Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-09-01

Meredith Stanley, who has made AZ
Jumps from Ohio river bridges, has left
Ohio, for Niagara Falls. He
will shoot the falls in an eight-foot
barrel.
Francis Henry Weeks, the New York
embezzler, is in Costa Rica. That coun-
try has no extradition treaty with the
United States and he cannot be brought
back to New York.
At Cholame, Cal, Sunday night. Will
liam Douglas shot and fatally wounded
John Smith. Smith was paying atten.
tons to daughter of Douglas, against
the fathers wishes.
A cablegram from Berlin states that
there are no further cases Of cholera
there. The disease was introduced
through cucumbers procured from an in
fected district in Russian Poland.
At Chicago 1. Yocoshikowa of Toxic
and s. Minano Of Osaka, japanese repre-.
sentatives to the worlds fair. have been
converted to Christianity by Rev. w. F.
Black of tho Central Church OF Christ.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marlil Shulz, an aged
couple living in Cherokee county, Iowa,
were fouly murdered Thursday evening.
They had about 800 concealed about the
house, but the murderers secured only
1926.
An anti Chinese convention to be held
in San Francisco some time next month
has been called by the San francisco
labor council, the object OF which is to
make an appeal for the enforcement Of
the Geary law.
( News is received from Alaska of the
killing of A. Anderson by Geo. P. Kirk
The two we're prospectors and Anderson
stole the provisions and boat and was
attempting to abandon Kirk 100 milef
from civilization.
E. G. Cattley, cashier, and President
Darrah, Of the suspended Kansas CITY
Ssfe Deposit and Savings bank, have
been arrested on warrants charging then
with receiving a deposit knowing thu
bank to be insolvent
By means of forged bills of lading Leoi
M. Carrier, of Quebec, converted rs car
loads OF -four to his own use and fled th,
country. Altogether he is supposed t.
have obtained 100000. He was ar
rested in Denver Monday.
Crazed by the excessive use Of liquor
Douglas Curtis switchthrOwer in tn
employ OF the Western Indiana railroa,
at Chicago, murdered his 7-year-ol,
daughter, desperately wounded his wifi
and then blew out his brains.
All Bow, New York Chinaman
committed suicide Monday morning b.
hanging. He was clerk in Chimes
grocery store. He killed himself becaus,
a white girl, known as Nellie Lee, ha
. deserted him for another Chinaman.
An appropriation is to be made by tn
. CHILEAN conprpea for an intprnations
exhibition of mining machinery and kir
, dred industries, which will be held i
Santiago next April. The United State
firms will be especially invited to exhibi
. A St. Paul dispatch says: Three of tn
men who participated in the robbery {
the 5000 gold bag from the Merchant
bank messenger Monday are now undo
arrest. Fleury, alias George Harvey,
! supposed to be the principal in the rol
berry.
John R. Atwood, confidential clerk an
. chief bookkeeper for Jacob Kamm, til
y millionaire steamboat magnate, hi
a skipped out from Portland, leaving b
accounts in a very bad condition. I'll
l. exact amount Of his defalcation is n
l. known.
n The record OF fast time over the Mort
ern Pacific, between st. Paul and POI
land, has been lowered. ThHrsds
;, morning there came steaming into POI
:, land q special that made that great di
c lance in the remarkably short time
4Sk hours.