Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-04-13
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Three children were burned to death
at Calumet, Ind, Tuesday.
William Green, cigar dealer OF San
Francisco, has failed for SEC, 900, with es.
timated assets of about $1,000.
The body of William Slsvin, a black
smith Of Seattle, was found in the VIII.
lamette river at Portland Tuesday.
Margaret Walber, aged SO years, was
executed in the Jail yard at Liverpool
Monday. She was convicted of murder
ing her husband.
8. r. Conger has bonded 1920 acres of
placer and quartz ground near Mediord,
Oregon, ADD will soon begin extensive
mining operations.
A terrific gas explosion at Alexandra,
Ind, Saturday night, killed four persons,
injured several others and destroyed
$50, 900 worth Of property.
Among other entertaining declarations,
the Whitman county populists find Cleve-
land, Carlisle and Olney TRAITORS to
their country and their God"
r. McManus shot and killed his wife
at Livingstone, Mont, Thursday, and
then cut his own throat. He had been
out Of work and was Respondent.
The Hotel Belvidere and contents wer
burned at Montrose, Colo, Wednesday
The total loss is estimated at $50, 900
insurance, $22, 900. The inmates escaped
unhurt.
Gold English, brutal wife murderer
was taken from Jail at Bakersville, Mo.
Monday morning by mob Of 100 masket
men and hanged to tree just outside
the town.
A six.story building, owned by Tchno
& Jow boy, at North St. Paul and Andrew
streets, Rochester. N. Y, were burned
Tuesday. Lose, 1926, 900 on building
and stock.
r. G. Walsh, county commissioner
was killed by B. ]. Weir at Rockport
Texas, Sunday. The difficulty was abou
the occupancy of house. The murdere
is at large.
The town of Sutherland, Nebraska
was totally destroyed by fire WEDNESDAY
night. A high wind was raging at tn
time and the efforts to stop the fire wer
of no avail.
The collapse of the large wooden bridg
Friday afternoon at Radford, Va, wa
greater than at first appeared. Eigh
men went down 80 feet. Three were In
stantly killed.
Two men were found dead in Brooks
lime kiln on Fifty-ffth street in Ne'
York Wednesday. Both we're burned
q crisp. 1t is supposed they went int
the kiln to sleep.'
W. J. Moggridge, a wealthy Englist
man living alone, was shot and seriousl
wounded at his residence, two mile
north OF Blaine, WASH, by two maske
men Saturday night.
The jury, in the case of Laidlaw, Rul
sell Sage's clerk, who was used as
shield against q dynamite bomb by tn
latter, has awarded him $25 900 damage
from the millionaire.
j. L. Downing and J. Law, two me
who started from Eugene, Oregon, to tn
Bohemia mines little over two week
ago, are supposed to have persisted
the mountains in that region.
, The supreme court of California hs
settled the capital removal case by rel
dering q decieion that the act whic
passed the recent legislature has no fore
is imperative and unconstitutional.
The Rowland Falls pulp mills, GU
buildings, offices and dwelling, at HoV
! land, Me-, we're burned fiat by fir
which caught in the dynamo rooms, Tue
day morning. The loss is $3.50 900.
The pumpboat Hero, belonging
Armstrong Bros, of Piont Pleasant, Va
: burst her boiler Wednesday, while lyiI
alongside the Annie L, killing Engine
John McGriffin and wounding sever
!, others.
The assignee OF the San Francisco fir
OF W. F. Bach & Co., reports liabilities
1851, 543, and assets OF $3S, 400. The a
sets will pay about "a cents, less 9
peDses, after long delay in settling q
counts.
\ cut of $4,000, 900 has been made
the house committee on naval affai
4 in the item for armor plate and arm
ment In the naval appropriation bi
The department estimates footed
$780, 900.
Isaiah Jones, colored, shot four tim
at his father, Claiborn Jones. during
family quarrel at Chico, Cal, Monda
Two shots took effect and will probat
prove fatal. Jones was addicted to be
ing his wife.
W. B. Rosselle, well-to.do farmer
Heard county, Ga, shot his wife q
It then attempted to commit suicide,
flicting q probably fatal wound.
family quarrel led to the shooting.
wife will recover.
1t is reported that Frederick E. Edg
discount clerk OF the rradeeman Natiol
,e bank of New York, is short $l7 900. /
gar is very i'll at his home and is not I
pected to live. President Grannis q
Edgar had confessed.
Secretary Morton has issued circu
in answer to inquiries, saying the gove
- ment rainmaking experiments did
n produce such results as to justify the
lief that they could be developed into
commercial importance.
When the industrial army arrived
Sierra Blanca, Tex, Wednesday, 30
of the men were so faint from hun
10 and exposure that they dropped In tn
tracks. The men were 30 famished tt
stomachs could not retain food.
At Astoria, Thursday night, James
McGavin, the second mate of the Brit
nd bark Hollywood, and Peter Hageman,
able seaman, were drowned by falling
the gang plank while going aboard th
90 vessel at the bonded warehouse.
Two immense hopper scales filed "
wheat, on the fifth floor OF the Chic
.,s Dock Company's warehouse at Chica
No collapsed Monday night, killing Thor
Keller and Peter Thompson. Sew
I'll a.