Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-10-30
Kiowa Wants It's Female
Mayor to Resign.
ARKANSAS C0LoRED PEOPLE
Emigrating to 0klahoma--The Case
Against Detective 0'Malley
at New Orleans.

Cooperative Alliance stores are to be
established in every county in Kansas.
The New York Central railroad will
help to enforce the alien-contract- labor
| law.
| The Buffalo Board of Health has de-
clared the Barber asphalt works nui-
sance.
At Davenport, Ia, the water in the
| Mississippi river is lower than 1t has
! been since 1854.
Saratoga, N. Y, and Hartford, Dan
bury and Norwalk, Conn, are in great
danger OF water famine.
Southern cities are running themselves
| into debt head over heels 10 get improve
ments in the way OF water, gas and cleo
trio lights.
King Bird, negro convict in the
Frankfort penitentiary, deliberately am
putated bis arm in order that he might
escape hard work.
The Boston Park Commissioners are
being urged TO take steps to preserve
what il left Of the earth-work fortifica-
ton on Bunker Hill.
All 100000 building is to lie erected
In Chicago on the southeast corner Of
Washington and State streets to the
memory of Columbus.
An English syndicate, which paid
| 5000, 900 tor Baltimore beer brewery
| 500. 900 in CASH has offered to sell it
back for $l25,000 cash.
| A Pullman sleeping-ca conductor has
| been arrested at Shreveport, La, for vi
olating the law by permitting colored
passenger to ride on his car.
Several hundred Pittsburg people stood
in line for hours, jostling and pushing,
for the singular honor OF buying the first
stamp sold in the new postoiiice.
Negroes are leaving Arkansas by the
carload for the newly-opened lands in
Oklahoma, and farmers expect trouble
getting help to handle their crops.
The cotton worm is creating great de-
VISITATION in many counties in Missis-
sippi. One field of twenty-five acres
has been entirely stripped OF its leaves.
Another claimant to the estate of A..
| +. Stewart, the dryegoods millionaire of
New York, hobs up in Australia. His
name is Hunter, and he claims to be a
| first cousin.
Dallas, Tex, is organizing scheme
for supply plant which will furnish the
5,00J mem hers of the association with
all the beef, live and dressed, that they
may require.
Prof. Lee OF the Bowdoin College ex-
| petition to Labrador says that the du-
| picates OF the valuable relics secured by
the explorers will be sent to the World S
Fair ut Chicago.
| Tba Max;nnn ,,auaran,apt hoo Il, 81
granted concession for a standard
gauge railway about $50 miles from the
City of Mexico to town on the Pacific
Coast at palizada Bay.
The Canadian government has notified
the steamship companies that it will
hold them responsible for the mainte-
nance of any destitute Russian Jews
who may land in Canada.
The examination of President Dill OF
the defunct Clearfeld and Houtzdale
pa Savings Banks is now in progress,
and facts showing he is guilty of embez-
zling large sums are coming to light.
Members of the Boston Fruit and Pro
duce EXCHANGE will leave Boston in Feb
ruary Tor a trip to the Pacific Coast. The
party will be gone month, and will be
taken charge OF by Raymond x Whit
comb.
During the past week about forty men
have been discharged from the employ
OF the Wagner Palace Car Company at
East Buffalo, N. Y, because they were
members OF an organization of An
archists.
At New Orleans the case against De-
tective O'Malley has been nolle pressed.
OMalley was indicted on charge OF
bribing the jury which acquitted the
Italians accused of assassinating Chief
OF Police Hennessy.
As matter OF general convenience
the Secretary of the Treasury has de-
cided that employees OF the Treasury De
partment may receive their salaries in
weekly installments, instead OF only
seml-monthly as at present.
G, A. Spreckels, Rudolph Spreckels.
j. Uhler, Charles Watson, William q.
Hampstead and Louis Spreckels will
make application at Philadelphia next
month for a charter for corporation to
be known as the Spreckels Steamship
Company.
The total school enrolment for the
United States on July / this year, was
about Ii, 220, 600. The total public school
enrolment, including about $1,000 in
universities, etc, was 1878 900; in pri-
private and parochial schools not far
from 10000 each.
DIR. Dorchester, the Superintendent OF
Indian Schools, in giving his estimate OF
the progress in christianizing the In
dians in the Dakotas saws from the
church authorities he learns that the
Roman Catholic Church Indian popula-
ton in those States is 4,7I0, while
from 10000 to II, 900 are of other denom-
| nations.
All the sisters who belong to the com
munity at New York known as the Fran
ciscan Sisters OF st. Mary in Archbishop
Corrigan's diocese have laid aside their
wells and habit, which many OF them
| had worn Tor six years, and reeumedtbe
ordinary dress OF womankind. II is not
generally known why the organization
iisbanded.
A confidence man has just been ar
rested at Madison, Wis. He was travel
ing under the name OF Miller, but he
has aliases OF George w. Post, George
W. Stone, George W. Hill, W. Ill. Baker
and w, q. Baker. He is charged at Al.
bany, n. Y, with robhing millionaire
named Peck OF $4,000 by confidence
methods short time ago.
The people OF kiowa, Kan, who chose
a woman for Mayor last spring, now
want her TO resign. A petition asking
| her to do 50 has beea signed hy every