Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-12-09
EVENTS OF THE DAY

navy, mas Deen tested ana accepted by
the government.
John Abel, a workman at the Nelson
Morris dressed beef works, st. Louis,
Mo-, was horribly burned while at
work. The flesh on the right leg was
parboiled. Abel tripped on the greasy
floor in the rendering and fell
into vat Of boiling grease.
Jane Shelly, the 14-year-old daugh-
tsr of Joseph Shelly, a farmer living
nine miles south of Olympia, Wash,
was reaching for some object ON the
mantlepiece, when her clothes caught
fire from the fire in the fire. place. She
was terribly burned and died after
few days of suffering.
Delbert Crawford. young man 10
years old, was found twelve miles
from Pendleton, dead beneath an over
turned loaded w9gon. He was hauling
grain to the city, and the wagon ran
off the grade into canyon. His four
horse team stood all night hitched to
the wagon, and were found the next
morning covered with snow.
T. J. Henry. living ON the Apple
gate, near Jacksonville, Or, on Novem
ber % last went over to one Of the min
ing camps to look for job cooking for
the miners. He started home over the
Watkins trail. A storm started up
and he wandered about in the noun
tains and froze to death. The whole
community turned out to search for
him, and succeeded in finding his body.
He had crawled into brush pile and
was frozen to death. He leaves
widow aud six children practically des-
titute.
Jennie Ward, well-dressed young
woman, created sensation by walk
ing along Wabash avenue, Chicago,
smoking. People turned and stared at
the woman, but she paid no attention
to them, and continued to send blue
clouds of smoke heavenward. She
was placed under arrest by Detectives
Woodbridge and Schubert and locked up
at the Harrison street station, charged
with disorderly conduct, and when her
case was called for trial in Justice
Richardson's court she failed to apear.
This is something terrible" said the
court, land as warning l will fine
this woman 81 for smoking. 1t is ter
rible.
A freight train of thirty cars loaded
with lumber and shingles from the
West got beyond control on heavy
grade east of Mullen tunnel, on the
Northern Pacific road, and ran away.
Twenty-six cars were scattered along a
distance of eight miles, when the en-
gine left the track. Ed Jarbeau, head
brakeman, was killed. Fireman Young
had his collar bone broken, and En-
gineer John Flunn's leg was broken,
besides internal injuries. Conductor
John MoBean's thigh was broken, and
his back wrenched. 1t is the worst
wreck the Northern Pacific has ever
had from the point of damage TO track
and rolling stock.
Thirteen prisoners escaped from a
Jail in Wyandotte, Kan. Three have
been captured and the officers are in
pursuit of the others.
Rev. b. NJ. Hill. formerly mission.
ary to China, was stricken with paraly-
sis while delivering a sermon at his
church in Bentonville, Ark. He cannot
recover.
George w. Hill, well-known
printer and stationer. of Portland, Or. /.
shot and killed himself. He was of a
despondent nature, and about five years
ago attempted suicide by taking NOR
phine.
Farmers in the vicinity of Tacoma
have lost many thousands of bushels
of potatotes because Of the cold. One
farmer had 1000 bushels stored in his
barn, and nearly the wohle lot was de-
stroyed.
The prisoners in Bedford, Ind, made
desperate effort to escape by setting
fire to the Jail. But for the timely
discovery of the fire by the sheriff, some
of them would have escaped, and others
would have been oremated.
Fifteen -year.old Emma Taylor, an
orphan, has been held as an important
witness against four men who, on
Thanksgiving night, attempted to rot
a car full of passengers in Kansas City.
The young girl says that she made
the masks for the robbers and knew
heir plans. Ii is believed by the po
lice that the girl was seized by the gang
and made to do their bidding.
Advices received at Tampa, Fla,
from Havana are that Weyler will soor
issue another tobacco order prohibiting
the expectation of remedies tobacco
from the islands of Cuba. This wat
not included in his other order, and &
great deal has been exported. Havans
manufacturers have petitioned Weylei
to close the Cuban ports to this to
baoeo, as Northern and Eastern manu-
facturers were buying all of it for ex
portation to this country.
One of the boldest robberies eve
perpetrated occurred in Alameda, Cal
Two unknown men called Charli,
Berry from his house and relieved hin
Of $45 in gold. Berry went home lat
and was followed by the robbers. bu
did not know il at the time. He wa
Dalled to the door by repeated knock
ings, and upon opening it he wa
grabbed by the men. His mouth wa
closed by one and the entire pocket Gu
by the other form his pants, in whicl
he carried the money. The men thel
made their escape in the darkness.