Show NORTHWEST NOTES butte mont was visited by a snowstorm on tho harry smith a young man well known in missoula mont has die appeared and his friends tear foul play i mrs elizabeth morrison Morr lson who shot and killed richard finnegan of achl cago in butte has been lodged in jail she refuses to talk about the case three masked men held up a ear loon in butte while people were pasa ing by on the street the robbers secured about by their bold venture A jury in the district court at geat G eat falls mont haa awarded mra hannah hall 25 damages against julius falk because lalk charge I 1 she bad poisoned his u the new railroad to tonopah nevada is completed to within a dozen miles of that town and soon this great camp will be in railway comma ni catlon with the outside world the supreme court of montana in a decision rendered last week unan held that the fair trials bill enacted at a special session of the legislature last december Is cons titu citizens of nev will celebrate july 4 with more than the usual enthusiasm there will ba horse races foot races ball games fireworks and a grand ball in the evening eight of the men held for fraudulent voting and neglect of duty as officials in the last charter election at denver have been discharged by judge carpenter on the grounds that he had no jurisdiction lewellyn I 1 elker charged with the murder of his brother in law john V cunningham in butte was found not guilty by a jury last wee he waa convicted twice in butte of manslaughter being granted a new trial each time after being out just sixty hours to the minute and having thereby es a new record for length of deliberation in criminal caes in ena the jury in the gravelle burglary cae was discharged by judge smith without giving a verdict frank baker a 14 year old boy was drowned while in swimming in the yellowstone river near glendive Glend lve mont with three companions lie was carried into gwilt water and drowned despite the efforts of companions to save him E F gilbert of anaconda Is in receipt of as a reward offered by members ol 01 the butte gun club or finding the body of may wright he well known marksman who met his death by drowning in the lake at georgetown last november the butte miners union has decided to donate to the colorado miners to assist them in pressing the legal test to be made on the colorado supreme court decision upholding the military government in suspending the habeas corpus the jury in the case against mrs annie colton works of helena mont charged with the murder of her husband michael colton at blooming ton ills in reported their inabel ity to agree and were dismissed the vote stood 8 to 4 for acquittal owing to over production it Is asserted the logging camps in oregon will close down during july and un til some time in august the export of lumber has fallen off by the orlen tal war and labor troubles which have paralyzed market in eastern states george clements the well known cowman was fatally injured near sheridan wyo by falling under hia horse lie had roped a wild steer and the animal threw his horse clements was conscious tor several hours but severe internal injuries ca ased death four men suspected of being the robbers who held up the northern pacific train at Dear mouth mont appeared at a mining camp on harvey creek twelve miles south ol 01 bear mouth and one man held up the min ere while the others ransacked tho camp for food tommy reed upon whose head a reward of SOO was placed by the commissioners of valley county mon tana last fall and who Is said to be ne of dutch s gang was ar ested last week by the mounted po ice in canada a few miles north of Jam eswood mont regular train service on the den ver northwestern pacific railroad the moffat line between denver and mammoth a distance of forty seven and a halt miles was inaugurated with a monster dedicatory excursion under the auspices of the denver chamber of commerce harry bullock aged 9 while elsh ing in bitter root river near helena fell in when earnest rich who was walking with miss anna strong lumped in to save the boy both being drowned miss strong fainted when she saw the two drowning and has since lost reason at the shooting tournament of the northwest sportsmen at pendleton ore E confer of livingston mont missed but thirty one targets out of COO and won the highest aver age for the three days G E eells of seattle was second and W E sheard of tacoma third john an austrian employed in shoveling ore in the ore bine at great falls mont was smothered to death while working in the bina near the ore chute be stooped ovel to recover a shovel when a large quantity of ore fell on him carrying him down into the chute A movement Is on toot in to organize a development assoria tion tor the u of prospecting the hills north of the city which have recently been attracting con sid erable attention the organization is to be composed of about twenty five of the business men of |