The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-27
GEN ERAL NEWS
An Interesting Summary Of the
Weeks Events.

Over 5000 cases of smallpox a,
reported as being registered in H.
vana February 18th.
The woman suffrage amendmer
was lost in the Nevada asssembl
! by vote of Is to 5.
Jackson and Walling, murderer
of Pearl Bryan, will be hung bot
at once on the same scaffold, Marc]
Goth.
Woman suffrage bills have beel
defeated this winter in the legisla
lures of Montana, Nebraska an,
Nevada.
| Arkansas, Iowa and Mississippi
are the only states that do not rec
ognize Washington's birthday as
legal holiday.
| Claus Spreckels, the sugar king
is building a ST, 600 900 mansion il
San Francisco. In it there will b,
six bathrooms that will cost $50, 900
A prospector near Great Falls
Mont, claims to have discovered ,
soap mine. 1t consists, he says, O.
aikali, concentrated, and is strong
enough to take the hair off a dog.
Joseph Murdoch of Scott county
Va, who Was supposed to have been
murdered % years ago and for which
crime Bud Lindsay served 81 years
in the Virginia penitentiary, has re-
turned to his former home. Lind
say died recently.
Gouverneur Morris, Iieneal de-
scendant Of the statesman and pa
triot of Continental times, died Il few
days ago in the New York hospital.
He took cold at the Bradley Martin
ball, which developed into pneu-
monia and caused his death.
The Southern Pacific Company
has ratified the act of the legislature
Which provides bicycles shall be
carried AS baggage, by issuing cir
cular to all its agents on the Pacific
system directing them to make no
charge for the carriage of bicycles
after February 10Th.
A member OF the Missouri legis-
lature has introduced a resolution
in tile house calling on the speaker
to appoint committee of five to
visit the FitzSimmons-C orbett fight
to learn whether it would be we'll tor
Missouri to follow Nevada exam
pie in legalizing pugilistic encoun-
tiers.
President Cleveland said to per-
sonal friend few days ago that be
Was going to devote his spare time
The next few years to writing a book
on an photographed line, dating
from his election to the Mayoralty
,f Buffalo down to the March 4,
1897. He is going to live the lite
ot II retired gentleman, as far as
permitted, and hot eugage in the
practice of law.
A dispatch from Butte, Mont,
Feb. 22ud says: Two masked rob
,ers held up nine men of the Great
Northern bridge crew at 8 O'Clock
,o-ni ght, and robbed them of about
81 900, mostly in checks, and then
made good their escape. The bridge
men occupied a sleeping car, side,
racked in the eastern part of town.
Two were in their hunks and the
'ther seven were reading when two
obbers, each with two revolvers,
uttered from each end of The car
nd ordered the men to elevate their
lands. All obeyed and they were
hen made TO face one side Of the car
nd their hands were tied behind
heir backs. The robbers then
their clothes and broke
pen trunks, securing about 81 900.
The largest Cuban expedition that
as yet sailed from any Gulf port
eparted February Goth from Port
'avallo, about midway between
Ialveston and Corpus Christi. The
essel carrying the expedition
,ok away 300 picked men from
'exas, Colorado and New Mexico.
'ully 200 of this force came from
olorado, under the command of
olonel Roberts, who has quietly
rganized the Colorado contingent
uring the last two months. The
lembers Of the expedition are thor
ughly armed with Winchester re-
eating rifles, Colts large caliber re-
Divers and other accessories which
estern and southwestern frontiers
len know how to handle. The
essel also carried 120, 900 rounds of
tie ammunition, 1900 rifles, 80 900
FUNDS of shotgun ammunition i,
lckshot size and upwards of !
900 revolvers.
Will Edison, who attempted to as +,
estimate Miss OFT and her escort,
ill McCabe, by shooting at Ogden, q
ct. 2, 1896, and who escaped from :
il Dec. 10Th while he was awaiting
ial, has been captured at Smith '
lie, Tex, and lodged in prison to
Wait the arrival of the sheriff from
gden. The shooting took place
,out a block and half from the :
1t residence at s O'Clock in the :,
'ening. Mr.. McCabe was escort :