The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-04-13

Aurora, Esmeralda county, Nevada.
six miles southeast of Fletcher.
The quarantine established against
sheep of various states by Wyoming
was lifted last week. Sheep entering
that state must be dipped but other
restriction are removed.
Complete returns of the Tacoma
city election show that George r
Wright, democrat, was reelected
a over Mccormick, republican, by
295 plurality, and over Hartman, mu.
nicipal ownership, by 1854.
Maurice Thompson of Butte, defeat
ed kid" Parker of Denver, in the
10th round before the Spokane Anna.
teur Athletic club. A hard blow back
of the ear knocked the kid completely
out. It was a bloody exhibition.
In the city election at Helena the re.
publicans elected the mayor, police
Judge and six aldermen. The demo
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alderman. The next council will
stand nine republicans and five lem
ocrats.
Detective Bob Briley shot and killed
Edward Donnelley, who was burglar.
izing the Partisan Cloak and Suit
house in Spokane. A woman in a
%neighboring building discovered the
burglar at work and t%elephoned the
police.
Nearly $50 of the 450 painters and
paper-hangers in Denver have gone on
strike for increased wages. Should
the strike continue long it is expected
that the entire building trades coun.
cil's membership of 5000 men will be-
come involved.
Thomas Logan, sheriff of Nye
county, Nevada, was shot and killed
at Manhattan by a gambler known
as "Blondy" Berry. Logan attempted
to prevent a pistol duel between Der.
ry and another gambler, and received
the shots which killed him.
Charles G. May, former president of
the Big Bend National bank at Daven-
port, Wash, has been sentenced to
serve five years in the penitentiary
for violation of the banking laws. This
is the minimum sentence. May wreck
ed the bank in mining speculation.
The business part of the town OF
Bannock, one of Montana's first min
ing camps and the first capital of the
territory in Beaverhead county, has
been practically wiped out by fire. The
fire is believed to have been incen.
diary. The total loss Is about $4,000
The estimated value of the oat
crop of Idaho for 1905, is given as
81, 622,664. A total of 4,069,420 bush,
els were raised on 9S,05S acres, an av.
erage per acre of 49.4 bushels, and the
average market price per bushel was
AZ cents.
Considerable excitement has been
caused by the announcement OF Steph.
en- Carver, a banker of Chinook, Mont,
that he is DESTROYS Of building a rail.
road from Lewiston through Charleston
to Asotin and then to Anetone county,
a distance of 80 miles.
Duncan Clark, for years holder Of
the title of champion steer roper OF
the world, was accidentally killed near
Cheyenne, while hunting with two
friends. The three were crawling
along the ground toward a herd OF
antelope when a gun carried by the
man Immediately behind Clark was
discharged. The charge entered
Clark's body, causing instant death.
Charles Secrist, the policeman who
shot Thomas Johnson in a dispute
over a dice game in a saloon in Den
yer on February 9 last, and who was
convicted of murder in the second
degree. has been sentenced to serve
from fourteen to twenty years in the
state penitentiary.
Brakeman c.. W. Hildebrand and
Fireman John Davis were killed by
the overturning of a freight locomo
tive on the Burlington railroad neal
Arvada, Wyoming. Davis was alive
for several hours under the wreck.
age. The accident was caused by a
cave-in of the track.
1t is believed by Portland detectives
that Fred Paul, the burglar who on
Monday night shot and seriously
wounded George Douglass in the lat
ter's home in San Jose, is a former
soldier, at Vancouver barracks, who
deserted and to whom was traced a
number of crimes.
The collieries at Casper, Wyo., are
closing down and the miners are leav.
ing to seek work in other fields. AL.
efforts to settle the differences have
proven futile. The trouble arose over
the organization of a union n de
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