Show NEWS IN GE N H TAL idaho people struggling willi a 9 ballot law DUBOIS an III ms HUNG is 11 tin the whist trust lalota senator elected at last jack ack tha the uppers knife rulle disastrous fire legislature here is 13 lew new in ill the ayal of a ballot law special despatch Dei to THE tits STANDARD BOISE CITY feb fob ac in the honse house today to day a memorial passed praying for the allotment of the cotter dalene and land I 1 fort ort worth indian reservation in irk severally severalty to the indiana the entire afternoon was spent in considering czeider the di division vis 0 n bill and creating texon county final action will hardly be taken for sever days but if the present vote counts anything it will bo be divided the vote standing on tea tee adoption of sections 16 to 0 6 in the senate the australian ballot bill was considered Sect section ln 3 flays says no person is permitted to vote veto who since the first of january 1883 has been or is a bigamist or polygamist or is living or has lived in what flat is known as patriarchal plural or celestial marriage or in violation of any I 1 law ew of the sta toor the united states s 1 f forbidding bidding or any such crime 0 or r who in any manner teaches or has taught advises or ha has advised counsels or has counselled counseller coun selled aids aide or has ilia aided encourages cou rages or has encouraged any person to enter into bigamy polygamy y or such plural or celestial marria marriage g e or live in violation of any euch such law or commit any such crime or who hiis has been a member of or contributes or bag has contributed to the support aid or encouragement of any order organization association corporation po ration or society which teaches or has taught advised or counseled or encourage encouraged d or aided any person to enter bigamy polygamy or such ouch marriage the night session resumed ita its consideration and when the arose recommended its passage basfield I 1 bubels fanatic characterized in straw for the th entertainment of eagle kock lock dispatch to tm tirs STAND STANDARD ARD 1 EAGLE ROCK idaho feb IG 16 this morning much excitement was created la in this city by the spectacle of a men hung in effigy on the house of the fire department located at the head of main street bearing a placard on its breast with the following inscription a c r u cut mo me down freddie oh ob cut me down your slave upon the right arm was another placard 1 I would rather ece dubois in the senate than the county divided william E wheeler and upon the left arm w was all dubois regardless of our own tow towns Ds vital interest the traitor william E L wheeler mr BIT wheeler is editor of the idaho Re register gisler at this place and a rank dubois man regardless of any other interest the people have at heart A recent article published in the regis ter concerning representative briggs who is working for tho the interests of bis his constituency in bingham county was the motive for the effigy act TOE THE IM MT SPIRE SPIKE ani and columbia joined IT by railroad Eail road wash feb 10 15 the last spike was driven yesterday which connects two important railroad bye eye terns and unites washington and british columbia three thousand people witnessed the ceremony at the tile new nev city of blaine whore where the fa fair fr haven alk southern road the american line and the new westminster sc southern the british connection meet A canadian band clayel played god save the queen w I 1 a an american band rendered tendered the star spangled Bp angled banner ithe the fairhaven southern and N new ew westminster southern roads are t form the connecting link between the canadian pacific and the new transcontinental line of the great northern road now under construction tie it is the first line across th the 0 boundary west of the state line between montreal and north dakota THE TRUST they halt have to blow clow ip UP Sh afeldt because c they were mallue enough already CHICAGO fob feb 10 16 secretary detary george J gibson of the whisky trust lias has been indicted by the grand jury and tomorrow to morrow barring night flight will probably be again arrested and compelled to give bail in the state courts ailed riled an fn n addition to in federal bonds already piled up against him after hearing the evidence presented by the government official regard reg ardite irm the ilia alleged plot to blow up with dynamite the antitrust anti trust ahnfeldt distillery there was a u unanimous nani vote that an indictment ha be found against gibson and states attorney Atto iney longnecker Lon goecker spent borne some hours at his office tonight to night arranging the proper counts on which the whisky trust secretary should be tried the hw under which he be will be held ia Is in ft a section of th the criminal code relating to apogee sion slon manufacture and guilty knowledge of explosives intended to housed tor for the injury of any building or person CHICAGO feb 10 16 the blaid of directors of the whisky trust atthe at the close of a meeting this altern afternoon n wo made the following statement we e are holding our regular monthly meeting in chicago instead of peoria tor for the purpose of ascertaining aa as far as possible the tile truth in respect to tile charges made against the secretary of our company such widespread publicity has been given to the chargee charges and so many false rumors are being spread through the tile press that we deem it our duty to make a brief statement since our election as directors we devoted our time and best beat endeavors by honorable methods for tho the establishment of the business of the company on a paying basis we in made ode BUCU each progress aln in this direction that for many months the company has been boon earning and pa paving monthly dividends of one ball half 0 of one oni 2 per cent equal to torii six per cent per annum on ita its block stock and has in addition put aside a surplus each month th aur business ia Is showing a a I 1 4 1 1 1 i I 1 cent continuously sinuously large increase la in output t f or every very month over the outputs ol 01 the corresponding months of the pro preceding years outside competition never has been felt as little as during 9 the past six months in the midst of our unexampled prosperity that any one interested in the company should imperil the immense interests of its stockholder b by such a scheme as abare charged we g think I 1 k no sane sine man will wil I 1 believe in regard to gibson we have to say that he is a gentleman of high standing and be baa has been a faithful and efficient secretary of checo theco the company m and we do not credit in the least t the kan a charge that he is guilty of the crime of which he be is accused the interests of tho the company nil will in our judgment in no wise be affected affe aff cled eced b by his charge gibbons Gib sone sons resignation has g baen en tendered and accepted gibson in his letter of resignation assures the directors in the most emphatic terms that ho he is absolutely innocent of the charges made against him and that he will if justice prevails succeed in ally fully establishing abat tact not only to our satisfaction but to that of the whole world the directors in accepting the resignation nat I 1 0 n assured seared gibson of their entire con confidence fl d e nee in hia his honesty integrity and innocence DISIS TELOUS fice half a million ia in property goes op UP in smote NEW feb 16 A conflagration here yesterday destroyed half a million worth of property it a started in the jewelry J store of F and eoon spread to the entire block fronting on columbia street the firemen fa remen after a hard s struggle were just getting the fire under control when an explosion shattered all the windows within the radius of half a mile the fire then quickly enveloped the masonic ball hall a four story br brick I 1 ck building valued at 80 an and occupied by stores the lodge rooms room and the provincial registry office were entirely cestr destroyed oyed with the contents except the P papers apers in in the registry office foreman mcgann was buried under a falling wall and killed it Is bel believed i eved that an another other man has perished in the ruins the whole sky waa wal aflame it is 13 slated stated that the light of the conflagration was seen at blaine and out on the gulf got jacks inife LON rov feb 10 16 the latest discovery in connection with the murder bids fair to connect the saddler now in custody with the crime the police have havea a dangerous ian q erous looking knife sta el with blood and bbown traces ol 01 having recently been washed the blood stains have been examined microscopically micros topically by a au surgeon ageon and he has no doubt that the stains are those of human blood the knife hai hom he n traced to the possession of 01 the saddler from the time it became kno known that the saddler was arrested and w formally charged with the murder of carroty loell nell the greatest excitement prevailed in and about stepney police station where the prisoner prisoner Js E a detained was surrounded by a vast crowd of people mostly women wild threats of lynch lunching lynching lyn ching Dg and tearing the prisoner to pieces were nt ut derod by the most excited of these females when hen the man was removed to the police court an immense immense force of police was employed and every precaution was necessary in order to prevent the mob from ly inching the prisoner opinions differ as to whether the murderer ia is jack the kipper ripper the inhabitants of believe be he is 13 but the police have not committed themselves hem selves to an opinion on the subject south tooth Da Dalo lotas taa senator YANKTON 8 P D feb 16 rev james 11 II kyle was elected united states senator to succeed lion ilon gideon 0 moody at pierro pierre this at abter ter noon lie ile is a native of st lawrence county new york is about 37 years old and and is a congregationalist minister 0 of broad views lie was ordained as a congregationalist Congregation aliet minister in 1884 and has since held pastorates past orates in a number of western towns last summer he accepted the position of financial agent for yankton college and in tho the state election last fall was elected state senator from brown county on the independent ticket the nomination waa was against bis his inell nations and during the campaign he took no part in election affairs lAirs af early in the contest at pierre which baa has resulted in his election to tho the united states senate ho lie was asked to bo be a condi candidate date lor for united states senator in in the independent caucus but refused until it was apparent it was the only possible chance for the tho independents lie ile ia Is a EL staunch prohibitionist and was a republican before the last election |