The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-07-28
NORTHWEST NOTES

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signed.
! DR.. Louis ]. Wolff of Silverton, Ore
: was chosen a surgeon of the Pear
, expedition to the North pole, whicl
started from New York last Sunday
Joseph Keeney, one of the pionee
stage men of eastern Oregon and tn
northwest, died at Walla Wall;
Wednesday as the result of chronic
trouble and old age.
Gen. oliver O. Ashton of Boston
dropped dead in the Hotel Washington
in Seattle about s o'clock Wednesday
afternoon from a stroke of apoplexy
brought on by the heat.
]. Lower, a ranchman, aged IS years
of age, was asphyxiated by poisonous
gases, at the bottom of 90-foot wei
on the Stephens ranch about IL miles
northwest of Milton, Oregon, Tues
day.
The German steamship Theben has
returned to Tacoma with rush orders
to load 1000 tons Of wheat in order
to sail for Mexican ports before the
new tariff adopted by Mexico goes into
effect.
Mrs. Fannie B. Ainsworth, widow OF
Capt. John G. Ainsworth, died Sun
day night at her home in Portland,
aged II years. Her death came peace
fully, after decline that lasted for
two years.
The Martin sawmill in Hog valley,
near Union, Ore, burned at o'clock
Saturday morning and is total loss.
The cause of the fire is unknown.
The loss amounts to little over
$4,000, with no insurance.
Arrangements have been perfected
for a packing house in Baker City,
Oregon. A consolidation of several
Baker City meat markets has been af-
fected and the Baker City Packing
company been incorporated.
Ire liquor store of ]. Mueller, at
Baker City, Oregon, was entered by
robbers Tuesday night. The burglars
effected an entrance through the rear
away with SIS from the cash register
and number of bottles of whisky and
gin.
Owing to the inability of Governor
Toole of Montana, to be present at
the Lewis and Clark exposition this
week, Montana week at the exposition
has been postponed indefinitely. The
celebration may occur later in the
season.
The dead body of Doctor Jim, an
Indian aged LOG years, was found I'M
der the bridge on the Darlington
branch of the Northern Pacific, three !
miles from Arlington, Wash, Wednes-
day, with bullet hole in the back of
the head.
DR.. Mary A. Latham, a prominent !
physician of Portland, was senten-
ced Thursday morning to pay !
a fine of $1,000 and serve four years J
in prison. DR.. Latham was convicted
Of arson in setting fire to drug store !
at Mead, Wash.
W. F. Patrick, a mining man we'll
known throughout the west and es.
pecially in California and Colorado
Is dead at Rhyolite, New, from in.
testina TROUBLES. He was a pioneer
In the Bullfrog district and made
fortune in Goldfield.
A posse Of Converse county, Wyo,
officers recently fought battle with
IN unknown mailman on Little Box
Elder creek, fourteen miles from
Wyo. A report had been
'eceived that the crazy man had been
shooting at ranchmen.
An attempt was made to hold up
he stage run between Bourne and
Sumpter, Oregon, Friday night, but
he driver gave the horses a lively
tart and escaped. The robber fol-
owed about hundred yards but the
base proved too much for him.
For the purpose Of securing it's re-
ent $10,0OO,OO0 issue of bonds the
Portland Ore, General Electric COM .
any has placed a blanket mortgage
n it's entire plant for $1O,O0O,OOO. The
Mortgage is given 10 the United States
fortgage and Trust company of New
'ork.
M. F. Muzzy and Dan Cahill two
liners employed in the e. and e.
line, near Bourne, Ore narrowly es.
aped death Sunday They were at
'ork in tunnel and struck a box
caps which exploded Both men ,
ere badly burnt, but are considered
ut of danger. -
George Wade, the only one of the
ght convicts from McNiel's island
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