| Show NORTHWEST VEST NOTES Three masked men men- entered the M Mohawk Mo Mo- hawk saloon at Goldfield lined up the twenty men who were in the place tapped the cash register and took the bank roll roU getting away with about The Nevada Ne state assembly ha has passed a bill providing that applicants for tor divorce in Nevada must be resi resl residents residents dents of the state for two years in instead instead instead stead of six months as as the present law reads Senators Clark and Warren have presented a memorial o of the Wyoming legislature in the he senate asking congress congress con con- gress gross to donate acres of pubic pub pub- lie Hc ic land to the state of Wyoming for forthe forthe forthe the maintenance of public roads Joe Donahue a pioneer pennan of Cripple Creek and Gold Gold- and well known as one of the ablest mining writers rs in the west is ead at Goldfield of pneumonia and poisoning after an illness of or orone one week The Oregon senate has passed the bill providing for the sterilization of the criminal insane and confirmed criminals The definition of a confirmed confirmed con con- firmed criminal is any anyone one who has served three or more terms in the I penitentiary Frank Allen AUen a former caterer and candy manufacturer of ot Livingston Ll Mo Mont t. t committed suicide In Ana Q Mont taking carbolic acid add He was was vas a a. pioneer and once well to but had lad lost all an and was out of work an and despondent S Fred B. B Signor Signer accused of forging notes amounting to with the name of James A. A Murray the Montana Montana Mon Mon- tana ana capitalist pleaded guilty Judge Fudge Brown of the superior court at Oakland Cal CaI to one of the five counts against him While at work on a an Irrigation project pro I near Glendive Mont General foreman James Donaldson was killed and a laborer named WL Wo M. M fatally injured by an explosion ol of dynamite The men were thawing the he dynamite when it exploded William WilIlam Fox who commanded Gen Genera General era aral eral Miles' Miles pack train in the Indian campaigns In Montana and the Dakotas Da cotas kotas In the died on February G LI at Anaconda aged 57 He waa waa wa In general order for saving Miles Miles' supplies by personal heroism Paul Essick a year old son and Robert Edward Piper alias Davis DaYis a son-in-law son were arrested at I Colorado Springs Springs' last week charged d I wIth the murder of Charles P P. P Essick I Ithe the be the aged raged clerk of Pikes Pike's Peak Peal camp I No 5 Woodmen of the World who on ou the night of of December 27 wa was shot Walter WaIter Johnson convicted of r the murder of Elmer Purdue of Spokane I Iwas was hanged at Salem Ore February ary 5 The crime occurred In the mountains mountains moun near Ore while the themen themen men were on a timber cruising dillon Robbery was the motive Johnson confessed his crime on the gallows In his fight for Cor a portion of hit his fathers father's estate estate George D D. Winters son on of the former wealthy horseman and rancher of Reno Nev declares that he had worked thirty one years year superintending the farm and horses during which period he received but bui board and clothes with an four bit piece The cave recently discovered nea Cody Wyo by bya a a. man who Vho was it ii pursuit of a wild cat has proven Investigation to be one of the larges la In III the world An exploration part penetrated the cave a distance ance of sev several several several eral miles and to a depth of 1200 fee tee below the surface without finding th limits of its many passages By 13 a vote of 32 32 to 27 the legislature defeated the bill making it a it misdemeanor to take statement stat No 1 or any similar pledge and the th by a tie vote refused to tore re sider the vote by which the bill biB tc make a misdemeanor the of any initiative or referendum petition peti tion for money was defeated The Union Pac Pacific fic investigating board appointed to place ity for the wreck of the Oregon Express Express Ex press at Dana Wyo when one per person person person son was killed and firt two fifty two Injured has decided that a section foreman was responsible having failed to flag the train at a weak spot In the the road road roadbed b bed d which was being repaired A Miles City Mont 1 dispatch says that that- authoritative announcement o 0 oJ the proposed construction of the Tongue river railroad Is made bj by Chief Engineer Robb who is in re receipt receipt receipt of information to the effect that in jn a few rew days contracts will be awarded award ed for Cor the construction of ot the line the entire distance about miles The crossing g of a heavy power wire wIn I with the city light wires at a new building in Tacoma caused the tM death of Arthur W. W Charlson a blacksmith an and John It R. a a shipping clerk death being Instantaneous about 2200 volts passing through th their lr bodies The lower house of oC the Montana legislature has passed an book anti making and measure It limits racing to fourteen days In an any county and pools may be sold on these events anywhere within tho the state Bookmaking on all an foreign events event I is barred Advices received from Crom Washington are to the effect that Portland Is to tobe tobe tobe be made the headquarters of ot the nc new nm division of the railway mall mail service which will wUl cover all of ot Oregon Wash Idaho and Alaska The new division will cover an area of nearly square miles The Mesa county Colorado commissioners commissioners com missioners have awarded the contract for burying the deceased paupers ol 01 the county to Grand Junction undertakers undertakers under under- takers who will wUl receive one-millionth one of a cent for each body prepared for burial Competition for the contract was exceedingly keen |
