Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-08-18

sued an order reducing the working days |
of all shop employees from six to four
hours. The entire shop force number
ing 1000 will hereafter be laid OF Fri
days and Saturdays.
The run of salmon in the Fraser has
has never been better than it has at
present. 1t is estimated that if it con-
continues 10 days longer the pack will
aggregate 45O 600 cases, the largest ever
put up on that river.
A barn belonging to Mrs. Mary Meal
pin, of Marion county, burned night or
two ago. 1t was fully insured. 1t now
transpires it WAS set on fire and an inves-
tigation is in progress. Mrs. McAlpin's
two sons are suspected.
]. S. McCabe, a rancher living about
IS miles from Olympia, was shot by his
neighbor, George w. Manville, Thursday
evening, and died a few minutes later.
Both men were prominent In the county
and have extensive ranches.
Russian newspapers show great irrita-
ton on account of the tariff action taken
by Germany. They fear the prejudice
aroused on both sides may engender
, state of excitement likely to create dam
, gerous political antagonism.
The British sloop Ncname, with AZ
, pounds of opium aboard, was captured
+ by custom officers at Port townsend,
. Sunday. The men in charge OF the
sloop escaped ashore in skifi. The
opium secured is valued at 81 ,OOO
= It ia authoritatively stated that the re.
q port that Monsignor Satolli Will go te
/ Rome and lay the Burtsell matter before
4 the pope with the recommendation thai
coadjutor be appointed to assist the
archbishop of New York is untrue.
i A St. Louis dispatch says: The large
4 Phoenix powder mills, nine miles east o
!. here, exploded at noon Wednesday. The
explosion WAS distinctly felt in this city
The mills were among the largest in thu
, country. Two men were killed and sew
,, eral injured.
v In fit of anger Thursday morning
: John H. Meister, aged As, prosperou
baker of Brooklyn, N. Y, put an end I
= a life OF quarreling he led with his viii
y by shooting six bullets into her, KILN
:, her almost instantly, and then com
mited suicide.
Benjamin Sprangberge, aged 81, stru6
=, ture supervi- or of the Sixth-avenu
. elevated railway, was killed in Ne,
v York Monday, while engaged in super
, intending some repairs at point wher
the road curves from Sixth avenue int
&c Fifty-third street.
I Secretary Maylor, secretary of tn
y board of agriculture of Kangas, in hi
al monthly crop report states that tn
winter and spring wheat crop OF tt
"a state is not more than 10000, 900 bushel
OF as against 10000, 900 last year. Cor
o, has been badly damaged.
Wednesday on Los Palos ranch, Cal
Tom Williams, a ranch hand, shot ar
40 killed an Italian named Vincente Moon
OF Williams surrendered to the sheriff al
~ said the Italian Is months ago gave hi
~ a terrible beating with club, and
took this method of getting even.
as Albert Deuce, a young Englishma
n. was instantly killed at Olympia Thur
"a day. Deuce WAS working at the botto
of a we'll about go feet deep. He felt 4
gas suffocatine him and called to
ne partner to pull up. During the asce
u, he fell to the bottem and was instant
;s killed.
Dr. Secretary of the Treasury Carlisle b
offered reward Of $500 for the captu
mt of j. w. Conger, the defaulting depu
II. collector of internal revenue OF Fresr
Al, Conger. it is stated, managed to
M fraud the government to the extent
NJ $4,000. When last heard from he v
at Mojave.
is At Milwaukee, Wis, John Johnston