Holbrook argus., 1902-08-09
LIGHTNING AT BUTTE
HEAVENS AFLAME FOR AN HOUR
 LONE MAN KILLED
Train Ran Into Cow-Burgular and Murderer Found Guilty-Large Shipments of Wheat to South Africa-Promotions must be Made on Merit-Record Breaking Wheat Crop


 for the Reno Power and Light com pany, was electrocuted Thursday after noon. This is the fourth man in the employ of the company killed within eight months.
 Surveys are completed, rights of way secured through Tombstone townsite, and grading has begun on the branch of the Fl Paso and Southwestern Rail- road, to be run from Fairbank to Tombstone, Ariz.
 A special to the Portland Oregonian from Union, Or, says the blaming mill of J. NJ. Hirsch and the lumber yard of Ira Messenger were destroyed by fire Thursday. The loss is $35, ,000. Hirsch was badly burned about the back.
 Prof. G. w. Sham, of the University of California, who has just returned from trip through the southern part of the state, where he went to inspect the beet-sugar industry, says that the crop of beets this year will break all previous records.
 A study of Sutter county vineyards shows that last weeks excessive hot spell inflicted great injury upon grapes. Reports received thus far deal only with the Thompson seedless and table varieties. Many growers place the loss as high as 50 per cent.
 Highbinder Chun Kong was hanged at San Quentin Friday for the murder of another Chinese in San Francisco. The murderer was notorious hatchet man, who shot his victim to death. Strenuous efforts were made to delay his execution, but without avail.
 Charles Wardrip has been found guilty of murder in the first degree for the killing of Hugh Duffy in Sacra- "ento on the night of February F last. Wardrip was a burglar. He was caught by Duffy buiglarizing a neigh bor's house, when Wardrip shot him down.
 Francisco has received circular letter from the department at Washington amounting that promotions in the service henceforth must be made on merit only, and not brought about through the efforts of persons of in- huence.
 The residence of Mrs. Walter s. Hobart at San Mateo was burglarized at an early hour Thursday morning. Gold and silver ornaments and other articles to the value of 5000 were taken by the marauder, who made his escape through a window, just as a maid, who had been disturbed by the noise, made her appearance. The detectives have made no arrests.
 The north bound Canadian Pacific passenger train leaving Seattle at s :45 Wednesday morning ran into a COW on the track near Yesler and was badly | wrecked. The engine was overturned 1 and three of the coaches derailed. The engineer and fireman sustained serious injuries. All of the passengers were badly shaken up. It will be several | hours before the wreckage can be cleared.
 County Attorney NJ. H. Jessup of Terry county, Wash, acting for the | state, has started suit at Republic, Wash, to confiscate al the property l in that state of the Kettle Valley lines, which run from Grand Forks, B. O., to Republic, on the ground that a majority of stock is held by aliens. There are about forty miles of road in Washington, and with equipments is valued at $750, ,000.
 The new torpedo boat Grampus, one of the two tiny fighting craft ordered from the Union Iron Works by the United States navy was successfully launched at San Francisco Thursday night. The Grampus was manned with a crew for the descent, and red fire was burned from her turret. Thou sands of people witnessed the launch ing. The new fighting craft will ride but eighteen inches out of the water
 The shipments of. wheat (four in- cluded) from the Pacific Northwest to South Africa since January, show a total of over two million bushels. rr,,ic a ,oora tbap dOuhla tho amount |