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Show WESTKIt.V .NEWS .NOTES. Items ef indrest Called Pitw. Various Vari-ous iearce . OKLOO. Portland, Ogn., July 15. At lu o'clock this morning the two-year-old sou of Mr. Fok-v, residing at tlie corner of Third and hinrmn.ii streets, managed to get iiwsslon of same mV.ch--", and went into tlie yard, where lit built a lnnhre. The child's clothes caught fire and tlie ilatnc-j lodly iHirueil his Issi. lit also inhaled the fire, whieh will liki Jy cost him his life. The child's mother, in endeavoring to save her boy, had tth In r hands e-verel burned. Pliisie-btiisarodouieall in their power to relievo tho sulKriugs of the uiotlieraud sou, oltiiau3h tlie-boy's tlie-boy's life Is deaired of. MOJIIMI. (Joveriior Warren has oJI.-.l the first ute election for Site-tuber lltb. Che lire, Wyo., July I ,. ajf.. Colter, a Caper matron, dete- ted a fellow wepliig into her room la-t night, she seized l.er huB'm-id' six-shooter from the dra-r and quickly movesl toward the window, but In-hear 1 her coming and ran. Hie shot as l.e e limbed i ver the fence aud thinks s'le lilt him. I olOKAIIO. Fort Collins, CoIj., Jul 15 When Wm. SI. Avery dleil, June 2, as his physician alleged, of g esTic fever, aud Ids i ,dow twoliedavs later si rttly married Kramra V". Millingtuuaud ri turned lun still retaining the w Iduw 's name, stories became lurreut that all was. not straight lu connection with Avery's death, and Ins brither, K.C.Aver. Instigated an inquiry. Avetj's e-tate is valued at ;10.l IKW. and afurhis decease Slillinutun stated to SIaor Hail that he was goiug to ruarr the widow and Iv nj.,,niiJ guar.ll in of the daugiiter. tinally, in their esjiivtrsation, lie admitted that he had married the widow. Hall testified ls-fore the coroner that the stomach of the dce:ist,J huiirat-esl huiirat-esl irsenlrnl poisoning. Averv's brother testified Ihat Mrs. Averj lieeted strongly to an autoj.si Dr. -em 11. w Ik) ni'.de tho ehe-i leal auaIMsof the stuniHth. fuiiui no traei-sof arsenic. In the face of this shadowy evidence the jury lin.ucht in a staltu verdict ainl Sheriff Davy, with F. C. Avery, went to Denver lart even ng. '!o day, Sllllington. Sin. Slllnngton mid Sliss Dillie L. Sllllington were nrre-tesl on a eharg- of haviiiK caused Avery's death. None of them seemed worried over tlie oul come. Sirs. Millingtousassheliau been persecuted by the Avery family fami-ly before and after Avery died ami hc turned to MHIiugton for protection. protec-tion. Up suggested marriage, lie- cause that would better enablo h.m to rotect her and they were married. mar-ried. At present there Is but slight circumstantial evldensB against the accused, but the adair promises to be a Csiiui cefcore before it is finished. fin-ished. Canyon City, Jul l' steveu-ron, steveu-ron, the escaped convict who brutally brutal-ly outraged a la Jy after he loft the prison gang, waj caught at Trinidad Trini-dad last night and it was expelled tliat he would be brought tiaek today. to-day. It Is under-tood that he will be brought up on tlie night train, arrivinehere early in the morning, but it is not expected ho vv ill reach the prison alive after his arrival. Denver, July 15 liable dine anl several doctors have been wrestling together since esterda evening tweauso Slabel swallowed forty grab's of morpnlne. fene first I allowed evidence of the suicide! mania at Colorado Springs last Friday, Fri-day, telling a story of marriage and desertion there-, supplementing It j by uIng morphine. She was placed I in the hospital but csraped,and tried , to drawn herself in a shallow ditch. Yesterday morning she came to Denver and by some unknown I means procured the drug and ewal-' mm?6ZmmWmm I lowed it. When found sho was unconscious un-conscious aud the doctors labored with herunccasinglyuntllSo'cIotk tlds morning, when she revived (lightly but has bceu quite stunid all day. In a letter written by her she claims to have a husband. She came from IaIcu, Vermont, three ears ago and was mafrlc-l alout two months ago, but lit r husband deserted her. It is probable she will rull through this time Imt will re peat the attempt the first opportunity. oppor-tunity. The Pacific short line is coming to Denver, says the A'ec. Ei ery sign at present indicates this and unlets there is an entire change of I ruftramme another great transcontinental trans-continental Hue will be knocking for admission into Denver in lie than twelve months. For several w eeks past there have been vague rumors atlo.it of mysterious m n cling cl-ing parties in the north h etern portion por-tion of the "state, but nothing definite defin-ite could be learned regarding their iurpOse. But the cat is nut of the tag and tlie aforesaid surveiorsare tugaged in ia lug out a route for the Pacific bltutt Line from Denvir to salt Lake City. One cor, s of engineers are located on the Yampo. liver, another near Steam-lmt Steam-lmt r-prlugs, a third in SHJdle ork aud another in the vicinity of lioiil-der. lioiil-der. They have leu pro-seenting tiieir work with so niui.li a-enry that not the slightest intimation was giieuasto the character of their werk. Matters have-finally reached a irisi- through a grand coup d'etat which is to be surung on the cunous isiblie, Leing no othtr than the gobbling gob-bling nfLefc HanJ cauyou by the railroad coaiinu . A force of men is already on the gnuud anl dirt has begun toll. Just how long this will continue no one knous, but reitrin it i the tvmpauy proposes to be sure of Ifl lianu tauyon. This cauou, whi h is situated just west ol Boiildir fur-uisi fur-uisi es the onl prat tl cable, feasible nutlet through the mountains into Middle Par. A railroad w lileh attempted at-tempted to wind through the mountains moun-tains from Boulder without u-lng Lift Hand Can on would have a big joboti itshands. Itemizing this fm.t the Paelfic nhort Line iios jiimjiesl in, and proposes toce up the- uarros pas-. again; t all iiicnnc-. If all rrport-sare true the grading Is to lie done at once and thu tracK laid. Possession is nine mints of the law, aud if the company once gebi a trark througli the canyon thy would occupy au impregnable jmi-itioii. Once- in Middle rk the road will have omjiaratlvily stnuotli sailing, and It is said will head for Yeliow Jaek-et Jaek-et pa-s, theiieetj Jleuker, and pas, out of Colorado mar thu southwest corner of Routt Count. Tills line is iiiuicated b the route which the surveying corps Ins followed. The out-ae-t lor building the line has It-en let to Jain. s Siully & Co. From Sioux Cit about two hundred hun-dred milt-" has liee-n graded and one hundred miles is in ieratlou. Oiu-tracior Oiu-tracior James McLean of Denvir Den-vir is said to have eaptured a big subcontract. He- has just re-turntd re-turntd from Sin ork and he knous a great dial niori than he will t II. HeinightiJL lain alpout the big force of mm in Left Hand Canyon, Isit tins contractor liokis Ids icarc. At all events, the line is going to be built to Deuver. It is by no means hkely tint the compaii would be sending out corps of men to capture mountain (asses solely for future reference Railroads don't do that vert of busi-ms busi-ms now. Willi.- It Is being iMiilt under tho name of the Pieifie abort Line, the roal will lie owned aud s. rated by the Chicago, SI II wauk St. Paul system. In the luwr future some startling developments are promised. limter A'em |