Show 11 NORTHWEST ceeil NOTES trains will probably be running on the searchlight nev branch of the san pedro los angeles salt lake road within tour four months hon J M gearin appointed last week to succeed the late united states senator john H 11 mitchell as senator from oregon departed fo tor r washing ton saturday hattie la pierre who s shot and killed her lover harry black at ther wyo last september will be tried at the present session ol 01 ourt curt at lander it R W bradley company of chey enne have been awarded the contract I 1 for building the proposed cavalry rid ing hall at fort russell the riding hall will cost approximately 50 better freight rates for montana la is the object sought t to 0 be attained by a convention of business men cattle men and other shippers from bariou 4 parts of the state held in helena helen a last week A helena dispatch saas after the recent storm ranchers in the lowlands low landa near the mountains counted at least antelopes quietly feeding on the fodder placed there tor for the domerc domes lie animals governor chamberlain has appoint d john II 11 gearin of portland to sue reed the late john H mitchell the appointee will be the first democratic united states senator that oregon has lias had since 1878 M J mccune a well known con tractor of butte committed suicide last week shooting himself in the heart no motive is at present known he erected the broadway theater in butte the dark clark smelter stack the second largest of the sort in the world and several other edi edl flees the body of the late senator john H mitchell was laid to rest at river side cemetery in portland on the not in years h have ave the people of portland united to pay such silent reverence to the dead and during the tour four hours the face of senator mit c chell I 1 was exposed it was view by th thousands sands J C clayton and J J sullivan are both dead as the result of a pistol duel due I 1 at rhyolite nevada the trag edy occurred in a saloon and was brought about by clayton charging chargin 9 sullivan who was a bartender in the place with giving short change max rosenberg a bystander was badly wounded attorney george M was found guilty in the justices court at spokane on a charge of attempted blackmail it being claimed he tried to extort 1000 1 from county commis lioner george H collin as the price of concealing alleged illegal acts of the commissioner was fined and costs captain rupert cox a pioneer ol 01 the pelagic sealing industry and mas ter of the schooner ocean bell when seized by a united states revenue 0 cutter in bering sea latterly in corn mand of the police steamer vidette on the yukon river died at vancouver friday morning from injuries received the night previous by a kick from a horse representative mon mondell dell has introduced a bill extending the provisions of the general land laws to the ten mile square tract surrounding the metropolis tro polis hot springs in wyoming this land Is now subject only to home stead entry and all the agricultural lands have been taken up mondell wants the balance made subject to desert or timber entry the executive board of the western federation of miners has decided to submit a proposition to the unions t to 0 alse a fund of 1 wi with th which to embark in the mining bu business siness on a operative cooperative co basis the plan Is said to have each member of the federa tion contribute 10 one of the bene fits of the plan the committee be elleves will be to give employment to members of the union who are deprived of work by reason of the card system in use in colorado and other states J W reelected re elected mayor of df astoria ore on wednesday was found dead in his bed on friday heart disease Is attributed as the cause of bis ills death deceased was a native of glenn s falls N Y aged 56 years robert rommel jr while duck hunting a few miles north of portland saturday slipped on a wet log and in ailing falling received the charge from hia his shotgun in the abdomen the young man was brought to portland where he ie died orin moore the sheep herder who on the of last september it la Is alleged killed sam leckie proprietor of the road ranch and saloon at eckle beckle a small station and postoffice post office in n wyoming Is bing tried at lander tor for his life congressman binger hermann now ander indictment in connection with the land frauds conspiracies in ore eon gon has been suffering tor for several lays from blood poisoning resulting from an attack of erysipelas and is in a critical condition C T kelly alias allas C J croll croli con riched of depositing a forged dr draft aft tor for 11 1000 ago in the bank of blaine wash two weeks ago has been sentenced in the superior court to eight years in the penitentiary it Is thought that kelly Is from jonana senator nixon of nevada has in trod traduced a bill directing readjustment of tees fees paid P S corbett ex marshal of nevada and that he be allowed tor for expenses in the cases agai against list george E spencer and others inac involved alved in the line of whisky cases |