The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-09-07

Inc women " Os~A Wa ss~v ~
allowed 70 vote until tho tsrritory
becomes = state.
Ex-stats Treasurer Taylor, Of
South Dakota, Was taken to the
penitentiary Friday, june 30th, to
begin his Ave years sentence for
embe1slement.
Warren Webster San Francisco
artist, has been sentenced to ten
years in the pen;tentiary for . Grim
| inal assault on = twelve-year-old
girl while posing ~ model in his
studio.
Secretary Lamont has issued an
| order that the new flags Of the Army
shall cor.,in forty-five stars instead
of forty-four as at present, the forty
9th representing the coming state
of Utah.
Colorado Populists have estab-
lished q colony at Montrose, Cal.
It is to be conducted on the Bel
lamy plan, and is styled the Mont
rose Cooperative Colony. They
expect to file on $4,000 acres.
Alonzo J. Whitman, formerly
Mayor of Duluth, Mimi, ex-mem-
Der of the Minnesota Legislature,
ex-banker and ex millionaire, who
has dissipated a fortune in a few
years, was sentenced at San Fran
cisco, June 30th to nine years i'm.
prisonment for forgery.
The twelve-year-old son Of Los
Angeles minister while rabbit hunt
ing, was accidentally shot and
killed few days ago by compan-
ion about the same age. While
loading the gun, it was discharged.
the full charge taking effect in the
boys abdomen. He died in few
hours.
A young son of William Freer, of
Port Even, N. Y, recently met with
a peculiar accident, which may
prove fatal. The child had toy
locomotive in ita mouth, and while
running fell and swallowed it. He
choked nearly to death, and the
the physicians said an operation
wasnecessary for the removal of the
locomotive from his stomach.
The New York state convention
of the Peoples party which met at
Syracuse, the Both ult.. nominated
Thaddeus B. Wakeman, of New
York, for Secretary Of state and
David Rousseau, of New York. for
comptroller. The platform ratified
the Omaha platform of 1892, de-
claring for free coinage of silver,
single land tax and government
ownership of railroads, telegraphs
and telephones.
George Fraker, formerly promi-
nent physician of Topeka. Kan, in
1898 took out $50, 900 life insurance.
He then suddenly disappeared and
was supposed to have been drowned.
Recently he was captured in the
woods near Tower, MINI. The to-
tai amount Of the insurance was
paid on the twelfth OF last month,
terconsiderable litigation. Fraker
SAYS he hid to allow the collection
of the policies.
The tedious work of completing
a jury to try Theodore Durrant for
the murder of Miss Blanche La
mont was ended Thursday after
noon of last week by the acceptance
of Samuel F. Dutton, a wholesale
atationer, as the twelfth juror. At
ter the information had been read
both sides joined in a request for an
adjournment until Monday, prom
Using there should be no further de-
lays until the completion of the
case. The court, after some hest
.ation, granted the request.
James Stewart, better known BY
the name of Captain Paul Web"
died at Spokane Aug. 29th from in.
juries sustained on July 4th in Slid
ing down 1900 foot log chute in
a barrel. The barrel struck an OBJ
struction while going at a tremen-
dous speed, causing it to jump the
chute, landing the intrepid navi-
gator on the rocks 100 feet below.
His back was broken by the fall.
Stewart was a nephew of Senator
Stewart, of Nevada. At the time of
the accident he had under construc.
ton a monster steel barrel, with
which be intended going over Nj
agara Falls.
William Kline, of Chicago, had
his neck broken Sunday afternoon
in a peculiar manner. He was an
expert swimmer, and had taken his
wife to the lake to zee him do some
swimming and diving. Downing
his bath costume, he ran to the
edge Of the embankment, where the
water was about seven feet below,
and jumping in the air, came down
head-first in the lake. The water
was but two feet deep, and his head
struck the bottom with terrific force.
He managed to gain his feet, but as
be did go his head fell to one side,
and a second later be was lying on