Show WESTERN NEWS ITEMS jack Craw crawford fords the poet scout has ban a poem in honor of the written lias hai silver convention conven tieu ai t el paso coming amine and ded dedicated it to the mcginty club of that city thia the fort collins colo courier there ie enough surplus alfalfa bays larimer county a this fall to feed and in sheep bring on the fatten and our farmers will fit them tor for heep chicago will want them mutton next sp spring ilg and summer FACT that a full blooded indian conductor on one of the streetcar street car ear is a northwestern city causes a lines in a smart to remark that none but the brave deserve the fare he be ought bt to to be for damages von ven if his bis watch has to bo be Paw need to pay the judgment david stringer for years chief a way assay i crescent company at P park rk or er forthe for the city and father of thomas fid ed ward and joseph stringer old employed emp loyes of the compa company has bus just died in spanish pork fork of dropsy super induced by the effects beets of lead poison ator absorbed bod while following assaying the montana gold sliver silver platinum and company at net nel hart will make another shipment of ore very soon this company has recently out the second lead in their ground with a long tunnel striking it 00 feet beneath the surface it to is a five foot vein and the ore carries 18 in gold and free milling it also carries some silver toe the elbert colorado county banner urges that the people of elizabeth should united in an effort to get the union pacific to erect stockyards stock yards and scales at that point it asserts assert that tha t thou thousands sandis of head bead of cattle are each year driven to other points for ship hip monk and that bat the union pacific might an s well have the patronage if it would only provide the facilities there was a lively fire in the bul rushes that skirt great salt lake southwest of Brig brigham bam the wind was blowing a gale and the flames brightly illuminated the sky as they leaped along through the forest of rushes at a surprising gait they could have done little damage except lay waste a number of acres of winter range cange and eat up some fences JBv gler mrs lorenzo hanson haasen and her mother an aa aged lady were ere thrown from a cart and the latter painfully bi t not seriously injured last ad week the other lady was not hurt hart they were driving down from the farm the I 1 how bores took fright at an old gunnysack gunny sack in the road whirled around upset the vehicle and piled the ladies in the road with the ab ve result remit the cart was smashed mashed to atoms by the runaway animal brigham my bugler judges knowles Know lea in the united states circuit court at montana has hae decided that the transfer of a gang of i men from a division in canada to a division in montana is in in the nature of a contract and subject to the provisions of the contract labor law the case in question oame came up in the sut sult against the great falls and canada railroad company for violation of the contract law in so transferring a gang of fifteen men the case will now be tried to ascertain the facts there tire are twenty six cases pending against the company judge standrod says the idaho register sen sentence tencel phillip clifford the fellow who is supposed to have set fire to keefers Kee fers saloon about a month ago to ten years in the penitentiary he was wag arrested and tried for burglary for bof breaking into Inger solla house end and stealing a lot jol of clothing and was found guilty of burglary rn rh the first degree in passing prentence ren Feu tence the court said he had investigated his past career and found he be had bad served a term of eight years in the utah penitentiary and bad been out only a short time he was too dangerous a person to be at large moscow idaho Afir mirror probably the most distressing acol accident dent which has occurred in the vicinity of co in the past year has just Juat taken place at the home ot of mr john johnson three miles southeast of moscow and which resulted in the death deat h of joe hans the I 1 11 1 year old son of mr job johnson neon the boy was assisting an em aloye in hauling some straw and when the noon hour arrived the team was unhitched and the boy mounted one of the horses to ride to the barn but as the bridle had been removed the animal became unmanageable and the boy slid off but was caught in the harness A letter was received last week from J J sweeney who left the park something over one year ago in company with W B edwards for australia mr sweeney to is now in south africa having left edwards in australia he reports it as a great ewt country and says that an immense amount of the yellow metal is being taken from the rock down there he says the claims are lost feet aud that each one has a quartz mill on it in active op ope aaion estion mr sweeney says he did bof like australia but thinks there is a good chance iu in south africa A trios to make a raise park cuy city As joseph willey of Teton Idabo a young man inan about sixteen years of age was returning from the timber with a load of wood a slight shower of rain began to fall and he reached on his load for his winchester so he could cover it up with quilts in dragging the gun which was an old fashioned 45 60 the charge went off entering the right side near the loins ard aird coming out about one inch below the left erg nipple his father who was along and a number of others got the wounded man to teton by about oark dark and dr alvere w was sent goat for an examination showed that both lungs lunge were penetrated and that he WM was bleeding internally death ensued next day D W schneider was wag taken before ry U S commissioner hinsdale at den re r on saturday charged with being an accessory after the act of alexander mckenzie who held up the spar city and creede stage september 28 last and relieved carrier G M pemberton of the united states vast mat schneider it Is claimed received mckenzie xie and concealed him in bis bin cabin aiding him in every way in his power to avoid the officers of the law the prisoner pleaded not guilty and was held in 1000 bonds being unable to furnish these he was committed tomail to jail to await trial mckenzie Mc Kenzle is already confined there andy moba meba n has just died in albu querque guerque of consumption deceased was well known in tombstone several years yeara ao ago he figured conspicuously in the daly mining suit which occupied the attention of the last term of court here it will be remembered that after ailing constable lowther at bisbee daly dalys s whereabouts could not be found six months after the killing a deed executed in denver by daly to mohan mehan was received at the recorders office here and aind caused much comment mohan mehan although he knew at that time and probably knew at the time of his als death the whereabouts of daly for whose apprehension a reward of to is outstanding never revealed the secret to anyone and carried it with him to his grave prospector during the current term of the supreme court that august tribunal will be called upon to decide whether or not it to is a crime to attempt to commit arson says the idaho democrat the question arises in the appeal of john collins jol liDs the man who earnestly endeavored deavo red to set fire to the jail at idaho falls he did not accomplish his design but the district court taking the spirit for the deed found him guilty and he was sent to the his attorney coat a to is that he has been wrongfully puni punished sheds the statutes of idaho not recognizing attempted arson asa as a crime the settlement of this peculiar question will not however be the most intricate skein that the court will have to unravel there being a large number of important oases cues on the be docket dr W finlay thompson of palmer lake died a few days since at some point on the coast of mexico of yellow fever the news of his bis death will prove a great shook shock to his friends throughout colorado especially in denver says the news where he was intimately associated with many leading citizens in various enterprises dr thompson invested large sums gains of money in palmer lake on OB his fulth faith that it would ultimately beame bee me an attractive summer resort he did much to beautify the place and it first sprung into prominence through his bis efforts his beautiful home house was one of the loveliest knots snots in that section two years ago dr thompson removed his family to now new york and last year he wont went to mexico to look after several interests he leaves a wife and three daughters in now mew york his aged mother and his sister reside mide at palmer lake A prominent army officer was in the city yesterday says bays the denver news hews and in the course of conversation expressed the opinion that denver would before very long be made the headquarters quac quarters of a military department saying in explanation that there h baa as been talk for a good while of several important changes in the present art ona department this is now madeep made up of new mexico arizona and a part of california with headquarters at los amgeles Am Ain gelef gelee the now new dispensation provides for the incorporation of the entire state of california in the department of 0 california and the formation of a new division to be known as the mountain department made up of Arl arizona sons now new mexico and colorado if this should be carried out ouk and there them to is very every probability that it will then the headquarters of the new department will either beat be at denver or santa fe with the chances chance largely for the former on account of general mccook prejudice in its favor |