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HOOD MVEIt, OREGON, Fill DAY, FEMIUAHY 1, 1901.
NO. HI.
VOL. XII.
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IF INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS
Comprehensive Review of the Important Ha
penings of the Past Week In a
Condensed Form.
The Dallas, Or., woolen mills will
resume operations.
The Arrest of Chief Ilarjo is expected
to end the Creek uprising.
A Forest Grove. Or., flouring mill
will be moved to Portland.
Enovys at Pekin readied an agreement
on the question of punishment.
, Volunteers who enlisted in the
Northwest may be mustered out at
Vancouver.
A bad train wreck on the Bultunora
& Ohio was caused by the engineer go
ing to sleep.
The Cable Cove mining district in
Eastern Oregon has taken on a new
lease of life.
Judge Caples has resigned his posi
tion as consul at Valparaiso, and will
return home.
The crown prince of Germany was
decorated with the Order of the Garter
at Osborne house.
The Oregon supreme court lias de
eoided that the Multnomah county bi
cycle tax is illegal.
An intoxicated man at Colfax,
Wash., attacked another with an ax
and seriously wounded him.
Premier Roblin stated that the Man
itoba government was making attempts
to purchase the Northern Pacific Rail
way in Manitoba but so far, he said,
nothing deiiuite has been done.
George W. Kiugsbury and Anthony
Smale were instantly killed netr Butte,
Mont., in the L. E. R. miue by fall
ing from the cage while being hoisted
toward the surface. It is supposed
they were overcome with gas.
Charles II. Fergnson, a well known
insurance man of Louisville, Ky., and
president of the National Association
of Underwriters, is dead. Mr. Fergu
son had been in failing health for a
year. He was born iu Oswego, N.
Y August 13, 1846.
Orders have been given to put the
cruiser New York in commission at the
New York navy yard. This vessel ii
undergoing extensive repairs prepara
tory to her departure lor the Asiatic
station, which will be her cruising
ground for the next two years. Shi
has been selected as the flag ship ol
Rear Admiral Rodgers, Who is to have
command of one of the two divisions
of the Asiatic Meet.
At llo Ilo 50,000 Filipinos hav
sworn allegiance.
The murderer of Sheriff Summers, in
Montana, was run down.
Becruits for Transvaal mounted police
are being enlisted at Victoria.
Filipinos in arms after March next
will be ineligible to hold office.
Baldwin has completed arrange
ments for his Acrtio expedition.
In a battle with Kentucky moon
shiners two officers weie killed.
Germans believe Roberts' frani
avowals hastened the queens' dea'h.
Sixty skaters broke through ice neat
Brooklyn, and two boys were drowned,
There is much speculation in Wash
ington as to the probabilityof an extn
session of congress.
Fire in a Washington hotel entailed
a loss of $3,000. All the guests es
caped uninjured.
A sympathetic strike, which meant
a complete tie-up has been voted bj
Northern Colorado miners.
The revenue cutter Grant has started
on one of the most perilous voyagei
ever undertaken. Shipping men and
underwriters of the entire Pacific coast
will anxiously await her return, foi
she goes in search of missing vesseii
and distressed mariners. Twenty-tiv
vessels bound for Poget sound and tb
coast are missing, supposedly drives
north. Vessels from Alaska repot t th
entire west coast of Vancouver island,
250 miles of rocks and reefs, strews
with wreckage. The Grant will ex
amine every square inoh of Vanoouvei
coast as far north as Cape Soott in
small boats and launches, and will
search every piece of wreckage for iden
tification. Emperor William of Germany, hai
been appointed a field mat shal lu the
British army as a birthday token.
Owing to the famine, thousandi
have died and there has been great dis
tress in the province of Shan Si, China.
The leader of the Creek Indian up
rising has been captnred and it ii
thought this means the end of the in
surrection. A bill providing for a bounty of 1
cent per pound on sugar made from
Idaho beets has been introduced in the
house of the Idaho lgislature.
Compulsory education in New Zea
land is considered a success.
The Georgia state university at Ath
ens celebrated its centennial.
Yale's football association last year
paid ott f 1,294.95 for medical attend
ance and $749.30 for "shoes and re
pairs." The British ambassador in a com
munication to the secretary of state
praised Americans at the siege of Pekin.
GUISSIPPE VERDI DEAD.
Composer f Some of the World's Finest
Operas Pisses to the Great Beyond.
Borne, Jan. 28. A special dispatch
to the Patria says that Verdi, the com
poser, is dead. He was born in 1813
near Parma, at the foot of the Aper
uinei. At 11 he was the organist of
Roncole, his native village. He first
married the daughter of the conductor
of the theater of La Scala. For 60
years he has made the villa of St. Ago
tha, near Busseto, his favorite resi
dence. After the death of his first
wife he married Mine. Strepponi, who
played in the first performance of his
"Nabucco," at Milan, over 55 years
ago. Verdi'a father was the keeper of
an inn, a fact which would seem to
prove the - theory of some men of
science that all human beings are born
equal in possibility. What Verdi has
done for mankind oannot be measured.
"Ernani," Kigoletto," "11 Trova
tore," "La Travaita," "Aida" these
names tell the story of what joy and
peace and pleasure the genius of the
Italian of humble origin has brought
to his kind. His compositions have
been very numerous. As early as 1347
he wrote the '"Masnadieri." It was
composed for Jenny Lind, and was
sung at Her Majesty theater in Lon
don with the great soprano in the prin
cipal part. "Trovatore" is his most
popular opera. "Aida" ii his greatest
work, but opinions vary on this point,
as they vary about the greatest of
Shakespeare's plays. Signor Verdi did
other things than write music. He
was a member of the Italian parlia
ment, and served his country in the
capacity of minister of public instruc
tion. France gave him the legion of
honor, Russia gave him the order of
St. Stanislaus, Italy the order of the
crown, and Egypt the order of Osman
ieh. Australia presented him with a
cross of oommandership of the orrler
of Franz Joseph. Of late years Verdi
wrote works that are almost as well
known as his earlier efforts. They are
"Othello" and "Falstaff." The lat
ter was written when the author was
79 years of age.
HANGING OF STICKEL.
Mfishinjton Man Who Mnrdered Three People
Confessed His Crimes, c
Kalama, Wash., Jan. 28. Martin
Stickel was hanged in the jail yard at
9:37 o'clock Friday morning, for the
murder of W. B. Shanklin, near Kelso
in November, 1899. Stickel was taken
from the oell at 9:45 by Sheriff Hunt
ington and four attendants. He
walked to the scaffold unassisted, and
ascended the steps with steady tread,
showing that he was determined to die
like a man. He stepped to the center
of the Vap door, stood erect and said:
"Gentlemen, I bid you good-by.
God help you; God forgive me. This
is the last time I will see you on this
shore. Jesus help you all; Jesus take
me; take me now."
By the time the last words were
spoken, the sheriff and his attendants
had strapped Stkkels legs together,
his hands to his sides, placed the black
cap over his face, and the noose around
his neck.
At 9:57 Sheriff Huntington grasped
the lever and suddenly sprung the
trap. The condemned man fell seven
feet, and his neck was almost instant
ly broken. At 10 o'clock doctors pro
nounced life extinct. The body was
out down and placed in a coffin, to be
turned over to the murderer's mother
and brother. It will be tken to Catlin
for burial.
The hanging was private. Every
thiuB worked like clockwork. There
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 9, 1870. lie had re
sided in this section atmnt 12 years.
The condemned man slept well last
night and ate a hearty breakfast.
Death of Hero of San Juan.
New York, Jan. 28 After suffering
for more than two years with Cnbun
fever, Alfred Rosetsky, who is said to
have been the first American soldier to
ford San Juan creek, where the fieresi
of the Spanish fire was directed, iu
the battle of San Juan hill, has just
died in a Newark hospital. He con
tracted the fever in Santiago, and was
a mere skeleton when he got home. At
San Juan Rosetsky fought in troop C,
Sixth cavalry. His clothes were out
by bullets, and while he was ascending
the hill with a number of other sol
diers, a shell exploded close by t'nem.
A lump of earth struck the young sol
dier in the side, knocking him sense
less. After the battle he was person
ally complimented for his courage by
General Wheeler.
Collier's Weekly in South America.
With the idea that South America
may supplant South Africa and China
as a war news center, Collier's Weekly
sept a special correspondent and a spe
cial photographer to Venezoela. Temp
ests in teapots are common down there,
but this is one that looks like it might
boil over and burn the cook.
Tenth National Irrigation Congress.
The Colorado Springs National Irri
gation Congress is anLOuuoed to meet
July 12 to 16 next. This will be im
mediately preceding the Trana-Mfssis-sippi
congress at Cripple Creek.
Bush Firts in Australia.
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 28. A special
from Vanoouver, B. C. says: The de
struction by bush fires in Australia,
according to mail advices by the
steamer Aorangi, has been appalling.
While many people are dropping dead
from heat apoplexy, the thermometer
running up to 115 and 120 in the
shade, hundreds upon hundreds of fam
ilies have been burned out, some of the
country residents destroyed being cost
ly structures.
0
tm All P05T
Engineer's Carelessness the Cause
of a Bad Train Wreck.
FIVE1PERS0NS WERE INSTANTLY KILLED
Mistook the First Section of a Passing Train
for the Second Fireman and Forward
Breakman Were Also Sleeping.
Parkersburg, W. Va., Jan. 30. Five
persons were killed ana one severely
injured and two engines and 10 loaded
cars were wrecked by the mistake of a
train crew this afternoon between Pe
troleum and Volcanic Junction, on the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. The en
gineer was asleep at his post and mis
took the first section 'of a passing train
for the second. Thinking both had
passed he pulled his train on to the
main track and sped onward to what
would seem to have necessarily been
his death.
All five men killed were pinned un
der the wreck and at a late hour to
night only one of the bodies had been
recoveied.
The accident occurred in a cut on
a curve on a heavy down grade and at
the end of a bridge. The third sec
tion of No. 87 was on the siding at Pe
troleum with orders to wait there until
the second section of No. 98 had
passed east. Engineer Davidson who
escaped with slight injuries was the
engineer on No. 87 and went to sleep
on the siding. When the first section
went by he thought it was the second
and started out onto the main track.
His fireman and forward brakeman,
both of whom were killed, must also
have been asleep, for they allowed liim
to take the train out. The conductor
of the first train No. 98 after he passed,
saw Davidson pulling out and tried to
wave him to stop, but failed. The
conductor of fourth 87, seeing the third
section pull out ran forward after it as
fast as possible his engineer whistling
Jown brakes and the conductor of the
wrecked train ran over the tops of
the cars until he reached the car next
to the last one wrecked in his attempts
to stop the engineer, but none of them
attracted his attention in time. Con
ductor Lang managed to jump in time
to save his life.
The fast trains tonight were passed
aronnd the wreck by way of Monnds
ville and the Ohio River Railroad.
BROKE THROUGH ICE.
Sixty Skaters on Large Pond Near Brooklyn
Two Boys Were Drowned.
New York, Jan. 30. Sixty skaters,
including many women and children,
broke through the ice on a large pond
hack of Evergreen cemetery, today,
and in the wild struggle for li'e two
boys were drowned. The ice over the
center of the pond, where the water
was deepest and where the skaters were
assembled in greatest numbers, sud
denly sank.
The whole crowd was panic stricken.
Men and women fought to save them
selves, and children suffered in the
unequl struggle. The screams of the
skaters were heard by men employed
in a factory near by, and they ran to
the pond. They dragged long planks
with them whioh were pushed toward
the center of the pond. Along this
footing a life line was formed. Effort
was first made to rescue the women
and ohildren. l!y twos and threes
they were taken from the water and
hustled along the planks to the shore.
The police reserves and surgeons ar
rived in ambulances and succored
many of the hall-drowned skaters.
The holies of the two hoys were recov
ered.
She Turned on the Gas.
New York, Jan. 80. -In a flat in
West Thirty-sixth street, there died as
the result of inhaliug illuminating gas
a woman whose son says she came of
one of the most distinguished families
of Tennessee. She was Mrs. Anna
Terry, the widow of Dr. C. C. Terry, a
graduate of the Harvard medical
school, and until his death, eignt years
ago. one of the most distinguished
surgeons in New Enlgand. Dr. Terry's
death was accideutal, his brain haviug
been pierced by the foil of a fencing
master with whom he was engaged in
practice. Mrs. Terry was found dead
in bed. The house was redolent oi the
odor of gas, and the stopcock in Mrs,
Terry's 100m had been found turned on
full. A policeman, who was sum
moned, reported the case as one of ap
parent suicide.
The Danish Antilles Deal.
Copenhagen, Jan. at). it appears
that only a single member out of the
15 comprising the finance committee
of the Folkething opposes the sale of
the Danish West Indies to the United
States. The objector is starting
nwespaper campaign in favor of their
retention, but the finance committee of
the Landsthing will shortly report in
favor of the sale of the islands. The
agitation of the inhabitants ot the
islands against their sale is largely
artificial, and, therefore, of not much
weight.
New Steamer Left for Honolulu.
New York Jan. 80. The American
freight steamer Hawaiian, of the New
American-Hawaiian Steamship Com
panv, sailed on her maiden trip from
this port this afternoon for San Fran
cisco and Honolulu. The Hawaiian
is in command of Captain Banrold,
and is the sceond of the line's new ves
sels to leave this port. Monthly sail
ings will follow with the new steam
ers. Oregonian, Californian. Ameri
can, Alaskan aad Arisonlao.
MUST SERVE IN THE ARMY.
Finns Will Be Enforced to Conform With Rus.
sian System.
St.. Petersburg, Jan. 80. The min
istry of war has completed a draft of a
law to regulate the military service
in Finland in conformity with the
system adopted in the empire at large.
It is expected that it will be put in
force early iu the year.
Governor-General Bobrikoff has late
ly issued instructions to the governors
of the provinces in Finland urging a
stricter enforcement of the ordinance
of last July regarding publio assem
blies. The complaint is made that
this ordinance is evaded under pretext
of amusements and entertainments.
Among the amusements which require
permits may be reckoned gathetings in
which social, scientific and economic
questions are discussed or where ad
dresses are made. Assemblies which
are permitted niut be watched over by
the police, whose duty it will be to
suppress demonstrations.
In order tn meet the boycott of un
popular officials by houseowners and
hotelkeepors, Governor General Bobri
koff has purchased, for $350, a dwell
ing house in Helsingfors.
For the purpos of cultivating closeer
relations with Bulgaria, the govern
ment has entered into an agreement
with Prince Ferdinand's government
reducing telegraph tolls from 40 to 23
centimes a word, and introducing an
international money order system sim
ilar to that in vogue in Russia.
ARRESTED FOR OLD MURDER
California Man Must Return to Texas for Trial
Confesses His Crime.
Sacramento, Cal., Jan. 80. Frank
Ilvatt was arrested here ton'cht for
the murder of Steve Pressley, commit
ted in Elrath county, Texas, July 7,
1889. Hvatt has made a full confes
sion, claiming sell-delense. lie uao
been residing in this city for the last
nine years, and was employed in tne
railroad shoos under the name of
Charles Eaves. He has a wife and
steoson. In his siuued confession, he
claims that it was his intention to re
turn to Texas next year and stand trial
for the killing. He says the quarrel
between himself and Pressley, who was
the stepfather of his former wife, oc
curred over some building material
Pressler nicked up a large stone to
throw at him. He struck at Press-
ley's aim with a club, to make him
drop the stone, and the latter, in dodg
ing, was struck on the bead and died.
Hyatt claims that he feared ne would
not get a fair trial, as all the witnesses
were relatives of Pressley, so he tied.
THE G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT.
Cleveland, 0., Preparing to Receive 450,000
Visitors Next Fall.
Cleveland, O..Jan. 80. Members of
the subcommittee of the national G.
A. R. council of administration, who
are in tne citv, predict tnat tou.uuu
veterans will attend the encampment
to be held in this city this fll. The
local committee expects 450,000 visit
ors to come to the city during the en
campment. The members of the sub
committee, who are General F. M.
Sterritt, of St. Louis; Colonel James
Scott, of Fairfield, 111.; and Colonel
Armstrong, weie in conference today
with the local committee. The city
will be asked to raise a fund of about
$75,000 for the entertainment of the
old soldieis. Free accommodations
will be provided for about 10,000 de
legates. The Erie Railroad, which is
not a member of the Central Passenger
Association, has announced that it
will grant u rate of 1 cent a mile for
the encampment.
Piracies Near Canton.
Washington, Jan. 80. The follow
ing cablegram was received at the state
department today from United States
Consul MoWade, at Cauton, dated to
day: "Pirates at Simyonkec, near
Kamchuk. attacked a European house
boat early Sunday. They killed a
Chinese boatman and wounded severe
ly Brockhnrst and Spalinger, Euro
peans. Piracies occur daily in the
vicinity of Canton."
Judge Caples Coming Home.
Valparaiso, Chile, via Galveston,
Jan. 80. The United States consul at
Valparaiso, J. F. Caples, of Portland,
Or., has resigned. The United States
minister, Henry L. Wilson, of Spokane,
Wash., is going to the United States on
leave of absence. Messrs. Caples and
Wilson will both sail on the next
steamer from Valparaiso.
, Carnegie's Tube Project.
Pittsburg, Jan. 80. The Pittsburg
Post says: "Negotiations are pending
in New York at the present time which
if successful, will result in the Carnegie
Company abandoning its plan of build
ing a great steel tnbe plant in Con
neant, O. Joshua Rhodes, chairman of
the board of the National Tube Com
pany, admitted that the officials ot
that company were making overtures
to the Carnegie Company for the
abandonment of the Conneaut plan.
How far along these negotiations have
progressed Mr. Rhodes could not say.
Crushed to Death by Elevator.
Chicago Jan. 80. Stella Thorns. 20
years old, was crushed to death today
by the elevator in the Young Woman's
Christian Association building, fcne
had watched a physician vaccinate the
inmates and took the elevator to go to
her room. She fainted, and falling
forward, her head caught between the
floor and the ascending car. Her
head was badly crashed and she died
within five minutes.
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Interesting Events and Gossip of
Cities and Towns in Washington, Oregon
and Idaho.
OREGON.
Canyon City has a new fire bell.
Jefferson will levy no tax for the
year 1901.
The Toledo tax levy has been fixed
at 5 mills.
The Eugene Military Club has in-
corpoiated.
The Southern Pacifio tie plant at
Latham is running again.
Baker City school electors have
voted in favor of a 10-mill special tax.
The 9-year-old son of II. S. Filton,
of Lost Valley, was killed by a falling
tree.
There were nearly 600 mining loca
tions recorded in Josephine county last
year.
The receipts of the Canyon City post-
office last year amounted to $27,-
181.99.
The bridge across Trask river at the
Still well place was washed out by the
freshet.
Lumber is being delivered on the
giound for the new hospital building
at Eugene.
The Standard mill at Baker City,
with a capaoity of 40,000 feet per day,
is nearly finished.
James Yates has sold his farm of 80
acres, near Irving, to Mr. llurd, late
of Iowa, for about $3,600.
Local miners are sinking a shaft on
the Watt hills east of Amity on the
site of a supposed gold mine.
Free-milling gold ore has been dis
covered in the mountains just west of
Lostine. Test show the ore literally
tilled with black suphurets.
Miss Elizabeth Giesy, an Oregon
pioneer, aged 75 years, died at her
home in Aurora. Deceased was a sis
ter of Dr. Martin and Jacob Giesy.
A large amount of drift lodged
against the railroad bridge, north of
Lebanon, and 15 men have been at
work all week dislodging it.
A telephone line is being built by
the Sunset Company from Jacksonville
to the Upper Applegate country, and
will probably be connected with the
Grant's Pass-Williams line.
J. W. Parker, who has a rich ap
pearing quartz ledge near Leland, un
der bond from Burnett & Hudson, is
making preparations to equip the prop
erty with an eleotrio plant.
C. A. Parker and James Buchanan
have secured a contract to cnt and de
liver poles for the telephone line which
is to lie built from Pleasant Hill via
Jasper and Natron to the main line at
Springfield.
The long looked for English par
tridges arrived at Independence and
were taken to the O'Brien farm, a few
miles north of that city, and turned
loose. The birds appeared very wild,
apparently owing to their long journey.
Reports from the country Burronud
ing Albany are general that the fall
wheat is in excellent condition, with
out auy indication, at this time, of an
enemy of any kind Notwithstanding
the poor crop of last year, the acreage
is large.
After an illness of several years,
James A. Cauthorn, at one time a
prominent grain dealer of Corvallis,
died at his home in that city. His
ailment was rheumatism, and under
its effects the deceased had been an
invalid for several years.
An effort is being made to have the
mail route changed between Long
Creek and Pendleton so that the route
will go over the Yellow Jacket road
from Pendleton to Ckiah and via the
lower gulch road from Ukiah to Long
Creek and supply Rittor from Long
Creek.
A deal of considerable magnitude
was consummated last week at Tilla
mook between O. and E. Thayer and
the Beals Land Company. About
$10,000 worth of agricultural land and
town pioperty was transferred to the
company, and will probably be placed
on the market.
Owing to the recent high water on
the Coast Foik whioh caused the loss
of many thousand feet of logs, Messrs.
Geer and Rouse, the saw mill men at
Amos, are arranging to erect a tem
porary Baw mill ut Cottage Grove and
will drive the logs there. Tne boilers
and engines of the new light plant may
be used.
The owners of the Red, White and
Blue mine, at Malheur, will posh de
velopments as rapidly as possible.
There are two parallel ledges, one
measuring 12 feet and the other three
feet, and the owners believe that de
velopment will prove that they come
together. The miue is equipped with
a three stamp mill and a steam hoist
ing plant. The capacity of the mill
is to be increased and a pump installed
at once.
WASHINGTON.
The business men of Wenatchee have
taken the first steps toward organizing
a commercial club. At the first
meeting over 50 prominent citizens
were present.'
William M. Bacon, an engineer on
the Spokane Falls & Northern, who
was injured in the collapse of the
bridge between Meyers Falls and Mar
cue, July 23, 1900, has sued the com
pan for $76,750 damages.
the Past Week Reported From
WASHINGTON.
There is talk of a new national bank
at Elleusburg.
Work on the new Seattle Labor Tem
ple will begin within 60 days.
Hoquitn will soon have a night tele
phone service. '
A creamery with a daily capaoity of
2.000 pounds of butter is to be built at
Everett.
Charles Neymeir has moved his mill
from Machias to a site near Woodiu
villa Junction.
Mrs. Julia Paden, a resident of
Rosalia since 1880, is dead at her home
in that city.
It is announced that a foundry and
machine shop to cost $50,000 will be
erected at Everett.
The bank of Harrington received last
week a time lock safe which is sup
posed to be burglar proof.
The Harrington Flour Milling Com
pany has finished an order for 2,500
barrels of flour, which is to be sent to
China.
Ex-Sheriff F. DeLorimer, of Ten
Mile, has been appointed state land in-
spetcor by Land Commissioner S. A.
Callvert.
J. M. Hall has resigned the office of
Yakima county surveyor, and the com
missioners have appointed nr..uar-
ble to succeed him.
George rangburn, a pioneei of Wash- '
ington, dropped dead from heart fail
ure at Endicot, 20 miles west of Col
fax. He was 66 years old.
W. P. Damon was knocked down in
front of his residence by a tough, who
struck him on the head with a club,
rendering him insensible.
Men engaged in working on the T.
J. Hawley road, south of Kent, discov
ered a vein of coal while blasting on
the side of Crow hill. It is about
four inches in diameter.
Fred Lyman who had been working
on the steam shovel on the railroad,
north of Arlington, was instantly
killed. A landslide ocourred and he
was warned, but did not have time to
get out of the way.
A third interest in a group of five
claims located on lion creek, eight
miles from Keller, has been sold to A.
A. Redmond, of Republic The olaims
are the Mary Mack, Luckie Four, Last
Chance, Copper King and No. 5, and
are owned by II. P. McCarthy and
Fred Beaudreau. The terms are kept
a secret.
The West Coast mill, at Ballard,
which has been closed for the past four
weeks, has resumed work. During the
time the mill was closed many im
provements and repairs were made
to the engine and machinery, by means
of which the output of the plant will
be greatly increased. The mill build
ing was also repaired and a new foun
dation put under part of it.
The O R. & N. engineers, who have
been making surveys along the line of
the llwaco Railway & Navigation Com
pany, hve finished their labors and a
force of men are expeotd to begin work
on the contemplated improvements.
Besides the repairs to the track, a new
trestle is to be built at llwaco and
docks to be put in at each end of the
line. It is also stated that cars
hauling logs from Willapa harbor
to be put on the road.
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IDAHO.
Hog cholera has made its appearance
in tho vicinity of Moscow.
James Judge, of Couer de'Alene
City, one of the best known men of the
state, is dead.
George W. Hunt and Frank Pettigo,
of Oro Fino, arrested on a charge of
cattle-stealing, have been discharged.
George R. Lubkin, a Boise mail car
rier, has filed a homestead entry on a
valuable piece of land near that citv,
whioh had been overlooked.
According to reports from Delta, the
scene of recent the placer strike, pros
pects are excellent. Nuggets have
been picked up worth $7 and $8 and
theie are said to be lots more of them
thare.
Eight cows burned to a crisp, Jacob
Hauser almost fatally burned, 25 tons
of bay and a fine barn totally con
sumed, are the result of a fire on a
ranch owned by David Locke near Cal
ispell. The loss is estimated at about
$1,000.
The result of a disputed road election
iq Kootenai county has been deter
mined by lot. James Graham and
Noah Washburn, both of Port Hill,
were the claimants. The commi ton
ers flipped a coin to determine the re
sult. The Potlatch country is Infested
with cattle thieves again. Reports are
coming from the surrounding country
that a few bead had been stolen. Se
far none of the thieves have been ap
prehended. It is reported from Nez Perces that
Messrs. Croizer and Schaffer have com
pleted arrangements for buying all the
hogs on the prairie. They have leased
ground out of the city limits, where
they have erected buildings for the care
of the stock.
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