Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-12-08

Wouiu uko W SEQ INC ESTABLISHMENT OF
republic in Italy.
Insolvency proceedings have been be-
gun by stockholders OF the Madison
Square bank, New York.
Fred Beckman, q Portland barber,
committed suicide Tuesday by shooting
himself through the head. Drink was
the cause.
All the officers OF the defunct Madison
Square bank Of New York, except Cash
Ter Mcdonald, have been indicted by the
grand jury.
Captain Walters, of the Harvard foot
ball eleven, was 30 badly hurt in the
Yale Harvard game that he will be dis
abled for life.
A Minneapolis grand jury has indicted
ex-City Treasurer krlstian Kortgord,
president OF the defunct State Bank,
which he looted.
Smallpox is spreading rapidly in Chi
cago. Commissioner Reynolds has asked
that $ll 900 be appropriated for the pur-
chase Of vaccine virus.
A freight train on the Baltimore 4
Ohio broke through bridge at Hynd-
man, Pa, Monday. Seven tramps are
supposed to be under the ruins.
1t is stated that none Of the reports OF
the cabinet officers will be given cut or
made public until after congress meets
and the presidents message has been
| sent in.
The American bark Helen W. Almy
has arrived at San Francisco from Apia,
bringing news Of the loss near Bntaritari
of the schooner Fleur de Lis. The crew
escaped.
It is now stated that Helen Gould,
daughter of Jay Gould, will marry l.. S.
Thorne, third vice president of the Texas
Pacific railroad, with headquarters at
Dallas, Tex.
Six anarchists have been arrested in
Buenos Ayres for plotting an attempt up
on the lives of public officials. The an
archists are on close terms with. the
Argentine radicals.
William A. Wilcox has been arrested
at Tacoma for the murder OF Charlotte
Fetting and her son-in-law, James King.
Officials claim to have proof that he COM
mitted both crimes.
Mr.. Elizabeth Colby, wife Of Professor
George G. Colby, Of the University Of
California, residing at Claremont, COM
mitted suicide by shooting herself in the
heart Friday morning.
Herman Barrows, justice OF the peace
and prominent man o! Ridgeville, o.,
shot and seriously wounded his wife
Sunday night, and then committed sui
eide as result Of petty quarrel.
J. w. Creech has commenced fore
closure proceedings against the Pittsburg,
Akron & Western railroad, now in the
hands of receiver Defauted interest
on So $3.50, 900 of bonds is the ground.
81,
dren are lying at the point OF death at
Connellsville, Pa, from eating chickens
that had been poisoned by neighbor
: into whose yard the chickens had wan.
dered.
An anarchist bomb exploded In the
, machinery of factory in the village Of
Piefenback, near Gablonz,. Bohemia
Thursday. Considerable damage wae
S done to the machinery, but nobody wai
injured.
There is no hope of floating the
steamer City Of New York, aground al
: the entrance to San Francisco, and 1t ls
question OF only few days when the
steamer will be abandoned and left t.
the elements.
y Ex-Deputy Sheriff Dow Draper wal
shot and killed by George Conger,
IATIucT, NJ OlintOu, hlChs. DotuiNoJ
morning. Conger later suicided. Tit
carfee was the intimacy of Draper will
D Conger's wife.
= The marriage OF Eva Evans, daughtel
of the notorious bandit, Chris Evans, Il
her cousin. James Evans, is announced
They were married three months ago b,
contract and are now living together il
San Francisco.
H. Thor hoo ronnrfoA q
Dunkirk, N. Y, that she spoke tn,
schooner Merle in distress on Lake Erie
The captain and several OF the crew o
n the Merle were dead and the remainde
= were suffering severely.
Frank Wiedler, Nanaimo coal miner
committed snicide at New Westminste
Saturday. He took sheet from tn
O bed, tied one end to the transom, tn
other round his neck, and stepping from
It. chair, hanged himself.
x Ex-Congressman Nathaniel Buel Ed
r. ridge died at Adrian, Mich, Monday
He served through the war in the Thir
teenth Michigan regiment as lieutenant
" colonel. He WAS elected to congress i
1884 and re elected in 1886.
Fred l.. Buck, of Elgin, Illinois, stat
game and fish warden, murdered his VIII
Sunday by shooting her through tn
~ head. The only reason he gave WAS tbs
she had been living contrary to hi
wishes and he proposed TO ut stop
10 it.
- Judge Richard Parker, Of Virginia, tn
D' man who sentenced John Brown to tn
scaffold, died laet Friday night in Rich
mond. There will soon be none left VIII
participated in the tragedy Of Harper
Ferry. But "his soul goes marchin
on"
I. V. Powderly has resigned the Pr
stion OF general master workman OF tt
Knights OF Labor. He was unable
keep the delegates in the line he hs
marked out for them, and this decisi'
move seemed the only thing left for hi
to do.
n Mrs. William Armour, wife of a rel
tive of Millionaire "Phil" Armour. WI
robbed of diamonds valued at $4,000 b
a sneak thief in Chicago Tuesday. Dun
lap Smiths house was entered Wedne
-. day night and $4,000 worth OF jewelr
S' stolen.
Hiram Berkey has asked that a
ceiver be appointed for ex United Stat'
Senator D. NJ. Sabin, of Saltwater, Mi
nesota. He alleges that he has been III
T.. able to collect 10000 judgment secure
"' in 1885. Sabin 10 reputed to be a mi
lionaire.
The national grange has passed re
olutions denouncing Secretary Mortc
and calling on Cleveland to bounce hi
h. tv,At 10 all