Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-11-30
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

AT Columbus, KY, IL business houses
and nine dwellings burned Loss, $4,000
Steamship Campania will take out $780,
900 ounces of silver today from New
York.
+. j. Donahue, well known as a writer
on sporting topics, died at Lakewood, N.
j., aged "a.
The Pullman Palace Car Company has
paid its regular quarterly dividend of
81 a share.
The French senate without debate
adopted a bill imposing an increase of
duty upon raisins.
Employees of the Buffalo, Rochester &
Pittsburg road struck because a cent cut
in wages was made.
The president has appointed Edward X.
Lowery of Ohio second secretary of the
legation at Pekin, China.
Sheffield. 10 miles south of Mason City
on the Iowa Central railway. was de-
stroyed 10y fire. Loss. 100000
Two trains eollided on the Lorraine &
Wheeling road near Massillon, Ohio
Two engineers and the firemen were
killed.
Rev. DR.. William Grenough ThayeI
Shedd, professor of systematic theology
in the Union Theological Seminary, Is
Bishop John Claudius Neras of the
Catholic diocese of San Antonio died aft
ter lingering illness. He was born In
France in 1928
The Seth anniversary of the founding OF
Denver was commemorated Saturday by
banquet under the auspices of the rea
estate exchange.
J. ]. Higgins. Chicago electrician, shot
IL in Is
landlady, and then afterwards killed him
self by shooting.
Officials of the colonial Office at London
say there is no truth in the report that
another inter-colonial conference will
shortly be convened.
Hamilton Stuart, state editor of the Gal
weston, Texas, News, is dead. He was 81
years old, and the oldest American edi-
tor in active service.
At a meeting of the National Baseball
League committee was appointed to
draw up an address with regard to the
new American association.
A reduction from 40 to 35 cents for min.
ing coal has taken effect at the Roches-
ter Il Pittsburg Coal and Iron Company
mines at Punxsatawney. Penn.
jay Hicks. the murderer of Ranchman
Myers, paid the death penalty at Stur-
gis, S. ID. The condemned man was
barely able to walk to the scaffold
Rev Richard Carroll. a prominent
Baptist preacher, hanged himself near
Maynorchville, Ky. He was SO years of
age and has been preaching 65 years.
Secretary Herbert has issued an order
for court-martial I'm the case of Cap
tain Carlisle p. Porter, in command of the
marines at Norfolk navy yard, ON charges
of drunkenness
The steamer Madana reports that on
the morning of November the earth
quake shock was felt on the Island of
Croix and occasioned some alarm among
the inhabitants.
The Paris Journal publishes an improb-
able story that ministers who attended
the British cabinet council November 4,
discussed the eventuality of declaring war
against France.
Cassius NJ. Clay Is closed to all visitors.
General Clay Is fearful thai some harm
may come to his bride, and will not al,
low her 10 leave the house.
Boston and New York capitalists In the
City of Mexico have furnished funds to
start a newspaper to be published in
English and a press agency to operate in
Mexico. Central and South America.
G. X. Whitworth, chancery court clerk,
shot and Instantly killed Chancellor AL
lison in the hall OF the courthouse at
Nashville, Tenn, and then fatally shot
himself. Allison was shot without warn
ing.
Mail advices from WITH. East Africa.
dated the middle OF October, says sharp
lighting has taken place on the Tana
river between 200 Somalis and five Euro
peans. accompanied by s5 natives. Many
Somaiis were killed.
DIR. J. ]. Robinson. L. l.. D., who has
resigned from the Yah law school. with
which he has been CONNECTED for 20 years.
win be dean Of the neS sschool of philos-
ophy of the Catholic DIVERSITY OF Amer
tea at Washington