Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-06-03

duty may be performed by justices o.
the peace, notaries public, fourth-clasi
postrnasters or any officer having au
thority to administer oaths for genera
purposes. No federal officers are per
mitted to charge fees for The execution
of pension purposes, except fourth
class postmasters, who may receive 81
cents for the service.
Petitions are being sent from all tn,
towns of South Africa to the govern
ment Of the South African republic il
favor of leniency to the reform prison
ers.
Mrs. Mark Frost, the wife of /
prominent farmer, residing at Cleve
land, Mo-, drowned her two children
and herself last evening. No cause II
known.
A dispatch to the London Times from
Athens says the Greek cabinet has de
cided not to send warships to the island
Of Crete unless it becomes absolutely
necessary. 1t il added that twenty
five Christians have been killed in thu
massacre in Crete.
James Ellington was hanged il
Boise, Idaho, for the murder o.
Charles Briggs December 80, 1894
Ellington shot Briggs in front of the
latter's home in Boise. Ellington me-
his victim, passed and then turned ant
shot him in the back.
Owing TO the fact that congress hal
decided to transform the battlefield o.
Shiloh into a national park, the officers
of the Shiloh Battlefield Association
nave rendered their designations for ths
purpose of discontinuing their associa
tion.
A Valparaiso dispatch says: TIL,
supervisors of accounts have discovered
that the telegraph of the governmeu
has been defrauded of more than 100,
600 pesos, and it is thought that {
closer investigation will bring NOR,
roguery to light.
The event of the Queens birthda,
celebration at Rossland, b. G., was ,
miners drilling contest for a purse O
$3.50. Five teams were entered. Cog
gin and Reilly, of the War Eagle
drilled hole 81 d inches in / 8 min
utes, winning thereby.
Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, has re
ported favorably from the committe
on postoffices and postroads the bill t,
increase the pay of letter carrier
throughout the United States. Th
bill is similar to the one already favor
ably reported in the house.
Captain John Wilson. the hero o
Lookout mountain, who has been suf
ering from a cancer on his face, diet
at his home at Station camp, Ken
lucky, aged "a. He was the man VIII
first planted the federal flag ON tn
summit of Lookout mountain.
Liutenant John Miley, in charge o
the heavy artillery at the Persidio, Sal
Francisco, has just completed the worl
of mounting 50-ton rife ON the ridg
near Fort Winfield Scott. This is tn
second modern rifle to be added to tn
heavy artillery on this coast, within
| two years.
A Havana dispatch says: The loca
guerilla force of San Antonio de 10
Benes has killed nine insurgents wit
side arms, besides the leader Collaozc
General Serafino has fought the insul
gents near San Cristobal, Pinar de
Rio. They had eight killed and Cal
ried off many wounded.
Ct. B. Palmer. farmer living nes
Atwater, Cal. walked into his stab
and slapped horse on the back. Th
horse kicked him, one hoof landin
squarely ON his chest, the other on b.
ear. Palmer died, suffering untol
agonies for many hours. He was
years old, we'll known and general
respected.
Two troops of cavalry have been o
dered from Fort Custer to round I
the Cree Indians SO they may be d
ported to Canada in accordance wit
recent federal legislation. The Gre
say they will not go unless Canad
proclaims amnesty for their particip
ton in the Riel rebellion. They fei
death sentences if they return TO Ca
ada, and prefer the alternative of fle
ing to the mountains and becomir
bad Indians.
1t Is believed in shipping circles
San Francisco that the British bal
Cambusdoon has been lost at Sc
} She left Java January 2 for Vancouve
and has been neither sighted nor hea
from since. She has been out l.
, days. The London underwriters ha
offered 35 per cent for reinsurance
! the bark and her cagro, which car
/ about $500, 900 insurance. She W
commanded by Captain MacDonal
> and carried a crew of thirty men.
Nine four. horse teams, loaded wi
Yakima wool, sheared within fo
miles of a Northern Pacific railro
a station, passed through Goldendale
8 Gently en- route to The Dalles TO So
4 freight. Prominent sheepraisers &
! that, unless the Northern Pacific CON
y to time, there will be 1900. 900 pour
e of Yakima wool hauled to The Dali
d as there is saving to the grow
II There are now being sheared 1000
z sheep near Goldendale. The ent
y clip will be marketed in The Dalles.
Col r. P. Mckinney, promin'
politician and agriculturist, of San Jo
L has been murdered. MoGlincey's boz
d with bullet in the head, was fou