The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1903-02-06

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Lilsna Morgan. mead OF the Morgan
Envelope company, promoter Of the
american Fine Writing Paper company
and q director in q number OF manu-
featuring industries is dead at Spring
field, Mass.
AT Ambassador Meyers request,
Queen Helena, making an exception in
this case, as her majesty is in mourn
ing for. her grandfather, received in
private audience recently Miss Carew,
the sister-in-lawr of President Roose-
welt. The queen was very gracious
and expressed great liking for
America. x.s
Word comes from the Little Horn
River. country of the death OF Slotted
Horse. one time chief of the Grow
tribe of Indians.
The breaking of an elevator cable
in the Joseph Creswell building, at
Denver. recently. caused the manning
and bruising of seven, persons, one
Of whom may be- crippled for life.
The date for the international Ep-
worth league convention, to be held
in Detroit next summer, has been
finally fixed. The session will begin
July 16 and continue through Sunday,
July 10. n
News of the death at Garnet Of
Jack Riley, a pioneer miner of Mon
rana is reported. Riley had been con-
cerned in the development of practi.
cally every mining camp of Montana
and the Occur d'Alene district and
vas well known among miners. His
leath was sudden and probably due to
| cart, disease or paralysis.
A movement is on foot, according
o Glendive report, for the forma-
ion of new state to be called Mon
ague,. and which Is to be formed by
separating. that portion of Montana
| east of the Belt mountains and that
portion of North Dakota west Of the
| Missouri river. l.i e
Recently occurred a grim tragedy
/ With dire results to the Finnish set
| .lers ON Maolcom island. some dis
.ance up the coast from Vancouver
n terrible holocaust which broke
| Jut while the men were at meeting
| N common living house in whicn
"A families were living, II women ano
children were burned to death and
IL injured.
s"Spy Oak" said to be the larges
tree in New York state. standing OF
the Pelham road, Westchester, has
Deen condemned as unsafe, and will
probably soon be cut down, it having
become hollow and in danger of fall
ing. 1t is said that many spies ant
deserters were hanged from this tret
Turing the revolutionary war.
A sensation was created in politi
cal circles at Helena recently by thu
arrest of Miss Jessie Waters. WHIT
was brought to Helena from Butte
TO give testimony for the prosecution
in the Impeachment case agains
Judge Harney, now pending befor
the judicial committee of the house
Miss Waters was arrested on tn
charge that she is wanted in Butt
for having committed perjury in coz
nection with the Minnie Healy min
litigation.
: A shaft sunk on Ell Dorado cree
! near Dawson struck second bedroc
: 65 feet below the first bedrock wit
six feet of pay gravel running as hig
as $25 to the bucket. The strike wa
! not far from the famous gushel
which Is now about under contro
The new strike knocks all minin
theories and opens way to remarl
able possibilities. Other shafts ar
now beink sunk. II lower bedroc
actually, exists, the Klondike distrit
: may repeat itself, judging by the pa
ore found. 1t is believed there ar
. still other strata below those foun'
] The gusher, when struck, ran
;. stream three feet wide, seven inche
:, deep at the rate of "a miles an hou