The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-09-20
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

Judge Daniel Scully OF Chicago is dead.
The first snow of the season fell at Oma-
ha on the 14th inst.
Trial of the Debs contempt case has been
postponed until September 20.
Rear Admiral Kirkland, u. S. NJ, has as
sumed command of the European squad
ron.
The motion for the appointment Of re-
ceiver for the Colorado Irrigation Company
has been put over for two weeks.
The maneuyers of the First and Seven
teenlh army corps have begun at Scholbit-
ten. Emperor William is present
The $40 600 forfeit which Peter Jackson
wosted with William J. DAYS of Chicago for
fight with Corbelt has been taken down.
News received from st. Petersburg indi-
Gates that the cars sickness is cerebral,
complicated with ailmeDt of the kidneys.
Mrs. Anne Rogers, sister OF the late Cen
erul John A. Logan, took morphine with
suicidal intent 1t is thought her lie will
be saved.
A sensational bill for receiver for the
Chicago Nickel Works has been filed at
Chicago. The concern was capitalized at
$780,
The golf championship of America was
won at Newport by William G. Lawrence
Of the Newport Golf Club. His score was
1888 strokes.
Towns in uthwestern Spain, along the
Medi erranean coast, have been visited by
severe storms and floods, in which many
lives were lost
The custom of publishing the list of un.
claimed letters at the postotlices will be
abandoned for lack of an appropriation to
meet the expense.
A Paris paper says the emperor of Ger
many is trying to organize a conference oil
the powers with view OF bringing about Il
| general disarmament.
Commodore William A. Kirkland, U. s
~, who succeeds Rear Admiral Erben in
command OF the European station, has ar
rived at Plymouth, England.
District Attorney Butler OF New Orlean.
has filed in the district court suit for the
impeachment of Mayor Fitzpatrick. He is
charged with iayortism, incompetency, etc
An official dispatch from Pretoria capita
| of the Transvaal republic, South Africa,
says the chief leaders OF the insurgent KAT.
trs have surrendered to the b ler command
| ers.
Judge McKenna of the United States cir
cult court has appointed Aldace +. Walker
receiver of the Atlantic Il Pacific railroad
vice J. W. Remnant who resigned some
days ago.
The Idaho stage was held up, 10 mile.
north of Ukiab, Cal, by masked It ghway-
man. The Wells Fargo box was taken
but the amount of the treasure secured i.
unknown.
About 500 delegates were present ct ths
national convention of the Kelley League
at Colorado Springs. Harrisburg, Pa, wa.
selected as the place for holding the mex
convention.
At Alexandria, Ind, a natural gas explo
sion wreck the express and telegraph
building. Samuel /. Meyer and family
were buried IN the ruins. All will recover
except Meyer.
The Pennsylvania democratic state con.
vention reconvened to till vacancies on the
state ticket Thomas Collins and Henry
| Myers were unanimously chosen candi-
dates for congressman at-largo.
General Francesca Debourbon, who las
week issued manifesto claiming heritag,
to the house of France, will be kept unde
military arrest Tor two months as punish
ment for issuing the manifesto.
News has been received that Presiden
Hypolite ordered the arrest of 10 mel
whom he believed to be the instigators o
the plot to assassinate his daughter, ant
these men were shot within "a hours.
A telegram from Batavia states the Dutcl
forces, ater hard lighting, which lasted al
araE rebels were concentrated. The rebel
retreated TO Malaran, which is q fortiliei
place
The charred remains of Joseph Stron,
and his l4-year-old daughter were foun,
where their house had been burned in Jack
son county. Kansas. 1t is believed thel
were robbed and the house fired to concea
the crime.
The superintendent of state Insurance
OF Massachusetts has revoked the license o
the Commercial Alliance Insurance Com
pany OF New York, n deficit of 500 hav
ing been found by an examination of tn
New York department.
The Republic of Colombia has preserte,
Nicaragua with second protest claiming
sovereignty over the Mosquito reservation
under old Spanish titles IL is reporle,
that President Nunez will 60 to Bogota t
calm rising troubles there.
Warrants have been issued for the arres
of President c. c. Cheney and JohI
Holmes OF the Western Bank Note Com
pany. They gave bail in So 900 each u
appear in st, Louis November 8. Tn
charge is the same as that against the gov
ernor, auditor and treasurer of Mississippi
printing bills similar to United States cur
rency.