The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-12-09


The passengers on the east bound |
Great Northern train which passed
through Spokane Monday last were ter
rified at the appearance in one of the
coaches of wild fellow who fiercely
waved an axe and threatened to clean
out the car or do something indefinite
but desperate. He was overpowered.
Harold, the little 3-year-old son of
H. Ellertson. jeweler living at E210
Ferry street, Spokane, burned to death
last week at the family home. He was
alone in the house at the time, and the
cause of the accident may forever be a
mystery, but it is believed that the babe
managed to get hold of some matches
lying upon a small clock shelf. The
funeral will take place this afternoon
at o'clock from the family residence,
under the management of Gilman &
Co.
OREGON.
The half breed Umatilla is dead. An
autopsy disproves rumors that it was
a murder.
Thirty thousand bales of Oregon's
1899 hop crop will be handled by the
Oregon Hopgrowers' Association.
The Powder River Land & Irrigation
company has forwarded articles of in
corporation to the secretary of state.
Fire in the Blumauer block on the
corner of Fourth and Morrison streets,
Portland, destroyed property valued at
$23, 900.
After Strengthening 1000 head of
horses and picking the flesh for ship
ment to Europe. the Linnton abatoir
has closed for the season
There is a strong probability that
the two brothers who were drowned the
18th inst, from a scow in the Yukon
river. were Theodore and Conrad Nc
Manner of Forest Grove.
Miss Florence V. Wells. recently from
Los Angeles, died in a dentists chair
at Baker City while under the influence
of chloroform. A coroner's jury re-
turned verdict of accidental death.
The largest crop of hops grown in
Oregon this year is that reported OF
John Chapman's yard near Midland
Benton county. From 100 vines he
harvested 5000 pounds of dried hops.
James McHaley of Grant county has
Robert N. Stanfield of Echo, and Os
car Thompson of Heppner both solo
cattle to Seattle parties, bringing $7(
a head for between two and three hun
bred steers.
Gravel hill, northeast of Montavilla
has always enjoyed the reputation o.
producing the finest Strawberries IL
this section. M. ]. Magoon has demon
strated that those berries can be pro
duced almost all the year round Mr.
Magoon brought in several boxes re
Gently which he raised on his place OF
Gravel hill. They were the Everbear
ing variety, and were large and wei
favored, although of dull color.
MONTANA.
The officers of Anaconda and tw
deputy sheriffs from Lemhi county
Idaho, have arrested Bert Hillman an
Dan Hawkins charged with highwa
robbery.
r. w. Noyes has been appointed b.
Judge Knowles to be United State
commissioner at Pony.
1t was learned at Helena that a pt
tition asking that United States Ser
ator Clark be not seated by the senat
was signed there early last week b
several of the state officials.
On December l Captain w. L. Hill
one of the bravest and most gallant c
Montanas volunteers, will take the p'
sition of chief clerk in the Unite
States assay office at Helena.
Frederick Gilbert was arrested r.
Gently for disturbing a public schoC
in the Lolo district, up the Bitter Roc
valley. Gilbert is a prominent fru
grower and rancher of that district.
Another dead man has been found
Butte, Charles Noakes, who was a pi
, neer of Butte, having lived here sine
the SOS. His body was discovered
his cabin.
, The state land department has file
on 5000 acres of land selected in Mad
T son and Choteau counties by Stat
Land Agent Henry Neil as school il
= demnity lands.
Fitzpatrick & Collins have bee
( awarded a contract by the Burlingto
to build a line of road from Talook
? on the Billings line, southeast throug
: the Big Horn basin to Cody.
In the opinion of the chief legal a
wiser of the state of Montana, a boar
of school trustees has no authority
3 compel the school children of any di
2 trict to become vaccinated.
Tho dead hodv of Mike Ivons w;