Show WESTERN NEWS ITEMS walter W hoge died suddenly tuesday morning of an affection of the heart at alameda cal he was taken III and became unconscious while at the breakfast table two doctors were summoned but before their arrival he had breathed his hie last john B R barthelman Bart belman bolman a sowing machine agent shot hot and killed his bis divorced wife about 8 tuesday evening in los LOB angeles cal barthelman met hib bin wile wife on a street in a remote part of the city and they quarreled over we be possession sion of byear old daughter mrs barthelman Bart belman refused to give up the child and he shot her bar twice she died about an hour after barthelman has not been captured henry komino of farmington in washington cour county akyi oregon was at tacked monday by a mad boar he wb was driving the hoga bogs out of a stubble field when the infuriated animal rushed upon him and thrust his tusks into kekino Ke minoa la thigh above the knee striking the bone and lacerating the muscles mu acles A doctor was called and dressed the wound and he be thinks that it il blood poisoning does not set met in the man will got get along all right perley parley B R dower dewer of san ban francisco died in a drug diug store at fillmore anu and mcallister Mo Allister streets tuesday t forenoon while returning from the polling place in n his bis precinct he fell in the street from an attack of heart trouble and was carried ioto into the be drug store for treatment an autopsy revealed that death resulted requited from fatty of abe heart deceased was a railway allway mail clerk he was a native of vermont 66 years old and unmarried A phenomenal pumpkin vine was raised this thin year by mr burchtorf on mill creek oregon it covers a space as large as that between libe four corners of Intersect intersecting lop streets in the dalles dallas it bears twenty two large pumpkins of an average weight ol of twenty four pounds to say may nothing of he small ones sod and hence has over pounds of pumpkin the vine can be seen by soy any one carious enough to walk up me hill bill besides other vegetable curiosities worth looking at dalles chronicle william willison John johnsoa soD a barber of santa bosa cal was shot early tuesday morning by E jj forsyth tb Joba sn lives next door to forsyth he returned home as he be supposed suppo eed but went to forsyth forsythia For sytha house bouse by mistake the door was wag looked locked sod and be tried t to force an entrance forsyth thinking it was a burglar fired at him witti with a revolver the ball going through one 0 of I 1 joanson s arms and lodging lu in the groin johnsons s condition is regarded as very critical johnson is an old soldier and has a large family david sutherland a well known logger lost his bis life while working on oil a jam at over near stan wood washington tuesday morning he was working with a number ot ol loggers trying to loosen the jam when ue no slipped from a log into an upon open place and did not gome come to the surface again the jam to is one of the largest in late years yean extending up op the river a mile and containing feet feel the river backed up from the lam am nearly over the dikes if the rains continue enormous enor moui damage will result at burke idaho in a cabin near the lower end ot of the town a dynamite explosion occurred sunday afternoon resulting in one of the most moat sickening tragedies that ever took place in theo the cesar aagenes dA aA lenes thomas corlett being blown into small fragments when men rushed into the cabin attracted by the sound of the explosion a hor bor eight greeted them the body and logo legs of corlett lay near the window while blood brains brain and small email pieces of human flesh were strewn jall all over the inside or of the wrecked build ing coroner herrington Herri hold held an aim in quest but the cause of the explosion remains a complete mystery no reason for suicide being known it to Is supposed to te have been accidental as he was known to keep beep giant powder in the me cabin the deceased was about 65 years of age and unmarried the old son bun of D L cullen of los An angeles goles cal died recently under peculiarly distressing circumstances the little fellow accidentally hanged himself and the injuries pro deuced by partial strangulation resulted in death two days day later the child had seen older children playing in a swing winding themselves up in the rope and whirling around as the rope unwound and he attempted to imitate their play when he be was alone not mot being able to got get wholly into the he awing he be placed his bis neck in the bight and twisted around until the rope was tightly wound about his bin throat As bis bin leet feet were still on the ground the rope did not unwind and when the child was found be was unconscious the little one never recovered full although every known method was tried to restore him denver field and farm JL 0 bolmer of malad idaho who gathers six elx to eight thousand pounds of honey from hives has been experiment ing with alfalfa white dutch clover and buckwheat and he Is going to try alalee alsike he classes as among the best while buak wheat has always been classed as an the best by people who did not know better of course buckwheat yields honey only irom from its blooms thus requiring quirl quiring rig frequent sowing of the grain during the season there are many wild plants which produce good honey white sage belog one of the finest in this respect but these are not available since bees cannot sod aud will not travel long distances to gather honey malad valley produced for the season probably pounds which finds a ready sale for or abi shipping liping at eight cents a pound for comb to in pound frames and six or seven rents cents for strained honey it la shipped to montana and also to points east of the missouri A prospect avenue poultry fancier named E H show shew living on wheat ridge near ElItc hs cummer bummer gardens denver has hit upon as aa the best beat insect destroyer yet devised and as an it costs only thirty five cents ft a gallon it il is about as ai cheap as any thing that can be used in using this great care must be observed or there may be some dead fowls to pay for folly take tabe a spoonful of ot the leuna leum and throw it into a cracker buz box place the fowl in the box and cover with a cloth leaving the bird in for from five to seven minutes the lice will uis appear it if a fowl should be overcome come by the fumes take it out at once and lay it on its side on the around it t will soon regain and be on its ita leet feet again occasionally one may die especially if affected with ciul trouble but the plan will work satisfactorily and prove a great relief tu to the chic chickens keus by using a large shallow box several fowls may go 0 o through the treatment at one time but they must most be watched the while john a well to do land owner living jiving alone at ueal twenty miles south of cal cala was waa found head in bed monday hla his lower limbs turned burned off and the body fully dressed the hoube boube was partially burned the he ilire evidently having gone out cut or the recent rains put it out Mud gettle residence la in so BO isolato that ll it ill id difficult to determine the exact date of the hrc ere but it in 18 generally gene tally believed to be about october 29 or 80 the body bore positive evidence of foul play bruised and cuts show plainly about we beau and face two empty coal oil carts cans with wide hatchet holes boles in them were found about the botoe and the fumes of oil were still fresh was known to have had bad in all his bis winter kotares such as flour meats and canned goods but none done of toese provisions can be found excitement is high and a clue alue to albe murderer has been found the sheriff and local officers are working on it the deceased was unmarried 46 years old a native of belfast me and has relatives still there and a cousin D Mud gets residing at fortuna cal we will carry california by majority said chairman alford ot of the democratic state central committee ol 01 california on monday evening 1 I can name this majority with perfect confidence for it ina Is a conservative so estimate after afier canvassing every precinct in the state slate regarding our congressmen six of them will win without a dolbt and possibly the seventh there Is 16 no doubt as to the result of the country at large bryan has been gaining steadily each day and my opinion JB ja that be will sweep the republic by an n overwhelming malo majority rity from information we have received I 1 have no doubt at all that bryan brjan will crry c rry nebraska kansas iowa illinois indiana diana the solid youth and all the western states michigan will also go Demo democratic critic and there will also be a large majority of silver men in the lower house bouee I 1 am not guessing at all this but my opinion to is based on information received irom from all over the country in reply to this the republican chairman mclaughlin respond eu eo tt firmly believe we shall carry california tor mckinley I 1 know the result will be very close following is a sample of tb the anti bryan arguments that were given much prominence la in the california campaign this one is from the ban francisco chronicle abat altgeld lam IBM means in chicago la 18 practically what it meant at washington if it should get control there the character of the illinois governor and bryan leader and of the men who accept him as aft their representative stood out io in bold relief at the late cook county democratic convention which was wae held under his him management according to a careful analysis the following was waa the personnel of that body of the delegates there have been on trial for murder 17 imprisoned in the penitentiary for murder or 7 imprisoned for burglary 86 imprisoned for pick IDIZ pockets 2 imprisoned for arson 1 ke espers of gambling houses bouses and dinep 9 convicted of mayhem 8 3 ex prize fighters debtors 1 11 bridewell bridewell ex and jail birds identified by detectives detective 84 poolroom proprietors eters 2 saloonkeepers saloon keepers ex policemen 16 justices of the peace 2 public employer 48 lawyers lawyer 14 physicians 3 bu business elness men trades men and laborers 26 far farmere farm mets eie 6 no occupation 71 total denver field and parm farm thomas aba shaw W bits the dail on the bead with a sledge hammer when he writes ID your issue ot of october 24 b you refer to steed of farmington and logan liggan utah going east to purchase ramp it is common for the ranchman ranchmen ranch men toga to go east to purchase rams and it is well that they do in the absence of breeding flocks on the ran izes but why should not brooding breeding flocks books be kept in many sections of the range states there are numerous valleys in these where I 1 am such flocks could be grown in splendid form william B shaw of culberson Cul benon montana soon hopes to be in a position to grow his h ie own stock rams ram thim be will do as soon ROOD as be grows winter food and itan be done anywhere that winter food can be obtained why not dot do it ranchman ranchmen ranch men and thus save the freight outlay besides keeping the money at home bonne ram barns raised in the range country would be vigorous and hardy they would be acclimatized and could therefore rough it better than animals brought from a distance think about this question ranch mea study it out set bet to work and grow your own rams at least let a goodly share of them be grown in your own rich valleys and sustained by the foods you may grow our magnificent country is better than we imagine it is |