The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1903-02-20

~ 1AoASoAo uVoTu OI par0OQ6 mas
affirmed the action Of the governor in
granting q pardon to Antonio Lopez,
who was sent up for 10 years Tor kill
ing an Indian in Choteau county. Lo-
peg is about to die 'i,A SIS
Inc nllneis Of Nanaimo, B. c., have
gone On striKe. ABOUT oVv men went
out against the ~ estern tuei com.
pany o1 ean FRANCISCO, wnicn re-
Gently acquired the mines at Manai-
mo. Ihe miners are ASKING tor. Z gem
eral advance from Marcn 4 from 70
W 30 cents q ton. ~
A special from Carlsbad, N. NJ,
says: George hutcnIns, proprietor
VI the Hotel Schiitz. and one OF the
Dest known Newspaper corrsspona-
euts In the south. WAS snot ana killed
oy Caleb Mercnant.s Merchant was
uadly wounded, but may recover. They
Quarreied over trining matter. .g
II. A. Allen OF seaItie. Wash, met
Aeath in a deep well on the r. A.
wright place. near Woodland Park,
recently. He fell from the TOD to the
oottom Of the well. Q distance Of "
ieet. He had but started ON the
uescent when the rope broke and he
lelt downward. He leaves b widow
aud three children. r.
It is announced that President
Roosevelt will appoint James r. Gar
Aeld of Ohio commissioner OF corpora
tions under the act creating the new
department Of commerce. Mr.. Car
acid is son of the late President
Gapiield and is at present a member
VI the civil service commission. He
is an Ohioan by birth and residence.
The minister OF foreign affairs OF
venezuela has decreed a 30 per cent
increase of duties on all imports as
war measure. A
1t is reported Chicago is to have
The finest museum in the world, and
Marshall Field is to provide the funds
20 build it.
It does not seem at all possible at
lhis time that Herbert w. Bowen, the
United States minister to Vei.ozllcla,
will go to The Hague. @e -
The official orders transferring Gen
eral Funston from Colorado to the de-
partment of Washington, Oregon, Ida
no and Alaska have been received
from the war department.
Frank Robinson, marshal OF Rich
land, Baker county, Oregon, shot and
fatally wounded James Simonis. resi-
dent Of Eagle valley. Simonis came
into Richland to shoot up the own.
: The SO called beef trust" Case was
disposed of recently in Chicago by
Judge Grosscup in the United States
circuit court, the demurrer os the
packers being overruled and q tenn
porary Injunction granted.
The east and middle west are writb-
ing under the sting Of cold. Fuel is
scarce in many sections. making
intolerable. There was biz
zard in Indiana. It is the low record
of the winter in many Atlantis coast
states. :, W
seven hundred thousand acres along
the main line of the Great Northern
in Choteau and Valley counties, Mont,
have been withdrawn from entry in
connection with the governments st.
Mary's canal irrigation project.
At Miles City, Mont, in the absence
Of the fireman OF the Ursuline convent
one of the sisters undertook to. look
after the fires of the heating plant.
The boiler blew up. badly damaging
the building. No one was hurt anu
there was no panic.
Fire recently broke out in the pump
house at the Minnie Moore mine, near
Bellevue. Idaho. The pumphouse, car
penter shop. change room and store
house were destroyed, and the mill On
the PROPERTY was damaged considerab.
ly. Thirty-six men were employed at
the mines and these will be thrown out
Of work until the repairs are COM
pleted. The loss is about 100000.