Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-02-03

was robbed recently of its entire stock
OF robes and furs.
Umatilla county will pay $500 into
the scalp bounty fund, and her citizens
will draw out $4,000.
Another attempt to get wooden mill
established at The Dalles is being made
by the Commercial Club of that place.
The Luther Elkins stock farm, Gal
acres, near Waterloo. in Linn county.
has been sold to Chas Pfeffer of AL
bany.
If any practical wooden mill man
wants an opening in which to begin
business, let him come to Portland at
once and he will find substantial en-
couragement.
Frank Lee of Pendleton. Ore, was
run over by loaded wagon and killed
He was driving out of town on load
of grain and fell beneath the wheels
His body was horribly crushed.
The three-year-old son of w. b. Ev-
ans, an engineer on the St Johns mo-
tor line at Portland, climbed into an
engine which was standing in the yard,
and opened the throttle. In a short
space of time the engine vas going at
the rate of 20 miles an hour. When
within 300 yards of the end of the line
the steam died down and heavy grade
was encountered, which slackened the
speed The boy held onto the throttle
ali the way, and was not at all discon-
certed over his periloUs ride.
IDAHO.
Wood is bringing $3.50 a cord on the
Moscow market
A permanent poultry association has
been organized in Latah county.
/ The Security Abstract Company has
! filed articles of Incorporation at Wal
laoe.
The district court for the first jul
! dicial district convenes at Wallace
Monday.
! The body of Joseph Hook, an old
/ placer miner from Myrtle, was brought
; ever from Delta and inferred at Wal
! lace.
Cal. White received letter from his
daughter announcing her safe arrival
at Dawson.
Lewiston has an ordinance prohib-
iting the use of barbed wire fences
along the streets.
There is a smallpox scare at Wallace
and at Gem, there being five cases in
the two towns.
Fire at Gem destroyed the restaurant
adjoining the postoffice. The 2-year
old son of A. Magnuson the proprietor
of the restaurant, was burned to death.
Dan ellison working at the Father
Lode mine at Wallace, was injured by
an explosion caused by his pick strik-
ing some powder which had failed to
explode at the time the blasting was
done.
Robert Smiley. laborer at Bells
logging camp near Granite was killed
by the falling of tree. He was en-
gagged in cutting down a tree when a
dead tree standing near fell upon him
crushing his skull.
Rev. w. NJ Crowther Of Salmon City
has cow that made a record of two
pounds and five ounces of butter from
one days average milking, fed on moth
ing but clover hay.
Judge Stewart has oyerruled the mo-
ton for new trial in the case of Paul
Corcoran, the Occur d'Alene labor lead
er serving a 17-year sentance for muir
der. A great number Of affidavits
we're presented in support of the mo-
ton.
The weather has been exceedingly
favorable for fruit trees during the
past three weeks around Kendrick and
some express fears that February will
bring about some cold weather which
will prove disasterous to the trees The
damage that came to the trees last year
was under similar conditions.
The Inflated curve on the Northern
Pacific which has been the scene of two
disastrous wrecks and where the break
occurred that caused the flood at Ken
drich, on the night of the 18th inst, is
Being rebuilt in a manner that it is
thought will make it permanent and
strong enough to hold the river.
The preliminary hearing of Andrew
Barnhart and Walter Taylor charged
with the murder of Edward Leroy at
Wardner last week, resulted in both
men being held to answer before the
grand jury on charge of murder the
former under $4,000 bonds and the
latter under $4,000. No effort was
made to furnish the bail, as it will on
ly be few days until the grand jury
convenes.
E. F. Rowland, who lives on the
Bench near Boise, endeavored to kill