| Show J I 75 j NEWS JTBOM NEARBY I t CITIEb AND TOWNS A SJIUGuLIXG BICYCLIST IX TROUBLE TROU-BLE AT EL PASO The Eruption at Mount Taconia Sliouy Gaining Ground in Idaho Colonel Murdock Fatally Injured By a Fall Harry TValz the plucky young Texas wheelman who won the halfmile race f > ThankJgiving day in such phenomenal r time is In decided trouble down at El i Paso He was detected in the act of j j i smuggling some valuable jewelry I across the line into the United States his bicycle being used as a means of carriage He was arrested his bicycle and goods confiscated and now is under i un-der bonds to appear before the next session of the United States court at that place Phoenix Gazette The claim that Mount Tlacoma was emitting steam yesterday has given away to the theory that it was snow blown by the zephyrs that whirl play fully and perpetually about the top of the mountain Prof Plummer is re porteu to have finally come to that conclusion after carefully studying the sight for considerable time yestsr day afternoon through his telescope Considering the large amount of rain that has fallen lately in the lower altitude alti-tude of the Sound it is thought that an unusually large quantity of snow has been precipitated on the top of the mountain and that this Was so blown off yesterday as to give it the appearance ot steam or smoke i An eruption of the mountain is not considered probable though the small jets of steam which those who have reached the crater found issuing from si show that volcanic action is Jiot entirely extinct III case of tin erup tion there is no cause for apprehending apprehend-ing any danger to this city lhe mountain is over 60 miles away as the crow flies and it would have to be an r eruption entirely unprecedented in history his-tory that would bury the City of Destiny Des-tiny as Pompeii and Herculaneum were buried Pompeii was almost im X j nediateJy at the foot of Mt Vesuvius I and Herculaneum was substantially onto on-to part of the foot of Vesuvius If there should be a very violent eruption a strong wind blowing in this direction might carry some of the ashes here and sprinkle them over the city But volcanic ash is considered an excellent fertilizer and this would add to the richness of our naturally and already exceedingly rich sojlTa coma News Phillip Koontz the man who was sent to the penitentiary nearly two I I years ago for rowing the moils on Ca I mas prairie in Logan county and who was the principal witness against Walter Wal-ter Dougherty charged with the same 1 crime has made a confession completely com-pletely exonerating young Dougfoerty I 4 Koontz was pardoned out recently with the understanding that ihe would be a witness for the prosecution His testimony came very near sending an innocent youngman to the penitentiary as the jury stood eight for covaction and four for acquittal Koontz should be returned to the pen for perjury Elmore Ida Bulletin J We notice that quite a number of our r exchanges are coming out every week in long editorials lauding Willis Sweet up to the skies as a statesman Tp hear them he is the only man in the Republican party that is qualified for I the position of United States senator t What Is the matter with Senator J Shoup We have never heard a single F man be he Republican Populist or Democrat say a word against the record I rec-ord ihe has made as United States senator or in any position of public trust thit he has held and in private life he is known as an honest man It I is safe to say that if a vote of the peo < pie of Idaho was taken as to their I choice for men mentioned Shoup McConnell Mc-Connell Heyburn or Sweet that George L Shoup would receive more votes than any two of the others There S are but few men in the Senate who command more respect than Shoup A senator is supposed to represent the people and not a political party Shoup did not leave Washington to comeback come-back to Idaho and lay his wires to be reelected but stayed at his post and looked after the interests of his state Salubria Citizen Briett Williams who will reach his y aiinetyseeond year In March next has been an inveterate tobacco smokerfor I tJxtyflve years He has never puffed h S cigars from the fact that he found more solace in pulling a well seasoned pipe Thus far the habit has produced 1 no bad effects for he is in the best of health but the old gentleman facetiously facetious-ly remarks that he be ieves smo ing wJl ret be the death of him if he lives long enough Boise Democrat Martin Smith and Waltkins found guilty of robbing the Owyhee stage last toummer were each sentenced ten years in the United States prison at Detroit Michigan Marshall Crutcher has taken them there The men plead guilty They may or may not be the ones who aVempted to rob Cannon at Walters ferry and in doing which one of them i shot and seriously wounded him Boise Democrat Joe Hessler and Jack Lyon who had been working on the Indian 1 creek j reservoir at Orchards Farm came in on Thursday They threw up their Job because be-cause there was scarcely a bare living in it while the shelter furnished was far from comfortable The wages were 2 i per day and board 55 per week while articles needed had to be bought at the companys store at most exorbitant prices About one hundred men were at work there Boise Democrat Charles lackson received a letter yesterday yes-terday from the YeHow Jacket stating that Cal Murdock fell a distance of 60 feet from the roof of the mill to the ground and was not expected to live The unfortunate man was a brother of Harry Murdock of this placeWood Rive NewsMiner |
