Show 71 AR NORTHWEST NOTES 1 t a ti james F kelly on trial at butta butte for the murder of dr cayle testifying 1 in his own behalf declared that bo he shot the doctor in self defense according to the official census c ot of 1100 1900 the population of butte was 29 the directory canvass just corn com plated makes the population t A havre monto mont special says that oil has been discovered 25 miles from rom that city the indications warrant I 1 j the belief of the existence of largel large 1 quantities of of oil at missoula mont judge webster has refused a new trial for louis 11 II mott sentenced to death for the mur I 1 der of his wife an appeal will be taken to the supreme court shortly after returning a verdict in a damage suit D J mcginley McGl nley fore i man inan of the jury dropped dead ol 01 heart disease at hamilton mont he S r was a prominent rancher of that sec see tion IR governor sparks of nevada has appointed A senator harbid lit of humboldt I 1 county to act with james yerington j and himself as nevada s commis to the world s fair at st louis mike sinai sinal has been captured at G eat falls ralls mont as a fugitive from justice from canada he was serving a term at mcleod for grand larceny when he broke prison he ile claims to be a russian count president roosevelt will be the 1 l guest of butte buttes s labor unions during a portion of the time he expects to spend here may he ile has ac cepter the invitation of the silver bow dow trades and labor assembly P the Ch icamen who work in the chinese it laundries of butte are on strike s to the number of for higher wages ic they have been getting from 1 to 3 a day tor for washing and delivering 10 clothes NOW they demand 4 a day mrs airs frank doolittle living near solo mont has developed a genuine case of spotted fever traceable to a nood tick bite on april mrs doolittle was in the woods with her her husband while there the bit her six days later she nii was as taken ill it the mines of the sheridan coal company at deltz near sheridan wyo wye have been closed down as the result of a strike about men be ing out the men recently organized and demanded recognition from the mine owners it Is believed the trou brou ble will soon be settled the bodies of mr air and mrs J W church the ranchman and wife whose murder W C clifton now in jail at newcastle has confessed were found two and one half miles from their ranch burled buried three feet deep the searching party had been directed to the spot by clifton in his confession the western union telegraph corn com pan pane has closed its offices in butte and declare they will remain dosed indell bitely or until the troubles with the labor unions has been settled the trouble arose over the demand of the tho A D T messenger boys employed by the western union to deliver messages tor for a of their recently formed union the estate of marcus daly who died jn ju 1900 has been upraised by the appraiser appointed by the gate for the assessment of the inherit ance tax and his report shows that mr daly left personal property in new york of the value of 1450 1 mr daly s wll wil was probated in mon tana where the bulk of his property is situated and his entire property la Is valued at the supreme court of montana recently decided it had no jurisdiction in an injunction to restrain the school text book commissioners entering into a contract requiring that only text books bools bearing the union label be purchased while drunk john culver struck his mother during a discussion filled with remorse for his act he placed tha the muzzle of a rifle in his mouth and blew the top of his head off the deed was done in front of his dis home at great falls mont christ benson who effected his es cape from jail at olympia wash march 1st alter after killing jailer david merrell and who was convicted of 0 manslaughter has been sentenced to twenty years in prison and in adal tion was fined 2000 2 1 fire in the block a three story lodging house in butte im peril led the lives lles of persons fire man captain fred thoma was pain fully injured the flames were checked after hard work on the part of the fire department the sixteenth annual meeting of the eastern montana wool growers association was held at miles ailles city mont last week the association resolved on 7 cents with board board and 8 cents without board for shearing either by hand or machine the commissioner of the general land ofil 0 last wei we issued orders torn em withdrawing from entry in connection with the proposed juriga tion enterprises about acres of public land located in the duff buffalo alo and lander land office di districts tracts of wyo ming |