Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-06-25


is only some 600 or 700 feet.
As the eastbound express on the Great
Northern railway was crossing the
bridge at Albany Falls ten days ago, f.
Schemelye of San Francisco, sprang
through the window of passenger coach
with the evident intention of plunging
into the river His body struck some of
the timbers on the side of the bridge and
fell back under the wheels of the train.
Death was almost instantaneous.
E. f. Harris is a new arrival in Cen
esee from Oklahoma. Mr.. Harris was a
sooner" in that country during the mad
rush of a few years past, but like the ma
iority of those who went there tired of
irving to exc out an existence. He states
that he has induced a large party who
are travelling overland in nine wagons
to follow him to Genesee. lie states
that IF many other settlers i'll that God
forsaken country knew of the opportuni-
ties and openings for industrious people
in the Inland Empire they would follow
suit
Captain Fem has written home to
Boise that Company II is accommodating a
library to take with them which will ma
terialIy relieve the monotony of their
/ long trip to Manila. The Whittier club
! has sent them a donation of money for
/ the purchase of books.
Deputy United States Marshal Coax
| ley went to Idaho Falls to serve papers
instituted in a suit against John ONeill,
Hugh O'Neill and the Idaho Falls Canal
& Irrigation Company. The action is
brought to secure revocation of patent
issued for a large tract of land, which,
it is alleged, was obtained by fraud. The
affidavit filed to secure patent stated
sufficient water had been obtained to If
rigate the land, which the government
claims is not true. The United States
also asks that the money paid by the
defendants be forfeited.
The report of the enrolment and at
tendance of the Moscow public schools
for the past year reaches the high water
mark in the history of the schools. The
number enrolled was S97, a record that
can not be approached by any city i'll the
state outside of Boise. lightweight per
cent of the census enrolment of the dis
trict attended the city schools, and com
bined with the number attending the
university, shows that over 90 per cent
of the children of school age have at
tended school. This is an excellent show
ing and Moscow is proud of it.
The county commissioners let a con-
tract at Rathdrum to Oliver Brothers of
Spokane to erect a bridge over the SpO-
kane river at Fort Sherman, Idaho. Seal
ed bids had been advertised for by the
board, but Oliver Brothers were the only
bidders. They are to erect the bridge,
furnish all labor and material for $1,000,
to be paid by the county, and $40 by
the citizens of Occur d'Alene City.
The matter of testing the validity of
the bonded debt of Shoshone county
seems about to come to a head. The
semi-annual interest is due in New York
on July |, and it is the practice here to
make the remittance here about the 18th
of this month, i'll order to have it there
on time The county treasurer has been
enoined from making the remittance. 1t
is anticipated that when the county re-
fuses to pay the interest the bondholder5
will Immediately take steps to test the
validity of the bonds. The commission
ers evidently prefer to act on the defen-
sive and force the bondhoders to COM
mence action. While the validity of the
whole issue of S2S0,000 is disputed, they
having been issued by the commissioners
without submitting the matter to a vote
of the people, it is scarcely hoped that
the county will be relieved from the pay
ment of the whole amount.
Montana.
Prairie schooners pass through Boulder
every few days en- route to the Black
foot reservation and Canada They usu-
ally have plenty of horses, cattle and
babies with them.
c. Bachant of Kalspell has received a
check for $2770 for wheat he has deliv
cred at the roller mills here during the
past two weeks. This is undoubtedly the
largest check given to one man for grain
at one time i'll the history of the county,
George II. lilly, night chief of the
Western Union office at Helena, who was
recently appointed by the president as
first lieutenant in the volunteer signal
corps, has received his commission. He
expects to receive orders to report to
General Merritt at San Francisco, in
view of the fact that General Merritt is
having difficulty in the filling of the sig
nal corps that is to accompany him to
the Philippines.
Two covered wagons bearing a family
of eight people halted in Miles City the
other day. These people have been tray
cling since the spring of 1897, having left