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Show NORTHWEST .NOTES Robert L. Woolen, "who was Injured it the Uoyscn dam at Shoshone, Wyo., died after suffering terrible pain for more than six days. News has been received In llutto of tho death at Redlanda, Cal of Dr. John S. Marshall, who, as malinger of the Montana hotel, Anaconda, during Marcus Daly's time, was tho best-known best-known bonifaco In Montana. In a duel on the desert near Ithyo-llte. Ithyo-llte. Nevada, John Smith was shot Sind killed by John Cyty, nn Italian, who was wounded In the arm. Tho men quarreled over somo mining proporty. Tho board of control of the Dry Karmlng congress, which Is to meet at Cheyenne February 23, announces that requests for accommodations are coming from various sources, Indicating Indicat-ing widespread belief that the congress is to be held this month. President Roosevelt will not mako a display at tho Alaakn-Yukon-Paclllc exposition of tho trophies of his South African hunt next year. In reply to a formal request, Secretary Loeb, for tho president, has roplled that It will bo Impossible to comply. llecnutso of the Importance of the forestry reserve problem and other public queatlona In which tho weat Is Rally Interested, President Tnft will I bo Invited to attend tho nnnual con-I con-I volition of the Trnns-Mlaalsslppl con-i con-i gross in Denver next August. Georgo II. Soott, county cleric nnd a I prominent Republican, and Attorney William II. Maloney, n Democratic leader, fought ono hour and live minutes; min-utes; In a gulch at llutto, under prize ring rules, to settlo nn election bet. 1 ho fight wna Anally declared a draw. In order to provide foil tho widows nnd orphans of tho victims, of tho recent re-cent mlno disaster at Red Lodge, Mont., when nine men lost their lives, onch miner at Red Lodgo hna been assessed as-sessed tlj sum of $9. There arc over 1,100 miners in tho ramp, and tho as-EeDsmcnt as-EeDsmcnt will amount to $10,000. Two men attacked Tom Loo, an nged Chinaman of Reno, Intent on robbery, and waa beating tho old man to death when hia cries brought scores of Chinamen, who tlrovo the lobbers off, but not until Loo was badly bad-ly Injured. Tho robbers nro believed lo bo members of nn organized band. Tho Northwestern rnllroad has discovered dis-covered a largo bed of gravel at Wa haba, weat of Shoshone, Wyo., nnd will lu the spring establish gravel pits and ballast Its entire lino from Lander tc Omaha. The gravel is said to be similar sim-ilar to tho celebrated Sherman hill ballast on the lino of tho Union Pacific railroad, Relieved by tho police to bo on n still hunt for tho man who botrayed Joseph Garcia, alias Cordova, Into tho hands of ofllcers of tho law tho night of May C, and incidentally tho lender of a gang of thieves who havo been operating In Seattle for tho past three months, Sadie Helchcr la under arrest in Seattle. Georgo Lyman Dutson, ono of the best known residents of Star valley, was Instantly killed while rolling logs lu Grover canyon, near Afton, Wyo, Two sections of a log which his son ! had sawed In two got nway and rolled I down hill tovvard Dutton, who fled bo I foro them, but was Btruck, his neck i being broken. I Tho Western Pacific Rnllroad com-' com-' pany announced last week the complo-I complo-I Hon of Its Flower Lako tunnel, which I cuts under tho Pcquop mountains, in , ' Nyo county, Nevada. Tho tunnel lion li-on tho main lino of tho Western Pa nlflc and Is 5,057 feet In length. Almost Al-most tho enllro dlstanco la through solid llmcatonc. I An nasessment of 1 cent per capita I wTiTcirwill total $29,000 and which will I bo used for Increasing tho member ship as well as making the section ' more efficient In every way, waa ' mado by tho building trades branch of tho American Federation of Labor at tho sessions of its nnnual convention conven-tion In Deliver. Tho passenger department of tho Oregon Short Uno railroad announces that the Yellowstono park season, which usually closes along in September, Septem-ber, will bo mnterlally lengthened next summer to nccommodnto travel lo and from the Alnska-Yukon-Pacfdc exposition. At Ainboy, Wash., Fred Swindle, a farm hand, shot and killed Jvtl Nowoll. attempted to kill Mrs. Nowoll, and ;hen killed himself. Hack of tho trag-i trag-i fdy la a story of unrequited love and despondency duo to tho marriage of Newell to Mrs. Roso Hoffman, three months ngo. Francis J. Heney, tho Snn Frnnclsco attorney who wns shot by Morris Haas, celobrated Thnnksglvlng day by taking an automobllo rldo in Golden Gato park. Ho waa accompanied by hla wife, Dr. Bensley, Rudolph Spreck-les, Spreck-les, William J. Hums and James Foley, hla bodyguard, i A strong effort will be mado at the approaching seaalon of congress to ae- cure tho pnsango of tho dry fiirm 1 homestead bill which encountered so I many obstaelea nt the last session. Senator Smoot of Utah will take up , tho fight lu the senate, as he was the original author of tho bill. The Wyoming Wool Growers' tsso-elation tsso-elation is elrculntliig two thousand petitions among the business men of tho stale protesting against any reduction reduc-tion In present dutlos on wool nnd hides, and nsklng for u higher schedule sche-dule on wool of the third clna, or the o-cnllod carpet wools. Alfred Kennoy, aged 34, manager of the Postal Telegraph company In Hel-ena, Hel-ena, tiled last week of tuborculoiia. Mr. Kennoy came from Washington, D. C, four yeara ago for hla health and for a tlmn It was thought ho was improving, but about threo weeks ago ho had a serious hemorrhage. |