Show NORTHWEST noted As the result of an explosion in the flower lake tunnel near cobre nev W turner a driller and two tor eigners were seriously injured abde tilford single a miner and native of nevada Is dying at yie min ers hospital at rhyolite with a bullet through his right lung and the victim ot pneumonia tilford shot himself while delirious former D strict judge L prance pioneer and noted lawyer is dead at denver of paralysis judge france was a native ot maryland born in 1833 he was regarded as the foremost authority in the state on libel J E blackburn of the united states geological survey will this sea eon make a reconnaissance survey on a scale ot tour miles to the inch 0 the degree sheet in nevada including the tonopah and manhattan mining camps five minutes after he had granted both parties a divorce judge frank langan who presided in the goldfield silva case united in marriage harry D cowden and helen alerce daugh ter ot ambrose bierce the poet and novelist the saratoga and encampment railroad building a line from walcott on the union pacific to saratoga and grand encampment wo has laid steel for three miles south ot the wal cott terminus and will now add a work train manager F M smith ot the east helena mont smelters ot the amer lean smelting refining company announces that beginning june 1 em aloyes will receive under certain con editions a bonus ot 20 per cent yearly on their earnings two hundred excursionists from palt lae and ogden spent saturday and sunday in ely nevada looking over the mining property there they were entertained during their stay by the commercial club and re presenta tive business men barney hanlon shot and killed tom henahan in a factional row at jar dine montana A fierce riot took place the previous night between the ran and old timer factions and the shooting was the outcome hanlon was a well known old timer peterj mccallum an employed or a smelter at great falls mont was virtually cooked to death in a bath ot molten copper mccallum was working in the converter building when a chain supporting the gigantic copper ladles broke showering the fiery metal in all directions ver the floor on acco mt of a change of the dates of a number of the county fairs in colorado forming the northern colorado and southern wyoming rac ing circuit the dates of the county fair at laramie wo have been changed irom the fourth week in sep to the lath alth and 0 that month hundreds of cheep in casper and wallace creeks wyoming are dying from a strange parasite which Is rap idly decimating the flocks in that section it Is believed some species of fly crawls into the nostrils of the sheep and later turn into a grub which gradually works its way into the brain of the animal ludwig george of laramie wyo was fined for permitting diseased cattle to wander from his premises after the ranch bad been quarantined by the state veterinary and while his trial was progressing his son wil liam a witness in the case was ar rested for riding a horse with diseased legs the past week ore shipments from goldfield amounted to 1624 tons ot an approximate value of aver aging 10 per ton of this total the consolidated mines leases con 1098 tons of the value of averaging per ton W 0 craig president of the state of montana has tendered his resignation to the state board education and at its last meeting li was accepted no steps were taken lela tive to bis successor but one will be chosen at tre next meeting six months hence pat moran tl e cheyenne saloon keefel mentioned in harry orchard s testimony at boise as having gone to denver to get from pettibone toi orchard and neall denies that he ever saw orchard or ever went to denver tor him or for anyone else on such an errand jesse W crosby jr contractor of cowley wyo has been granted u extension of forty days from may 1 1907 for the completion of his con tract tor settling basin dam and spill way at the discharge end of corbett tunnel on the shoshone one irrigation project wyoming the democratic and independent candidate was re elected mayor ot portland on the ath by about 1500 majority over devlin republic can mayor lane carried the east side by an estimated plurality of but ran beaird about 1 votes on the west eidi mrs james vale seated at her home m goldfield nev was str aph by lightning the bolt landing ov cpr elbow and passing through her right foot into the floor tearing her to shreds her arm and leg are tern useless but she will fully re cover in a few days thomas is dying at the miners union hospital at rhyolite as the result of a gunshot wound in flirted near walter scott s camp in upper death valley the bullet tore away the victims chin and mouth and crippled his right hand so he can neither talk nor write one clip of coundi of wool has been sold at buffalo wyo for 22 cents a pound the average ot fers of buyer heretofore have been 19 to 21 cent but the wyoming wool growers association advised all wool growers to refuse less than last years prices for the 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