Show 11 NORTHWEST NOTES J A man named mccandless whose first name is not known committed suicide in portland by blowing out his bi brains ll lyalle mccandless alle came to lorl portland ll from seattle a month ago illness wag was the cause of the deed the city marshal of williston Wll liston N D shot and killed an unidentified tramp in a general revolver battle in willis ton the tramp had endeavored red to kill conductor 3 E salisbury ot of havre mont firing at him twice the rate for admission on S andaya to the lewis and dark clark expos tion ha been placed at 25 cents a redu tion 0 of one half the change was made be cause the wj working exhibits and amuse ment places are closed on sundays carl drennan aged 17 years of jop lin mo and cart carl phoenix aged 20 of cherryvale Cherry vale kan were killed by a santa pe fe train four miles west of laa lao animas colo the youths were sleep ing beside the track with their heads on the ties judge henry G one of seat tie ti s best known kon citizens tn died in 1 new ile york city after a brief illness his 1110 death was unexpected the only rela live with him was his daughter misa miss mary the body will be brought to seattle for interment mine mme reginal ruff alias von heck a clairvoyant and psychologist waa was arrested at portland charged with the th theft of jewelry valued at several thousand dollars from mrs clara C sterns of oakland cal the woman left oakland for portland on april 1 15 A message from lusk wyo states that teny ten year earold old tommy bell was dragged to death by his shetland pony the pony bolted threw the boy and dragged him yards over rough ground crushing his skull breaking one arm and tearing the flesh from hig his face tace and hands 0 acael A call has been issued for the shingle manufactures of northwest washington to meet in bellingham to discuss a closedown of mills for ninety days next winter it is claimed an an nual close season is necessary in order to maintain the equilibrium of the market the missouri river power company says a helena dispatch will build a second dam across the missouri river for developing electrical power at a cost of 1000 1 work will begin at once the power will be trans bitted to helena and butte as well as to intermediate points the announcement Is made in reno nevada that a contract tor for the con st ruction of the tunnels through the sierra nevada mountains has been lei let by the southern pacific company and that work on them will begin with n a month there are ate to be five tunnels in all and the main one will be fiat miles long vaudeville theatre managers depre benting circuits on the pacific coast the northwest and montana met in seattle and discussed plans of a con soli dation of interests covering book ings the price of acts and the matter of making performers live up I 1 to 0 their contracts thirty managers were in at ohn T coleman who killed edna hoffman in portland ore pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the state tate cir cult court and was sentenced to the penitentiary for life coleman killed the hoffman woman in a fit of jealous rage he was captured at chehallis and after being incarcerated attempt ed to commit suicide matt brier a miner was fatally shot at missoula mont by hold holdups ups who endeavored to take his money brier was met on the railroad track in the west end of missoula about 8 30 0 clock by two men who ordered him to throw up his hands when he re aisted and was shot dolphes brice hannah a pioneer of oregon washington and california is dead at tacoma aged 83 bears ears he crossed the plains in 1858 and was ap pointed united states marshal by pres ident buchanan on the admission of oregon into the union and took the census of oregon in 1860 the bandages have been removed from the eyes of the sons of joe hays and john hays of rock springs wyo and it now appears that the sight of both boys can be preserved although their eyes will be weak throughout life the boys were injured recently in an explosion of powder the of june long celebrated as the anniversary of the battle of bunk er hill will be historic in the annals of nevada as the day on which the reclamation act was signed and also as the day on which water was turned for the first time into a government canal upon the desert while four men and a woman were trying to cross the missouri river at judith on the terry ferry the boat capsized and two of the men were drowned when the ferryboat was righted the body of charles murray who was drowned aleut about two weeks ago was found caught in the wheel the two year old daughter of mr and mrs ed chamberlain of ennis mont was drowned in the irrigating ditch back of the residence the little one had been lost about an hour when the mother found her in about ten inches of water the child had been dead several minutes when found |