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Show WESTERN NEWS ITEMS. Tf o Pistol Ballets Ended His Life. S BKITU MIWDEK AT btXl Crop Fallnre In Ksnsaj and tbras-ks. tbras-ks. Olher Iltma. COLO BA DO. Potato day will bo celebrated nt Monument on Friday, October 10th, and tlio Divide farmers are preparing prepar-ing to rective their many expected visitors In a right royal manner. Three oxen and u many sheep as miy be needed will be roasted, whllo potatoes will be served by tho wa-(ronload, wa-(ronload, and regardless of expense, rbere will abo be aprechts and music, and tho iueilULlo dance In the evening. Lewis C. Wilson, traviling for n St. Louis boot and fchoe l-oute, arrived ar-rived In DenWr n lev; daysago on a visit to his mother, who resides at Arvada, a suburban lllage a few miles from that city. Ho appeared to be iu the bct of rplrils, but after he had been homo a day or tno con-ftreed con-ftreed to bis mother that be had lutt $10,000 In grain sicculnlloii, and nad borrow ed the money of Ills St. Louis. friends. He uzetl her to loan him that nnunt with trhich to.iL-ray to.iL-ray thelU, but she deUIued to do to. Friday afternoon he, in comjany with Ills mother, attended a social galherln,;, and while tbero a tele-gnun tele-gnun was handed him. He seemed ijrcally depretseJ alter reading U and soon excused himself, saying he would go home as he wassuiTering with a severe headache. On reaching reach-ing home he immediately went to his room, and a tew minutes later two pistol shots were heard. His mother and the servant rushed to his room and found him lying upon the lloor dead, with a bullet through his heart and one through his brain. CALIFORNIA. The steamship Yorlioutn arrived in Siu Francisco, having had a voyage of IfiS days frow New York. Uoatswaln James Weston bad Uen lost overioard during a squall July 1. A boat which vas sent out to attempt bis rtscie was capsized, but the cn.w wtre saved. James Carr, a seaman, has lodged complaint com-plaint that Weston's death was caused by the second mate, Thomas Xoian, deliberately cuttlug tile line to which Weston was holding while over the ship's side doing some work that Nolan had ordered iilm to do during thestorm. Threeothtr sailors corroborate Carr's statement AKIWJ.SA. Xogale. Ariz., Stj. 2S. During the U't tlectric storm the thunJer and Ilghtnlug was something frar-ful frar-ful tuseennd heir. AtIiumlirU.lt struck the Nogalesdipot, knocking down the agcut and his wife, overthrowing over-throwing the store, filling the entire uppir part with dust, smoke and ashes. COnsidertble damage was done, to Uie chimneys in particular. The building Is a two-story frame, but the heavy rain prevented its taking fire, borne of the oecupauts r-f the building wtre severely shockeJ, but all have recovered Willi no more serious consequencts than a wholesome drtad of the storm king. Atairer Aeirs. Montana. Preparations for starting up the East Helena smelter, under the consolidation con-solidation arrangement, have been going actively forward the past month. A large amount of ore has accumulated meantime and a day oi two sl'icu the roasters were started preliminary to full operations. It is believed that every stack will Le blow log at full bla-t by Wednesday, the first of the month. Thcconooll-dilcd Thcconooll-dilcd interests will hcreafUr I knuwu as the United Smelting Company. Helena Journal. IKAHO. Two feet of solid galena ore has been struck iu the Mammoth cktlni, about one mile south of the famous Cluster mine, on the south fork of the Cieur d'Aiene Itlvrr. While playing in a bin of wheat some two weeks ago, the lltth daughter of ltul.cn Scott forced a grain of wheat into her ear, which remained there till la.t bunday. -tie was then brought to Kazle Itock and placed under tlielnflu ence of chlorofrom in order to have Uie kernel removed. A man just arrived in ILdse Citi from Kanas and Nebraska, says no otic can imagine the condition of things back there. In large sections of each State there is not n grain of corn, a spear of gran or a single potato. po-tato. The crop failure was caused by hot vlnds and drouth, which desolated portions of country thtt liad never before failed. Hundreds of men would be glad to earn flft cents a day. |