Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-06-02

man Agricultural college mas ulscoVercu
q shortage Of $1,000 with no record
where the amount has gone.
Several blocks, comprising the fairest
portion of the city of Saginaw, Mich,
were destroyed by fire Saturday night.
The loss is nearly ~, 0O0, 900.
AL Widener, who separated from his
wife three months ago at Muncie, Ind,
called on her Monday morning. He shot
and killed her, and then himself.
A receiver has been appointed for the
Archer Il Pancoast Manufacturing Co., OF
New York. 1t is said the liabilities Of
the company will exceed 81 100000.
A terrific hail storm did $500 600 dam
age to Pittsburg Saturday. All skylights
we're broken out, and the torrents poured
| into the interiors of many buildings.
The boiler Of locomotive at Imenau,
SAKE Weimar, exploded, instantly kill
ing five persons and 30 seriously wound
ing eight others that they have since
died.
The Pollasky railroad, extending from
Fresno, CAL, to Pollasky, has been at
tached by Sheriff Scott to satisfy mort
gage of $468 900 held by the Pacific I'm
provement 90.
A number Of postoffice inspectors were
dropped from the rolls Wednesday, ow-
ing to insufficient appropriations.
Among them was William 9. Boutelle,
OF the San Francisco division.
Mrs. Tom Van, the woman convicted
OF manslaughter at Portland in causing
the death Of Helen Wilson by abortion,
has been sentenced to the penitentiary
by Judge Munley for three years.
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an attachment for 1929, 1897 against the
West Superior (Wisconsin) Iron q Steel
Company, in favor Of the assignee Of
Francis H. Weeks, the missing lawyer.
The Clinton dynamite works at Haver-
straw, N. Y, blew up Monday. The
shock shattered some windows here.
Eight or ten men we're employed in the
works. Further particulars not received.
Mrs. Nyman, of Clstsop county, who
accidentally shot herself some weeks ago
with a rife, and who was supposed to be
recovering from her injuries, died very
suddenly Thursday from clot of blood
on the heart.
"The consolidation of land offices in
this state" says the Seattle Post-Intel-
ligencer, will probably close the Water
vile office, removing its business to Spo-
kane; Yakima will 60 to Walla Walla,
and Olympia TO Seattle"
A valuable consignment of Alaskan
furs has just been received at Seattle,
which includes, among others, $500
mink, 500 marten, 100 black bear, 1000
deer, 200 otter and few wolf skins
The value of the furs il about $1,000
Frank E. johnson shot himself in the
, municipal courtroom at Spokane, Satui.
day, and almost Immediately expired
He left letter saying that his wife re.
fused to live with him, but insisted on
following her old vocation of actress.
The Oregon Press Association prepared
book composed of one copy of each o.
the publications in this state, and asked
to have it placed among the Oregon OK.
9 hibits at the worlds fair, but the com
mission declined to accept the same.
A wine merchant named Coupe. living
/, in the Rue de la Glaciere, Paris, became
suddenly insane Saturday and shot hi
wife, son and eldest daughter deat
and seriously wounded his younges
daughter. He then attempted suicide.
, Theodore Gref, 3O-year-old German
baker, was shot and fatally wounded
by Franz Bender, another baker, at Sal
Francisco, Friday morning. The tw'
D men were alone in a room at the time
and both say the shooting was acciden
Z tai.
For the first 10 months OF the presen
fiscal year, collections from internal rev
enue sources aggregated 1882 ,482, $50, 81
increase over the corresponding perio,
e last year of Sc, 937 ,089. The receipts TO
April were $27l ,0O3 less than for April
1892.
The steamer Danube arrived at Astori
at an early hour Thursday morning, will
AT Cinnamon aboard for Portland an,
twenty.se seven for Astoria, all of then
bearing certificates of previous residenc
J. and alleged proofs OF mercantile occupa
tons.
= 1t has been decided to send the cruise
Baltimore to China as the flagship of tn
Asiatic squadron Some idea of the OF
pense of running the Baltimore may b
obtained from the report Of her cruis
last year. The total cost was 1907 ,744
or daily average of $843.
Timothy Regain has sold to the Della
d mar Mining Company two-fifths OF th
Stoddard mine at DeLamar, Idaho. Tn
consideration is about 800, 900, $87, 90
OF which is cash. The Stoddard mine
iS supposed to hold an apex on part Of th
DeLamar Company's works.
E Secretary Carlisle says that he wi
certainly enforce the law as to deportin
Chinese, as far as the means at his dii
10 poeal would permit. lie intends to b.
= gin with that class of Chinese who are i
M this country illegally, having come in !
contravention of the law Of 1884.
With q roar which was heard thrt
y miles away, and conclusion that sheo
every house and shattered half the wiz
dows in Geneva, Ills, the plant
Charles L. Pope's glucose works, BILE
up Wednesday afternoon. Seven me
!, we're instantly killed and one slightly il
70 jured.
Monopolies, combinations and trns
have had their day in New York stat
CT Governor Flower has signed the bl
which made their formation q misd
~ meanor. Hereafter every person wi
~ takes part in such combine ia lab
r to $4,000 fine, or years Imprisonment
/ or both.
At Union City, Ind, Sunday mig
sts Henry 8. Laidley and wife, both age
= committed suicide with morphine. Tn,
lost large sum Of money through Il
failure of the Columbia bank, at Chicag
and to this is attributed the suicid
They, however, had considerable pro
erty left.
~ Prudencio Longorio, collector of int
nal revenue at Hermosillo, Mexico,
still missing, although detectives ha