the form OF letters and tee-
grams from the officers of the book com
hine TO their agents at Olympia and else
where. Startling Developments are prom
Used, Us IL IL understood that some OF the
agents OF the combine have turned
against their late employers and will tell
the whole story when placed on the
stand.
Frank l.. Kuhn OF the law firm OF
Kuhn K Clarke OF Tacoma is charged
with appropriating more money than
was justly due him in administering
the estate OF h. +. Young, the baseball
umpire, killed in the Eagle gorge year
ago. Az soon an Young's death became
. known Kuhn, who had been a classmate
at college with Young, applied for let
tiers OF administration in the matter OF
his deceased friends estate. lie col
lected "a 800 from the Northern Pacific
ra lroaf, paid few expenses, RENTED
81 600 10 Young's mother at Cleveland,
o., and retained 4 1888 AZ his fees. Mrs,
Young has secured an attorney and ap-
piled to the court to have kuhn's bill
thrown out, as the lawful foe would
amount to only S222.
The Military Board held a session the
other day, at which the National Guard
accounts for the stated parades of Feb
ruary -, May 80 and July and other
bills were audited. Auditor Reed has
decided To issue warrants at once on the |
vouchers of the board, as there is no
prospect of an immediate settlement of |
the university warrant matter, which |
has an indirect bearing ON the military |
accounts. The militia bills for services
rendered during the King county min |
ing troubles were also considered by the |
board, but were disapproved. The bills
viii not be returned unless the King |
county board decides to pay them, hut |
will be held TO await the result OF such |
action as may be taken in the courts in |
behalf OF the militismen.
The report that Governor Ferry had |
decided TO appoint James N. Glover OF |
Spokane United States Senator In the |
event of Senator Aliens resignation has |
no foundation at all. The Governor has
not given consideration to the subject of |
filling a possible vacancy, and will not |
until he has Information that one Is to |
be created, II Senator Allen should be |
appointed 10 the circuit bench when |
Congress conyenes in December and it |
should be found necessary To call an ex-
ira session OF the Legislature to meet i'm
January, the Governor might decide to
not make an appointment for the brief
interim, as an appointee would not be
able To reach Washington more than a
few days before the holiday recess and
his successor would be chosen soon after
the reassembly of Congress.
The State land cruisers assert that the
publication OF the fact that they had de-
cided 10 begin operations has lessened
the probability that an extra session OF
the Legislature will be held, and that
therefore they will not commence work
until they have some assurance that an
extra session sxill Y called. 1T was run
mored that they had received such as
but the report is without foun-