The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-09-13
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.


be candidate for governor of New York.
500 carpenters have struck at New York.
Alexander Fulton OF Dover has been
nominated for congress by Delaware pop
uists.
d. o. Mills has started for San Francisco,
whence he will sail on voyage around the
world.
The Des Moines conference of the Method
ist Episcopal church met at Shenandoah,
Iowa.
In the New Hampshire republican state
convention Charles Russell was nominated
for governor.
Richard FARRELL. an inmate of the sold
iers' home at Quincy. ILL.,. dropped dead OF
heart disease.
large three masted schooner Is sunk of
Chatham, Mass. IT is believed she ran on
the rocks during fog.
The supreme lodge Knights of Pythias
has adjourned 10 meet at Minneapolis the
last Tuesday in August, 1896.
The steamer Robert Holland, 10 days
from Manitou Island, supposed to be lost,
has arrived at Manitowoc Wis.
Mrs. Charles Haliz of Kankakee has
brought damage suit for IS. 900 and costs
against Q. G. Parker. alleging SANDER.
Joseph Valken of Hammond. Ind. has
sued the New York, Chicago X ST. Louis
railway for $40, 900 for killing his wife.
The United States steamship Columbia
has been ordered to convey the American
refugees at Port Limon back to Blueiields.
Murder was the result of political meet
ing at Wayne. w. Va, one man being
killed and three others seriously wounded.
Charles Moran fatally stabbed Frank
Hickman at Kansas City because the lat
Ter had made an insulting remark to his
wife.
The weavers in the Globe wooden mill,
Utica. n. Y, have struck against n reduc-
ton of wages. The mill employs 700 oper-
| atives
During q quarrel at Paris, Mo, over some
trfling matter. Ed MUIR shot and fatally
wounded Il. Howser. The murderer es-
capped.
General Marion, at Frankfort on the
Main, has telegraphed the state depart
ment that cholera exists at Bergoin, near
Marnur.
The Lark Spur Inn. a magnificent sum
mer hotel at San Rafael, CAL, was destroy ed
by fire. The hotel cost $50, 900 and was in
surei for $50, 900.
E. +. Fisher bookkeeper for the An
heuser-Busch Brewing Company at Okla
abstain from DRINK.
Gus Cornell, alias Jones, Bill McComb
and Bill Clemens were arrested at New
Albany, Ind, on the charge of passing
counterfeit money.
Charles II. Church of Logansport, Ind,
| boarded train between the baggage cars,
and marshal who discovered him crushed
his skull with a club.
The strike OF New York tailors affiliated
with the federation of labor is practically OF
an end. Many iarge contractors signed
the agreement decided upon.
The story sent out from Lofty, Pa, that
the mining town of Scotch Valley had sunk
out of sight. is untrue. There is no Scotch
Valley mine in this region.
The health of Miss Whitney continues SO
precarious that IL is believed W. e. Whit
ney will not be able to return home from
London for week to come, If then.
Grave fears are felt at Chicago for the
safety OF the steamer Holland. which left
South Manitou island Tor Manitowoc wit
crew of "A men and cargo Of lumber
A dispatch from Valparaiso SAYS the
Chilean government has made formal de-
NAL of the report that half of the vessels OF
the Chilean navy have been sold TO China.
The Utah territorial board of equaliza-
ton has completed the assessment rolls OF
the different counties. The result shows
the total assessment of the territory TO be
500, 503. 243 40
Colonel Frederick X. Hanlon OF Dixon.
| ILL.,, and chairman of the Lee county demo :
cratic central committee, has announced
himself as a candidate for the Dixon post
office.
The Women's Christian Temperance
Union oil the Thirteenth congressional dis
| Ffnl fxad 1aa
Urbann, ILL.,. and it will remain in session
Thursday and Friday.
I he trial of the torpedo boat Ericsson
will probably take place Thursday. The
! dispatch boat Dolphin. with Secretary Her
cert on board. has arrived at New London
from Buzzards Bay.
Jsmes Carr, charged with burglary, was
sent to prison for eight years from La
Porte, Ind. Carr was badly wounded and
his companion was killed outright while
robbing store at Mill Greek.
The New York commissioners found Cap
| tain Adam A. Cross guilty of accepting pro
lection money and dismissed him from the
force. Wiedman, George Smith and James
Burns were also dismissed.
A. NJ. Dlckerson, cashier of the broken
Cass county bank of Atldntic, Iowa, has
been sentenced 10 six years at hard labor in
the Fort Madison penitcntiary. D.ckerson
had pleaded guilty to fraudulent banking.
The trades union congress has opened at
Warwick, England, about 400 delegates be-
ing present. Among them are John Burns.
Ben Tiilot. Tom Mann and Harry Lloyd.
the latter from The American Federation of
Labor
Professor BidweIl. in charge OF the repair
work at the state mining school at Hough-
ton, Mich. in the absence of Director
Wadsworth. discharged seven workmen
Tuesday because they failed 10 work La Dor
day.
By means Of false keys, the county Jail at
Milan, Mo-, was cleaned OF all IFS prisoners
about dawn today. The principal fueitiyes
are George and John Hart and c. F.
Staugle forgers and generally desperate
men.
Heavy fires are still raging in the Trout
Creek district, Michigan. The Diamond
Match Company lost fully 80, 600 900
feet OF lumber. the Mester estate about 20. =
600, 600 feet. The loss TO homesteaders is
very great.
A dispatch from Batavia says that Maar.
am. the capital of the island of Lambok,
where the Dutch troops recently met with
serious reverses. Is In possession OF the
rebels and is being bombardcd by the
Dutch fleet.
The body of Pearce d. Heating, assistant
In the of1ice of the prose cutting attorney oil
/ ST. Louis, who has been missing since
Thursday, was found In the river. 1t is
thought that lie committed suicide us the
result OF health.
Julius Siegel and Siegfried Siegel, Vienna
bankers, were arraigned before United
States Commissioner Alexander at New
York on charge of forgery of the names OF
bankers in Vienna The total amount OF
their populations is 1000 florins,