Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-04-28
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

bridge across the Niagara river at the
falls. ''
Within . few days the coast defense
ship Monterey will make . trial trip in
San Francisco bay.
Representative Markham of the Min
nesota legislature has been indicted by
the grand jury for bribery.
A fire at Vosseprim Hungary, des.
troyed lao houses. Loss, $1,000 forms.
Thousand people are homeless.
John Scharal, cashier of the Mechanics
Savings Bank & Trust Co., at Nashville,
Tenn, is short Us, 900 in his accounts.
The laborers at Hartlepool resolved to
support the Hull men, and will refuse to
unload vessels while the strike 10 pend
ing.
A dispatch from Congo reports that
Captain Van Kerchoven, the famous
military officer Of Congo Free State, il
dead.
A bloody riot between Poles and Hun
garians took place at Plymouth, Pa,
Sunday morning. Many broken heads
resulted.
The residence OF Charles White, at
Gold Hill, Oregon, burned Thursday
morning and his 8-year-old son was
cremated.
Usage, Kansas, was visited by etc rm
Tuesday night. Two persons were killed,
many others injured and forty buildings
destroyed.
Cholera has broken out again in the
lunatic asylum in the quimpei depart
have died.
In tenement house fire ct Brooklyn,
N. Y, Thursday night, the wife Of
William Arnold and her two children
were burned to death.
w. D. Ardagh, Judge of the Eastern
judicial district of Manitoba, dropped
dead in Jersey City, Sunday, as he
stepped of the steamer Vera.
Patrick Healey, 81 years Of age, was
instantly killed at San Francisco, Thurs
day morning by having . large pole fall
upon his head and crushing 1t in.
Jack Fountain fell from q church
steeple, q distance Of thirty feet, at
Haines, Baker county and severely in
jured himself. He will recover.
Collector Phelps at San Francisco has
landed 24O of the Chinese en- route for the
worlds fair. A number Of coolies who
came on the steamer China are to be sent
back.
A Helena, Mont, dispatch says:
Chairman T. H. Carter Wednesday is
sued call for q meeting Of the republic
can national committee at Louisville,
May 10.
The mysterious suicide of Horace
O'Donohue, of Chicago, has been ex-
planned by the fact that he was finan-
cially embarrassed and unable to meet
his obligations.
The trouble between Italians and Hun.
garixns at Milnesville, Pa, resulted in
terrific battle Sunday night in which 1--WE
men were killed and three others &C.
riously injured.
]. M. Shively, aged 81 years, one Of the
"old timers" died at Astoria, ON Tues
day. He had been failing for several
years. One by one the rugged pion-
eer" passes away!
Five members of the crew of the Am
erican bark Hesper are held at San Fran
cisco on a charge of having murdered
Second Mate Fitzgerald in meeting on
the 18th OF January.
The Chilean government has sent
word to Washington City requesting
Minister Egan to deliver up the refugees
Valparaiso as common criminals.
James Collins, a professional foot
racer, was shot and fatally wounded in
New York, Sunday, by Patrick Dolan, q
saloon keeper. Dolan had backed Col
Inns in race, which Collins lost by SELL
ing out.
H. Schroeder and sister, aged 10, and
George Reinfeldt, making three OF q
lola rkx of in
the bay at San Francisco Sunday, by the
capsizing Of skiff, Mrs. Reinfeldt being
rescued.
The town of Boles, Arkansas, was de-
stroyed by q cyclone Tuesday. Seven
injured. The bodies of some of the
the storm.
A company with a capital of SIC, 900 600
has been formed in New York to pur-
chase the Kelley bi. chloride Of gold cure
| for drunkenness. All the institutions in
the United States are included in the
transaction.
Fire Tuesday night in the Hohenzol-
lern palace at Sigmaringen, on the Dan
ube, destroyed the part known as the
Fuerstenbau, entailing an immense loss
and the destruction of many priceless
works of art.
The walters Of Chicago are on a strike.
They demand an increase to $50 week
and 80 cents an hour for overtime after
May l. The walters of the Chicago club
also ask to have an increase from $40 to
$50 per month.
Captain Curtis, OF Bridgeport, Conn.
died recently and without revealing the
hiding place of $62 900. which he buried
in the yard and secreted in the house. A
thorough search has failed to reveal the
hiding place Of the money.
William Hardin, foreman of q cattle
ranch, became involved in quarrel with
Mexican at Kingston, N. M, Sunday.
Hardin shot the Mexican, but was cap
tured by q mob, put to death and his
body mutilated in horrible manner.
The Herald's cable from Puerta Plata
says: The treaty between the republics
of Hayti and San Domingo, denying
exiles OF one country accused of political
offenses against the other refuge in the
neighboring republic, has been renewed.
The condition of General Manuel Con
zales, ex-president of Mexico, continues
to improve, and the physicians in attend
ance report that he is on the road to re-
covery. He is now able to move about
in his room and is gaining strength
daily.
Miss Mile Hagel, . female aeronaut,
sustained frightful injuries by a collision