Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-11-29
NO. 26.
NORTHWEST NOTES.

OF his own door one night last week.
The dead body of man with a bull
let in his head found in Redding, Cal,
Is believed to be that of Frank Michael
of Portland. He is thought to have
suicided.
Nineteen men from the Boer army
arrived in Butte on the 23rd and are In
charge of the local Boer society. They
say thousands of Beers are coming
| west to locaie.
+. ii. Kinney, of Portland, Ore, fell
dead in the jury box of the state cir
| cult court at that place. lie had just
been sworn in as juror, when he was
attacked by heart failure.
w. f. Mellick, formerly known ~
the cattle king of the Snake river, 10
now raving lunatic, the result, it 10
believed, Of being sand-bagged by foot
pads in Chicago two weeks ago.
Ernest Scott a negro youth charged
with attempting to assault two white
girls, created dramatic scene in the
court room in Phoenix, Ariz., by swal-
lowing a handful Of broken glass. He
will probably die.
Amos Zanar, a watchman employed
N the car barns of the st. Johns motor
line in Portland, met horrible death
on the night of tho 2end his clothing
catching fire from a torch, he being
literally roasted to death.
Near Spokane the side stakes Of
fiat ear loaded with telegraph poles
gave away, letting the poles to the
ground, killing two tramps who were
riding on the car, their bodies being
found underneath the poles.
Fearing an attempt may be made to
hold up the Overland flyer, the Union
Pacific has placed armed guards on the
trains between Cheyenne and Ogden.
Large sums Of money are being trans
:erred TO the Pacific coast, and a sue
cessful robbery would result in a heavy
loss to the express company.
At South Bend, WASH, the trial jury
brought in a verdict of guilty OF MUIR
der in the second degree as to J. H.
Gates and acquittal in the case OF
Louritz Olsen. Gates and Olsen were
accused of numbering Captain William
Beeson Of the schooner Lanere, on the
Willapa river, on August 20.
A counterfeiters' den was recently
discovered by detectives in an old
building in Spokane, Wash, and part
of the outfit captured. M. ]. Williams
and Joe Harrison were arrested on tho
charge of passing counterfeit silver
dollars. 1t is believed the leader OF
the gang has escaped.
1t is reported from Denver that State
Game Commissioner johnson has gone
with large posse of deputies to Rio
Blanco and Eoutt counties, the scenes
of the alleged slaughter of game BY
is said johnson is determined to drive
the Indians out of the state at any
cost, and clash is feared.
Governor Murphy of Arizona has COM
muted to four years the sentence OF
John C. Echols, who has served three
years of ten years sentence. Hia
imprisonment was the result.of con-
viction for stage robbery, and the COM
mutation is prompted by the confession
of King Ussery, who says he was the
guilty party and arranged his plans SO
suspicion fell on Echols.
Joseph Lesher, of Victor, Colo. who
recently issued some silver souvenirs
which he called referendum dollars"
says he has assurances from the United
States district attorney that his coin
age scheme is not illegal, and he has
ordered new die from which 10000
souvenirs will be struck off soon. The
new coins will bear the name OF Vic
tor groceryman, who agrees to redeem
them in merchandise or money.
George Sanders and Patrick McCue
were killed and number of other men
seriously injured by an explosion OF
dynamite at Elmores grading camp on
the Sherman hill cutoff of the Union
Pacific on the Goth. Sanders and Nc
Cue were thawing sticks of dynamite
around campfire when the stuff ex-
ploded. Sanders was blown to pieces
and bits of his flesh was scattered in all
directions. McCue's face was torn away
and he received internal injuries. The
explosion tore big hole in the ground
and flying rocks injured the other men,
BY the upsetting of coast line stage
in Los Pablos creek, between Santa
! Barbara and Lompoc, Cal, s. w. Parker
| of Ventura was drowned and four other
persons narrowly escaped similar
fate. One of the horses lost it's footing
and the stage was overturned aud car.
ried down the stream. The driver and
his FIVE passengers were thrown into
the creek, which was raging torrent
All succeeded in reaching the shore
with the exception of Mr.. Parker, who
was either struck by the struggling
horses or heavy drift wood.
Lost in the mountains, with blind
ing snowstorm around him, George
Melvin dispaired of relief and shot
himself Thursday night, near Repub-
lie. Wash. With ]. g. Ransom he had
gone deer hunting. They lost their
bearings and Melvin became exhaust