Show 4 NORTHWEST NOTES one section of montana la Is eaten up by locusts while another I 1 ea es un ler three feet of snow the remains of purcell murray and miller the three men killed by a cave li ir at the mine at lincoln mont have been recovered the athletic meet between the uni versi ties of washington and idaho which was to be held at seattle may 30 has been called off by the idaho men statistics compiled by president T power of the montant state board of sheep commissioners fixes the to tal number of sheep cheep lost in the recent blizzard bliz zaid d at 90 ilarra anderson a colored boy aged 14 has contested contes qed to setting fire to the montana club building at helena on april 28 and said atiat t lat he did it in order to see the fire department run attorney W D draffer of missoula mont died suddenly last week of pneumonia he was at one time as distant district attorney of the west western ern district of missouri under president president I 1 cleveland robert stickney who has been on trial in the district court at great falls mont on the charge of abduct ing four yo in girls from denver has been sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary A e occurred last week in the burlington railroad shops at sheridan wyo trouble has been brewing for some time over the introduction of piecework in the shops instead of straight work the town of altman colo known aa the highest incorporated city in the united states was almost totally de strayed by fire last meek w eek and five men have been arrested on suspicion of having caused the fire inspectors doran and smithers bers ot of tho the postoffice post office department are in pu eblo invest gating alleged violations of the postal laws several persons have received circulars advertising a lot tery in hamburg germany boyd irvin a youth of 21 years is under arrest in denver charged wita threatening to dynamite the cheesman Chee small hotel in that city unless he lie was paid he the sum of 10 which was to be left in a certain spot for him the body of william plummer a sl who mho perished in the ter blizzard which swept montana re centi has been found on the range near pear chester where nis remains were revealed by the melting snow it Is made p that recent de ork by george F campion in the caribou mine located in the city limits of leadville colo has opened up one of the largest iron ore bodies ever found in the camp three masked men held up an elec trie car on the Port lani I 1 railway line near woodlawn Wood lamn at 11 clock on the night of the and robbed the con and passengers securing about wa in money and several watches an unknown tramp believed to be salt lake was killed in the union pacific yards at cheyenne last week he is supposed to have been riding on the trucks of a freight car when he lost his hold and fell under rider U the wheels the body was literally cut to pieces william I 1 lor cornetti was shot and fatal 1 13 wounded at missoula misso Mis soila ila mont by victor nanejan the entire right side of his face and a portion of his head beins being torn off the weapon used was a shotgun fornetti For had been drink ing and the men quarreled nanejan says the shooting was in self defense thomas phillips franl bishop and fred P watts members of the old board of bointy anty commissioners of A arapahoe county colorado were found guilty of malfeasance on eleven counts by a jury in the district court last week john W bowers dowers a dairyman was struck by a passenger aral train n while crossing the trac k near tacoma re calving injuries which proved fatal he crossed the plains in the early days and had resided in pierce county tor for thirty two years the butte police have discovered the presence in that city of a band of ai al archis ts with whom rosseau was affiliated they believe the dynamite found on the wharf intended to be placed on the umbria was mas aured in butte the reclamation service of the unit ert ed states government has plans on toot at the time whereby over acres of and land in malheur malteur county oregon will be rec reclaimed laime I 1 from the desert and irrigated at an expense of 2 the burnet izing or the preserving plant which has been in operation at rawlins wyo for several months has been removed to laramie since the plant was started about ties have been treated and there will be equally as many at I 1 adamle the trustees of the sons of herman lodge has discovered a shortage in the accounts of theodore fischer whose ni mysterious disappearance about a week ago startled missoula the trustees tiu would give no statement as to the amount of fischer s embezzlement |