Show NORTHWEST NOTES judge charles H laymen former attorney general of wyoming died at benton on may 4 at the age of 65 the state board ol 01 prison contract ors 0 montana have accepted the bid of 39 cents a day of henderson wayman of butte for the care of the prisoners of the state institution the bill of senator nixon of nevada authorizing the establishment of a fish culture station in nevada has been reported favorably the sum of Is appropriated for the pur pose of carrying out the object of the bill governor borns of montana has of a reward of tor the arrest and conviction of the person or per sons who dynamited the burlington train on the northern pacific tracks near butte in which three persons were killed louis fearls who dynamited the burlington eastbound express near butte on the night of may 1 has been formally charged with tae at tempt to wreck the train under a statute parsed by the last assembly the penalty Is death edward E brennan a lawyer ot butte has been arrested on a charge of attempting to extort W from i F augustus heinze on a complain made by heinze brennan Is 31 years old and Ms people are said to be prominent residents of indianapolis the various locals in montana of the electrical wort ers are taking a referendum vote on the proposition of reaching an agreement tor the set of the difficulties which have existed for a year past with the rocky mountain bell telephone corn pany the resignation of michael delaney the chief of police of denver has been accepted by the fire and police board delaney is under bond to appear tor trial on the charge of as sault with intent to commit great bod harm upon S S matthews a blacksmith an automobile running at a speed of fifty miles an hour dashed over an embankment at seattle landing on a raft of logs in the bay seventy five feet below the four occupants two young men and two young women vere badly injured the women ably fatally the dead body 0 mrs anna al adrich who had been missing for sev eral days was discovered last week hidden underneath the roots of a tree on the bank of the coppel river above dixie wash with the skull fractured three men are under ar artst charged with the murder of the woman negotiations for the purchase ot the site of the moran company s shir building plant in seattle by the achl cago milwaukee and st paul rail road company tor terminal purpose are in progress two million dollar is the offer made while the company Is holding out tor two and a halt mil lions W G conrad millionaire banker mine owner and ranchman who la an avowed candidate tor the vice presidential nomination on the democratic ticket has opened head quarters in great falls mont and warner G of new york has been engaged to manage his cam laign the news comes from basin wyo that water was turned through the entire fifty tour miles of the big horn county canal tor the first time on sunday it will irrigate acres of land on the west side of ane big horn river the canal cost and it required three years to con it howard ell ott president of the northern pacific announces that his company will throw open acres of land near glendive mont and in the near future acrea near billings the company will endeavor to bring in only actual settlers the deeds being conditioned on residence antone J sasserie Sas serne one of the most prominent citizens of palisade ne vadi becoming despondent over bus ness conditions shot himself through the temple with i target rifle death being instantaneous sasserie Sas serne was the proprietor of the principal hotel at palisade 0 e johnson a farmer minne sota who Is in oregon looking for farming lands reports that he was robbed of 3 on an oregon rail way navigation train between her miston and portland he believes the money was taken from him while he was asleep red roy hisle has been ar rested at denver on the charge of murdering charles huntingdon wright the globe express messenger who was shot and killed in his tar near denver hisle is 27 years old and is sald by the police to have a criminal record the state board of railway commis signers of montana are wrestling with the problem of distance tariff rates the railroads contend that the rates proposed by the commission would be at little benefit a large proportion ol 01 the business now being handled un der commodity rates an indian called keno while on a drunken debauch became entangled in a barb wire fence about ten mile rom caliente and was out all night in the snow and rain when dincov ered and taken to town tor treatment he was in such condition that he ha email chance of recovery at a meeting in salt lake city ot he board of directors of the st an thony branch of the oregon short line called the yellowstone line 11 was decided to continue the surfacing and ballasting of the road where it was left off last fall when the financial conditions lewis ferria the rancher who was shot in the leg at butte by a police man while he was resisting arrest on suspicion of being implicated in an attempt to hold up a northern pacific train has confessed it Is said to dynamiting the burlington train when three lives were lost although reports from denver point toward a settlement of the s rike which has been in progress for some time on the denver rio grande in formation comes from new york that the recent conference between george gould and labor union officials was unsuccessful as to settlement |