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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1901)
BOHEMIA NUGGET. Published fcirr FrJdajr- COTTAGE GROVE. . . OREGON. f 115 OF 1 DM BIG FIRE IN MONTREAL. An Interesting Collection of llemi From Two tfemlsphcrts Presented in a J CntUtwd Form, (he Agulnaldo says be will not accept amnesty. At Ho Ilo 50,000 Filipinos have sworn allegiance. The murderer of Sheriff Summers, in Montana, was run down. Recruits for Transvaal monnted police are being enlisted at Victoria. Filipinos in arms after Marob next will be ineligible to bold ofllce. Baldwin has , completed arrange merits for his Acrtio expedition. In a battle with Kentucky moon shiners two officers were killed. Germans believe Itoborts' frank avowals hastened the queens' death. j Sixty skaters broke through ice near Brooklyn, and two boys were drowned. I There is much speculation in Wash. I ington as to the probabilityof an oxtia session of congress. Fire in a Washington hotel entailed a loss of $3,000. All the guests os caped uninjured. A sympathetic strike, which means a complete tie-np has boen voted by .Northern Colorado miners. Emperor William of Germany, has been appointed a field marshal In the British army as a birthday token. Owing to the famine, thousands Jiavo died anr- there has been creat dis trosa in the provineoof Shan Si, China The leader of the Creek Indian up rising has been captnred and it is thought this means the end of the in' correction. Nearly Three Million Dollars' Worth of Prop. erly Loit. Montreal. Jan. 26. One of the most destructive fires from which this city has ever suffered begun at 8 o olook last night, and, notwithstanding tlio efforts of the ontiro tire department, the progress of tho flames was not checkod until 1 o'clock this morning. By that time it had dostroyod property estimated at between $2,600,000 and $3,000,000, and was still burning, though tho appoaranoe was that tlio firemen havo at last got it under con trol. Included in tho property burnod ia the splendid board of trade' build ing, which cost $600,000, and housed I over 100 tenants, half a dozen largo . businoss houses and two score of small er buildings. The woather was cold and the firemen were greatly hempered in this respect. Outside of the bonrd of trade. building there was not n mod ern structure among thoso burned j Crowds of people jammed the nar row streets, and the police could not ! control them. Women fainted and their olothes were torn and a few ' slightly injured in rushes for safety. I The fire started in the premises of I M. Saxe & Co., wholesale clothiers, at Lemerne and St. Peter streets. The streota in tho locality wcro deserted at tho time and tho tiro apparently hud good headway before the (list alarm was sent in. The iiremon found the building a three-story stone structure, a mass of flames. I Great Devastation In New Heb rides and New Britain. NUMBER OF NATIVES WERE DROWNED FATAL HOTEL FIRE. A bill providing for a bounty of cent per pound on sugar made from Idaho beets has been introduced in tho Jbonso of the Idaho Igislature. The revenue cutter Grant has started on one oi tne most perilous voyages ever undertaken, snipping men and underwriters of the entire Pacific coast -will anxionslv await her return, for she goes in search of missing vessels and distressed mariners. Twenty-five vessels bonnd for Paget sound and the coast are missing, supposedly driven north. Vessels from Alaska report the entire west coast of Vancouver island, 260 miles of rocks and , reefs, strews with wreckage. The ..Grant will ox ""amine every flqnaret-hfob of Vancouver coast as far north as Cape Scott in small boats and launches, and will search every piece of wreckage for iden tification. The queen's fortune is not so large as generally supposed. The accession of King Edward was attended with much pomp in London. Thomas Kearns has been elected United States senator from Utah. A Are in Montreal destroyed proper ty -worth from $2,500,000 to $,3000, 000. California's orange crop this year promises to break the record of prev ious years. Three men held up a saloon and gambing house in North Yakima and toenred $800. Shelby M. Cullom wan re-eleotod United States senator from Illinois. This is his fourth term. Lieutenant Taylor, of tho United States revenue cuttei Penrose, was drowned at Pensacola, Fin. William A. Denton, a soldier of the Black Hawk Indian war, is dead at Madison, Ind., aged 101 years. Washington senate passed memor ials praying congress to. appropriate $15,000 for improvements ot Lewis river and $100,0.10 for completion of The Dalles-Celilo canal. A dispatch from, Pekin says 25,000 Chinese regulars have reassembled noar Chan Ting Fu, a day's march from the French troops. General Yey ron is closely watching them, and M. Pichon, the French minister, has en eigetically requested their immediate dispersal. A damage has been settled at Tusca loosa, Ala., for which no precedents in law could be found, B. Wilson was talking over a telephone during a thnnder storm, and was struck by lightning and killed. Suit was brought for damages, but was settled by the payment of $1,800 by the tele phone company, A speolal tourist train on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Hallway, was wrecked near Walnut Ridge, Ark. The only person injured was the Pullman porter. The passen gers were only badly shaken np. The accident was the result of an attempt to wreok the Cannon Ball train which was an hour behind tho special, by opening a awitob. Three Men Were Burned to Death and Several Injured at Kewanee, III. Kewanee, 111., Jan. 25. Fire early this morning destroyed the Commer cial house and caused the death of three men. The dead are: O. C. Cot ton, aged 22 years, Terre Haute, Ind., advance agant of "Unole Toui'h Cabin" company, suffocated in bod; j-.imer Peterson, Galesburg, 111., brick mason; James Fischer, Walnut, III., auction", eer. John C. Gruber, of Fort Wayne, Ind., a contractor, ind .Martin Jacobs, of Chicago, an expert mechanic, jumped from tho third story windows and were badly hurt. An explosion in the, kltohen sent tho flames into every corner of tho house and cut off escape by means of the stairs. Tho frantic guests rnsbed to the windows', where some hurled them selves to tho ground. Others had to be carried out by the firemen. The loss is' $4,000. ROCK ON THE TRACK. french Traders Reported Trying to Stir Up Anti-British Feeling In Former Islands Innumerable Craft Wrecked. Victoria, 11. 0., Jan. 28. Groat devastation was wrought and a number at natives wore drowned by tho hurri cane in tlio Now Hebrides and New Britain, Decombor 7, 8 and 0, noeord lug to news brought by tho AoraiiKi. At Horbort8huhe, while tlio settlement was asleep, a tremmious sou carried lighters, bouts, kotchus and wrockugo of all dscriptious ashore. Innumerable craft were wrookod. Tho stcumor Stettin, the steam yaoht Klborhurd and tho goverment steamer Stephen wero saved by running to Matnpl for sholtor. The mission steamor Kingfisher was totally wrecked and tho government wbitrf washed away. December 8 the stone, breakwater surrounding the New Guinea wharves cave way and vcsselos inside wero all wrecked, with losses amounting to 100,0 10 murks. A num ber of natives were drowned and many injured. 1 The Aornngi brings news of a flro at ' Greta mines, N. S. W., in which five 1 lives were lost. Kosouo partios worked ' all night, but wero driven bnok after every effort, finally the mine was ordered sealed down in nn effort to fight tho fire, and tbo men were aban- ' doned to their, fate. On arrival at Sydney from Victoria the bark Defiance reported passing a GUISSIPPE VERDI DEAD. Composer if Some of the World's Finest Operas Passes to the Oreat Ikyond. Itomo, Jan. 28. A special dispatch to tbo Putrin says tliut Vordl, tho com poser, is dead. Ho was born in 1813 near Parma, at the toot of tho Aper iilucA. At 11 ho was tho organist of Roucolo, his native- vitiligo. Ho first married tho daughtor of tho comlnotor of tho theater of La Sculii. For CO year!) ho has mndo tho villa of St. Ago tha, near Bussoto, his favorlto resi dence Aftor tlio death of his first , wifo ho imuriod Mmo. Stroppoui, who played in tho first porformuueo of his "Nabuoco," at Milan, over CO yours ngo. Verdi's father was tho kcopor of an inn, a fact which would sou in to prove tho thoory of some men of 1 soiouco that all human buiugs are horn equal In possibility. What Vurdl has dono for mankind cannot bo ineasiirod, . "Krnnnt," Rlgolotto," "II Trovn-! toro," "La Travaita," "Aidu" thoso uamos toll the story of what joy ivnil i iioaco mid pleasure tho genius ot tlio Italian of humble origin has brought to his kind. His compositions have been very numerous. As early as 1347 ho wroto tho '".Miisnadlori." It was composed for Jenny Liud, nntl wnsl sung at Her Majesty theater in Lon don with tho great soprano in tho prin-' oipal part. "Trovatoro" is his most) popular opera. "Aida" is his greatest 1 work, hut opinions vary on this point, as they vary about tho groatest of, Shakespeare's plays. Slgnor Vordi did other things than wrlto music Ho was a momber of tho Italian parlia ment, and sorvod his country in tho ' capacity of minister of public instruc-1 tion. Franco gave him tho teuton of honor, Russia gave him tho order of, St. Stanislaus, Italy tho order of the' crown, and Egypt tho order of Osfnnn- lob. Australia proseutod him with a j cross of cominauderHliip of tho order m or mis mid ram m Interesting Events and Gossip of the Past Week Reported From Cities and Towns In Wnshlnton, Oregon and Idaho. OREGON. Canyon Oily has a now flro boll. Joffnm'on will levy no tax for th year 1(101. Tho Toledo tux levy has boon fixed at S mills. Tho Kueono Military Club has in corpoiatod. Tho Southoru Pnciflo tie plnut at Latham is running again. linker Citv school elootors havo voted In favor of a lO-mlll special tax Tho 0-voar-old son of H. H. Filton of Lost Valley, was killed by a falling treo. Tlifirn ivnrn nrnirlv (1(1(1 tllllllni loca tions recordod in Josophlno county lust your. Tho receipts of tho Canyon City post oflico last yoar iimouutoit to 181.00. Tho bridgo across Trask river at the Htlllwoll placo was washod out by tho freshet. Luinbor is being delivered on the giouucl for tho now hospital building at Euguno. Tho Stiudard mill at Ilakor City, with a capacity of 40,000 feet per day, is nearly finished. James Yatos has sold his farm of 80 ot Franz Josoph. Of Into years Verdi j ncros, near derel'iot vessel of from 200 to 300 tons, wrote works that aro almost as well known us his earlier oiiorts. Jhoy aro "Othello" and "Kalstaff." Tho lat ter was written whou tho author was 70 years of ago. HANGING OF STICKEL Train Robbers Tried to Hold Up the Overland Express Near Kearney. Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. 26. Informa tion was leceived heie today that a desperate attempt was made last night by a gang of train robbers to bold np the overland express near Kearney, Neb. The bandits placed a large pile of rocks on the track in or der to wreck the train, which is re ported to havo had a large amount of money. The robbers secreted them selves behind a hill near the railroad. pedestrian traveling along tho track came upon tho obstruction, was pounced npon, severely beaten, and robbed of all his monev, amounting to $160. He got away from them and ran to Kearney, where ho gave the alarm, and a posse was at one organ ized and orders given to hold the train. The posse came upon the bandits and captured one, the others escaping. Tho officers are still in pursuit. 100 feet long, keel outward, evidently wrecked a month ago, in 34 south, 100 east. The Sydney Mail publishos a state ment from its New Hebrides corre spondent stating that French traders and sailors havo been at those islands endeavorine to stir up anti-British feel ing among tbo natives of the New Hob rides. Tho allegations is made that tho French traders have represented to the natives that England s power is waining, and havo promised them 'var ious privileges for allegianco to French interests. It is said that the natives are being encouraged in various acts Washington Man Who Mnrdered Three People j Confessed Ills Crimes. Knlania, Wash., Jan. 28. Martin Stiokel was hanged in tho jail yard nt I i 0:37 o'clock Friday morning, for tho j murder ot W. B. Shaukliu, noar KoUo ' ' in November, 1800. Stiokol was taken' from the cell at 0:4S by Sheriff Hunt-; tils Naturalization Was Postponed. New York, Jan. 25. A man who gave the name of Henry Zimmer ap plied to the naturalization bureau in the county court house for his final naturalization papers. Zimmer said he was an Englishman. Clerk Loos j started to administer the usual oath to ' Zimmer, and had got so far as for swearing "allegianoe to all foreign powers or potentates," and especially I to the queen of Great Britain and Ire- land, when a messenger rushed in and announced that tho queen was dead. Zimmer's naturalization was immedi ately postponed until the uaturaliza- tion bnrean is officially informed of the queen's death and the successor to tho throne of England formally announced The last British subject to of lawlessness against British traders, ' iniiton and four attendants. Ho and that a native murderer of an Eng- walked to tho scaffold unassisted, and lish skipper named Captain Nasmith was shielded from punishment by tho captain of a French ship. Serious trouble is predicted in the New Heb rides. While the steamer Titus was at the Gilber group, at Bntaritari island, ' November 1(T, some excitement was ' caused by a terrific report.- 1 he uk-' tives had heard it and were terribly I frightened, but they could offer no ex- planation. The opinon was expressed . that it was due to a severe volcanic ' disturbance on some neighboring isl and. Extraordinary results have been ob tained in New South Wales by the gov ernment engineers who have been bor ing for oil wells, and a number of tanks have been completed. Spanish Drydock Not Wanted. Washington, Jan 28. The naval board, headed by Judgo Advocate Gen eral Lemley, appointed to decide on the advisability of purchasing tho large floating drydock in Havana harbor from the government of Spain, reports that to place tho dock in thorough shapo and to prepare it for a voyago would involve an expenditure of over $500,000, and that a dock could be built new at a figure not greater. Ad miral Endlcott, chief of the bureau of docks and yards, has recommended that, as there is no present necessity for the acquisition by this government of such a dock, the tender of the Span ish government for its removal to the Untied States shall not be accepted. Secretary Long has approved this recommendation. The Anglo-German Alliance. London, Jan. 28. The Daily Ohrou- furjWear ,Iole, in the course of an editorial, on allegianco Fallon. in this city is John J. ascended tho fcteps with steady tread, shnwlntt flint lin wiiH ilAh.ftn find tn din like a man. Ho stopped to tho center I w-' P'Olmbly of tho trap door, stood erect and said: "Gentlemen, 1 bid you good.liy.j God help yon; God forglvo mo. This is the last time I will see you on this i shoro. Jesus help you all; Jesus take me; take me now." By the time tho last words were, spoken, tho sheriff and his attendants had strapped Stlckels legs togother, ' his hands to his sides, placed the black ' nnn m , . .a tana .1 il fill, tl a n (1 V.l 1 1 tt .1 bis neck. i At 0:57 Sheriff Huntington graspodl the lever and suddenly sprung thei trap. The condemned man fell sovon , feet, and his neck was almost instant ly broken. At 10 o'clock dootors pro nounced life extinct. Tho body was , cut down and placed in a coflln, to bo turned over to the murderer's mother and brother. It will bo tken to Catlln fur burial. , The hanging was private. Every thing worked like clockwork. Thero was no trouble in any respect. The spectators were very quiet. There was , no talking or demonstration. Stickel was born in Adams county, Iowa, February 0, 1870. lie had ro-1 sided in this section about 12 years. ' Tho condemned man slept well last night and ate a hearty breakfast. j Death of a Hero of San Juan. I Now York, Jan. 38. After snfforing ' for more than two years with Cuban fever, Alfred Kosetsky, who is said to have been tbo first American soldier to ford San Juan crock, whero the floreut of the Spanish tire was directed, iu the battle of San Juan hill, has just died in a Newurk hospital. Ho con tracted the foyer in Santiago, and was a mere skeleton when ho got home. At San Juan Rosotsky fought In troop C, the "threatening aspoct of Russian j sixth cavalry. His olothes wore out Big Washington Hop Contract, m II, 1- t lacunia, yubii., jnn. ao. -rjer Bros., hop dealers, of New Yoik, have closed a contract with Wellor & Mc-1 Gowan to operate threo large hopyards I in Pnyallup vajley, aggregating 60 acres, on the basis of advancing 8 cents a pound on an estimated crop of 110, 000 pounds for cultivating and deliver ing crop free on board cars. All above eight cents is to be equally divided. policy a China,'' rofera to the rerort that Emperor William will be appoint ed a field marshal of the British army. .1 imrA I . x 2g Pier I hujju mo jujiuiv is uui- iuuv. a uermuu alliance is one we cannot afford to throw away. Who can tell how soon we may need its pieatige. If not its active co-operation;" Compulsory education in New Zea land is considered a suocesg. The Georgia stato university at Ath ens celebrated its centennial, Yale's football assoolation last year paid ont $1,204.05 for medical attend ance and $740.80 for "shoes and re pairs." The British ambassador in a com munication to the secretary of state praised Americans at the siege of Po-Idn. A Consumptive Quarantined. San Francisco, Jan. 25. J. W. Thompson, a consumptive, who ar rived here from British Columbia on tho steamer City of California, was not allowed to land, on tho ground that he was afflicted with a contagious dis ease. This is the first instance whoro a person afflicted with consumption has been denied a landing. ' Hazing at Annapolis. Washington, Jan. 28. Representa tive Sherman, of New York, today in troduced a resolution which was re ferred to the naval committee, provid ing for appointment of a select com mittee of Ave members of the house to investigate hazing at the naval acad emy at Annapolis. by bullers, and while ho was aeconding tho bill with a numbor of other sol diers, a shell exploded close by them. A lump of earth struck the young sol dier m the sido, knocking him senso less. After tho battlo ho wbb person ally complimented for his courage by General Wheeler. Justice James P, Sterrelt Philadelphia, Jan. 25, -James P. Bterrett, ex-justice oi the supremo court of Philadelphia, is dead iome bore, from tho effects of bunde. He was 78 years old. Florida more into business. To Raise Small Fruit people are going tbo small fruit Collier's Weekly In South America. With tho idea that South America may supplant South Africa and China as a war news center, Collier's Weekly sent a special correspondent and a spe cial photographer to Venezuela. Temp ests in teapots are common down there, but this is one that looks like it might boil over and burn tho cook. Senator's Son a Priest. Rural Delivery for Cresham, Or. Washington, Jan. 25. Rural free delivery is to be established at Gres ham, Or., on February 15, with two carrisrs. Concord, N. II., Jan. 28, William GalUnger, son of United States Senator at his Galllnger, began his novitate at the a car- monastery of Graymoro, three miles distant from Garrlson-on-IIudson, in the Order of Atonement today. He is now known as Brother Leo. At the end of two years Brother Leo will be formally ordained a priest of the Epis copal churoh, and will go ont upon his obosen work aa a missionary. Tenth National Irrigation Congress. Tho Colprado Springs Nutional Irri gation Congress is auLounoed to meet more and July 13 to 10 next. This will be inl and orange ' mediately preceding the Trans-Missis sippi congress at Cripplo Creek. Bush Fires In Australia. Seattle, Wash,, Jan. 38, A spoolal from Vancouver, B. 0 says; Tho do struction by bush fires in Australia, according to mail advices by the steamer Aorangi, has boon appalling, While many peoplo are dropping dead from heat apoplexy, the thermometer running up to 115 and 120 in the shade, hundreds upon hundreds ot fam ilies have been burned out, soma of the country residents destroyed being coat ly structures. Irving, to Mr. Ilurd, late of Iowu, for about $3,600. Local miners aro sinking a shaft on tho Watt hills oast ot Amity on tho site of a supposod gold mino. Freo-mllllm cold oro has boen dis covered In tho mountains just wost of Lostluo. Test show tho oro literally filled with black suphnrets. Miss Elizabeth Glesy, an Oregon nloneer. nuod 75 years, diod nt her homo in Aurora. Doccased was a slS' ter of Dr. Martin and Jacob Glcsy A hirue amount of drift lodged ncainst tho railroad bridge, north of Lohanon, und 16 in on havo boen at work all wook dislodging it. A tnlopliouo lino Is being built by tho Sunset Company from Jacksonville to tho Upper Applegato country, and bo connected with tho Grant's Puss-Williams line. J. W, Parker, who has a rich ap pouring qunrtz ledgo noar Luland, nn der bond from Burnott & Hudson, i making preparations to equip the prop erty with an oleotrio plant. C. A. Parker and James Buchanan havo secured a contract to cnt and de liver poles Jot the telephone lino which is to bo built from Pleasant Hill via Jasper and Natron to tho main lino at Springfield. The long lookod for English par tridges arrived at Independence and were taken to the O'Brien farm, a few miles north nf that city, and turned looso. The birds appeared very wild, apparently owing to thoir long journey Reports from tho country surround. ing Albany aro goneral that tho fall wheat is in excolluut condition, with out any indication, at this tlmo, of nn enomy ot nny kind. Notwithstanding the poor crop of lust yoar, tho ucreago is largo. After an illness ot eovoral years, James A. Cauthorn, at one tlmo a prominent grain dealer of Corvallls, died at his homo in that city. His ailment was rheumatism, and under its effects the deceased had been an invalid (or several years. An effort is being made to have tho mull route changed botween Long Creek and Pendleton so that tho route will go over the Yellow Jacket road from Pendleton to Ukiah aud via tho lower gulch road from Ukiah to Long Creek and supply Rittor from Long Creek. A deal of considprablo magnitude vas consummated last week at Tilla mook ' between O. and E. Thayer nnd tho Beals Land Company. About : $40,000 worth of agricultural land and town pioperty was transferred to the i company, and will probably be placed on tho market. Owing to tho recent high water on I tbo Coast Folk which caused the loss of many thousand foot ot logs, Messrs. Goer and Rouse, the saw mill men at Amos, are arranging to erect a torn .porary saw mill ut Cottage Grovo and will drive the logs there. The boilers and engines of tho now light plant may be used. The owners of tbo Rod, White and Blue mine, at Malheur, will push de velopments as rapidly as possible, There are two parallel ledges, ono measuring 12 teet and the othor three feet, and tbo owners believe- that do vnlopment will provo that they come together. The mine is equipped with a three stamp mill and a steam hoist ing plant. The oapaoity of tho mill is to bo increased and a pump installed at once. WASHINGTON. The businoss men of Wenatoheehave takon the first stops toward organizing a commercial club. At the first mooting over CO prominent citizens wore preseut. William M. Bacon, un engineer on the Spokane Falls & Northern, who was injured in tho collapse of the bridge betwoen Meyers Falls and Mar cus, July 28, 1000, baa aued the com pany for $76,750 domagoj. WASHINGTON. Thoro Is talk ot a now national bank at EllciiNburg. Work on tho now Seattle Labor Tom plo will begin within 00 days. Hoqiilm will soon linvo a nlglit tolo phono service. A croamory with a dally oapaulty of 2.000 pounds ot buttor is to bo built t Everett, Charlos Noymelr has movod his mill from Maohlas to a slto noar Woodln villo Junction. Mrs. Julia i'ndon, a resident f Rosalia sinco 1880, is dead athor homo in that city. It is aimoimcod that a foundry ami machine shop to cost $50,000 will bo orocted at Kvorott. The bunk of Harrington received last wook ii tlmo lock safo which is sup posed to bo burglar proof. The Harrington Flour Milling Com pany has finished an orih'r for 2,600 burrols of flour, which la to bo sent U China, Kx-Bhorifl F. W. DoLorlmor. ol Ten MHo, bus been appointed atato laud In- spotcor by Land ComiuUslouor a. A. Callvert. J. M. Hall has roslgnod tho olllco ol Yakima county surveyor, and tho com missioners havo appointed II F. .Mar bio to succocri him. fioorgo I'atighiirn, aplonoei of Wash ington, dropped doad from heart fail ure at Endlcot, 20 inlloi west of Lol fax llo Was 00 yo.irs old. W. P. Damon wus kuockod down lii front of his roildeuco by n tough, who struck him on the head with n club, rendering hhn insensible. Men engaged in working on tho T. Hawloy road, south of Kent, discov ered a vein of coal wbtlo blasting on tho side ot Crow hill. It la about four luchos in diameter. Fred Lyman who had been working on tho steam shovel on tho railroad, north of Arlington, was Instantly killed. A Inudslido occurred and ho was wurtiod, but did not havo time to got out ot tho way. A third intorest In a group of flvo claims located on Iton croek, eight miles from Keller, has boon sold to A. A. Redmond, of Ropubllo. The claims aro tho Mary Mack, Lucklo Four. Last Chauco, Copper King anil No. 5, and aro ownod by II. 1'. McCarthy and Fred Beaudrcau. Tho terms are kept a secret. The West Coast mill, at Bsllanl, which has been closod for tho past four weeks, has icsumod work. During tbo tlmo the mill was closed muuy Im provements and repairs wero mailo to the engluo and innchiuery, bv moan ot which tho output ot tbo plant wilt bo greatly incroased. Tho mill build ing was also ro pal rod and a now foun dation put under part of it. Tho O R. & N. nnglnoors, who bavn been making surveys along the lino of the Ilwaco Railway & Navigation Com pany, havo flnlshod their labors und a forco of jnon nro oxpuotd to begin work on tho contemplated improvements. Boaidos the repairs to tho trnok, u now trostlu is to bo built at Ilwaco and docks to be put in at each end of tho lino. It la also atatod that cars for hauling logs from Willupa harbor aro to be' put on tho road. IDAHO. Hog cholora has made Its appoaranoe in the vicinity qt Moscow. James Judge, ot Conor do'Aleco City, ono of tho best known mou of tho state, la dead. ' ' George W. Hunt nnd Frank Pottlco. of Oro Fino, arrested on n cliarco ol cattlo-stoallng, havo been discharged. Georgo R. Lubkln, a Bolso mail Bar rier, has filed a homestead outry on n valuublo ploce ot laud near that citv, which bad been overlooked. According to reports from Delta, the scene of recent tho placor striko, pros poots are exuellent. Nuggets havo boen picked up wotth $7 and $8 and thoio aro said to bo lots more of them thero. Eight cowa burned to a crlan. Jacob Hausor almost fatally burned. 26 tons of hay and a fine barn totally con sumed, are tho result of a (Ire on a ranch owned by David Locko near Cnl ispell. Tho loss la estimated at about $1,000. The result of a disputed road olentlnn in Kootenai county has been deter mined by lot. James Graham and Noah Waahbnrn, both of Port Hill, wero tbo claimants. The commlison ers flipped a oolu to determine the result. Tho Potlatch country la Infested with cattle thlevos again. Roports aro com lug from the surrounding country that a few head had beon stolon. So lar nono of the thieves havo boon ap. prehendod. It ia roportod from Noa Perces that Messrs. Croizer and Sohaffer havo com pleted arrangements for buying all tho hoga on the prairie. They have loasod ground out of the city limits, where they have erected bulldlnas for the cara of the stock. i