The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-12-19

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An Intsrssting Summary Of th,
| Weeks Events.
| A 16-month-old child Of ST
Louis baker fell into barrel o
-four last week and smothered t,
death before it was discovered.>
The highest vote ever cast in Ne.
vada was 10 ,691, ct the Presidential
election in 1875. This year the
total vote Of the State was bat 10,
1916.
Fred REIN Of San Francisco, who
recently fell heir to $250.OOO. has
been declared insane from the ex.
cessive use of liquor, and has been
! committed to The Ukiah insane
!, asylum.
! The net receipts of the six-day
bicycle race in Madison Square
Garden was $37 600. Edward Hale,
the winner, made 5000 by his
weeks work. ]. S. Rice, who FIN
ished second, is willing to wager
5000 that he can ride 1000 miles
in 148 hours.
The United States Consulate at
Havana is under special guard of
armed policemen. This precaution
is taken by the authorities owing
to the fear that indignation ex-
pressed by Spanish sympathizers
against the United States would
find vent in an attack upon the
Consulate.
Governor Budd, of California,
has issued reprieve for Salter D.
Worden, the train wrecker, from
the 18th of December, the date set
for execution, to the 4th of June,
1897. This action is to enable
Governor Budd to inquire into the
evidence in tho case.
The New York experts who we're
brought to San Francisco in the
interest of Fairs children, pro-
nounce as forgeries the pencil will.
the deeds and the marriage con-
tract produced by Mrs. Craven, the
alleged contract wife Of the dead
millionaire.
General Antonio Maceo, the in.
trep!d Cuban leader, has been bru-
tally murdered by the Spaniardr.
He was lured to his death by prop
osition from q Spanish officer, Gen
eral Ahumada, to meet him and
discuss plans for the ending of tho
war. While under the shadow oil
a flag of truce, he was surrounded
by Spanish soldiers and murdered.
Orders have been issued for the !
return of all members of the Ma.
tional Guard Of Colorado to Lead. |
vile for duty. This applies to sev-
eral hundred men who have been
home on furlough. The order is
said to be due to the fact that over
200 members of The National Guard
have joined q company now being
organized in Denver for service in
Cuba. A recruiting Office has been
opened in Denver and over 600
names are enrolled.
Rudolph Brockmon, q wealthy
;armer Of Oswego. Kansas, has been
held in tho sum of 10000 to an
Iwer for the murder of his 17-year.
I'D daughter. He gave The girl q
errible beating because she did not
york to suit him. He then tied
'ope around her ankles, tied the
'ther end of the rope to the wagon
md drove to his barn Z quarter Of
mile. dragging the girl behind.
he locked her up in the barn with
ut food and sufficient clothing,
vhere she was found by her uncle.
'he died from her injuries.
The Court of Appeals has re-af.
irmed the decision Of the lower
curt at Newport, KY, sentencing
Alonxo Wslling to b hanged as an
ccomplice Of Scott Jackson in the
murder Of Pearl Bryan last June.
When the news that his death Gen.
snce had been affirmed was told
Valling he was playing cards With
colt Jackson and Robert Laugh
il, who 10 to be hanged January eth
or killing his wife and niece. Wal
ing was Indifferent. He insisted be
ad nothing to fear. Then be urged
is companions to proceed with the
anne. f
Frank J. Nesbitt, the defaulting
ostmaeter of Bozeman, Mont, has
cen sentenced TO three years in
10 penitentiary. Nesbitt was
superintendent and
pillar of the Presbyterian church.
lis arrest was : surprise to every
No in the State as he was known
i over Montana. Nesbitt always
aimed someone besides himself
,ok the stamps, and that he made
Ilse entries to bridge the matter
ver, while he attempted to catch
70 thief. His defalcation covered
period of several years and was
bout $4,000.
Three thousand Texans met 1t 1
alias last Saturday and organized
Cuban Aid Association" Au-
Few Jackson Houston . son oil
M Houston, the Texas liberstor, !