Show WESTERN NEWS ITEMS bior has it that marcus daly and en are after the Dia diamondville coal plants they visit fttie properties proper tiei wednesday kt sullivan and harvey colette Co lethe two con convicts victA who escaped from the aft penitentiary last friday were kat wednesday near boise i A wednesday afternoon the 6 year old SW of at M mr M kubiak a tailor of po 4 kauo Kt IL ida yas drowned in the port 1 1 alaia raver into which he had fallen proposition position is now on foot foo t to equip VUa if colo with an electric plant to cost the proa Oaf alfil are the florence and cripple Bf lt hallway company ssi ss M of thirty seven from ll 11 ap aa party pa men city iowa with dr J N hens hen leader er left seattle wash thurs zor for bay alaska on the r r alliance the party expects id two years prospecting in ww stem wheel steamer game cock Z deb is in being built at portland ore cati IWO the yukon transportation and erceal company of san ban Prane sico li Jaun launched ched wednesday the steamer is tor for use on the yukon river carry about BOO tons and when will draw about 4 feet of i have been issued by gen for the itna river alaska fang g expedition known as elpe no 3 to leave vancouver bar wash wash about the dinst in B E F P glenn twenty fifth in r will have charge of the expand will have two officers and ln n enlisted men under him t capatch from seattle wash says tle me condemnation suits by which Sovern government ment secures a site for a ry at point wilson have been in the federal court the price paid aggregated A num ot heavy guns are now on their 1 amere and preparations for setting K up will be immediately com ca bcd abe trial of albert hoff wednesday att francisco for the murder of mary clute rabbi mayer may a for the prosecution was ex ea as aa to his sanity may had tes that he had seen the coupling pin which mrs clute was murdered uie possession of hoff and it was at the examination that he had abe been arr an inmate of an insane pedal to the denver news from re fe N M says the masters adte of the pecos valley railroad has beala get by judge hamilton to take alim at eddy on april it Is the bondholders bond holders will buy it wi it from the hands of the ru re and turn it over to the new ON horation which will immediately extend it miles northeast to ama stift texas 1 W to now considered certain that the khem pacific stemmer steamer pelican 1 aay 4 AW out from tacoma wash for foi i tsan china was wrecked or dla din gbur oft off the coast of the aleutian last october an empty lifeboat supposed to belong to the pell dabi was sighted by Cai captain tain helm of C ship falkirk Fal kirk which has arrived at amma from shanghai mi ase citizens convention at poca teho idaho wednesday lasted but WS minutes the union silver ticket botolf u unanimously 1 nominated as fola foia foll foil vor tor mayor A 6 bean clerk brooks treasurer J M mason r engineer V C roeder coun almen first ward J Q G sanders second ward john fusz third ward D W church fourth ward E W mooney the notorious ua george knowlton better known as rebel george one of the smoothest confidence men in the united states has been convicted ot or obtaining money und under er false pretenses at yreka areka cal the crime which he was accused of was the robbing of a gernian german named letteron Yet yetter teron on the southern pacific train near sisson in company with two confederates he robbed the man of in a card game J A mcnear of point san pedro cal has sent a petition signed by in many any of the leading citizens of that sta state teto to congress asking them to ti locate the new government dry dock at his place at point san pedro mcnear owns seven miles of water front at that place and has 1600 acres of land near by he offers to donate whatever water front may be necessary the water at this place is 40 feet deep and gradually deepens to feet it is believed at presno fresno cal that the two men who robbed the train neau goshen secured not less than the statement is made that there w wab in gold dust from randsburg brandsburg Rands burg in the wrecked express car and that nearly was contained in the closed mall mail pouch joe poster foster ahu lives near presno fresno has been arrested on suspicion of having been connected with the robbery he was seen near the scene of the crime shortly fore ore the holdup hold up the citizens of paris idaho have nominated the following ticket to be voted for april ath J U for mayor james nye police justice ed T shepard clerk and helen B croft treasurer in the ward meetings the following citizens were nominated for the city council first ward arthur budge and joseph R shepard second ward walter hodge and thhomas minson third ward A P and wilford W rich fourth ward chris and charles innes it dr F P P matthews secretary of the california state board of health is besieged 8 with letters and telegrams from cattlemen entreating hint him to use his best efforts to secure a modification of the quarantine rules against splenetic fever reports are coming in constantly to the effect that cattle are dying from lack of food and dunles they can be moved into the more fertile ranges of Neva Nevada dathe Ahe loss will be tremendous dr matthews has laid the matter before the secretary of agriculture the populist democratic and free silver republican state conventions met in portland ore wednesday the democrats and silver republicans effected permanent organization but the I 1 populist convention was still working under a temporary organization when an adjournment was taken until today thursday Thu raday the sentiment expressed in the democratic and free silver republican conventions was unanimous in favor of a fusion of forces in the coming campaign the populists lists expressed opposition to fusion three of the largest street railway lines controlled by the realty kyndl syndicate at OOL oakland kland cal have been merged into one company under the management of which all the railroads owned by the ration will eventually dually be centered the three lines in question arc the oakland consolidated alameda Alamp da Oak oakland larid ard apfl piedmont and the central avenue they will in future be known as the oakland transit company the articles of incorporation consolidation and amalgamation filed monday afternoon place the capital stock at divided into shares each of the value of 69 60 and name prank frank M smith B E A P heron frank C havens W H martin D 1 harris john C winans and C B EL bishop as directors for the first year the comet that was discovered lant sunday morning by assistant astronomer perrine of lick observatory to is now just now visible to the naked eye by reason of its distinct cellar nucleus and tall tail and it is an easy object for a small telescope it to is situated in the northern constellation and is moving northward and eastward somewhat more than a degree as a day the elements of its orbit have been computed by professors hussey buseey and perrine Perr lne they think that the cornet comet passed perihelion per thellon on the of march at a distance of a little more than miles from the sun and that it is now about the same distance from the earth its distance dista nou from the earth and its brightness are slowly diminished the plane of the orbit Is inclined 70 degrees to p the plane of the earths orbit the iffie in section ter of this plane is in longitude degrees the shoup ida correspondent of the salmon city recorder writes his paper aa follows A fatal accident occurred here were on the ath dinst which resulted in the death of john A corey it I 1 seems he had come over from pine reek creek after the mail for that place ge he had obtained the mail and had started back home by way of the grunter trail below which he used to cross the river in his boat he had gone about one quarter of a mile to where he had to pass over a cliff there was a fair trail but by some means he lost his footing and fell over the bluff he fell 60 to feet where he was found next morning by a searching ching party his skull was crushed and one leg was broken in two places he was buried on the the remains being followed to their v last resting place by nearly every man in the camp deceased was about 60 years of age and had been a reside resident tit of this county 12 or 16 15 years s the idaho populist committee has haa named august ath as the date for their convention and in an address to the people says we congratulate all voters ers of whatever shade of political faith who have heretofore embraced any one of our principles and cordially invite them into full membership within our ranks we most particularly call their attention to the initiative and referendum as the most direct and satis fac tory method of settling all political questions question or controversies which may arise arige through the persistent efforts of the republican party now in power in the nation to more firmly fasten upon the suffering millions of this country all the blighting curses of the fo gold id standard conditions have arisen have resulted in the issuance by the 0 chairmen of the three national silver parties of addresses suggesting the ad vis visibility ability of united action of all voters who are opposed to the gold standard while not unfriendly to these eions alons this committee feels that the rev of taking any action along the lines suggested therein to is so great and the consequences so BO momentous to our party that the entire matter should be referred to the people in convention for their decision in conclusion cl we invite all men and women of whatever political affiliations who are in sympathy with the undying principles of the peonies Peo oles party to cooperate with us to the end that justice and equality to the most humble of our citizens as well as the strong and ag greslie gres gre lve sive may prevail in the en enactment ac t ment and enforcement of our laws |