The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-01-13
NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS.
A Review From the States of WASH
fnEton, Idaho, Montana and Ore
Kon-News of the Past Week
Boiled Down TO Suit Our Busy
Readers.


stopped by gravel Slide several miles
below Orc Elmo and compelled toreturn
Not guilty" was the verdict of the
jury in the case of the state of Idaho
VS.. Frank Naccaretto at Rathdrum.
A recent ruling of the department re
lieves the state from payment of fees
for filing on lands under the agricul
tural college grant.
The Idaho University has twenty
professors and instructors, three tutors
and its principal building was erected
at a cost of over $4,000.
H. X. Barnett of Lewiston slipped
and fell at his home, breaking both
bones of the right leg about half way
between the knee and ankle.
The feature chiefly notable in the
years history of st. Michaels Episco-
pal church at Boise, Idaho, is the be-
ginning of new stone structure which
will serve as the cathedral of the do
cese of Boise.
1t has not been generally known that
surveys were being quietly made foran
irrigating ditch to cover land north
west of Caldwell, but such is afact
Frank Berkeley, brakeman on the
Boise line, was seriously injured at
Nampa. He was caught between the
engine and baggage car and badly
mashed. His collar bone was broken
and he was otherwise injured.
The long suspense of the Alcorn MUIR
der trial has come to an end. The jury
filed into the court room for the last
time and reported that 1t would be i'm
possible to reach an agreement. Judge
Mayhem decided it was useless to keep
them longer and discharged the jury.
AT the January meeting of the board
of pardons three applications were re-
jected. They we're those of John Long,
Emil Berg and Charles Duval. Charles
Anderson from Canyon county got a six
months extension, making his term
expire April 1, 1900. The case of Will
liam Black from Shoshone county serv-
ing a 20-year sentence for attempt to
commit murder, was reopened and he
was given a Communication of one year
and nine months. He will be released
on June 1 this year.
The first inheritance tax to be paid
In Ada county, if not in the state, was
credited in the probate court to the ac
count of Uncle Sam. The estate of II
II. Clark, of Horse Shoe Bend who died
in this city, was settled up. The ad.
ministrator divided up among the heirs
$19,S9921. Half of this amount went
to the widow, who lives here, and the
remainder was divided equally among
Is other heirs, brothers. nephews and
nieces of the deceased. The inheritance
tax amounted to s1O725.
WASHINGTON.
Roads and streets are sea of mud
in the Big Bend.
A Vancouver girl has died at the Che
halls reform school.
The Seattle public library contains
over 10000 volumes.
The receipts of the Everett postofice
for 1899 were S10,920.52.
The lumber mills are unable to sup
ply Spokane's requirements.
The fruit growers of the state will
assemble at Tacoma January 16.
The mysterious disappearance OF
Frank M. Clapp is still a problem.
There are six suspected cases OF
smallpox at the isloation hospital.
Osteopaths can practice in this state
without holding state certificate
The Stanford football team defeated
the All-Seattle players in Seattle by a
score of % to 0.
The Spokane subscription list for the
Beers is growing rapidly, having al
ready reached $1,000.
Smallpox is reported in the vicinity
OF Alto station on the o. r. & N. line a
few miles from Waitsburg.
The merchants of Walla Walla have
decided to close their places of bust
ness at 6 o'clock in the evening.
President Graves expects an attend
ance of 1000 at the state university
with the beginning of the new century.
The department of physics and cleo
trical engineering at the University of
Washington shows most marked ad-
vance.
immigration during 1859 into King,
Skagit, Snohomish and Whatcom coun-
ties has been heavier than at any pre-
vious period.
A gigantic fund of nearly $751; has
already been raised by the liquor men
in Spokane for carrying on the fight
against the saloon closing law.
The total monthly pay roll of Ia
coma for 1898 was $207,793. and the
number of men employed in the 227 in
dustrial establishments was 44S3.
All the overhead trunk lines in the
telephone service throughout the bust