Show NORTHWEST NOTES william hudnall state examiner of 1 ana died at his home in helena on the ath of a complication of dis eases aged 2 years nevada which for years was at a standstill in railroad building has lately added to its ra broad mileage close to miles anci today the total of the state Is nearly 1 miles enraged by jealousy of frach dunne whom he believed to have alienated his wife s affections henry H loomis of portland killed dunne and mrs loomis and then committed suicide upon motion of district attorney john manning the indictments which were returned by the county grand jury against mayor george H wil hams and chief of police charles H hunt of portland have been dismissed charles of dillon mont has come to the conclusion that new year s day fowls come pretty high A fine of and three months in jail Is the price he will pay for stealing one turkey and three chickens on the night of december 30 william of billings mont was blown from a passenger train ear whitehall and fatally in aured he Is the fourth member of the family who has met violent death within a few years andrew 0 connell a well known indiana missouri kansas and mon tana pioneer died at helena aged 73 years in antebellum ante bellum days in missouri and kansas he was the personal friend of thomas ewing and general W sherman he was quite wealthy the secretary of the interior has signed a contract for the construction in the vicinity of montrose and delta colo of a tunnel six miles long through a ridge separating the gun nison river from the uncompahgre valley about acres of which is to be irrigated by water from the gun nison at a public meeting in portland called for the purpose of indorsing the of president roosevelt and secretary hay in bringing about the reconvening of the hague tribunal a disturbance was created by the ef forts of a numerous contingent to pre vent the adoption of laudatory reso lations special forest superintendent A A anderson of wyoming last week called on the president and presented him with a set of resolutions adopted by the camp fire club of america electing him an honorary member ot the club which has been organized for protecting the game and forests of the country thomas teegarden once a well known cowboy of that section engaged a room in a hotel at medicine hat and a few minutes later the sound of a revolver shot was heard and tee garden was found in a chair with a bullet hole in his head and a smoking revolver in his hand teegarden was despondent over the courts refusal to award him castory of a minor sister governor joseph toole in his bl annial messages to the montana state legislature favors the adoption of a constitutional amendment for the binl and referendum a direct election law a fellow sen ant law the creation of a railroad corn mis ion and the election of united states senators by direct vote of the people while splitting wood at averett wash frederick brained his tour year old son john the child was swinging about a post near where the man was working the little fellow s arm slipped and be fell forward ing face downward on the chopping block just as the ax was brought down with a heavy swing the blade sunk deep into the boys head crosswise of the skull the body of the woman found dead on cutler mountain near colorado springs december 17 and supposed to be that of mrs bessie bouton of syracuse N has been positively identified as such by a nurse miss curtis of denver james R hayne former prominent stockman of wyoming and texas died in butte from pneumonia of which he had been but three or four days mr hayne has long ad in the west coming to montana from wyoming several years ago two children of john one five years old and the ether a babe have been burned to death in a fire that destroyed the house at wyo the parents were absent at the time and did not learn of their loss until they returned the body of tom sing a well known restaurant keeper of lima mont bas been found murdered in his place of business the cash box of the res caurant was found outside the build ing rifled of its contents A coroner s jury rendered a verdict of murder patrick dunn an aged storekeeper on the stage road near grants pass ore has been found murdered in bis place of business his head was crushed to a pulp from the appear ance of the place two men evidently committed the crime for purposes of robbery jeff liper a sheepherder shot and killed another sheepherder theodore arimond near aou creek says a helena dispatch the killing was the result of trouble over the range liper barricaded the coor of the cabin at the sheep camp and defied the authorities to take him mathew H conners a former em at the court house fired three shots at his wife in seattle and then shot himself through the head his wife received but a slight wound in the arm conners lived until he reached the hospital family troubles caused the shooting john A wakefield of omaha neb chief of the departs nt of concuss ons at the louisiana purchase exposition has completed his work in that department part ment and left for portland ore to take the pos alon of director of con cessions and admissions for the lewis and dark exposition |