Show NORTHWEST NOTES A man supposed to be anton fittz of portland was decapitated at san fernando cal by the westbound santa barbara pa train alexander findley a carpenter aged 53 years w as b arned to death at butte in a fire that destroyed the one story frame building in which he was living ole martenson a swede was killed by an irishman named roberts at en camp ment wyo roberts la in jail at rawlins and will be tried for mur der the plant of the national reduction mills halt a mile from florence colo was entirely destroyed by fire las week loss with no ansur ance thomas brant and thomas rick hart two northern pacific engineers were killed at cedar creek spur near garfield wash when a passenger gei train collided with a light engine G 0 of the lumber company and a well known helena man while driving across the street car tracks in helena was struck by an electric car and instantly killed A strike of gold ore on the one hun dred foot level of the annia baurle claim belonging to the manhattan mining company s group at manhat tan nevada goes better than 1500 per ton edward A horner formerly of lead valle colo has organized the roose velt third term national league in chicago and says that clubs will be organized in every county and city in the united states E willetts Wll letts a stockman from idaho east with stock fell from a car in the ards at rawlins on the night of the ath and when picked up by yardmen the following morning died in a few minutes senator heyburn of idaho has proposed an amendment to the railway rate law which will lire the rail roads to give balse spokane and other interior points the advantage of the long ha il rates because the montana coal coke company refused to reinstate a miner who had been discharged some weeks ago miners struck teeing up the mines and coking plants of the corn pany at aldridge and horr mont the gold output of montana for 1905 was less than that of 1904 the silver output was 1 less coinage values than tor 1904 the copper output was 11 greater and the lead output 31 greater rev oscar woods of wyo in an article in a local paper bit terly denounced the so called endless prayer chain letters several of which have been received in laramie one young woman of a very religious turn of mind was so wrought up about the matter as to be in a serious mental condition A wreck occurred near rawlins wyo la which johnson a brake man was killed and an engineer brakeman and two firemen were hurt A westbound freight drawn by two en gines and an eastbound freight col elded head on as the result of con flicht ng train orders all three engines being derailed the california delegation in con gress has received what they consider a satisfactory assurance that the pres ident did not desire to be understood as saeng in the japanese section of his message that he would use the military forces of the united states in forcing the japanese into the cal schools in which the white children are taught there have been many deaths in goldfield the past month or two more perhaps than people generally know about but they have not been in such numbers as have been reported the death rate during the worst of the prevailing storm have averaged not more than four per day as against twenty as reported A squad of citizens of billings mont forcibly seized a carload of coal and distributed it in one ton lots in a body the squad then proceeded to the offices of the coal company and compelled the agent to receipt tor the payment of the fuel antana produced in the calendar year of 1906 copper silver gold and lead to the value ot 70 these values came from 5 tons of ore and the aggregate production was greater by 10 than the value of the output of 1904 which was ap proximately 10 greater than tor the year before ida and minnie hill sisters were found asphyxiated in their rooms in portland by hilda hill another sister when she returned home from work the dead girls left a note bidding hll da farewell but it does not state the reason tor their act irene la barge aged 17 years corn bitted suicide at her home in seattle after a quarrel with her sweetheart john tweed a massenge mes she was jealous 01 the attentions of the young man to another girl and drank poison in his presence it is announced that the spokane inland railway has awarded to grant smith co the grading contract for a 15 mile extension from palouse wash to moscow idaho it is thought the line may be extended to lewiston and clarkston next year after serving three months in the jail at valdez on a charge of seal poaching in american waters twelve japanese caught red handed on the islands last summer were brought from the north last week and confined in the county ja 1 at seattle another forest reserve in montana has been cheated by president roose velt the reserve containing a 1 acres the total acreage of montana land included w thin forest reserves Is now 17 acres wh ch is irately one fifth of the total area of montana au i |