The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-04-04
General News.

from Kentucky.
Within the last week two attempts
have been made at Chicago to kid
nap the 4-year-old granddaughter
Of Nine. Modjeska, the actress.
Dr.. William Playfire Of London,
Vas sued recently by ono Of his
patients, lady Of rank, for disclos-
ing . professional secret, and had to
pay $50, 600 damages.
Five hundred Chinese Of San
Francisco, who claim to be Ameri-
can born, are studying the Consti-
tuition in order to be able to pass
the educational qualifications and
vote at the next election.
Gen. A. J. Warner, Hon. Thomas
G. Merrill and Hon. II. F. Bartine,
three Of the most prominent lead
ere in tho advocacy of bimetallism,
met in Salt Lake City last week, to
confer with silver men there and
will also visit other cities in the
West to arrange for . silvef cam.
paign.
The decorations at the wedding
of Gen. Harrison and Mrs. Dimmick
will be largely of Easter lilies.
Many of tho flowers, it is said, will
come from the White House con-
servatory. for Mrs. Cleveland sup
plies it with plants that are her
own, and not the nations show
property.
John F. Martin, a deputy in the
County Clerks Office at San Fran
cisco and . member Of tho Repub-
lican State central committee, was
shot in the back while walking
through . city hall corridor Monday,
by his wife, q variety actress. A
bullet from Mrs. Martins pistol
passed through her husbands body.
Martin will almost certainly die.
Mrs. Martin says her husband neg
lected her for other women, re.
NAMED away from home for days
at = time, and squandered his earn
ings and hers. She says her hus.
band brought his fate upon himself
by his conduct.
The London Telegraph says Pa
risians are to have an opportunity
of tasting . dish hitherto practi.
cally unknown in that country. II
is announced that some Algerian
butchers have made arrangements
with two Paris firms for furnishing
camels' flesh to the capital. It il
said that the meat 10 very similar
to beef, though shorter and white
like veal. and contains great nutri-
tious qualities. Among the Arabs
the hump is looked upon az quite q
delicacy and eagerly tempts the
swarthy epicure. But it remains
to be seen whether camel steak will
be as much appreciated here % on
the other side Of the Mediterranean.
Ben L. Hill, the wife murderer,
Who was found guilty At Oakland
last week, Of murder in tho first de-
gree, has announced his determine
ton to demand the extreme penalty
Of the law in preference TO impris-
onment in . penitentiary. Hill, it
10 thought, will carry out his threat
TO refuse tho mercy Of tho court in
case ! life term 10 given him and
ask TO be sent to tho gallows. His
attorney il much annoyed, it 10 said,
ct this unexpected development,
and 10 vainly trying to persuade
Hill to reconsider bis determina-
ton. IF | can't b acquitted thsi,
I am going to die. / have the right
to die, % murderer under convic-
ton in the first degree, and I shall
insist that / b sent to my death
rather than ! life behind bars"
Algsrnon sartoris, the grandson
Of Gen. Grant and the eldest child
u Nellie Grant Sartorie, Is hsine
educated Il Oxford. He came q
America LAST summer to spend BID
vacation With his mother. AZ Mar.
agansett Pier Be Was much taken
With : young society bud nearly III
own 40. His mother would aoi
6saF at maxTiage - early, and a.