Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-10-03
IDAHO NOTES.

IDAHO NOTES.
Spalding, probably the most historic
town in the Pacific northwest, is to be
rebuilt. Twice it has been destroyed
by fire.
| OrOfino, the business section Of
which was burned Friday. is in dark.
ness every night. The electric light
plant is out Of commission and can
dies are scarce. Every assistance pos
sible is being rendered by neighbor-
ing communities. The authorities say
they do not need money; they want
tents to shelter the homeless, and
fresh meats and breadstuffs with which
to feed the hungry. The origin of the
fire is still a mystery. as 1t started in
the partially completed annex to d. A..
McKinney's house.
| Steve Adams must appear before
the district judge to stand trial for his
life charged with murder in the first
degree for the killing OF Fred Tyler,
the Marble creek homesteader, alleged
by the defense to be claim jumper" /"
during the early autumn of 1904. He
was bound over to the district court
by Probate Judge Jasper H. Boomer
this morning at the conclusion of the
hardest fought preliminary hearing
this city has ever seen.
| The great council Of the Improved
Order of Red Men of Idaho will meet
in Lewiston in May. 1907.
The village of Valley is having an
epidemic of typhoid fever. due, 1t is
claimed, to bad well water.
1t is said twenty thousand dollars
will be spent this fall and winter in
advertising Lewiston.
Mayor Herman ]. Rossi. mayor of
Wallace. is at Hot Lake, Oregon, for
the benefit of his health. Overwork
is his ailment.
Frank Mitchell, who had a prelimi-
nary examination last week on a muir
der charge. engineered break at the
Jail Sunday evening which resulted
in himself. e. b. Ruby and Frank Nc
Intyre gaining their liberty.
Captain Rupert Winters, manager of
the New England Dredge company at
Idaho City. was severely hurt and had
a very narrow escape from death in
an accident to the Idano City stage.
When it was going down the hill just
| this side of the halfway house the
brake bolt broke. The driver turned
the horses into the bank to prevent q
disaster and the stage turned over.
MONTANA NEWS.
L. d. Douglas, while offbearing lum-
ber from the circular saw at the fac
tory of the Kalispell Lumber company
lost his right hand by accidentally
thrusting 1t against the saw In mo-
| ton.
William Jennings Bryan Is billed to
lecture in Livingston the present sea.
son.
J. McNaught, who has been .assis.
tant superintendent of the terminals
division of the Great Northern at Min.
neapolis, has been promoted to be su-
perintendent Of the Montana division
Of the Great Northern. with headquar-
ters at Havre, succeeding c. o. jerks,
transferred.
Governor Toole has ofiicially an
nounced his candidacy for the United
States senate to succeed Senator W..
A. Clark.
s. G. White, a former fireman on the
Butte fire department, was arrested at
Spokane recently. White was wanted
for an offense committed In Butte In
1901. The charge Is felony.
| Word was received in Livingston
Sunday tiat Charles Anderson, a well
known Cook City mining man. had
committed suicide at Gardiner. He had
been missing from his usual haunts
sinces Thursday. and search was made
for him. His body was found in an
old prospect tunnel, where he had gone
with the evident intention Of taking
his life. Anderson had been engaged
in mining in Cook City for many
years, and at one time was the owner
Of the Enterprise mine at that point.
The Bannack Consolidated Mining
company, operating at Bannack. Bea.
verhead county, has struck four feet
or ore 100 feet from the surface that
assays $41.20 in gold per ton.
The Northern Pacific railway, the
Great Northern. the Oregon Short
Line and the Montana railroad have
trip to Helena on account Of the state
fair, which opened in Helena Monday.
The tickets are good from October l
to October inclusive.
Senator w. A. Clark was injured