Show NORTHWEST NOTES james boner aged believed to be the oldest resident of montana is dead of asthma at virginia city in a wreck on the northern pacific near glendive Glend lve mont five people were killed and halt a dozen injured engineer J F mcmullen was in scantly killed at arlee mont by a northern pacific engine his body was horribly mangled dr J M allson who with mrs allson was injured in a runaway ac aident at douglas wyo will not be crippled as at first reported I 1 the colorado federation of labor in convention at denver by a viva voice vote indorsed the democratic party in the national campaign omaha neb was selected as the ty in which the 1909 convention ot bagles will be held at the session 0 the grand aerie held tn seattle george evans and son george age 17 and daughter bessie age 14 wen drowned in snake river twelve mile below huntington ore while bath ing the loss as the result of forest alrea in the bitter root mountains in mon tana will be great several millions of feet of fine timber having been de strayed As a result of a washout on the tonopah tidewater railroad neal shoshone cal a passenger train plunged into a chasm and three men were killed governor has appointed fit teen delegates to represent montana at the sixteenth national irrigation congress to be held at albuquerque september 30 teddy stanton not three years old a SOB of mr and mrs thomas stan ton of plains mont was accidental ly shot through the head by a play mate ralph stevens aged 9 and died later the bbate bank of wheatland and the first national bink of wheatland wyoming have merged under the name of the former which will here after conduct the banking business ol 01 that section state senator P L flanagan is to be indorsed at the goldfield conven tion august 22 for republican senator against senator newlands consider able of a boom for senator flanigan has been raised pueblo has been chosen as the meet ing place for the annual convention of the western federation of miners for the district embracing colorado utah wyoming and new mexico and the date set for september 1 benjamin thompson of pleasant ridge wyo was thrown from his horse and received injuries that may cause his death thompson has been unconscious since the accident and fears are entertained for his recovery E H stagg 17 years of age as lulled at the monticello rooming house in helena he was running the the elevator at the place and was caught between the floor of the ele vator and the door jamb and crushed to death reports were received at the dis catchers pat chers office at sparks nev from afna nev that the residents ot that little desert town were greatly per over what they thought to be a volcanic eruption close by on au gust 14 in a quarrel following a poker game at seven troughs nevada J long acre better known as snowball shot and killed D mclaughlin a miner formerly of virginia cit longacre has been held on a charge of murder judge john Y batterton county commissioner died at deer lodge mont on august 13 aged sa judge batterton came from missouri in 1877 prior to moving west he had been probate and county judge in his native state eight million eight hundred and fine thousand sixteen dollars and fit ty cents is the amount of money made by the southern pacific corn pany in the state of california during the year ending on the first monday in march last chief justice talbot about whose candidacy tor election reelection re to the su preme court bench of nevada there has been a great deal of speculation has de aided that he will seek the nom nation from the democratic conven alon at tonopah five men are dead and another will probably die as the result of an elpio don that occurred at the quarries gu arries about forty miles south of areat falls mont where the lime rock for the M smelter at great falls is quarried mrs david miller wife of a miner n the frog pond basin northeast of blis soula mont last week shot a monster bear that was attempting to break into her cabin the bear was ane of the largest ever killed in that part of the country R a mining camp located aine miles from ely nevada with d population of about was almost completely destroyed by fire last ahe fire started in a saloon by the explosion of a lamp and spread elih great rapidity winston brothers contractors daiv ing the big st paul pass tunnel at tatt mont anthe route of the pa cefic coast extension of the st paul railroad broke all records for tunnel boring in america hen in june they pushed the bore feet deeper into the mountain E stotts water commis lioner for northern district ot aiom ing died at sheridan last week from hemorrhage of the brain caused by heat and over exertion at a ball game between lawyers and doctors in which professor stotts participated playing with the lawyers after a terrible ride and walk of five days across the burning desert and through the furnace like heat of death valley harold braly assistant superintendent of the skidoo mining company and miss lotie davis post mistress at skidoo cal reached camp barely alive the first sheath gown appeared in butte last week when an actress agreed on a wager to walk from her hotel around the block in the bisected style of garment A great crowd gathered however and the girl lost her nervie and ran back to her rooms proceeding half a block |