Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-05-25

fits, and it had been the custom to fix
him down in bath TO calm him. The
water was turned on yesterday by mis-.
take.
News was received by the steamer
Alameda that Harry LANG, a noted pu-
gilist, had been killed by being run over
by railroad train in New Zealand April
IL. Laing sprang into prominence re-
Gently by defeating Joe Goddard at Mel
bourne.
By the premature explosion OF one
of the small guns OF the English cruiser
Galatea, while saluting German squad
ron at Edinburgh Saturday, Gun Instruc-
tor Lawrence was killed, and Gun In
structor Whitehead and two seamen were
injured.
News is received that the cutter Val.
kyrie, formerly owned by Lord Dunra.
ven, foundered off the coast of Africa
All on board were drowned. Lord Dun
raven sold the Valkyrie to an Italian and
she recently competed in the Mediterra-
mean regatta.
| James Maher, prisoner in the Bride
well at Chicago, was murdered Thursday
night by a cellmate, George Dunlap, in
sane. Maher's head was beaten to a
pulp on the stone floor. A terrific strug-
gle took place between the guards and
the mailman.
Howard K. Cole, aged 80 years, shot
and instantly killed himself in a restau-
rant at Los Angeles Thursday The sui
eide was sensational in the extreme, in
volving Mrs Lang, who was present at
the time Of his death. Cole was married
aud wealthy.
The railroad subsidy committee of AS
toria has rejected the proposition Of Judge
Brown, OF New York, who asked for q
mortgage on the subsidy in consi Iteration
of advancing 100000, with which TO
build the Astoria & Portland railroad as
far as the Nehalem.
Wyatt Tate, negro desperate, while
resisting arrest near Birmingham, Ala,
was shot and killed by Murdoch Foun.
tain, young farmer. Tate WAS wanted
for highway robbery. He had killed two
deputy sheriis, who attempted to arrest
him, within month.
1t has developed that Gus Weisoredt
city treasurer OF Middleton, Ohio, is $780,
900 short in his accounts. Weisbred
was one of the most popular men In
Butler county. At the recent democratic
primaries he was nominated for county
, treasurer without opposition.
Secretary Gresham has received {
cablegram from Bartlemann, in charge
: of the United States consulate at Caracas
, Venezuela, stating that an earthquake
, April 81, destroyed the cities OF Egdt
and Merida and several villages. Th,
loss of life is said to be heavy.
The Colfax Commoner prints a lonl
sensation, the matter of which is tina
one William Herrick, "a bad man." i
supposed to have been hunted dow
8 and shot by Arson Mercer, rancho
near Washtucna, 10 miles below Hooper
Il for an assault upon the latter's wife.
Ludwig N. Goldman, the youn
q cashier for the American branch OF tn
e Mannheim Insurance Company, VIII
disappeared from New York on April IL
t after forging checks on the company
o the extent of $lS375, was caught o
n Wednesday at st. Thomas, West lndie
g BENJAMIN F. Worrell, formerly chit
of division in the office of the registr,
II committed suicide in Washington, Satu
IL day, by shooting himself. The loss
t. his place during the past winter is SUI
}, posed to have preyed upon his mind ar
driven him to the deed. He WAS so yea
h old.
q. Gus Meeks, wife and four childrs
/. we're found murdered in field ne
Il. Browning, Mo-, Thursday evening. III
murderers are under arrest and lyncbil
IL will probably occur. Meeks and fami
az lived at Milan. The cauee OF the crir
70 is said to be the fact that Meeks ga
ia damaging evidence in suit.
Horatio Nelson Clark, the veteran W
a. discovered the spring of water in And'
as sonville prison, and which was nam
~ "Providential Spring." was killed on Z
- West Shore road at Auresville, N.
= Wednesday. He was driving across
tracks when he and his horse were killt
n. Mr.. Clark was So. A family survives.
n N The crank who has threatened to !
n Mrs. Lease has been heard from aga
~ From Creston Ia, he writes to the CHI
of the fire department of Wichita, Ka
III to have his wagons in readiness to p
er tect the property of innocent parties,
or he says it is his purpose to use the toi
~ if necessary to destroy the female orat
- Reports from Hillhouse, Miss, are
* the effect that serious race troubles
TO- imminent A white planter named Lo
d bard interfered and prevented mob
" negroes from lynching one OF their o
TO- color. Since then his gin mill has bt
u.s. burned, and at present both sides
all armed and the blacks are swearing v
ss, geance.
zen There is much excitement in Mexi'
49, government circles over the discov
hot that there are in circulation fully 5000,
ear worth of counterfeit government star
en- of the 5O.cent denomination. The lar
Her cities OF Mexico have been flooded v
hot these stamps and the authorities b
not as yet been successful in discover
At the source of the gigantic fraud.