Show NORTHWEST NOTES billings mont now has a population this is an increase of 2 the census of 1900 dave nevins of mont la suffering from badly lacerated foot caused by the acci deita discharge of a gun judge bell in the superior court of king county has decided that the eight hour law passed by the last leg of the state of washington is void forest fires are ravaging valuable standing timber two miles west of barlow pass on the monte cristo rail road in washington the fire was started by sparl s from a passing an gine charles johnson the freak character who has twice escaped from the jail at hamilton mont by digging his way through the brick wall has turned out to be an escaped lunatic from the aay lum at warm springs serapino an italian boy 19 years old was drowned at bozeman mont he had gone swimming in the west gallatin river and venturing too far out in the stream and being un able to swim he was drowned jack campbell who was arrested at helena on suspicion of being the man who furnished gravelle with a revolver with which he did such fearful execl alon during his attempt to escape has been released from the county jail for lack of evidence between august 31 and september 11 inclusive cars bearing 2 people will pass through portland en route to and from the twenty ninth triennial conclave of the knights ten clars which convenes in san francisco september 6 A cloudburst washed out the track at minto ten miles east of ballente Cal lente nevada the westbound train waa delayed four hours there was no dam lage to train or passengers six miles below caliente two work trains col aided and six laborers were injured it Is officially announced that corn eva booth the daughter of general william booth who for seven years has been in command of the salvation army work in canada alas ca eastern washington montana and baho will be transferred to other work A bellingham wash special bays the mystery surrounding the disappearance pe arance of william mckenzie who was last seea wo weeks ago in corn pany with miss kate bast has been cleared away by the discovery of both the bodies floating in the water of lake whatcom there Is great excitement the discovery of treo gold on whistler mountain thirty miles from lake chelan wash this is stated to be the first free gold ever found in blut district A rich ledge twenty feet wide which has been hidden by snow tad ice Is reported to have been un covered michael collins and roy owena were killed in the minnie healy mine tit butte by falling from the to the BOO level A blast had been prepared tn the and the two men fiade a fush for the ladder running to the level when one of the men missed hla footing and came down on the other both falling about feet samuel creswell while driving home from aji met with a barange and serious nac on the road near machias his teal dropped through the logs forming the road ton into a bed of live coals left by a forest fire one horse was burned to death and the other frightfully burned creswell himself was painfully burned and the wagon completely destroyed A most distressing accident resulting in the death of a young boy named uno blom as the result of a expedition of three lads all under 15 years of age took place near red bodge mont one of the boya fell and his gun was discharged practically blowing off the face of young blom A special from wyo says a company financed by denver and east em capitalists will shortly undertake the construction of a plant at the falls of the government dam being built on the shoshone river power will be gen crated for a smelter and will alao be transmitted to the mines at kirwin lewiston has been growing rapidly under the stimulus of the development bf its tributary country it now has some 6 population while juat across the snake in the clarkston set are 3 more the people bt the latter section are settled mainly upon small tracts of fruit land among the improvements of the past year at lewiston are the supreme court building and the carnegie 11 arary another new building Is the opera house probably the finest in the state it cost 55 the money being furnished by a syndicate of local people |