The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-05-23
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General News.

who achieved national notoriety 81
his letters to President Cleveland, i
! candidate for mayor Of Portlapt
on tho populist ticket.
Scott Jackson, who has been OF
trial At Newport, KY, for the murder
of Pearl Bryan, was found guilty
May 18th, of murder in tho first do
gree and the penalty fixed At death
+. s. Lack, formerly newspape,
man Of Baker City, recently cleaned
up $4,000 ii Cripple Greek - the
result Of his mining ventures, says
the Baker City Democrat.
A cyclone near the Humbolt res.
ervation, Nebraska, Monday, killed
four people and wounded . number
of others. Damage to the extent
of $75, 900 was done.
Henry Bolln, the defaulting OK
city treasurer of Omaha, Neb., has
been sentenced to 10 years at hard
labor in the state penitentiary. and
to pay q fine of $211 600, the amount
Of his shortage.
Iowa Democrats declared for free
silver at their state convention
which met Wednesday and instruct
ed the delegates to place the name
of Ex-Governor Horace Boies in
nomination for President at the
National Convention.
Walter Scott Hobart, the young
mining millionaire and famous
horseman Of San Francisco, whose
monthly income is about $40,O 900,
was married last week to Miss Han.
nah Neil Williams, daughter of
Paymaster Williams of the U. s.
Navy.
Mrs. Henry Schwatka and her
six year old daughter were shot and
killed by Chinese cook at Yreka,
one day last week.. The Chinaman
made an attempt to kill an infant
child but failed. He then commit
ted suicide.
Mrs. Blanche Kelsey, wife Of city
engineer Louis c. Kelsey, of Salt
Lake, committed suicide Saturday
morning while temporarily insane
by shooting herself with a revolver.
Mrs. Kelsey left babe only two
months old.
A terrible cyclone struck Sher-
man Texas, Thursday May 18th
wiping out nearly the entire town.
About 100 persons were killed out
light and nearly 200 injured, some
fatally. The same day q death
lealing windstorm passed over por-
sons Of Kansas. About 80 persons
we're killed and over so injured.
Miss Ada Rehan, the queen of
comedy 10 in San Francisco where
'he has an engagement to play at
he Baldwin theatre. Miss Rehan
8 said to be five feet and nine inches
n height, quite handsome, and
wears her soft grey hair brushed
'moothly back and curled in q
jagged little knot at the back Of
1er head.
The bill of exceptions in the
)urrant case has not yet been filed
n the Supreme Court. District
Attorney Barnes says that even
'hould the prosecution win every
'oint on appeal. Theodore Durrant
ould not possibly be executed be-
ore November or December. The
prospects are that at best the exc.
ution will be thrown over into
'ext year.
A special to the Omaha Bee from
Atlanta, Ia. says: Elk President ].
J. Letter Of the defunct Cass coun-
Y bank ia dying tonight, alleged
0 be due to the trouble incident to
he trial growing out of his trial
Or robbing the bank. He was un-
or bonds pending an appeal to
ne supreme court to serve 4 five
ear penitentiary sentence.
A London correspondent 10 a
lew York paper says: The Duke
nd Duchess of Marlborough have
AIKEN up their residence at Audley's
quare and the Duchess is being
ritically inspected by society,
'hich ismuch struck by her sim
licity and absence Of jewels at the
pera. One newspaper said: '.Shc
SO young and simply dressed that
on scarcely notice her in 4 crowd"
mother paper remarks: "She is
with q small house on
ccount Of her determination to
ome day restore Marlborough
louise to the family" The in
'rence is that when the Queen dies
10 Duchess will be able to buy it.
Two, bodies we're recovered last
aturday night from tho Hope mine
! Basin, Mont, where seven men
ut their lives April 10th BY cave
j. Water flooded the mine 90 that
70 bodies we're reached only at an
kpenss Of nearly 10000. A forcs
thirty-two men have been en-
loyed day and night ever since the
lsaster to extricate the bodies oil
70 victims. Five dumps were used
clear the mine. The bodies were
'und in tho second flooe above the