Show Tt Ww NORTHWEST NOTES four men were seriously injured by the premature explosion of a blast at the bonanza mine near whitney ore A three days convention conventi cri of that poi alon of the order of ra iway heleg raphers west of the mississippi was held in den denn er last week the sw wy s strike on the B A P road at butte has haq been called off and all the old men but five will return to their old positions it is feared that a strike of carpen te s and stone masons at lewiston mont Is bound to occur and that build ng operations will be brought to a standstill at cripple creek the mine owners are gradually replacing the union men and assert that within a month all the properties will be operating with a full force J johnson of rawlins while hang ing a revolver on the wall dropped the weapon which was discharged the bullet striking him in th leg inflicting a painful wound the Cornu cop eop a mines near baker city ore formerly owned by john E sarles of new york have been sold to a new jersey corporation capital iced I 1 at 5 i imars mrs blanche russell of spokane ded by taking enough aconite to k kil 11 persons dying in great agony III health and domestic trou brou blas bles ras was the cause k major a sott J anthony one of the earliest pioneers of colorado is dead tat at denv deavet L e he first came to colorado with an ox team in 1860 locating at california gulch A forty stamp mill Is to be erected at once at the property of the mon tana gold mining company at jar dine mont this will give the corn com pany eighty stamps in operation the saloon owned by john eng strom at kawlins rawlins wyo was robbed last week of the guilty ones have not been apprehended but two loafers about the place are suspected the thugs who have been attempt ing to extort money from the north ern pacific company are believed to be the men who stole a ton of giant powder from a warehouse near butte recently chief of police travis of helena has received notice that unless the two men recently arrested in connection with the northern pacific dynamiting outrages are released the city jail will be blown up Sheep men in the vicinity of white sulphur springs mont are being caused much annoyance by dynamic ers a number ot of flocks having been destroyed and recently a number ot of attempts having been made charles crossin aged 51 years a stone mason by trade and a man well I 1 in montana for tae lie past awen ty years committed suicide dP in butt butte by morphine sulphate sil s phate no cause is known for the deed matt longa longo a rancher living near red lodge mont was fatally injured by being crushed under a wagon load ed with oats longa was driving and fell over the front end of the wagon the wheels passing over his body victor nanejan the aged slayer of william Per renton was sentenced at missoula mont last week to serve a term of a year and a halt half in the pen pent tertiary tent iary lary at hard labor clemency was due I 1 to the prisoner prisoners s advanced age dr L M willard of loomis wash was found dead in bed he having sul suf aided by taking chloroform because of fears that he was going blind dr willard was the stepfather of hooper young the noted new york criminal the northern pacific railway of ficiala are said to have received an other anonymous letter making a threat against the company s prop erty this time the dynamiters propose to blow up the depot at eivir livings gs ton mont an assault case in which mis mlis roy coxe a highly respected and kroml nent woman of gilt edge mont was the victim has been brought to light A miner named mcnamara who has disappeared has been identified as the assailant A lynching is promised the wyoming supreme court in a lengthy decision at cheyenne on the denied the motion of tom horn the stock detective convicted of the murder of little willie nickell in the iron mountain country and resen resell fenced him to be hanged on nov 20 jim connors the wounded robber who attempted to hold up an 0 R N train a short time ago has been identified as one roberts who was ar rested with butch cassidy and kid curry near billings mont in 1897 for robbery later the trio broke jail last week citizens of pueblo head ed by p a brass band attended the breaking of ground for a new electric c line ine which is to run from pueblo to beulah springs and ultimately to be extended across the mountains the new road Is to be about thirty miles long F FJ J nash and wife have confessed in cheyenne to forgery and check raising nash and his wife received a check from a mexican herder near rawlins and raised the amount irom 4 to and attempted to pass tae check in rawl raw sa n and also at chey enne |