Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-05-13

cash In the treasury, and an increas se
OF nearly $4,000, 900 in the amount Of
bonds delivered under the last sale.
4. q. Heine, a Russian so years old.
made one of the most perilous trips
tnat has been accomplished on the Mia.
CARA river. In his canoe-shaped boat.
, ten feet in length, he sailed from the
milling district through the hydraulic
canal out into the rapids and over to
within 800 feet OF Goat island, and
then returned without any mishap
whatever.
Robert Campbell, aged 40, committed
suicide al his residence in Denver. by
shooting himself through the heart.
de was respondent on account of the
loss OF his possessions in mining prop
erty and the Cripple Creek fire. He
owned buildings in the camp which
were burned. He was worth 500, 600.
he leaves wife and four children.
The widow attempted to shoot herself,
but was restrained.
Instructions came from the treasury
department ordering the commanders
OF the revenue cutters of the Behring
sea patrol feet, equipping in the
Sound, not to take aboard any spirit
uous liquors. The feet was ready to
sail when the orders were issued and
the officers were compelled to land
their private and mess liquor supply.
The captains themselves, while in the
North, must live like prohibitionists,
as they will not be allowed to have on
board the mildest Of intoxicating bev-
erages.
George Haag, 25 years old, killed
himself in San Francisco by taking
strychnine He was member of sui.
eide club.
The controller of the currency has
declared a dividend of 10 per cent in
favor Of the creditors Of the insolvent
Stock Growers National bank, Of Miles
City, Mont
At Alonzo province, in Huelva,
Spain, miscreant set fire to a build.
ing in which dance was in progress.
Six persons were burned to death, and
many were injured.
A telegram received from Santo Do
mingo says. that the president, Ulysses
Heureaux, has had the minister of
war, Castillo, and Governor Estay, of
Macoris, shot for conspiracy.
Senator Kyle, from the committee
ON forest reservations, has reported fa-
vorably the bill authorizing the pur-
chase Of toll roads in Yosemite Ma
tional Park, and making them free.
Twenty special agents of the general
land office in Washington, d. c., have
been ordered suspended from May 10 to
June 80, inclusive, on account of an
inadequate appropriation for the cur
rent fiscal year.
The Denver chamber of commerce
authorizes the statement that NO con-
tributions for the Cripple Greek fire
sufferers from other states are needed.
The contributions in sight in Colorado
amount to nearly $50, 900.
The senate committee ON public
lands has agreed to press upon the SEN
ate steering committee consideration of
the bill granting per cent of the pro-
ceeds of the sale of public lands to the
states where the sales have been or may
be made.
The schooner Viking, which arrived
in San Francisco, brought news of the
probable loss of the schooner Norma.
The Norma sailed on February with
ten persons aboard, for the South seas,
and should have arrived at its destina-
tion six weeks ago.
A dispatch from Havana says: An
American newspaper man named Ham,
ilton, captured ON board the Key West
filibustering schooner Competitor, will
be released, but the other persons cap
tured at the same time will be shot, in
spite of protests from Washington.
A dispatch from Valparaiso says:
The statistics of the general army
staff, which have just been issued,
show that the national guard now
numbers throughout Chile 100000
men. The figures were made up i'm
mediately after the late enrolment.
The New York Herald's correspond
emit in Salvador Writes that congress
has approved the treaty of Amalpa
which unites the republics of San Sal
vador, Nicaragua and Honduras, which
will henceforth be called by the name
Republica Major de Centric America.
James Creelman. correspondent OF
the New York World, and Frederick
w. Lawrence, correspondent OF the
New York Journal, have been expelled
from Cuba, on the ground that they
illuminated General Weyler, the gov
ernment and army, and attributed th'
insurgents crimes to the Spanish
army. They have been ordered Il
leave Cuba by the first steamer sailing
A monster sea lion, in quest o
salmon, became entangled in fish
trap, near the mouth Of the Columbi
river. The trap was badly wrecked
The militia patrolling the beach a
Ilwaco, on account of the strikers, as
sisted in killing the lion, which is tn
largest ever seen near the Columbi
river. 1t took eleven rifle shots to xii
the lion, which weighed over 2,i0
, pounds.
At Port Townsend an unofficial tet
of the new revenue launch Scout show
ed her to be able to easily make foul
teen to sixteen knots an hour. Rev'
nue. officers are delighted to think thi
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