Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-04-28
w. Va. FAfSk. MABEL L. PAYNE
PAYNE & PAYNE, Publishers.
EVENTS OF THE DAY

"ho ilfcs III arroyo valley, Ialltornla,
was killed by the bite of rattlesnake.
Edward Nell was mangled to death
at Wallace, Idaho, by line shaft in
which his clothing became entangled.
Two elderly women were knocked
down and robbed in their home in Gin
cinnati, o., by three men, who escaped
with jewelry valued at 50, 900.
Governor Adams, of Colorado, has
vetoed the bill regulating the manufac-
ture and sale of oleomargarine passed
at the recent ,ssion of the legislature.
The veto me sa 9 is sensational, as the
governor shows in his message that the
most barefaced bribery ever attempted
was employed to secure the passage of
the bill.
At meeting of prominent Parnell-
ties in Dublin, Ireland, a resolution
was adopted providing for the forma-
tion of an independent Irish league, in
which agrarian interests are not to be
dominant, and which will be founded
on the broader and sounder basis of
independent political action for the
benefit of the whole Irish nation " The
object OF the league will be "civil and
religious liberty, and absolute indie
pendence of all alliances with any En-
glish party"
The famous "hat-trimmings case, /"
which indirectly invovled between $20,-
100000 and $25, 900, 900, and which
has been postponed from time to time
for the past three years, has been
finally decided in favor Of the govern
ment by jury in the United States
circuit court in Philadelphia. The suit
was brought as a test case by an inn
porting firm, who sought to recover
from the government difference Of 30
per cent in customs duties, The firms
contention was that the importations
in question consisted solely Of hat trim
mings, on which the duty, under the
Mckinley tariff act, was only 20 per
cent, but the federal officials prov ed
that the merchandise was used chiefly
for dresses, and dress trimmings, on
which there was duty of so per cent.
A number of Japanese have left San
Francisco for Mexico, where a colony
will be formed on land granted them by
the Mexican government.
The body of Captain Evan Davies, of
the British four-masted ship Delcairnie,
who drowned over four months ago in
the harbor at Astoria, has been picked
up by fisherman. The remains We're
positively identified by papers found in
the pocket
The great coon and varmint hunt on
Fox island, Washington, in which sew
eral hundred hunters participated, was
anything but success as a varmint-
killing bee, though all who attended
were well satisfied, as the eourtesies Of
the islanders made the outing most
enjoyable one.
Seth L. Milliken, representing in the
house of representatives the third dis
trict of Maine, died at Washington.
For some time he had suffered from
serious affection of the bronchial
tubes, which last week developed
alarmingly, and was accompanied by
kidney and liver complications.
Bernardino Asseuro, Mexican set
tier on the tract of land near Hollister,
Cal, claimed by Portuguese was
found murdered in the charred re-
mains of his hut Investigation shows
that Asseuro was murdered with an AK,
after which the body was laid on the
bed, and the hut fired, to conceal the
crime.
The first wool of the season has been
delivered to warehouse in Heppner,
Or. 1t is said the wool is lighter and
of better staple and brighter than the
clip from the same sheep last season.
The rain has greatly delayed the shear
ing in that section. Few sheep are be-
ing sold, owners holding firmly for a
small advance, about 10 cents head,
more than buyers are willing to pay.
A dispatch from Baker City, Or,
says that Powder river is higher than
it has ever been known to be, and is
doing great damage. Only one bridge
remains in the city. and if the warm
weather continues, it will go out. The
sumpter Valley railroad is flooded for
miles, and trains will not be running
for weeks. The northern residence por-
tion of the city is inundated.
Chief Justice Fuller, of the United
States supreme court, Hds Itlused q
writ of habeas corpus in the case of Ell
verton +. Chapman, broker, who re-
fused to testify in the sugar speculation
investigation as to whether senators
had speculated in sugar stocks while the
Wilson tariff bill was before that body
The sentence of the supreme court OF
the District OF Columbia to 30 days in
Jail and 500 fine was affirmed, and
Chapman's application for writs of GER
tiorari and habeas corpus We're denied.
As result of terrible accident in
mining camp near Rossland, B. G.,
six men were killed and several Others
injured. Twelve men were asleep in
the camp when landslide, 300 feet
long and six feet deep, and fifteen feet
wide. overwhelmed them.
A train near South Lyon Mich,
struck a vehicle on a crossing and in.
stantly killed Harry Clark and Miss
Sarah Fisher. Miss Ethel just was
seriously injured. Clark was student
ct Ann Arbor, and Miss Fisher attend
cd the state normal school at Ypsilanti