The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-02-07
General News.

Charles Bradlaugh, the noted
atheist, is dead.
California will appropriate $500, ).
600 for a Worlds Fair exhibit.
The sudden death of Secretary
Window caused sensation in
London.
Missouri will make no appropri.
alton for q Worlds Fair exhibit il
the force bill passes.
The st. Paul officials have been
indicted for stealing the public
funds. The indictments impartially
included all of them.
Desperate and sanguinsry battles
are reported between the rebel and
government forces in Chilli, and the
rebels are gaining ground.
The Nebraska House by a vote
of 81 to IL indefinitely postponed
the bill providing for recount OF
the votes cast at the last election on
the prohibitory amendment. The
bill appropriating 100000 for re-
lief of the drought sufferers in the
western part of the state was passed
BY a unanimous vote.
The death of a cabinet officer
during his term Of office has been
a rare occurrence in the history OF
this country. Mr.. Webster and Mr..
Upshur died while filling the office
of secretary, of state. Mr.. Rollins
while secretary of war, Mr.. Brown
and Mr.. Howe while postmaster.
general, and Mr.. Folger while Sec
rotary Of the treasury. Mr.. Win
dom is therefore the second secre-
tary OF the treasury who died in
office, and like Mr.. Folger he died
while away from the national cap.
ital. Secretary Manning was strick-
en- with fatal disease while secre-
tary of the treasury, and died soon
after leaving the service. AS was
also the case with Mr.. Folger.
The air ship invented by VIM.
Pennington at Mt. Carmel, Illinois,
has been tried and to all appearan.
ces it was thoroughly demonstrated
that craft has at last been invent.
ed that permits feats of aerial nav.
igation never before accomplished
The propelling and steering ship
tested to-day is only a thirty-foot
model, made of oiled silk, and the
practicability of using aluminium
| which is to be the material of which
the full sized ships will be built, has
| vet to he shown. The car which is
to carry passengers was not attached
to-day. and the ship, which is cigar
shaped and filled with hydrogen gas
foated in the air and was propelled
by wheel like that of propeller
the motive power coming from
storage batteries ON the floor at
tached by a light wire, rudders be-
ing set at different angles. The ship
travelled in a satisfactory manner
around the Exposition building
The speed attained was not great
but the inventor is sanguine o
much better results with salts
factory battery.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
The reports of the bribery com
mittee will be read in the House
Representative Hall said james
Irwin offered him $1,000 if he woulc
stay out of the republican caucus
Representative Stevens said Fore
paugh offered him 81 500 position
if he would act with the republicans
Representative Christensen said
CLARK Forepaugh offered him $500
to vote for the Brown county con.
testant.
Representative Dahler said DR.
Brown Of Yankton offered him any.
thing he wanted in the shape Of
money or position if he would vote
for Moody.
Representative Kelly said man
named Welch offered to get him
$1,000 if he would vote for Moody
and for sustaining the Lawrence
county cOntesteea.