The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-08-13
Q1urRA1 NEWS
An Interesting Summary Of thu
Weeks Events.

All submarine mines have been
! removed from the New York harbor.
A eight snowfall occurred at
Kimbal, Neb., near the Wyoming
line, one day last week.
| Monday was the hottest day in
the history Of Spokane. The Their
mometer registered 104 in the shade.
The political pot il beginning to
boil furiously in Honolulu already.
Harold n. Sewall, United States
Minister to Hawaii, 10 being doomed
for governor Of the leland.
The National Bureau Of Educa-
ton is making "A exhaustive in
quiry into the life Of Theodore
Durrant under the direction Of
specialists ia criminology.
Gen. J. B. Weaver has been nom-
mated for Congress by three separ-
ste acknowledgements, Popu.
lists and free silver Republican,
Of the Sixth district Of Iowa.
The executive committee Of the
Annexation party have Endorsed
American Minister II. NJ. Sewall
tor 6rst territorial governor Of Ha-
waii. Tho party has been President
Dole's constant ally and surprise is
felt over the action.
At Anadarka, Okla, . negro was
killed while trying 10 enter the
room of Miss Phoebe Stokes, .
school teacher. Miss Stokes heard
him opening . window and fred
SIX shots into his body, killing him
instantly.
Miss Hele Gould has contributed
10 the Woman's National War Re-
lief Association 800 psjamas aud
night-shirts which were made by
needy women of lrvington.on-the-
Hudson employed by her for the
purpose At liberal wages. Along
with these articles were immense
packages of bandages aud other
goods.
Private Joseph Brandt Of the
Utah cavalry. who committed the
serious offense Of sleeping on guard
while At Camp Merritt, San Fran
cisco, is to be given an honorable
discharge. The court-martial found
that Brandt was suffering from lead
poisoning, the result Of working in
= Utah mine, and recommended
honorable discharge on the ground
Of physical disability.
The entire herd Of famous short
horned cattle belonging to the Hon.
John Mckeegan Of Bancroft, Neb.,
were totally destroyed by peculiar
accident. While grazing on = high
bluff overlooking the Missouri river,
they were suddenly attacked by
several swarms Of wild bees. which
occupy the trees on the bluffs. In
their terror and pain the whole herd,
numbering 300 head, jumped off the
bluffs and were dashed to pieces on
the rocks or drowned in the river.
Philadelphia was visited one day
last week by the most terrific cleo
trical storm ever known. II WAS
the elimination Of three weeks OF
the mos. excessive heat. The rain
fall was the heaviest in the history
of the local weather bureau. The
cellars and FIRST floors Of hundreds
of business blocks and dwellings
were flooded. In tho Easements OF
the city hall and postofice the water
rose to such q depth that the 6res
under the boilers were extinguished.
The streets were flooded to the depth
Of several feet. One man was
drowned in tho cellar of his home.
Child swallowed Haapi..
Atwo.year-old daughter of q mer-
chant of Schlessingerville, Wis,
while playing with hatpin six and
half inches long, . few days ago.
in some way managed to swallow it.
The child was taken to Chicago
where leading physicians gave it as
their opinion that it was impossible
for such a small child to swallow a
hatpin and live. But in order to
satisfy the parents, they suggested
that the X-ray be utilised. The
child was taken to Roentgen lab
oratory, where photograph of its
stomach was taken. There, plainly
enough, was to be seen tho missing
article. The glass head was down.
wards, and the action Of the stom.
ach in its work of digestion had
kept it up to the top of that organ.
The point extended up about four
inches in the esophagus. The little
one was taken to hospital, whore
the obstruction was removed by
simple operation.
The Rev. W. B. Costley, of Stock
bridge, Ga, while attending to his
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