Show NEWS NOTES the oregon reservation of indians the Kia maths and snakes held a general conference conle renoe at the klamath agency recently and dir cussed the roaf land grant and bounty questions niue nine or of the head mets men were appointed to take action on tuese questions question the cheyenne wyo sun soya bays that A J knolin of utah bus baa brought alt suit in the district court at cheyenne to have the taxes assessed against bin bia sheep declared void and the animate animals re released leaved from attachment theun says bays is a utah sheep man aann and his big sheep were assessed a abort time ago by assessor rhodes as they bey were being befog driven through to nebraska this suit attacks the valid ky ity of the law passed by the last jast wyoming legislature A contract has been mails made with east ern parties by A W philip P late edi edio or of the central wyoming news at which provides for drilli drilling tig an oil well at that place within ninety day p too toe well to Is to be 2600 feet deep u is in lund fund at a aless less depth the parties interested have put up a large jorge forfeit and none of the laud jund chev con template purchasing will be transferred to them they comply with the conditions of the oon contract tract calling for the tt thorough orough development of the property the rocky mountain coal and iron broo c m patty has tiled filed answers in the suits alt drought against it by john W asam mon as administrator of the deceased miners killed in the defendant mine at almy wyoming the sets seta torto the plea pies that the me defendants defenda were in no way negligent in their duties as a owners of the mines and alleges that if the explosion was caused by either use afa or powder it was through the negligence of the men killed and not through the fault on the part of the defendants defendant the oases cases will come to trial in november A peo peculiar uliar action occurred near evanston Bv anston wyoming on wednesday t engine 1297 on be union pacific which was hauling a freight train over the hill bill near lyuta the axle of the main driving dri vini wheel broke and the IM immense wheel thus loofe ened commet ced cad a series of rapid revolutions at the end of the driving rod to which it was att attached ched the air pump was wa smashed to places pieces and the he engineer was unable to apply the brakes he was thrown by the concussion on top of the boilers boiler where he be was unable to do anything further toward sop slopping pint the engine ane fireman saved himself by rushi rushing tig to the end of the te and brakeman Brake mau starr who was ou on the engine lum fumich ed off breaking his bis ler leg near the ankle but escaping without further injuries the disabled engine dij not IL ave the track but ran after the steam was shut abut offe kofl several everal hundred feet it was almost a complete wreck from the pounding received by taft loos loosened eDed wheel |