Show MOUNTAIN AND COAST CHOKED TO M DEATH at A fraternal quarrel about family affairs ends irk in tragedy oakland cal aug 21 As A res result u it of a fraternal quarrel about family af fairs lra this morning oliver holmes an elderly reil dent ot of livermore was choked to death by his brother george in a room that in x which aich their kheiri ranch hands were eating breakfast STRIKE AT AN END I 1 one ona at the capitol building at helena Is over irelon mont ilont aug sl 31 tho the strike fit at the capitol building la Is believed to bo be at an on end at tt it joint of 0 ond and stonemasons tonight uio lie tollow lne resolution was adopted 1 I resolved that the th joint session of 0 both branches branch of 0 bricklayers and international union nos noi 4 and 6 of helena after an impartial hearing of 0 the alleged gi levance of 0 tho the stonecutters at the state slate capitol havo live decided to refuse to support them on tile the ground of 0 insufficient grievance find and hereby declare tho the state capitol it a union job tho the bricklayers and stonemasons n m I 1 11 go to work woric to tomorrow marrow morning contractor some having been notified of 0 the th action ot of the joint meeting tonight telegraphed egra phed to the tha lasit east notifying the men nho ho had been engaged conditionally to como come on to helena lie ife expects they antill arrive in i few ew days and that 1 nork ork hlll then go on uninterruptedly WYOMING OIL LANDS largo large tract to bo be developed by eastern syndicate cheyenne wyo aug 31 advices advises to today day from binghamton N Y state that thai a company of 0 new york millionaires recently acquired title to a largo large tract of oil land in wyoming and under the name nam of the union oil OH company aill sink wells welle anti and develop the properties three members ot of the firm accompanied by oil experts are now flow on ell route to cheyenne to complete the arrangements for starting work at once I 1 nery was waa pur chabad some borne time ago WYOMING CYCAD BEDS dr lester ward government scientist will examine them laramie Lar amle wyo aug 31 dr ester lester I ward chief of 0 the bureau of paleo bot tiny at washington will arrive hero here saturday accompanied by prof arof knight lie he will vill proceed to medicine dow ind and will mill there take altage for or A twenty ove five milo into the interior lie he will examine the beds bedi of cecada r recently e opened by assistants in hla his d department e part ment dr ward who Is the first drat living authority on cycads lias has bee been n str strongly 0 n 9 ly impressed by photographs of the wy mink cicada cycads beds taken by one of hla his assistants assistant now in the flold field these photographs tog to lead the scientist to suppose that thai the most valuable cycad beds known to science have boe been discovered in the grent great fossil state dr ward a monumental work on cycad will contain a discussion ot of comings Wyo Wo contributions but ions and its author wishes to verify the testimony of the photographs before sending bending the work to press ire ile has haa llred every eyelid field in tho the world but now comes to wyoming for the first time ile ho will mill remain in the held field several days this distinguished government clen 1 tat list has recently ret tuned from a visit I 1 to e Ari zonas agati zed forest ile he Is loading the movement to make of these forests EL a government reave ve arid and thus protect them against the ravages of collectors BLAZE IN SAN FRANCISCO big Il aiLing mill of george thompson destroyed san francisco aug 31 shortly after 9 tonight it fire broke out in the mill of georgo george W thompson on mission street near fremont and in a few minutes the entire place was it a mass of flames for a time it looked as aa if a great conflagration would follow the outburst but the prompt arrival of 0 almost tho the entire hrc fire department prevented such a catastrophe tho the mill occupies nearly it a quarter of a block and this section was entirely destroyed tile th warehouse of holbrook merrill S stetson haid haidu iare are anti and tit the e gorham rubber company adjo adjoining inin 9 wera badly scorched charles C 1 hit iron 1 ron mocks ft arks were dos destroyed troyed as were one or two other small concerns the entire loss will hardly reach two firemen collins collenn and denehey of engine 17 were injured by being caught under a section ot of root roof as 03 it fell SUICIDE OF AN ACTOR george A watson takes ills els own life by swallowing poison san pan francisco Franc laco aug auff SL 1 ceorge A watson an actor and teacher of elocution was found dead in his room today having committed suicide by swallow ing poison watson had bad been ing for several weeks still and hla his bad hrib its caused his to leave liim hirn this desertion brooded blooded upon hla his mind kind and I cal 4 ad lint liim to t take lite hla his lire life in a note to hla his brother nho ho resides bourne or watson stated that his I 1 le ife was I 1 the be cause of his death watson soll in ill his prime was waa a member of various p prominent erml theatrical companies and has haa recently been a member of the alcazar stock company in this city ifo ho also conducted a theatrical echo school ol 01 in this thin city and oakland lie he no wu at I 1 one ona time connected mith alth a bank tit at S sacramento ac and later held a prominent position oll I 1 in III tho the mint in this city ills ilia wife Is an actress gold output at cripple creek cripple creek colo aug aue 3 SL ai the total out output put of this camp for tile th month of august Auf fuat according to tap most careful estimates la fit tons of ore having toy a value of tl fire in a washington town seat seattle seattie tie wash aug auff 31 A fire at ballard this afternoon aften won destroyed tho the plant ot of the day bay lumber and bill company tile public schoot building and a small email doelling elling the total loas 1098 is in estimated at tG OOOO of which talla falls on tho the mill company |