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Show NORTHWEST NOTES Work was begun by tlio contractors last week on the Caltoate & Pioche railroad. The road will be completed la abont three months. IB. H. Miller, aged 16, was Wiled at Harper, Wyo, being struck by the handle of a hand car just as ho stepped .from the car. W. H. MIUb, general land agent of the Southern Pacific company, arrived In Iteno last week on Ms way to carry car-ry out the project of attracting settlers set-tlers to the Irrigated lands at Fallon. Georgo Murphy, a United States mining engineer, was shot and fatally wounded at Darby, Nevada, by a man named Shafer, because Murphy would not permit fishing at the government gov-ernment dam. Martin Colo, a laborer, suffered an unusual death at Forsytho, Mont, and his companion, Otto Snyder, was Injured. The house In which they were sleeping had a dirt roof, which caved In on them. Miss Jennie 19. Carroll, who died a fow dnys ago at tho houso of her sister, sis-ter, near Southpass City, Wyo., had not, so far as was known to those familiar fam-iliar with hor life, spoken to a man for twenty-seven years. James J. Maehl, of 27C2 Curtis street, Denver, traveling salesman for tho Nccf Bros. Brewing company of that city, walked oft a stone wall at Redcllfte, Cal., and fell to tho street, two feet below, breaking his neck. Governor Buchtel, of Colorado, lias vetoed tho antl-fusBlon bill passed by the last general assembly, which made it unlawful for the name of any candidate candi-date to be placed upon tho official ballot bal-lot as the nomlneo of more than one political party. Mrs. James A. Farley, traveling all tho way from Dublin to join hor husband, hus-band, a well known miner, nrrlved In Butto an hour and a half before ho died of pneumonia. Farley, who realized real-ized that his death was Inevitable, kept himself alive by tho resolution to live until his wife reached his- bedside. bed-side. Milton M. Detch and It. L. Colburn havo kept their promiso to Mamie Berntng, of Carson, Nevada, to send her money for her education. A check for $1,000 was sent to the young woman. The two bocamo acquainted with the girl at the Arlington hotel in Carson at tho recent session of the legislature On his wny home from his first von-ture von-ture out into tho world, Roy Waltz, a 19-year old boy from Sacramento, met with an accident near Reno, Nevada, Ne-vada, that will leavo him a cripple for life. Overcomo with drowsiness whllo riding on the brako beams, his foot dropped down across tho rail and In an instant tho wheel had passed over it. Tho supremo court of Montana has handed down a decision In tho noted case of Allco Olscu against tho Montana Mon-tana Oro Purchasing company, annulling annul-ling the verdict for $2C,000 rendered by a Jury In tho district court of Silver Bow county In favor of tho plaintiff. Olson was killed In a mlno during tho light between Helnzo nnd tho Amalgamated. According to word received In Sheridan, Wyo., W. F. Brlttaln will not becomo register of tho Buffalo land ofllco. When his- namo went to tho sonato for confirmation it was given ns "William" F. Brlttaln. It was found nfterwnrds that his namo Is "Wcsloy" Instead, and President RooBovclt will not consent to his appointment, ap-pointment, Brlttaln being under Indictment In-dictment In connection with tho land fraud cases. In a quarrel that occurred In n saloon In Las Vegas, Nevada, and which almost assumed tho proportions of a riot, John Malonoy was shot dead and two Mexicans fatally cut. Twenty Austrlnns and Mexicans- participated par-ticipated in tho affair. Joseph Bray, of Loadvlllo, Colo., aged 82, was found dead on his knees nt tho sldo of his bed In tho nt-tltudo nt-tltudo of prayer. Early In tho ovcnlng Bray complained of not fooling well and spoke of tho possibility of his passing nway vory Boon. Tho Lnramlo Literary club hns appointed ap-pointed a committee to make Inquiries and report to tho club concerning tho genuineness- of tho movement to build a monument In this city to "Bill" Nye, nindo by tho American Press Humorists Hu-morists association of Los Angeles. John Gcrun, tho desjiorato burglar caught In Chicago and brought back to Tacoma for burglnry of tho Day Jewelry company, mado a bold dash for llborty as ho was being taken to tho Jail from tho courtroom, but was llnally recaptured nftor soveral shots had boon llred. Governor Buchtol, of Colorado, has addrcBsod a communication to tho governors of all tho statos containing public lands asking them to Join him In calling a convention to meot In Denver, Juno 18, 19 and 20 of this year, to discuss tho wholo question of public laud laws. Hon. W. H. Frazeo, former mombor of tho Wyoming stato sonato nnd for many years n morchont of Lnramto, loft that city laBt wcok for Salt Lako, whoro. It is said, ho will ongago In business with Samuel Nowhouso nnd othors In a chnln of stoma In Utah. Idaho and Nevada. |