Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-02-17
OCCIDENTAL MELANGE
Pennoyer Vetoes the Salute on
Inauguration Day.
EXTENSION OF THE OREGON PACIFIC.
Tray Of Diamonds Stolen Prom 4 Jewelry
StoFp In Observation-Disclosures
Engineer Pardoned.

Riverside packers and growers are
holding the orange crop back until the
Florida fruit IL we'll out OF market.
ThecoatFzct for tho construction ofths
South 6iis canal has inst been let to
Los Angeles parties. The work when
completed will cost u, 000, 900.
The wifs Of b. {. Earle, late superiu-
tendent OF the Stockton combined har-
vester works, believes he has gone 70
Mexico with . married woman.
O. w. Hollenbsck, the Auburn tCal. J
banker, has bean acquitted on an en-
besslement charge, owing tp variance
between the indictment and the proof.
The Gage canal, which furnishes the
water supply for the new cable settle
ments OF Riverside. IL being cemented for
4 distance Of six miles, and the work 10
nearly completed.
Phonix, A. T., 10 apparently In earn
est in IN endeavor TO do Ito share toward
building the proposed San Diego and
Ph0nix railway. San Diego offcrs to
build TO the Colorado river.
The Los Angeles Board OF Supervisors
favor the passage Of = State law provid-
ing that new counties cannot be formed
without the consent Of . majority OF
voters residing within the area Of the
original county.
The Bradstreet mercantile agency re-
posts fourteen failures In the Pacific
Coast States and Territories for the past
week, ~ compared with thirteen for the
previous week and sixteen Tor the cor
responding week Of 1892.
The case of the Illinois Trust and Say
ings Bank Of Chicago against the Los
Angeles cable road has been opened in
tho Superior Court ct Los Angeles. This
II an effort to forclose u ,844, 600 worth
Of outstanding mortgages.
The Governor OF Washington has par
doned Lucius Gonzales Of San Francieco.
. marine engineer. Gonzales has served
two years In the penitcntiary. but recent
circumstances prove him innocent OF the
crime for which he was committed.
Traces Of strychnine have been found
In the stomach OF the vile OF Henry
Bentley At Los Angeles. Bentley mar
ried the woman, who was quite wealthy,
and 1t IL charged that he had boasted
she would be dead ut about the time she
died.
A small bird inhabitants the valleys
and canyons putting into Dsath Valley,
making his home In the mesquit groves
Astounding there. His principal occupa-
tion seems to be war Of determination
against scorpions, which he In very skill
full In Filling.
The Bee Hive, the old residence OF
Brigham Young at Lake and recently
owned and occupied by his son, John w.
Young. has been sold ont on Judgment
for $67. ASA. Tho Bee Hive brought
tb2, b87. rs and the other property enough
and more 10 satisfy the Judgment.
J. A. Plaster Of Los Angeles, who was
thought 10 have been murdered, has
turned up In San Francisco. tfaster
disappeared about year ago and much
talk was occasioned over the fact that q
barber was accused Of killing him and
burying him in the yard, which was
dug over TO find evidence.
A railroad contractor has just arrived
IN Albany, Or, from California, where,
1t 10 stated, he gave up a contract to do so,
and will 20 to work shortly ON the ex-
tension OF the Oregon Pacific, which is
to connect with the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy railroad. He says 1t 10 bust
ness this time and no more ioolishness.
Sergeant Levin Of Victoria, b. O., who
waa Suspended owing TO his Investigation
into the manner OF the death OF A. J.
Davis, the Montana millionaire, has been
reinststed. The Sergeant believed that
the danghter-in-law OF Davis pushed him
while he Was drunk, and he fell down
stairs ard was killed. No criminal in
tention was discovered.
A tray OF diamonds was stolen from III.
Wschhorst's jeweiry store Mt Sacramento
the other evening. One man broke the
plate-glass windows and another covered
the clerk With u pistol, while the first
grabbed the tray, whom both man
dashed up the street aud disappeared In
Chinatown. They had false whiskers
and could not BE- Identified. Az
The prospects Tor an early resumption
OF operations ut the Temescal tin mines
in San Befnardinc county, CAL, are not
very encouraging, During the past week
the Sheriff has sold ut auction quantity
OF the movable property of the company
to satisfy the accounts OF parties TO whom
the company was indebted when the
mine WAS clossd down some rlcnths ago.
The arrest Of Mrs. Yssler 1t Seattle,
WASH, on the charge Of having destroy cd
the will OF her husband, II now believed
to be part Of . conspiracy 10 prejudice
the appointment Of Mrs. Yosler's choice
rs administrator Of the estate, and Low
man, the dissruntled heir, IL tho head Of
the conspiracy. There ID much feeling
In tho city. The Mayor will not involve
the city in the suit.
Wholesale thieving on the Southern
or New Mexico division OF the Santa Fe
has been unearihed. Brskemen and
for months have robbed the
cars Of baggage and valuable freight,
and Ii 10 estimated that us. 600 worth oil |
goods have been taken from the cara. |
So far twelve engineers, conductors,
brakemen and fremen are under arrest, |
and more arrests will follow.
Governor pennoyer received a letter |
from Adiutant-Genersl Mitchell of the |
Oregon National Guard, asking permits |
sion to use two brass cannon, belonging
10 the State, for the purpose OF firing . |
salute on Inauguration day. The Gov |
srnor sent the following reply. "No per
mission will be given TO use State con-
non for firing = salute over the inaugura-
lion OF WsIi-etreet plutocrat A. Presi-
lent OF the United States"
Il 10 reported that a gold bar valued
it about 1900 was given TO the skipper
II the wrecked Queen Of the Bay by q |
nine owner down on the Lower Califor-
Tia coast, to be emuggled out OF Mexico
without paying the export duty. The
kipper and crew INDUCED in . costly |
pree. being drunk when the schooner
sas wrecked, and II is believed that
hey pawned or sold the bar. The crew
) stiIl held at Ensenada, while the au-