Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-06-29

Kaufman cut the throats OF his wife, boy
twins and baby girl a month old, then
hanged himself. Kaufman was poor and
unable to find work. He was so years
old. his wife %.
The cash balance in the treasury on
Wednesday was SIG, 0C6, lao, of which
$59, l9S, 227 was gold reserve. This amount
will be further reduced by the with
drawal of 81 100000 which has been en-
gagged for shipment.
Fred ". Howe, of Kansas CITY, the
well known salesman of McCord, Brady
Il Company, has been sick for several
days at the Hotel Pendleton. He is now
convalescert and will soon be able to
pack his grip and travel.
The Eckerton express on the New
York, Susquehsnna & Western railroad,
going thirty-fve miles an hour, ran into
and demolished an electric street car in
Paterson, N. j., Monday. Eight pas
sengers were seriously injured.
Mrs. Wilhelmina Rauh, 80 years old
wife Of John B. Rauh, dyer, com mitted
suicide in Tacoma Friday evening by
drinking an ounce and half of carbolic
acid while temporarily insane, caused by
ill-health and money troubles.
Col. Hemingway, ex treasurer of Mis-.
sissippi, who stole 1915 900 and was
sentenced to five years in the state
prison, has teen pardoned by Gov. Stone
after serving three years. His appeal for
pardon bore Is 900 signatures
The Arkansas river at Hutchinson.
Kan, is the highest for seven yeare, and
still rising. The water is destroying
thousands OF barrels OF salt in warehouses.
One of the largest manufacturing salt
plants is in danger OF collapse.
Iron miners at Ironwood, Mich. have
demanded an increase Of pay TO the rate
before the depression. Three thousand
are interested. The miners are backed
by the American Federation and will
strike II their demand is refused,
The rumor that Mrs. Nellie Grant
Sartoris is to marry General Douglas of
Maryland has been confirmed. Airs
Sartoris now enjoys an income of $25, 900
year from the Sartoris estate. which che
will forfeit when she again marries
The revolution in Korea has assumed
serious aspect. The number of rebels
is said TO be over $1,000 and they have
been drilled in modern style The gov
eminent troops have been routed in two
encounters, losing two hundred, killed.
William Gilman, resident OF Orovile,
Cal, for several years, committed suicide
Friday by shooting himself with a shot
gun. He placed the gun against his
stomach and used a piece Of board to
touch the trigger. He was out of work
and respondent.
William f. Norton was instantly killed
at Fresno, CAL, Wednesday, by the ex-
plosion of a soda tank. Norton was
fixing the soda fountain, when suddenly
there came an explosion. fragment Of
the tank struck Norton in the stom ach,
almost disemboweling him.
Thomas Nevine, a doorkeeper of the
board Of trade, Chicago, was taken off
in smallpox ambulance Tuesday. He
was covered with eruptions, and has
been ill three weeks. Many persons
have been exposed. The discovery
caused panic on the board.
Eddinger, the murderer of +. w. Jose,
at LIE vision, CAL, was killed by Deputy
Sheriff Pleisch, of Anderson, about two
miles north of Cottonwood, Friday night.
The officers found him walking on the
railroad track, and called for him to sur
render, but he refused to do so.
During the parade OF summer spec
tacle in Philadelphia Friday night sec
ton of one of the terra Gotta balconies of
an office building fell upon the crowd on
the sidewalk beneath, crushing the heads
OF an old man and little girl, and ipjur-
ing number Of other bystanJers.
E. Ford, about 10 years of age, a
charge of the county farm, committed
suicide at Spangle, WASH, Wednesday.
He placed table under a stovepipe hole
in the ceiling, tied stick of wood on one
end of the rope, passed it through the
hole, tied the rope around his neck, and
kicked the table from under him.
In the Republican League convention
at Fort Worth, Texas, it was decided
that no delegate from club composed of
blacks and whites was entitled to repre-
sentation in the convention, whereupon
the members of the black clubs pulled
off their badges and left the ball This
widens the breach between the republi-
can factions.