Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-10-27
WASHINGTON, MONTANA And
IDAHO NEWS NOTES.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of tho Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Plaee-Crop Outlook Just Fair.
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS

erts may be prosecuted for carrying con-
eealed weapons.
Friday the first train crossed the high
steel bridge at Box canyon and the lay.
lng Of track to Metaline has begun
Nearly Que mile Of steel was laid today
freight trains start running to Meta
line Falls next week.
T., Z. Phelan, who was tried ON the
charge OF murder in the first degree
at Port Orchard this week for the
shooting Of A. X. Mcqueen, was ae-
Quilted by the jury ON the ground that
the shooting was done in self-defenSe,
j. d, Taggard, Waitsburg's apple
KING, has sold ~ ears of his Jonathan
aud Grimes Golden apples to Chicago
firm. The price was not announced but
the Jonathans are understood to have
been sold on basis Of $3.50 for fancy
stock.
Nathaniel BledSer, negro soldier of
the Twenty tifth infantry, stationed at
Fort Lawtoa, accused of attacking Mrs.
Amanda V. Reddipg in her home near
the fort last June, was convicted of as
saUlt in the second degree, the penalty
for which is one to 10 years in prison.
The state general fund appropria-
tioaS for the biennial period ending
September 80, totaled $3.50, 1928, accord
ing to figures compiled for the report Of
State Auditor Clausen. Legislative APP
propriationS in 1909 totaled $6,6OS, 491,
OF which $4,5tS 900 has been expended,
leaving the balance available for the
ensuing six months.
John Harvey, prominent and
wealthy citizen Of Vancouver, was
struck and instantly killed by the
Shasta Limited train while standing
beside the Northern Pacific tracks, q
half mile north Of Zelda, recently. The
tragedy took place only few moments
after be had made q remark about the
danger OF being on the tracks.
Driven insane by jealousy and mad
deDed because his wife was 50 beautiful
that she attracted unusual attention
from other men, Ernest winkley at
Everett, 80 years old, shot and killed
his 2Syear-old wife, fred q shot into
the back of Mrs. Pearl Msy6e1d, his
wife 5 SISTER, and then made three des-
pegate attempts to kill himself.
According to the report of State
Bank Examiner Mohundro, Just issued
deposits in the state banks of Wash
ington Increased between June 30 and
September s6,000,0o0 During the
same period the cash on hand in
creased approximately s1000,QOo and
the loans decreased 100000.
The report Of the appraisers in the
estate of the bate John Ill. NIcGraw
shows that he left property valued
at 1888, 501.25, besides stock in IL in
eorporated companies which the APP
praisers state is Of no value. The
realty is valued at s2os, 056.s6 and the
personal property s50.44+54
Application was fled with the Sc
attic city building department. recently
FOX a permit to erect History building
to cost about $2,000,000. The building
which is to be erected by L. c. Smith,
millionaire Typewriter manufacturer of
Syracuse, n. T., will be the highest
structure west of New York and the
second tallest in the world.
An order restraining Mayor Hiram
&c, Gill, Chief of Police Charles w.
Wappenstein and the Seattle city health
department from recognizing aud pro-
tecting a district inhabited by degraded
women and issuing certificates Of health
to them was signed by Judge Mitchell
Gillian. The order enjoias property
owners in the district from renting
property for unlawful purposes and also
enl0ins the proprietors of houses used
for such purposes
Although he was married only two
days ago, Aldie Hart, % years old, com
mitted suicide here Sunday afternoon
Last Thursday Mrs. Ella Curry shot
herself at her home and she now hes
in the Wenatehee hospital in a pre-
carioas condition. She had written let
tiers to be read after death which told
Of her love for Hart and of his refus-
ing to, marry her. Friday Prosecuting
Attorney Kemp and Sheriff Ferguson
advised Hart to marry the woman, and
a wedding ceremony was performed at
the hospital. The wounded bride was
supremacy happy and her strength be.
gan TO grow and the physicians declared
she would be out of the hospital within
a week. A wedding feast was arranged
by the matron of the hospital and Fart
and those in Attendance enjoyed them
selves. The physicians fear that the
news will have fatal effect upon the
bride. The bullet she fred through heI
body Thursday entered her breast and
penetrated her lungs.