Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-11-24
NEWS OF The WEEK.

Ten inches of snow fell at Alpine,
Texas, Monday night
The Michigan supreme court has de-
cided that inmates Of soldiers homes are
not entitled to vote.
Capt. +. u. Pendleton, the retiring
postmaster at Sprague, Wash, is said to
be $3.50 short in his accounts.
The remains Of Annie Pixley will be
to this country for interment.
An explosion in a chemist shop at |
Litoosk, Russia, killed twenty-one peo-
pie Friday and wounded many more.
Michael S. lyman, a well-known politi.
clan of Staten Island, died suddenly
Monday morning. The indications are
he committed suicide.
John Mclaughlin, 2S years old, died
in New York Sunday morning from
drinking corbolic acid. 1t is thought he
took the poison by mistake.
Bertha Willis, 17-year old girl of
Dover, N. H., shot and killed herself
Sunday. Whether the shooting was &C.
cidental or not is not known.
The populist leaders Of Kansas have
made . demand on Gov. Lewelling for
the removal of Mrs. Lease from the
presidency of the state board of charity.
Capt. Fauquier was drowned Saturday
night at the Canadian Pacific railroad
wharf in Victoria by falling into the
water, owing, it is believed, to defective
sight.
+. P. Barnard, Of Toronto, Canada, 80
years old, shot and killed his wife, aged
6S, his daughter, aged SO, and himself.
II LOFT Of ho hod
his usefulness.
A party of Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy railroad engineers are in the
neighborhood Of Lolo pass looking for a
route for their road through the Bitter
Root mountains.
Four more names have been added to
the list Of dead as the result of Wednes-
day nights wreck on the Rock Island
road near Chicago, making. eight killed
and thirty.four wounded.
The building at Memphis, Tenn, oc.
cupied by the Y. M. G. A., was de-
stfoyed by fire Monday night. Two per-
sons persisted in the flames. The fnan-
cial loss is over half million dollars.
Henry Bozue, one Of the negroes who
admitted participation in the brutal MUIR
der of w. G. Duncan, Of Lake City juno
ton, Fla, few days ago, was taken
from sheriff's posse and shot to death.
Mrs. James r. Roosevelt, wife OF the
secretary Of the American legation, died
in London Sunday. Mrs. Roosevelt was
| feeling i'll and is said to have taken an
overdose OF laudanum to alleviate the
pain.
The land withdrawn from settlement
for the Ashland, Oregon, forest reserve
and which is not included in that reserve,
amounting to 10000 acres, has been or
dered restored and opened to settlement
again.
Albert Lauren, bartender at Tacoma,
shot Mrs. Peterson Tuesday afternoon,
and then shot and killed himself. Lauren
was in love with Mrs. Peterson before her
marriage three months ago. She will
recover.
Claims sggregating 100000 have
been forwarded to Ottawa by Collector OF
Customs Milne on behalf of British Co
lum bia sealers, to be presented against
the United States under the arbitration
arrangement.
An explosion occurred Monday in the
peak of the coal-laden steamer Dripfast,
off the Isle Of Wight, killing one man,
injuring three others and causing the ves-
sci to sink. The remainder of the crew
were rescued.
Michael Toole, living on West Third
street, Boston, toUk home q bottle of
porter Wednesday night. His mother
and his sister Maggie, 25 years old,
drank some, and both died shortly after.
Michael has been arrested.
In fight for the possession of a mill
near Mount Pinion, Ala, Monday night
between the sheriff and his assistant and
two brothers named Smith, the brothers
were shot and killed, and the sheriff shot
in the head and badly wounded.
During service Sunday night in the
Belden avenue Baptist Church, at Chi
cago, fire broke and a panic was narrowly
averted. Rev. Barbour was preaching
on text from Genesis, "Escspe for Thy
Life" The church was entirely con-
sumed.
Henry Vincent, Frenchman, COM
mitted suicide in New York, Thursday
by shooting himself. Papers found up.
on his person show him to have been an
editor Of the defunct imperialist journal
La Patria, of Paris. He was friend Of
Boulanger.
A young and popular citizen Of Union
r. c., named John Roy, went out hunting
Tuesday and took with him few dyn.
amite caps. By accident they went of
in his pock ct and tore away part Of his
side. He expired few hours afterward
in great agony.
The million dollar steal in the watel
, works deal was shown up at the Tacoma
council meeting Saturday evening" I'm
der the direction Of the board OF public
works an expert has placed the value o
the water plant at $740, SS6.47. The city
paid 81 100000.
There has been a strike among tn,
sick in the leper hospital st New Orleans
, and quite an excitement was created b.
the appearance of one of the lepers at thu
newspaper offices to complain OF tn,
treatment of himself and the other un
fortunate wretches.
John T. Bell, confidential clerk TO
Frank J. Flood & Co., Chicago publish
ers, was arrested Tuesday, charged will
embezzling $4,000. When arraigned il
the police station he announced that h
had taken strychnine and fell to the foo
in commissions, and soon died.
The women whitecap case, that caused
q sensation at Osceola, Neb. q few week
ago, when a dozen prominent womel
were accused of fogging Osceola girls
was settled Tuesday by the accuses
women pleading guilty to unlawful as
sembly and being fined $25 each.
A giant powder cartridge was place
between the floor and sill of a house q
Red Bluff, CAL, occupied by Charlie