Show 1 I f NORTHWEST NOTES Boys burning n hornets nost started a fire at Blllliigham Wash that endangered en-dangered many residences and was only subdued after a terrible fight by almost the entire population ot the town A A Smith a prominent shlnglo manufacturer of livorvtt Wash was killed on the HOth by the overturning Ot hilt automobile Two companions Duncan McKlunon and John Nelson were Injured Tho fouryearold daughter of W E Pitch who Ihs near fate Oro was shot and Instantly hilled by hor sev enyearold brother who was playing with a revolver which was accidentally accidental-ly discharged In his hand Coalbearing formations underlie a larger proportion of Wyoming than of any other of tho Kocky mountain states It Is tho second largest producing produc-ing state In tho Kooky mountain ro don Colorado ranking first J H Hawlcy ono of tho prosecutors prosecu-tors in tho murder charges against Hay wood Moycr and Pottlbono accompanied ac-companied by Mrs llawlcy has gono to Honolulu In search of relaxation and rest before returning to Bolso tn Ocfobor to resume tho prosecution Reports aro received of a serious forest fire near Ashford Wash at tho base of Mount Tacoma While tho blazo has been confined thus far to loggcd oft laud there is a probability that It may reach tho vast stretch ot heavy timber In that vicinity Alarm Is felt for tile rancher In tho danger zone For the purpose It Is believed of thwarting tho Chicago Milwaukee St Paul from securing a right of way westward from Helena over tho Rocky mountains thu Northern Pacific haslet has-let n contract to Shepard Sims Co for tho building of u cutoff between Helena and Klllston by way of McDonald Mc-Donald pass Reports are again current that preliminary I pre-liminary surveys are being made for an extension of tho Nevada California Califor-nia from its southern terminus at ICeeler Cal south of Mojavo about 120 miles Such an extension would glvo time Southern Pacltlu a much shorter route to Los Angeles and southern California G Clarence Hastings a Butte minor min-or implicated by George Towuor in tho holdup of the North Coast Limited Lim-ited near Welchs spur on May 7 last and tho murder of Engineer Clow has been captured near Sapplngton a station sta-tion on tho Notheni Paclllc a fow miles east of Butte Hastings would not talk about tho crime In their ascent of Mount Tacoma Washington a scientific party from Chicago discovered In the ico of Urania glacier millions of small worms The worms are about an Inch in length and the size of a hair and presented a wriggling squirming squirm-ing mass in tho solid Ico In places tho ico was almost black with them A Jack tho Slasher was arrested In Denver after ho had slashed tho dresses of nearly thirty women and girls on tho streets Ho was caught In tho act and when searched a keen knife and a number of bits of slashed drosses were found on his person lIe gave his name as Peter Magoflln and his occupation as laborer Ho could not explain his actions Five thousand Anaconda mill and smoltcrmeu Joined In a monster dem ontratlon tn celebration of tho acquittal acquit-tal of William U Huywood at Boise Three bands headed the procession which traversed every street in the city Throughout tho line were banners ban-ners with pictures of Haywood bearing the words Not Guilty Wo Aro Undesirable Un-desirable Citizens but the Flag and Country Aro Safe Scores of little girls carried transparencies reading Will They Hang Our Papas No A special from Virginia City Mont tolls of tho drowning of W R Baldwin Bald-win a wellknown rancher of the Upper Madison valley before tho eyes of his wife Baldwin while attempting to ford a swollen stream became stranded In mid river Cutting tho horses loose from the wagon ho attempted at-tempted to swim to the bank with the animals but lost tho reins and was drowned whllo his wife sat helpless help-less on tho high wagon seat with the water touching her feet Thousands of Coloradoans coming from all parts of the State Joined the people of Denver on August 1st In celebration of tho thirtyfirst anniversary anni-versary of the admission of Colorado to the union Tho surviving pioneers held tho position of honor in tho parade pa-rade Because he Imagined tho Almighty ordered him to do so a crazed sheepherder sheep-herder derailed passenger train No 3 on the Groat Northern at Toledo station sta-tion seven miles east of Havre Mont causing tho death ot the fireman and slightly Injuring a number of passengers passen-gers Charles D Hoggo pleaded guilty to forging a check on a bank at Florence Flor-ence Colo and was sentenced to tho penitentiary for fourteen years Hoggo told tho court that ho had practiced forgery for fifteen years and had secured se-cured moro than 7150000 during that time The number of men employed in the coal mines of Montana increased from 2181 In 1905 to 2394 in 1900 tho average number of working days being the name 243 lu both years The average production per man In 190G was 7C44 qhort tons against 7537 In 1905 Charles Butter was killed I and Jo ieph Roberts seriously Injury f fly a Jyimmlte explaslon while rNtzg on a railway grade near Hcluu Jtobv erts sty his pick against late primer prim-er wlilci und been buried in Um mlrq and whir t r r o red with dirt Tin blast dim Hurfif 5u ph r faces v |