The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-08-07
Children Manxled BY . Bomb.

Children Mangled By Bomb.
A dispatch from Butte, Mont.
Aug. End says: What was evil
IDENTIFY 6endish attempt to blow
up the house of John O'Meara,
superintendent of the Moonlight
mine, came near resulting in the
death Of three children to-day
What appeared to be roman can
die was found alongside of the
O'Meara residence by Mamie Ben
son, a girl of 5 years. Mollie
O'Meara, aged 3, and Arthur and
Clarence Terrill, also children,
asked her for il and she gave it to
them. While playing with it one
of the children struck it with a
piece of iron. 1t exploded with a
report indicating that it was filled
with dynamite. The O'Meara child
was literally peppered with frag-
ments OF brass, lead and glass, evil
IDENTIFY part of the contents of the
bomh. Her condition is serious,
Clarence Terrill was also terribly
cut and will probably lose an eye.
His brother was slightly hurt. The
hole torn in the ground showed
that the bomb was charged with
dynamite. Several attempts were
made on O'Meara's life heretofore,
and the superstition is that the
bomb was set for him, but that the
fuse expired before reaching the
contents.
Died in the Desert.
M. E. Anderson, a broker with
Offices on Wall street, New York:
died of thirst and exposure on the
desert north of Phoenix, Arizona,
Saturday night, and his wife lies
at a farm house near there in a
critical condition. The couple had
started to visit their son, 80 miles
north of Phoenix. When only
a short distance from their destina-
ton they became fearful that they
had misses the road and drove of
among the hills in the direction
they thought they should have
taken. They returned to their trail
but passed it while seemingly de
liriOus.
A Fool Contractor.
Samuel Wolf, a contractor at
Jersey City, N. j., offered dish
Of cream recently to the boy who
would hold his arm the longest in
an ice-cream-freezer. A number of
boys who were around VOLTS store
contested for the prize. Willie
Lockwood. outdid them all. AL
though suffering excruciating pain
he held his arm in the freezer for
four minutes. When he withdrew
it the arm was frozen stiff. The
boy was taken to the city hospital,
where it was said that it would be
necessary to amputate the arm.
California Mint Reopened.
A dispatch from San Francisco
Aug. End says: The United States
mint reopened this morning for the
first time since June 18th, and
Frank A. Leach assumed his new
duties as superintendent. Several
Klondyke miners appeared with
dust and nuggets in buckskin
pouches and stout sacks of canvas,
which had been stored. at Wells.
Fargo d Co.'s office in anticipation
# the opening of the mint, but the
whole amount of Klondyke gold
which has accumulated since the
mint closed will not exceed $780,
300.
Dashed to Death on Mount Tacoma
Prof. Edward Mcclure of Port
land, Or, a member of the Mazama
society, which made the ascent of
Mount Tacoma last week, lost his
footing while descending the noun
.ain aud fell 300 feet striking on q
pile of rocks and causing instant
leath. His body was recovered
several hours later and taken to
Tacoma.
Macs Uncle Got There.
b. F. Mckinley, uncle of Presi-
lent Mckinley, has been appointed
assistant postmaster of San Fran