Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-09-14
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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A threshing engine exploded at Stony
Brook, Mimi, Thursday. Four persons
were killed.
The new union depot at st. Louis,
representing total cost of sc, 900 900, was
opened Saturday.
ID. Urbancheck, an insane man of |
Napa, CAL, shot his wife Tuesday and |
then shot himself.
An incendiary fire at Angels Camp,
CAL, Tuesday night destroyed SAC, 900 |.
worth Of property.
Senator Jones of Nevada has renowned |
his allegiance to the republican party
and joined the populists.
Democrats made a clean sweep in Ar
kansas Tuesday. The populsts were not
able to carry single county in the state. |
No trace has been discovered Of Fred
O. Shuman who Disappeared from Lat
ourelle July 20. Foul play is suspected.
Latest reports place the number OF
clothing workers out on strike in New
York against the sweating system at
10000.
A small cyclone struck the southwest
ern part OF Louisville, KY, Sunday about
8 O'Clock, and did about $i2 900 worth Of
damage.
Four persons were drowned near
Guthrie, o. t., Monday by a waterspout
suddenly swelling Skeleton creek out
Of it's banks.
A 1O-year-old boy named Reddy, living
in Albina, was drowned in the river
Wednesday afternoon near the elevator
on the terminal grounds.
Myron ]. Kent, a prominent real estate
and insurance agent of Mandan, North
Dakota. has been arrested for the murder
of his wife, March IL, 1894.
At Lockland, Ohio, Sunday, James
Cain, jr., shot his wife, little girl and
father The first two will die. Cain was
under the influence Of liquor.
Forest fires are again raging in the
} northern and western portious Of Wiscon-
sin. Several small towns have been en-
tirely wiped out Of existence.
John Scott lost his life near Auburn,
Oregon, few days ago by large Cot
ton wood tree falling upon him. Hia neck,
back and both legs were broken.
The town of Hubbard, Ohio, is running
itself. Both mayor and city marshal are
, in jail, the former for intoxication and
the latter for not obeylng orders.
louis Behoz, jr., late Of the navy, com.
mitted suicide at Ashville, N. c., We'd
nesday, by falling on his sword, inflict-
ing injuries from which he died.
Theodore 8. Baron Il Co., knitting
machine manufacturers of New York,
have failed for $l85, 900. Unlucky specu-
< lation in Wall street was the cause,
. The rate on class freight from the East
to Spokane, Walla Walla and other
Northern Pacific coast terminals will be
increased 80 per cent on September II.
Much valuable timber has been de.
stoyed by forest fires on Puget Sound.
Lumbermen think the damage in the
!, state will aggregate several hundred
dollars.
At the Vermont election Tuesday,
Woodbury., the republican candidate for
governor, was given majority of 22,-
600. The republican gain is about %
r, per cent.
John Johnson, 65 years old, had his
right hand torn off Tuesday evening while
blasting stumps in Albina Owing to
loss OF blood and old age he may not sur.
vive the shock.
As Mrs. A. P. Henderson was cooking
supper in her kitchen at East High
lands, CAL, Thursday evening, her dress
caught fire from the stove and she wal
burned 10 deatn.
At Stockton, California, Monday, Johr
W. Burnett, a young man, while driving
grain wagon, was thrown from his seat
to the ground, the wheels passing over
and crushing him to death.
In fight between Yaqui Indians ant
Mexican troops few days ago twelve
i" soldiers and the wife OF a sergeant vert
killed and six wounded. Four Indianl
were killed and p wounded.
The earnings OF the dogcatcher Of Viii
~ mington, Del, for the last fiscal veal
y were 81 $3.50, which is nearly $10(
more than the salary of the mayor. Tit
dogcaEher works by the piece.
The town OF Bows, in White county
Iowa, population 1000, was wiped out by
fire Tuesday night. Only two business
buildings remain, and a good share O
!, the residences were consumed.
\ A sad shooting affair in which William
Brock was killed by Albert Kloss ,occurre'
near Los Angeles few days ago. Th
men were warm friends and the shootin
is said to have been accidental.
All Tie, Chinaman, fatally sho
David Cameron at the Bates academ
A in San Rafael, CAL, Thursday. Bot
were servants and had quarreled as t
who should answer the door bell.
The Seth Cook group Of gold mines q
Coulterville, Mariposa county, CAL, ha
st been sold to a company of Boston an
Montana capitalists for 100000. TIL
mines have been idle fer twenty years
Judge Merritt of Salt Lake City, o.
Tuesday, appointed s. H. H. Clarke
Oliver w. Mink, E. Ellery Anderson, +
he R. Coudert and ]. w. Doane as receiver
of the Oregon Short Line & Utah North
ern road.
The results of the heavy withdrawal {
goods from the United States custor
houses is shown in increased receipt
from customs duties received at the treal
ury. They amounted to 81, 454,O 900 o
Thursday.
A leading Salem hop buyer espresso
it as his opinion, after visiting most {
the leading hop yards of the state. this
the Oregon hop output this year will nj
ny exceed rs 900 bales, 90 compared wit
3S, 600 bales in 1898.
"A The monthly statement OF the publ
III debt, issued by the treasury departmei
- Saturday, shows a decrease in the del
+. of $1,7l3,664, including certificates an
treasury notes, Offset by an equal amour
I. of cash in the treasury.
ats A disastrous fire occurred among tt
vessels anchored in the Canton river
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