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Show NORTHWEST NOTES J. Tlppctts, n traveling salesman from Spokane, suicided In Seattle, taking tak-ing morphine. Georgo K. Chnmborlnln, Democrat, has been re-elected governor of Ore-Ron Ore-Ron over Dr. James Wlthycombe, Republican. Re-publican. Phil McOrath, a brakeman, was blown from the top of a box car at Rock River, Wyo., and Buffered a broken collar bono and numerous bruises. E. O. I.uxon wns killed In n street car accident In Portland. The car jumped tho track, turned over, nnd I.uxon was caught underneath, being crushed to death. Senator Clark nT Montana hns Intro duced nn (intendment to tho general deficiency appropriation bill to pay (2,007 to Thomas II. Kent for surveys msido on the Crow Indian reservation Tho Ileacock & Lawrence Iror works nt Portlnnd have been gutted by lire. Tho cause of the Ilro Is be Moved to bo spontaneous combui't'or. 'rom waste nnd grease. Loss, $25,0'J0. partly Insured. Tho official canvas ut Portland (hows that Robert L. Slovens, Republican Repub-lican candidate, has been elected sheriff of Multnomah county by the narrow margin of live votes. Stov. ns has taken tho oath of ofllce. Dr. C. J. Sawyer, chairman of tho Prohibition state committee of Wyoming, Wyo-ming, lias Issued a call for a state convention con-vention to be held nt Lnramlo on Tues-' day, Juno 19, at II p. in., when c.indl-dates c.indl-dates for stato officers will be named. No. 9, tho fast mail of tho Union Pacific, Pa-cific, carrying two hnggago cars, threo mall cars and crews and n deadhead tourist car, was derailed at Verne, Wyo., a station four miles west of Qranger, on tho main line, on the 7th. Thcro wero no casualties. Tho New York Herald says that tho president has decided to soon Nwlth-draw Nwlth-draw 40,000,000 acres of tho public do main from settlement to conserve the oil nnd coal supjily and defeat 8 threatened monopoly by tho Standard Oil company. Tho stntcs In which some of tho land Is located are Utah. Idaho and Wyoming. W. A. Richards, commissioner of the general land office, left Washington last week to bo present nt tho opening open-ing of the Shoshone and Crow Indian reservations. Ho will not return for three months. A forco of land ofllce clerks will leavo for Wyoming in n fow days to look after the registration work for tho Shoshone opening. General Miles dollvcrcd tho address to tho graduating class ot tho University Univer-sity of Colorado at IJouldcr. His subject sub-ject was, "Our Country and tho Responsibilities Re-sponsibilities nnd Possibilities of Its Citizens," and ho elaborated on tho suggestion that tho destiny of tho nation na-tion Is now moro than ever In tho con-trol con-trol of tho citizens. Tho nutto miners' union elected a new set of delegates to tho Western Federation of Minors to tako tho placo of tho bolting delegates. Tho organ. Izatlon rejected tho report of tho returning re-turning bolters, among whom was President Frank O'Connors ot tho Dutto miners' union. Tho now delegates dele-gates left nt onco for Denver. Wolves killed ton sheep nnd four colts of John- PIcrco on his ranch at Rockrlver, Wyo., ono night last week, and tho men from tho ranch killed four of tho wolves. Sovoral calvei havo been found dead on tho ranch, and trnppcrs havo been employed to hunt down tho wolves nnd coyotes by tho llockmnstor8 and horso brooders. Oscar Lydlc, aged 21, nlleged to ho wanted In Pennsylvania for tho theft In Jnnuary, 1905, of two registered packages containing $190, whllo working work-ing ns a mail carrier, was arrested last weok at Cooper's tlo camp, In tho West Uallatin basin. In Montana. William Hodgeman, ono ot tho oldest old-est locomotive engineers of tho Wyoming Wyo-ming division of tho Union Paclllc, and with u wlfo and five sons In Laramie, Lar-amie, has been adjudged Insane. Mr. Hodgeman camo to Wyoming from Now York moro than thirty years ago. Judge Hawley, United Stntcs district Judgo for Nevada, hns announced his resignation. Ho had been on tho led-cral led-cral bench slneo 1890. Ills rotiremont will tako effect Juno 30, and Is duo to the desire to securo rest nfter many years of service. Judgo Hawley Is 7B years old. Urlgham W. Young of Snlt Lake Is undor arrest nt Unite, charged with forging a check drawn on tho Traders' National bank of Spoknno and signed W. S. Greenfield & Co.. per W. S. G. Dlschargo papors from Mattery H, Ore-gon Ore-gon Volunteer Artlllory, wero found In his effects. Justice Gould has granted tho mo Hon of District Attornoy Hakor for a trial ot Congressman Ulngor Hermnnn of Oregon, Indicted for destroying pub-lie pub-lie records whllo commissioner of the general land olllco, set for Juno 18, until nftor tho trial of tho Hydo, Dy-jnond Dy-jnond and llenson cases. A movement was launched last weok at a meeting of the Denver Convent tlon leaguo to bring both of the great national conventions to Denver two years henco. Kspeclal effort will bo tnado to securo tho Democratic convention, con-vention, but un Invitation w.ll bo ox-tended ox-tended to both conventions, V |