| Show NORTHWEST NOTES the president has nominated chas hopkins to be marshal tor the west rn district of washington broken rail two miles west of sedan aused the switch eng ne to leave tha track just as they crossed a trestle the g horn railroad company has awarded contracts for grading 00 miles from worland to muskrat wyo nicholls a forty niner and a member of nevada s first legislative body is dead at his home in kanka kee L M fox an engineer in charge 01 the mont yard engine was killed while hauling a string of empty cars from to marion joseph collins foreman of a crew at the U camp low pass on the western pacific railway was killed february 28 by a powder explosion the body of an unknown man was found beside the railroad track at porter s spur three miles south of napavine Nap avine wash the head was sev ered from the body twenty two sticks of dynamite ex plodded on john mcclure s farm near scattering the bodies of two japanese a bondred feet they were thawing the dynamite in an oven an effort is being made by the cit eizens of saratoga wyo to secure the location at saratoga of the gov eminent fish hatchery provided for in senator warren s and congressman mondella Mon dells bills at mount vernon wash judge jo ner sentenced L D ferguson con evicted of murder in the second de gree for killing william mattenson Pat tenson november G 1905 to twenty years in the penitentiary the detectives engaged in ferret ing out the mystery of a pool of blood and ropes and torn pieces of clothing found in a vacant house have come tc the conclusion that the crime was a case of infanticide i miss harriet richards a school teacher twenty three 5 ears old who arrived recently from barnard mo committed suicide by poison in seat tie last week health and despond ency are supposed to be the causes W E sears of encampment wyo has just completed a canvass of the stockmen of the platte valley in the interest of the saratoga valley stock growers association having secured to be used as a wolf bounty fund wolves and coyotes having become so numerous and aggressive as to cause alarm A special from vancouver ays that harry hazard of new york received a four year sentence and wallace barington of portland ore ave years for robbing mcmillan s jew eiry batore there barington before being sentenced confessed blat he broke the window of the store and seized the diamonds the coroner s jury decided that thomas hampton who was killed in a duel with stewart carter in a sa loon at reno came to his death as the result of gunsior wounds inn acted by a party or parties unknown three different sized bullets were lodged in his body none of which were of the size used in carter s gun carter is still behind the bars the state of washington has been granted leave to file in the supreme court of the united states a bill of complaint om plaint against the state of oregon to secure a judicial determination of the boundary between the two states the controversy deals with the juris diction over several small islands in the columbia river valuable tor fish ing purposes only chief of police michael delany of denver declares that george mitchell recently arrested has confessed that he cleared more than 10 by the theft of a mall pouch at hazen june alon nevada the offense with which ie is charged doctor charlie can a chinese phy who has been a resident of butte tor thirty ears was murdered at his quarters on colorado street robbery was probably the motive for the crime as the chinaman was reputed to be wealthy the cheyenne tribune states that the big horn railroad company has awarded contracts for grading miles from worland to rat wyo the road it is said is to be a part of the burlington system which is now extending to worland william giles has been found guilty of murder in the second degree by a fort benton mont jury giles was soldier at fort and killed another soldier named ross over a game of cards at a roadhouse giles escaped wt was later captured governor jahn sparks of nevada extended an invitation to dent roosevelt to make a visit to that state and join in hunting expedition for bear and mountain lions the president has replied to the invitation I 1 to the effect that he will likely join in the hunt mrs annie M barkley of los an geles became insane on a train near sparks nevada and armed with a re volver left the train and began ter bronzing the community she was captured near east of s anc held until her husband arrived to take her home A helena special to the butte miner says H L haupt of spokane president of the montana mining i loan investment company was found guilty of using the mails for lottery purposes daniel jacobs sec detary of the company pleaded guilty and was fined the mid oregon railroad company with a capital stock of has just been organized by the co opera alve christian federation it Is proposed to build a line from portland to ontario and it expects to have thu road completed in two ears at a cost of about |