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)f INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS
Comprchtiulv Review of th Important Hap
ptnln p of lha Put Vaek In a
Condcmad form.
Wait Tolut cadati agrea to abolish
baling.
Enrasad Omaha cltlwni bo road a
paethouae.
Gormani eooteroplsta a cabla Una
round tha world.
Tha naval appropriation bill provide
for four new wanbipa.
Aitorla 'a big export aa win 111 will ba
located at Tongue' Point.
The term of doty in the Philippine
may ba limited to two yean.
Mlnlater Wo orge Americans to
eoti-r into trade with China.
Havana citlxeus petition congress to
lower tlnty on Cuban products.
America's protests against Venezuela
have been detled ij that government.
The home will devote moat of its
time this week to tha appropriation
bill.
British ship Moel
Tryvan foundered
and 11 lives were
in English channel
lost.
T. W. Hartley, of Moscow, has been
appointed flsh and game warden for j
Idaho.
Anarchist plot to kill prominent
A met leans disclosed by member In a
conit trial.
Fevere cold weather prevail In
Cuba. There has been much suffering
at Santiago.
Count de Lubersac and Baron da
liothschild fought a duel in Franca in
which tha former was wounded.
An Idaho bill for the repeal of the
atringent law against: gambling has
been introduced in the bouse.
Tha Oregon lwnlslatore will ba asked
by the manai(era of tha Spokans expo
sition to appropriate $30,000 for an ex
hibit at the fair.
Two men, while rowing across Ni
agara river, lost control ot thnir boat
and were carried into tha rapids. One
of them was swept over the tails and
drowned. The other was rescued.
All hopes for the recovery of Queen
Victoria are gone and the announce
ment of her death la hourly expected.
All members of her family are either
at her bedside or going there aa fatt as
kteain can carry them.
The lirltlrh met with severe losses
at Murraysburg.
Reinforcements will be sent to
Kitchener at once.
Two hundred mill hands at Florence,
Colo., have struck.
Fred T. Dubois was elected United
States seuator from Idaho.
Tha sentencing of Alvord, the am
bezaler, baa been postponed.
Colombian rebels were defeated by
the government troops u oat Panama.
Tha president has appointed Vada
Moore postmaster
at Ironside, Oregon,
Fied Alexander, the Negro murderer,
was burned at tha stake at Leaven
worth, Kans.
A sawmill for Astoria, with a dally
capacity of 200,000 feet, has been
ftuanoed in New York.
The O. R. & N. Co. 'a wharf at
Salem was carried away by high
water. Los about $1,000.
Two carloads of Portngueee laborers
bound for the sugar plantations of
Hawaii passed through Chicago en
route for San Franoiaoo.
Chicago detectivea raised counter
feiter's den, captured J. P. MoUarry,
the supposed leader of the band and
secured three bags of spurious coin.
Rear-Admiral George W. Melville,
englneer-in-cbief ot the United States
navy yard, says that English made
warships are not near as stable aa
those ot our own build.
The Veueiuelan government has
seized two eteameie flying tha British
Hag. The company owning tha vessels
has an American president and several
of the principal stockholders are
Americans.
Scott Wllke, who served in tha
lower house ol congress two terms,
beginning with 1886, and who was as
sistant controller of -currency during
Piesident Cleveland's last term, is
dying at his homo near Larry, Pike
county, 111.
Coquard, the man who defied the
Paris police, has committed suioida.
He was pursued by the police to hi
nouse where he barred the doors, and,
roin an upstairs window, warned al
ro keep away or he would shoot them.
jHter an army o dicer with a detach
meut of troops forced the door and
found Ccquard hanging in the garret
with a bullet hole through hia ohin.
Mayor-Elect Hurley, of Salem,
Mass., will give hia salary of $2,500
to the poor.
Chairman Johnson and Seoretary
Walsh will keep national Domocratio
headquarter in Chicago open till
1904.
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THE FINAL NEGOTIATIONS.
Mlnl.Un at Pkln will Our ihs Way af
Minor Mattera,
Waahlngtou, Jan. 19. So far as our
,uu ,p't"' influence the ne
gotiatious now about to begin at Pekin
it will ek to clear the way of all
minor matters and of points upon
wbich there is no dlMgreetnent what
ever among the allies, before ondertaa.
ing the solution of the more difficult
problems Involved in the settlement of
the questions of indemnities, guaran
tees and commercial treaties. It is fol
ly expected that the Chinese represen
tatives will offer opposition to almost
every polut, in order to secure mora
favorable terms, such as an undertak
ing to dinmsntle, Instead of destroy,
the Chinese forts between Takn and
Pekln; some abatemeut of tha restric
tions upon the importation of arms,
nd a considerable limitation upon tha
ise of the legation guards to ba main
tained in Pekln.
It Is said at the state department
that Mr. Bockhill has signed an Inten
tion to return to the United States in
a short time, lie lias not retired, but
returns voluntarily.
Chins Want Easier Terms,
.jondon, Jan. 19. "Although tha
United Btatea government and the
American papers accuse Mr. Conger of
severity toward the Chinese," aays the
Pekin correspondent of the Morning
Post, "the Americans bad regarded
biin as inclined to leniency.
"The Chinese commissioners banded
to the foreign envoys with the signed
proctocols a dispatch from Emperor
Kwang llsn, asking a foreign occupa
tion instead of destruction of the Tako
forts. The emperor's dispatch asked
alan of tha flilno nf a riaAnitA rmrirut Inr
,he prohibition of the Importation of
arms, and requested that the punitive
expeditions be stopped, asked for par-
tioulara as to the amount of land to ba
retained for tha legations, the number
of legation guards, the probable cost of
the military operations and tha date
Mhen the foreigners propose to restore
the pnblio ofHces and records in Pekin
to the Chinese. The emperor does not
mention the demand of tho powers for
the punishment of the prinoipal offend
ers." rirtt Sittlnj of Peace Conference.
Berlin, Jan. 19. An official ot tha
German foreign office informed a
correspondent ot the press today that
the flist sitting of the peace conference
in Pekin would be appointed loomed
Utsly after the different foreign envoys
had convinced themselves that their
copies ot the joint note had been prop
erly signed and sealed by the Chinese
plenipotentiaries.
A DESPERADO CAUGHT.
Officers Located
Marvin Kuhnt,
Outlaw
the Indiana
Logansport, Ind., Jan. 19. Marivn
KubuH, the desperado who haa terror
ised Northern ludiana for weeks and
defied the officers of two states, , was
captured last night at Greenhill and is
now in Logansport jail. Kubna and
his brother, who was released from the
Columbus prison shortly after Marivn
escaped, were taken after a desperate
fight. Before the outlaw wa over
powered he shot two men and waa him
self ahot in the head, but not seriously.
Knhns and bis biother and a confed
erate stole team at Plymouth Sunday
night and started south. Ex-Sheriff
, t in . s i rfti
warsnau ana warnai tneuey iracea
innni io i.m rvnue mat availing una v
telephoning neighboring towns located
them at Greenhlll, near . Otterbein.
At Ottorbein the posse surrounded tha
house and rushed in at midnight.
Marvin was awake aud seised a re
volver at his bedside. Before he could
fire, Elmer Switsmer shot him. in tha
face and the posse closed in. One man
jumped from the second-story window
and escaped, but the brothers were
overpowered alter a struggle, in wbioh
a number or shots were exohanged
Wounded as he was, Marvin partially
shook off the attacking party and shot
II. V. Volt in the back and Lewis
Hawkins in the arm. Neither was
fatally Injured.
. Flr at Phoenix.
Phoenix, B. C, Jan. 19. Fire to
night caused loss of $30,000. It
started in McBean & Co.' dry goods
tore, spread to the Imperial hotel and
thence to the bnildinga of the Phoenix
News Company. Giant powder waa
used to blow up building in the path
ot the flames. MoBean & Co. lost on
their stook $12,000. The loss on the
building was $2,000: Imperial hotel
loss, $10,000; Phoenix News Cons
pany, $2,000; T. A.- Hicks, dry goods
store. $1,800. There was partial in
suranoe on some of the buildings and
stock. ,
Would Develop Danish Islands.
Copenhagen. Jan. 19. The leader
of the syndicate of merohanta who are
petitioning the government to make the
investment of Danish capital profitable
in the Danish Weal Indies, declare
they have no intention of agitating
against the sale of the islands to the
United States. Their idea 1 to de
velop the Islands in the event of their
not b6ing sold.
Muter of tht Geyser.
Beaumont, Texas, , Jan. 19. The
owners of the Lucas oil geyser, whloh
ha been shooting oil 50 feet high since
last Thursday, have succeeded in con
' ... .i. .11 . . . t a
trolling me wen. a vaive was piacea
on the mouth of the well toJay, and
Captain Luoaa thinks he ia now master
lot the geyser. It is estimated that
. nftA " jTi . ... . i, i
150,000 barrels of oil have already
jnd spectators contlnuojrrlva.
11 M Oil Ml
Farquhar's Squadron Ready to
a .
Move on Venezuela.
IP THE TROUBLE IS NOT SETTLED
Mlnitter LeomTs Dltpefchcs Tampered With
The Scorpion Will Remain at La Gtuyrs,
Where Her Pretence b Neccusry.
Washington, Jan. 21. Nothing has
been beard over night from Miutater
Lorn is regarding the situation in Ven
ezuela. Navy department officials
deny that any instructions have been
given to tba North Atiantio squadron
t to move over from Florida to enezue-
j la. The ships, however, are in perfect
I cruising trim, and could sail within a
few hours after the receipts of orders,
though it is not believed here that
there will be any necessity for their
movement toward Venezuela.
, The orders to tba r-corploa to pro
ceed to Ouanoco from La Uuayra have
been countermanded, and she will re
main at La Guayra, where her pre
ence is regarded as neceaeary. By di
reotion of the state department, Min
ister Loom is has protested to the Ven
esuelan government against tha exer
cise of censorship over any of his offi
cial coromonioatlons, and it is under
stood that tha protests have been effec.
tive.
It cannot ba gathered that any very
lata advices have caused the change u
the department's plans relative to the
movements of the Scorpion In fact, it
is said that nothing baa been received
to show any marked change in tb
status in Venezuela since yesterday.
when Minister Loom is spoke of the
suppression of a rebellion among the
troops in Caracas, the inception of
whioh was unknown to the depart
ment of state. The fact that such a
movement could gain headway in Cas
tro's own capital, however, is very sig
nificant, and this rebellion among the
troops may have led to the decision to
retain the Scorpion at La Guayra, the
nearest port to Csracas.
The naval autboritiea were consulted
during the day as to the feasibility of
re-ecforcing the American naval force
now in Venezuela, but while some such
thing is in prospect, it cannot ba
learned that any positive orders have
yet gone out. The Hartford is not
within reach of the cable, being on
cruise from Port of Spain for Bar tut
does, at which place she is doe in
about two days. She may be tuined
back from that port, unless the situa
tion improves. The Lancester sailed
from Port of Spain for the Cape. Verde
islands, so she i entirely twyond reach,
There i no disiosition on the part
of the authorities here to go to any un
usual length in dealing with this situ
ation, aa they say frankly that it is not
a part of their purpoe to browbeat or
ooerce the Venezuelans by a formal
naval . demonstration, unless saon a
course is forced on them, which is not
believed to be at all likely. But it is
quite certain that Amiral Farquhar
will shape the movements of the North
Atiantio squadron ao as to keep ia
close touch with the navy department
and he will not be far away from a
oable end for many day at a time
after he leave Florida. ,
Mr. Loom la' protest against any cen
sorsbip of hia official mail on the part
of the Venezuelan government was not
idly lodged, and Le acted by the de
partment's direction only upon a well
grounded suspicion that his cables were
being tampered with or unreasonably
delayed.
WATCHING AN EMBEZZLER.
The Confidential Clerk of a New York Whole,
salt House Sails for Europe.
London, Jan. 21. The alleged for
ger (or whose extradl ton the united
States authorhtes are asking is said to
be - Sttmund Hertz, alias EmdeU, of
New York city. He ia supposed to
be on board the steamei Corinthian,
which left Halifax, Sunday, Jan. 7,
for Queenatown and Liverpool. The
police ot those cities are watching tor
him.
Aoting under instructions from Chief
ot Detectives George F. Titus, the
Scotland Yard officials were cabled
yesterday to arrest at Queenstown or
Liverpool as he steps off an .incoming
steamer, the alleged defaulting con 2
dential dork of a large wholesale house
on Walker stieet, New York City, who
is said to have embezzled $50,000 of
the firm 'a funds at the time of his
flight, and to have embezzled nearly
$200,000 before he was even suspected.
Want Back Psy.
Barra. Vt.,Jan. 21. Many granite
cutters and tool sharpeners are taking
aotion toward pushing their claims of
back pay tor work done in the service
ot the government of the United States
neaily 80 year ago. The claims arise
out of the building of the Boston and
New York post offices, the work on Dix,
Hurricane and Fox islands, and work
in navy yards. The claimants worked
10 hours a day instead of eight, and
they are now trying to collect pay for
the extra two hours a day. The navy
ard men got their pay two years ago.
Tht Peace Protocol.
Washington, Jan. 21. A message
was received today from -Minister
Conger, at Pekin, stating that the Chi
nese plenipotentiaries had signed and
delivered the protocol. This remove
the last doubt that had arisen a to the
sealing of the government agreement,
for it would not have been accepted by
the Spanish minister, who is dean ot
the oorps, unless it bora all the seals
and signatures necessary to give it fall
force.
DIAMOND SMUGGLER CAUGHT i
i
flUd Them Snugly Hiddea la the Pockets of a
Belt fie Wort Around Hi Wiiit.
New York, Jan. 21. United States
Marshal Alcott. ot the P.rry district.
bss formally seized In this eity $17,600
worth of diamond, which were
brought into tbi country by Antonio
Ansenia without paying duty on them.
Iha good were found on AnsenUs'
person by United tales customs offi
cials aa Ansenia was leaving a steamer
of tba Hamburg-American line at l!o-
boken.
Anaenia was not arrested, but tba
diamond will ba held pending a decis
ion of tba Treasury department at to
whether be is g lilty of smuggling.
His defense is that he is a Cuban
merchant, and that be is merely pass
ing through this country on hi way to
Cuba, The diaomnds were concealed
in the pockets of a large belt which
Ansenias bad aroucd hi body, and
wers accidentally discovered by a cus
tom Inspector wbo happened to place
bis bsnd on Ansenisas' back a the lat
ter wa leaning over a trunk. There
re 126 separate at tides, of an ap
praised valuation of $11,000, which
with 60 per cent duty added would
make them worth $17,600.
THE IRRIGATION MOVEMENT.
It Receives Strong Support From Secretary
-' Hitchcock, j
Washington, Jan. 21. Secretary of
tha Interior Hitchcock waa to have
been heard today by the bouse commit
tea on public land on the subject of
irrigation, whioh is attracting atten
tion in many Western states, but being
unable to come to tba capitol, he sub
m it ted a statement. This strongly
supports the policy of irrigation, and
says that a vast acreage capable of sup
porting 50.000,000 people should not
be left a desert. Mr. Hitchcock points
out the remarkable results experienced
in the valley of the Nile, practically
redeeming Egypt from bankruptcy.
Professor Newell, of the geological sur
vey; Professor Pincbott, ot the agri
cultural department, and Representa
tive Newlands, of Nevada, ho atarted
the movement by a bill for irrigation
storehouses along tha Humboldt river
in Nevada, also strongly supported the
plan. The hearings today were on the
Newlands bill, but this has brought
up the whole subject as applicable to
Western states, and particularly Cali
fornia, Oregon, Washington, Idaho,
Nevada, Utah, Montana, Wyoming,
Colorado, Kanasa, Nebraska, South
and North Dakota.
DARING HOLD-UP.
Two Men Tried to Rob a Fifth Avenue, Net
York, Restaurant
New York, Jan. 21. Two robbers,
armed with 82 caliber Colt a revolvers,
entered Maillard'a restaurant and con
fectionery store, near the Fifth Avenue
hotel, just as the plaoe was being
closed at milnibt, and ordered the
cashier to throw up his hands. Io
the place were a -half dozen waiters,
and the very boldness of the robber t
attracted attention. The cashier bad
several hundred dollars of the day's
receipts on the desk before him, and it
is supposed that be did not move
quiokly enough to satisfy the robbers,
for one of the men discharged his re
volver. The bullet crashed into the
wall back of the cashier, who caught
up the rash and dodged underneath
the counter. The waiters concealed
themselves underneath tables. The
shot attracted a Broadway crowd, and
the police were notified. Brandishing
their weapons the robbers dashed from
Maillard'a, the crowd falling back and
giving them all the room they wanted.
One turned into Twenty-fourth street
and suoceeded in making his esoape.
The other dashed across the pavement
of Fifth avenue to Madison square, and
was captured by policeman. He
said he was Edward Burgess, a steam
fitter.
Conference on Canna! Treaty.
London, Jan. 21. United States
Ambassador Cboate and the secretary
of state for foreign affairs, the Mat
quia ot juansaowne, bad a second con
ference today on the amended Hay
Pauncefote treaty. An outline of the
action Great Britain intends to pursue
was not developed, and no definite de
cision is likely to be reached by Great
Britain for several days.
m , General A. J. McKay Dead.
New York, Jan. 21. General An
I drew Jackson MoKay, a distinguished
veteran of the civil war, died in this
oitv today. . He was quartermaster-
general on the staff of General George
W. Thomas in the army ot the Cum
berland.
Burned by Molten Copper. .
Tuscon, Ariz., Jan. 21. Juan Lo
pez, a workman at tne copper tueen
smelter, was burned to death by molten
oopper which fell from a swinging pot
under whioh he stood. His clothes
were set on fire and his body horribly
disfigured by the liquid metal.
New Ships Building.
Ships that will be worth in the ag
gregate $29,725,000 are now in pro
cess of construction at the shipyard
along the Delaware rmr.
Mail Boxes for Rural Routes.
Salem, Jan. 21. Twenty-five dozen
mail boxes required by the govern
ment for the rural mail routes, have
been received in Salem, and the bal
ance are expected in a few days
They are made of galvanized iron, 16
inohes long, six iuohes wide aud six
inches high, haoh lamiiy or person
on the route desiring mail by the car
Tier must put up one ot these boxea
nd pay $1 euch for them.
Effi Of Ii 1
Interesting Events and Gossip of
Cities and Towns in Washington, Oregon
and Idaho.
OREGON,
Tha Dalles haa levied a 6-mill tax.
Burns haa received a chemical fire
engine.
The Southern Pacific Is stoiing ice at
Ashland. "j
Tba Dalles will purchase 500 feet of
fire hose.
The Oregon legislature deficit fcots
up $50,000.
Machinery for tha new laundry At
Eugene haa arrived.
The Grant county tax levy as been
fixed t25H mill.
Coyote are numerous in Coles val
ley, Douglas county.
- The Douglas county tax levy has
j been fixed at 20 mills.
The Pendleton school district has
levied a special tax of 8 mills.
Several herds near Montgomery have
been visited by coyotes of late.
It 1 reported tba Dallas organ fac
tory may be moved to Albany.
The approach to the Upper Calapooia
bridge was carried away by the flood.
Baker City has rescinded street
lighting contract, and ia in darkness.
The walls of the first story of Mal
heur county's new court house are fin
ished. Collision of a train and handcar
near Wcodbum,
Or., was narrowly
averted.
Famous Uncle Ben group of mines
in Idaho ha been sold to a New York
syndicate.
The ooal shaft being sunk by W. A.
Maxwell of Coos City, is now down
about 800 feet.
Plans for the new creamery at Sum-
merville are taking shape. It will
cost about $4,000. :
Athena has invesetd $1,600 in school
warrants, its city, sendee, has a
balance on hand ot $1,100.
Lincoln county .has awarded the
contract for building the depot bridge
to George If cCuulon for $335.
The old Coos Bay road is said to be
in better condition than for several
years At this time of the year. i
Henry Zutx, Jr., a 17-year-old boy.
of Vale, Or., accientally killed him
self while examining a revolver.
I. J. Straw, of Klamath county, rode
off a bridge - into a snow bank last
week, and bad to dig his horse oat.
Contract for building the Wheeler
county court house has. been let to A.
F. Peterson, of Corvallis, for $9,025.
Sixty-five thoroughbred sheep belong
ing to O. F. Knox were drowned near
Cottage Grove by the recent freshet.
Howard & Stearns are feeding 500
cattle on Crooked river and about 600
head at Silver Lake, in Lake county.
A petition is in circulation asking
that the publio roal from Cottage
Grove to Lorane be widened to 60 feet.
J. W. Walters & Son, proprietors ot
the Elmira mills, have floated their
logs into tha Long Tom from the Noti
river. - '-
Kuveral car loads of Weston bricks
have been shipped to Mission, station.
They will be used for government
Inildings. - ;
An acetyl me gas plant belonging to
J. P. Williams, of Long Creek, ex
ploded last week, and slightly injured
Mr. Williams.
A petition is being circulated asking
an appropriation ol Sl.uuu to repair
and improve the state buildings and
property at Sodaville. t
A herd of 110 sheep was shipped
from Huntington to Salt Lake City
by the Baldwin Sheep & Land Com
pany, of Crook county.
It is reported that Ed Lambson, of
Willamina, has leased a large tract
of land on Salmon river, which he in
tends to stock with cattle.
The sale of land belonging to the
Leonard Lang estate in Pine valley,
which escheated to the state ot Ore
gon recently, has been confirmed b
Judge Eakin, ot the oirouit court, ;
A meeting was held at McMinnville
in the interest of the woodcutters of
the county. Every precinct was well
represented. They advanced the price
of cutting oak wood from 75 cents to
90 cents a cord, and fir from 70 to 90
centa.
The farmers and stockmen of Malheur
county feel confident that the coming
season will be a prosperous one for
them. While the winter thus far has
been an open one compared with those
generally experienced here, the indi
cations are that there will be plenty of
water for irrigation during the coming
summer, and that the feed on the
range will be good.
WASHINGTON.
The new $16,000 school house at
Davenport is finished.
The railroad agent at Hamilton,
Harry Beeardsley, was robbed of $200.
A school house will be built at Day
ton to cost between $20,000 and $30,
000.
Ed Sievers, ot Iowa, is consider ing
a proposition to buy a shingle mill at
Everett.
111018 MS
the Past Week Reported From
WASHINGTON.
Tacoma
association.
butchers have formed an
A petition is being circulated to
tve the postoffice name of Guy
changed to Albion.
The Simpson Lumber Company, of
South Bend, has accepted plans for a
pony band saw mill.
Fire partially destroyed the ship
chandlery store of J. C. Todd & Co.,
on the water front, Tacoma. Legs
$4,000. fully covered by insurance.
' Mr. II. P. Harrington, a prominent
citizen ot Rosalia, died of pneumonia.
His remains were taken to the home
of hi parent in Monroe. Mich., for
interment.
During the recent snow 80 tons of
ore was hauled from the Cedar Canyon
district to Davenport for shipment.
flad the sleighing continued good, still
more would have been brought out.
Lark ins' hotel at Garfield, leased by
J. W. Keown, was entirely destroyed
by fire, together with niont of the con
tents. Loss on the building, $1,500;
insurance, $650; loss on contents,
$1,000, with $050 insurance.
While fording Toppenish creek, near
North Yakima. Will Carrat was nearly
drowned. He was on horseback and
the swift current of the stream carried
horse and rider several yards, when
tbey lodged in some willows, from
which, with difficulty both succeeded
in landing safely oa shore.
Owing to technical error in writing
the boundaries of a small strip of land,
amounting to nearly three sections,
lying on the east side of North Bay,
between Mason and Pierce counties,
is left out of the jurisdiction of both
counties. An attempt will be made to
have the neutral strip incorporated
with Pierce.
Oscar Bates, ex-sheriff ot Stevens
county, received fatal injuries at the
Drummer's mine, near Curliew. He
had set three shots in the 125-foot
level, and started, to climb the ladder,
but ruis&ed bis footing on the second -landing
and fell back 20 feet. The
shots exploded before he could regain
the ladder.
Hopkins D. Jones, until recently a
hotel porter at Wilbur, Wash., who
was arrested at Spokane on a charge
of horse stealing, has been releaed.
Word came from Wilbur that the man
Chance, whose horse and saddle Jones '
had appropriated, would not prosecute
Jones. The Wilbur man said he owed
Jones money, and that he would be
satisfied to have him keep the horse
aad saddle to settle the bill.
IDAHO.
A free ferry at Weiser is proposed.
Caldwell merchants have made an
early closing agreement.
John Hunt was arrested at Oiofino,
on a charge ot cattle stealing.
A publio meeting was held at Lewis-
ton to protest against division of INez
Percea county.
, The postoffice of Ledno, Blaine
county, has been moved two miles
southeast, without change of post
master. At Weiser's regular city election in
April, the citizens will vote whether
or not they want the city bonded for
$GO,000.
It is announced that shipments of
crude ore and concentrates from the
Coeur d'Alene last year aggregated
175,000 tons.
There were several snow slides in
Bear guloh last week, but no damage
is reported escept that the Orofino
blacksmith .shop was swept away.
Several carloads of steel rails have
leea unloaded in the Weiser yards.
They are to be used in extending the
Pacific & Idaho Northern next sum
mer. '
Meetings have been held and reaolu
tions adopted by several G. A. R. post
protesting against the proposed plan o
moving the soldiers' home from Bois
to Fort Sherman.
II. M. Merrin, of Spokane, has taken
a bond on the Father lode and two
claims adjoining in the Uoour d Alena
district. It is understood that work
will commence immediately.
Lew Granger, who is charged with
stealing eight head of cattle out of a
pasture near Moscow, fans been arrest
ed. Granger has a number of aliases,
but it is said bis true name is Laikina.
Plans are being perfected whereby
300 feet more tunnel will be driven in
the claims of tne Silver Eagla Mining
Co. There is also talk of building a
cog-wheel road from the Silver Eagle
to the summit.
A Mountain Home drug store was
broken into and an attempt made to
rob the place. The proprietor, who
has sleeping apartments in the roar,
was awakened by the noise of the rob
bers. Upon hia appearance they ran,
having secured notliiajj.