The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-11-27
IDAHO NEWS.
Items OF Interest Takon From Our
State Exchanges.

Der land IN the northern part Z
the state.
Ben Painter, who plead guilty I
the charge Of grand larceny in cor
nection with the theft of McMon
igle's cattle last summer, was sen
fenced by Judge Stackslager in tn
District. court at HALEY Tuesda,
to two years in the penitentiary.
The Emmett Index says: Dr.
January, the Boise physician VIII
went to Klondike last summer, i
home again. He says it is too colo
for him up there. Probably Januar,
is looking for February thaw.
Ada county is to furnish bridg,
for the Skaguay trail. The bridg'
was erected some years ago at Star
by the Bullion Bridge company
but was not accepted by the county
The company has now taken j
down and is shipping it to Skaguay
1t is $50 feet long.
Grangeville is afflicted with {
scarcity of silver coin. The Free
Press says: Despite the fact tha,
both banks are constantly importing
thousands of dollars of silver money
the scarcity of silver coin here is .
positive detriment TO the transaction
of business. Silver is the money
of the common people and they
are capable of absorbing the entire
silver product Of the whole world
if it could DO brought to this coun-
try and coined into money at GU,
minis.
Idaho World: Lemuel Rinearson
of Indian valley, who was witness
in the ST. Clair murder case, called
on the World yesterday morning.
Mr.. Rinearson said that he knew
H. C. St. Clair in Bellevue in 1882.
st. Clair was in the saloon business
there. Mr.. Rinearson said ST. Clair
was a scout under Col. Bernard
during the Rannock Indian war.
and was with Rube Robbins during
the greater portion Of the time.
When Mr.. Rinearson knew him in
1882 he went by the name of ST.
Clair.
Ex-Treasurer Hattab augh Of Latah
county has been indicted by the
grand jury at Moscow for embezzle
men: of county and state funds
The indictment was much Of a sur
prise, as the alleged embezzIemeni
developed upon the failure Of Halt.
abaugh's bank nearly three years
ago. Hattabaugh was treasurer OF
Latah county for the years 1893
and 1894 and at the same time pres
dent of the Commercial bank, III
which the county funds were kept.
In January. 1895, he was succeeded
~ John Gilstrap. Mr.. Gilstrap.
,s he could not secure the large
bond required in any other quarter,
made an arrangement on contract
With the Commercial and Moscow
National banks, in accordance with
which the county funds were to be
deposited in the two banks, provid
d they went on his bond. Mr.
before turning over
he funds to Gilstrap, deposited the
;ounty's proportion Of the stale
ak, ST., 1895 in the Commercial
,ank to the credit of the state. An
Unexpected demand for this on the
,art Of the state resulted in the
,ank's closing. At this time Gil
trap had $12,776 80 of the county's
unds on deposit in the bank under
he agreement.
Idaho Poetess.
Miss Ida C. Whittier, the only
Of E. S. Whittier Of Soda
springs, has volume OF. poems in
,rint at the publishing house OF
,onkey and Co., Chicago, and
mong them is a poem entitled "A
overs leap, a legend of Shoshone
'alls, and many others appertaining
D western life and customs.
A PromInent Pioneer Dead.
James H. Bush, aged SIS, pioneer
f California and Idaho, and one
t the wealthiest men of Boise, died
4 that city Monday, after a briet
lness of cancer Of the stomach.
Ie was vice president Of the Capital
tate bank and its organizer; also
prominent Mason, having been
asst officer Idaho grand lodge Of
nat order.
st. Clair Sentenced to Hang.
Hermann G. st. Clair. convicted
f the murder in Long valley on
|ct. 81, 1897, Of John Decker, was
at Idaho City last Satur
ay by Judge Stewart to be hanged
n January IA, 1898.
When St. Clair was brought into
ourt to receive his sentence he
ppeared composed and not in the
EAST agitated. When asked by
Judge Stewart If he had anything !
, saw why sentence should not be
he replied:
mo sir, | have nothing to say.
~ attorney will say everything
nat is necessary in the case.
ont know Of anything could
Nv that would benefit me"
81 Clair VAS then sentenced TO |