The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-16
IDAHO NEWS.
Items OF Interest Taken From Our
State EXCHANGES.

John w. Miser, a popular youn
man of Challis, was thrown iron
his horse a few days ago and Amos
instantly killed.
/ Hon. A. II. Afford, editor of tn
Lewiston. Tribune, has purchase,
the Boise Mail printing plant from
Yves. B. George and will remove i
to Lewiston.
At Florence, Idaho county, tn
snow was five feet deep on leve
the first week in April. The Their
mometers indicated the lowest de
gree of cold this winter.
Woman Elected Mayor.
Miss Jessie Parker was elected
Mayor of Kendrick, Latah county
at last weeks municipal election
Called Mckinley . Coward.
A dispatch from Boise to the
Salt Lake Herald of the 9th inst,
says: There is strong talk in GER
tain quarters of preferring charges
against Major w. M. Wood, U. S. A.,
stationed at Boise barracks, owing
to frequent criticisms on the par,
of the major against President Nc
Kinley. He has publicly applied
terms Of approbium to the chief
executive, among other things de.
nouncing him as a pusillanimous
coward. The matter will very like
ly be laid before the authorities at
Washington, with the request that
Wood be court-martialed for con.
duct unbecoming an officer and a
gentleman.
To-day Major Wood repeated his
accusation against the president in
a crowded public barroom, and
Joseph Perrault, surveyor-general
for Idaho, took it up. He charged
Wood with being a traitor to his
country and said if he had the
power he would tear his stripes from
his uniform. The men almo came
to blows. A great deal of feeling
has been engendered and more seri-
Gus trouble is feared.
A Gruesome Find.
Silver City Avalanche: Sheriff
Crocheron, who has been doing con-
siderable work in connection with
the Thomas mystery, learned last
week that sheepherder had found
a skeleton in the Sinker hills, and
went out to investigate. He returned
Sunday, bringing with him a human
skull, which is now in his office.
The skull has been pronounced
by physicians and a phrenologist
to be that of a woman, from two to
four years dead. The brain matter
is still in the skull. Evidence is
plain that the skull has but recent
ly been detached from the vertebra.
The skull also shows plainly that
it has been in the fire and the brain
is baked.
The sheriff is strongly inclined
to the belief that the skull is that
of Mrs. Thomas, who with her hus-
band, Richard Thomas, mysterious
ly disappeared two years ago this
spring. Every effort has been made
to unravel this case, but without
success. Many of our readers will
remember the strange affair. One
of Mr.. Thomas nephews, Thos.
Jones, went out to the ranch and
found it deserted. The house was
ocked breaking in the door he
found the table set as though for
breakfast; mouldy meat was in the
trying pan on the stove; the bed
vas not made up; his uncle's
pocket book and hunting knife were
IN chair. ALI the stock and
were found on the place.
That was about April 18th, 1896,
Ind the last seen of them was five
" six weeks previous. A careful
search failed to discover any clue
o their disappearance, and it is
lot unreasonableto believe that the
find by the sheepherder
Clover may lead to some interesting
disclosures.