Show NORTHWEST NOTES trains will probably be running on the searchlight nev branch ot the san pedro los angeles salt lake road within four months hon J M gearin appointed last week to succeed the late united states senator john H mitchell as senator from oregon departed tor washing ton saturday hattle la pierre who shot and killed her lover harry black at ther wyo last september alil be tried at the present session ot ourt at lander R W bradley company of chey enne have been awarded the contract for building the proposed cavalry rid ing hall at fort russell the riding hall will cost approximately 50 better freight rates for montana Is the object sought to be attained by a convention of business men cattlemen and other shippers from various parts of the state held in helena last week A helena dispatch says after the recent storm ranchers in the lowlands near the mountains counted at least antelopes quietly feeding on the fodder placed there for the domestic animals governor chamberlain has appoint d john H gearin of portland to sue aeed the late john H mitchell the appointee will be the first democratic united states senator that oregon bas had since 1878 M J mccune a well known con tractor of butte committed suicide last week shooting himself in the heart no motive is at present known he erected the broadway theater in butte the clark smelter stack the second largest of the sort in the world and several other edi flees the body of the late senator john H mitchell was laid to rest at river side cemetery in portland on the not in years have the people of portland united to pay such silent reverence to the dead and during the tour hours the face of senator mit chell was exposed it was view by thousands J clayton and J J sullivan are both dead as the result of a pistol duel at rhyolite nevada the trag edy occurred in a saloon and was brought about by clayton charging sullivan who was a bartender in the place with giving short change max rosenberg a bystander was badly wounded attorney george M wae found guilty in the justices court at spokane on a charge of attempted blackmail it being claimed he tried to extort 1000 from county commis lioner george H coelln as the price of concealing alleged illegal acts of the commissioner was fined and costs captain rupert cox a pioneer ol 01 the pelagic sealing industry and mas ter of the schooner ocean bell when seized by a united states revenue cutter in bering sea latterly in corn mand of the police steamer vidette on the yukon river died at vancouver friday morning from injuries received the night previous by a kick from a horse representative mondell has introduced a bill extending the provisions of the general land laws to the ten mile square tract surrounding the metropolis tro polis hot springs in wyoming this land is now subject only to home stead entry and all the agricultural lands have been taken up mondell wants the balance made subject to desert or timber entry the executive board of the western federation of miners has decided to submit a proposition to the unions to raise a fund of 1 with which to embark in the mining business on operative basis the plan Is said to have each member of the alon contribute 10 one of the bene fits of the plan the committee be cleves will be to give employment to members of the union who are deprived of work by reason of the card system in use in colorado and other states J W elected reelected re mayor of astoria ore on wednesday was found dead in his bed on freday heart disease Is attributed as the ause of his death deceased was a native of glenns falls N Y aged 66 years robert rommel jr while duck hunting a few miles north of portland saturday slipped on a wet log and in calling received the charge from his shotgun in the abdomen the young man was brought to portland where he died orin moore the sheep herder who on the of last september it Is killed sam beckle proprietor of the road ranch and saloon at leckie a small station and in wyoming Is bing tried at lander tor bis life congressman binger hermann now ander indictment in connection with the land frauds conspiracies in ore gon has been suffering for several lays from blood poisoning resulting irom an attack of erysipelas and Is in a critical condition kelly alias J croll con riched of depositing a forge 1 draft for 1000 in the bank of baine wash two weeks ago has been sentenced cej in the superior court to eight o 0 in the penitentiary it Is thought that kelly Is from jonana I 1 senator nixon of nevada his in produced trod a bill directing reid us ment of tees paid P S corbett of nevada and that he be allowed tor expenses in the aises against george E spencer and ath r avo v ej in the line of whisby cheb |