Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-11-04
EVENTS OF THE DAY

An official dispatch from Manila
says a conspiracy has been discovered
in the Sooloo archipelago. portion Of
the Spanish colony of the Philippine
islands.
Perry Bsthalow, United States con-
sui at Mayence, Is being prosecuted for
severely iDjuripg an. inmate of his
house by striking him ON the head
with revolver.
The price of bread has gone up halt
a peuny a loaf and the increase is be.
ing actually felt in the poorer districts
of London, whose many families have,
in consequence. Been obliged to reduce
their supplies. ~
An explosion Of natural gas at Ava
Ion, Pa, killed Bessie Osborne, aged
10, seriously injured her brother Dale,
aged 8, and her sister Edith, aged 6.
The house was badly wrecked The
explosion was caused by leak in the
kitchen pipes.
Thomas P. Gillespie, superintendent
of the Sterling Mining & Milling Com
psny, at Montgomery. New, was shot
and killed ON the road between the
Johnny and Chispa mines, by unknown
parties. The shooting was done from
behind some bushes. :,
Advices received from the Arctic
ocean whaling feet state that the en-
tire feet has taken only 81 whales up
to October l. In consequence Of the
poor catch, the price of whalebone will
be in the neighborhood of cents per
pound. AS the feet had only one
week for opera tions after this news was
dispatched, the Arctic season is con.
sidered failure
Paul Isenberg. the wealthy Ha-
waiian sugar-planter, who with his
family has been spending several
months in Europe, has arrived in San
Francisco Mr.. Isenberg's EuroIean
trip was for the purpose of interesting
foreign capitalists in the gigantic Oahu
plantation scheme, of which so much
has been written lately. His mission
was in a measure successful, for he is
now returning to Honolulu with a
guaranty of about 81, 500, 900 from sew
eral Dutch millionaires.
1t is stated by officials that the
United States will have the co.opera.
tion and support of both Russia and
Japan in the approaching issue over es-
tablishing adequate protection for the
fur seals of the, North Pacific ocean.
The question is about to be brought for
ward, as two commissions, 8, one Ameri-
can and one British, have returned, af-
ter an investigation of the conditions in
Behring sea. Aside from the informa-
tion they have received, A ssistant Sec
retary OF the Treasury Hamlin has re-
Gently made report after personal in.
spection of the seal islands, stating that
if notifications of the Paris award me-
gotiations were not agreed to the fur
seal will in one or two seasons be
commercially extinct. !"
The north bound. Houston q Texas
Central passenger train was wrecked
sixty miles from Houston, Tex The
engine jumped the track, but the
coaches staid on the rails. EDginser
G. E. Clark was badly hurt, and Wal
ter Matthews, his fireman, was killed.
No passegers were hurt.
At cost of two lives four masked
robbers stole So, 900 from Mr.. and Mrs.
Anthony Monagan, in the mining vii
lage of Rappahannock. The heads of
Mr.. and Mrs. Monagan were crushed
with sandbag, and they are in oriti-
cal condition. The robbers are still at
large, but posse is in pursuit.
A bull fight with fatal results oc-
Cured at Nogales, Ariz., and for
short time caused panic in the audi
ence. One of the bulls becoming more
enraged than usual, rushed about the
arena goring everything within its
reach. A horse was disemboweled. A
picador in an attempt to place thorn
in the side of the wild animal, was
caught on one its long horns. which
pierced him like sword. He was
tossed and fell TO the ground bleeding
and mangled, where the beast held him
between his horns and paved him. He
was frightfully injured and died few
minutes later.
The Venezuela governments has for
warded to Washington brief prepared
at Caracas ky. apopmission of five emf
nent jurists on the British Venezuela
boundary question. 1t will be sub
mitted to the United States commission
as soon as DIFFERENTIATION is completed.
The brief covers 800 pages and is said
to be forcible presentation of the case.
Aside from this brief coming direct
from VenezueIa, Messrs. Scruggs and
Storbrow, counsel for Venezuela in
this country, are about to submit final
arguments. Heretofore the arguments
presented have covered the points in
evidence. bat the taking of proof is
now practically over and the final argu.
ment Ia in order
Isaac H.; Lyonberger, of st. Louis,
has been appointed assistant attorney.
general of the-United States for the in
terror depaitrnent. He succeeds Will.
liam A. Lyle, OF Georgia, who recent
ly resigned to become a candidate for
the office bf Justice of the supreme
court of Georgia. Mr.. Lyonberger has
taken the oath Of Office and entered
upon his official duties. he is we'll.
known attorney in st. Louis. and one
of the leading practitioners in the
state. He lis As years Of age and
warm friend of Secretary Francis.