Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-07-19
NORTHWEST NOTES.

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The state bar association of WASH
ington closed a three days session in
Seattle by electing officers for the en-
suing year.
f. Maeka, Japanese miner, aged
~ years, unmarried, was killed In
Union Pacific mine No : Mt Rock
Springs, Wyo.
The streams Of Wyoming are failing
rapidly, and over portions of the east
ern and northeastern part OF the state
water for irrigation is deficient.
The California Cured Fruit associa-
tion has issued a bulletin in which it
states that the June drop of prunea
is unprecedented in recent years.
At Spokane, Wash, tire starting In
a condemned bridge above the Union
depot grounds burned and scorched
ten cars below and caused loss of
$1,000.
County Commissioner James p. Camp
bell was killed near Latah, Wash He
was driving to Spokane in buggy and
was struck at a crossing by the o. r.
u N. passenger train.
Near Eldorado, Colo, disastrous
forest fire has been raging for the past
lew days and is gradually creeping to-
ward the city. 1t is now only a few
miles away and burning fiercely.
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shipments to the Philippine islands
have decided to institute proceedings
! against the United States government
for the recovery of duties paid at Ma
nila.
\ The Chinese residents recently quar-
antined in districts of San Francisco
are preparing to demand compensa-
tion for losses alleged to have been sus-
tanned owing to the action of health
officials
At a meeting OF the Republican State
central committee held in Seattle, il
was decided to hold the nominating
invention in Tacoma on August 18th.
No other city in the state was an APP
plicant for the honor.
The body Of William A. Goedel,
former employe of the Northern Pacific
railroad, was found dead in his room
In Tacoma, with bullet wound in his
left temple and revolver by his side.
Secreted in the room was 5000 in gold
Suicide is believed to have been caused
by ill-health.
The weather throughout Wyoming
for the week ending July 9th was any
thing but satisfactory. The tempera-
ture averaged cooler than during the
previous week, but the dry weather
continued, the only showers of any
consequence reported being in eastern
Laramie and western Uinta county.
The ranges are drying up rapidly, and
range grass is now cured in nearly all
portions of the state.
George A. Morse, an aged and abso-
lutely helpless patient in the Agnews
insane asylum, was slowly boiled to
death in bath at San Jose, Cal, In
the mems ward of that institution.
He was placed in bath tub and after
the hot water was turned on the at
tendant left the room for towel, for
got his patient and did not return un-
til the imbecile was fatally burned.
A fire that was started west of
Boulder Creek, Colo, on July 4th by
balloon is still raging. Thousands
of acres of timber have been DESTROYED
aud there seems no probability that it
will be got under control Twenty
five or thirty saw millers who were
camping at Brendleton have had to
leave. Several families were also en-
camped along Bear creek and these,
too, had to abandon their camps.
Edgar Marshall, alias Allison, alais
Livingston, who was arrested in Salt
Lake last April and is now on trial at
Butte, for the murder of Mrs Georgia
Creech, whom he shot and killed on
the 3rd of April, while attempting to
kill her husband, is now claimed to be
Kid Roberts, one of the train robbers
who held up and robbed the Union Pa
cific train at Blue Cut, Wyo., about
two years ago.
The initial report of the United
States assay office at Seattle for the
fiscal year ended June 30th, has been
issued, and the receipts show a mar
velous gain over those of the previous
year. During this time 5s0s deposits,
with an aggregate value Of S13,63o,-
326.63, have been made. This enor-
nous sum in weight represents s4e,.
ilL1o ounces of virgin placer gold. Ism
The previous year the deposits num-
Dered 4429, and were valued at So, ,45o,
)52. 81.
The large mill of the Buckeye Lum-
Der company, seventeen miles north of
spokane, Wash, was burned last week.
Loss, $780, 900; insurance, S5, ooo II was
he largest mill in that section and
Employed fifty men. II will be re-
,uilt
Mrs. Louise Creede, widow of Mich
las Greede, the mining millionaire OF
has petitioned the courts In
4os Angeles for an order on the ad-
for family allowance of
25o per month. This is an attempt to
eopen the old case
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