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Show Northwest notes. At the city election at Cripple Creek, Arthur, the Kepublican candidate, was elected mayor by 120 majority. It is reported that 1.500 carloads of southern cattle are booked to be sent north into 'Wyoming this season. The Union Pacific land department has leased 100,000 acres of laud to Laramie Lara-mie county stockmen for a term of five years. Gardner, the insane sheepherder who recently disappeared from Osceola, Nev., has been located at Current Creek. In a row in a saloon at Rabare, Mont., Charles Buckley was shot and killed by Charles SimmOns. The two men had been at outs for some time. The president has signed a proclamation procla-mation opening to settlement on May 4th next the larger portion of the Southern Ute reservation in Colorado. Two ranch hands of the Judith basin, ba-sin, Montana, named Rodgers and Wilson, Wil-son, quarreled over a woman, and Wilson Wil-son was stabbed seventeen times and will die. The president has appointed J. Blair Bhoenfeldt of Douglas, Wyo., as agent 'or the Indians of the Union agency in the Indiau Territory, vice D. M. Wisdom, Wis-dom, resigned. The building and machinery of the Butte General Electric works were damaged by fire to the extent of 30,-000 30,-000 one night last week. It caught in the roof from a wire. Stuart Rice has been appointed receiver re-ceiver for the Tacoma & Columbia River Railway company iu Washington Washing-ton on the petition of the bondholders, the Continental Trust company of New York. The body of Fireman Murray, who lost his life in a collision near Missoula, Mont., last winter, has been discovered. discov-ered. The body was so mutilated that it could only be identified by the clothing. Joseph Smith was crushed to death by a cave-in at the Los Angeles mine, Cripple Creek, and three others were injured, but not fatally. Smith is the last of four brothers to meet violent deaths in this district. Two masked robbers entered the cabin of Andrew Michaels, near Col-ville, Col-ville, Wash., and held the unfortunate man's bare feet over the fire, in order to make him disclose the whereabouts of his money. His feet were severely burned. A daring hold-up was perpetrated at Winnemucca, Nevada, one night last week. Three masked men entered Jim Gutridge's saloon, covering the crowd at the time in the room with revolvers. Gutridge was slow in throwing up his hands and was beaten over the head with a revolver. The robbers secured over $700 and escaped. Companies L and I of the Twenty-fourth Twenty-fourth United States infantry left Fort Russell last week for San Fraucisco. There were 188 men iu the companies, which were officered by Captain Brent and Lieutenants llowland and Morse. The troops occupied a special train of ten cars and were given arousing farewell fare-well reception at the depot. Workmen have been sent to Jules-burg Jules-burg to commence the laying of the new steel on the Union Pacific road from that point to Denver. The line was originally a part of the Gulf system sys-tem .and during the receivership got into bad physical condition. New rails will be laid the entire distance and the track rebuilt. Rough rails are on the ground now for forty miles. Thomas M. Murray died in Butte April 3 from the effects of horrible burns received while working around the converters. A ladle of molten top. per was raised with the electric derrick; when in midair, or some twelve feet above Murray it tipped and the red-hot red-hot copper struck him, burning a hole deep into his bead and waist and burn' ed almost to his entrails. Articles of incorporation have been filed with Oregon's secretary of state of the Kastern Oregon Land and Irrigation Irri-gation company. They will build reservoirs at Spring Cove and Cow Valley on Willow Creek and can by this means reclaim 1 0.000 acres of valuable valu-able land above Vale, Oregon. This company has a project on foot to supply Huntington with water by a system of storage reservoirs. At the recent city elections A naeonda elected the entire Democratic ticket except police justice, liutte elected a Democratic mayor and four aldermen, j the republicans electing city treasurer, police justice and four aldermen. At Missoula a Republican mayor and the majority of the council was elected. At Helena five Republican and three Democratic aldermen were elected. Livingston went Democratic and Ro.e-i Ro.e-i man Republican. I . Tiie sheep losses in the Ilcl'.e I'ouche country. Wyoming, will not exceed '' j ( per cent. In some instances the wool of the sheep would be found fro.en to j : the ground and the herder would have to cut the animal loose before i could ; get on its feet. The Nurthwes'. Telc;.l.oi,e company ; is push in l' their line into the Seven Devils country from Huuiiiii't'io. Oregon, Ore-gon, and will connect with the lonir ' riistan -e line at I! un t Int'ton thereby ! placing that country in eominnnicatioD ' with outside poi nt s. |