Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-02-14
NORTHWEST NOTES.

The house committee on coinage has
acted favorably on the bills establish
ing mints at Omaha and Tacoma.
The Washington state senate has
passed bill for the purchase OF the
Thurston county courthouse at Olym-
pia, for the use as a capitol building.
The Northwest Fruit-Growers' as.
ISOLATION has decided that hereafter all
boxes used by association members In
packing fruit should contain an exact
bushel
G. M. Hale, grand secretary of the
grand state lodge of Odd Fellows,
dropped dead Thursday night while
taking part in iniatatory ceremonies
at local lodge of Washington.
The California Wine association,
representing the allied houses which
are now in control of the market, has
declared an advance of az cents per
gallon in the price OF ordinary claret,
making the figure 2511 cents.
Eleven prominent persons of Gem
tralia. Wash, were arrested charge
with melting riot In the effort to
prevent liquor selling on Sunday, it is
charged they endeavored to get
evidence by peeping over the transom.
Robert w. Steele, first territorial
governor of Colorado, died at his home
in Colorado Springs Friday morning
of an attuck of grip. His wife died
Tuesday. A double funeral was held
and husband and wife buried in the
same grave. Mr. Steele was 81 years
old.
Andrew Carnegie has offered to give
the city of Tacoma $780, 900 for a IL
brary building on condition that site
be furnished and S., 900 yearly spent in
maintenance. The city has accepted
the gift. 1t is probable, however,
that the amount will be increased to
S75, 900 as the city is willing to pay
$500 annually toward keeping up tho
library.
The Gnggenheim block, a two-story
building at the corner of Main and
Fourth streets, Pueblo. Colo, occupied
by the Croms-Beggs Dry Goods COM
pany's big department store, was gut
ted by fire Friday morning. The loss
is estimated at 100000; insurance,
$4,000 The fire started in the boiler
room, presumably in some loose paper
lying too near the boiler
Butte is suffering from serious
water famine, and the city is almost
without fire protection. All the mines
of the Anaconda, Boston & Montana,
Butte & Boston, Washoe, Parrot, Col
orado & Montana Ore Purchasing
companies have been compelled to sus-
pend operations on account of the
failure of the City Water company to
supply water. and about 5000 men
have been laid off temporarily. Many
of the mining companies even had to
stop the pumps at some of the mines,
and II the suspension becomes neces-
sary for any length of time the mines
will fill with water and the damage
will be great.
Special Agent G. B. Abbott of the
Interior department, has returned to
Cheyenne from visit to the Laramie
plains country and tells of a unique
system of telephoning in vogue in that
section. In one locality eight ranches
are connected by telephone, the wire
used being the top strand of a barb
wire fence. Regular telephone in
strunents and connections are In use
at the ranches and the system seems
to be in perfect working order. 1t is
of great benefit to the neigh boring
ranchmen. The settlement is also con-
nected by wire with Laramie
George Brown, while driving with
his wife in sleigh about five miles
from Butte Friday, shot and killed his
wife and then put a bullet hole into
his own head He will die. No cause
for the act can be learned. A boy
driving wood wagon near the scene
heard the couple quarreling and i'm
thereafter heard the shots
When people reached the scene the
was dead and the man uncon-
scious. Nobody appears to know any
thing about the couple, but the suppo.
'ltion is that they were ranchers who /
lad been to town on business and
we're on their way home.
Bribery, or attempted bribery, is
tgain charged in the Montana legisla-
ure, although on considerably
mailer scale than two years ago.
While the house, Friday, was considers
ng bill for the inspection of meat
md milk, Representative Hedges, a
member of the committee to which the
Jill was referred, informed the house
hat an effort had been made to cor
nptly influence the committees action
he bill. He charged the milk dealers
nd butchers of the state with raising
corruption fund to head off this leg.
Station.
The fire and police board of Denver
ave begun public investigation of
he charges of raising money from
'eepers of gambling-houses and other
legal houses. for which Police Capt.
Lrthur Martyr, three detectives and
ne patrolman have been suspended.
district Attorney Harry A. Lindsey 10
the witnesses on behalf of