Show 1 NORTHWEST NOTES harold chase a brakeman was killed and four other trainmen sen seri bously injured in a freight collision caused by heavy fog in the northern pacific yards west est of missoula mont elliott keats a G 6 year old boy ol 01 caliente nevada was b arned to beatt last week by an explosion of gasoline the little fellow dropped a burning stick into a five gallon can of gaso line oliver la bounty a well I 1 busi business nebs man of buckley wash drop ped dead on friday of heart failure resulting from asthma he was SO 30 years of age and leaves a widow and one child according to hood river oregon reports cars of fancy apples were shipped to eastern markets this year the prices realized by the growers varied from to 2 25 a box ac cording to the grade the statements issued by the ta coma banks in response to the call of the comptroller of the currency show cash on hand to be twice the amount required by law the gen era conditions are excellent the mine operators of nevada are making a effort to get some relief from present cond eions in the smelting line and win send a committee from all over the state to washington to agitate the matter at a meeting of the executive corn coin cittee of the western federation of miners held in denver last week it was agreed to levy an assessment upon members of the organization tor for the benefit of the goldfield strikers A reduction of about 25 per cent of the clerical and operative forces ot of the northern pacific went into effect last week several hundred men were laid off at missoula mont at the th e roundhouse the car shops and train crews the body of a baby boy dressed in ri rich ch apparel was found last w week aeh near green river wyo the child had been frozen to death and physic lans declare there is no doubt that the babe was alive when placed where it was found A call tor for a statement by the bank examiner of all state banks of wyo ming shows that all have an avail able cash balance in excess of the required io 10 per cent and cash payments have been resumed in practically all parts of the state judge E W hamey harney of butte Is dead after a short illness judge Jud gellar har ney occupied the district bench of sil ver bow county during th the e stormy period of the heinze amalgamated liU hU gation he was the presiding judge in many of the cafe which in this remarkable fight antwind aNt attained aind na a lional note judge william if hunt in the fed eral court at helena M mant nt signed an I 1 injunction nj unction res restraining train Z 1 the great northern railway from collecting the excess over the old rate on a new rate which went into effect november I 1 until the interstate commerce corn coin mission has decided as to the merits of the new rate at a meeting held at cheyenne of the stockholders of the big horn railroad a branch of the burlington the extension of the road from fran nie ale to fromberg mont was author iced the building of this link means a more direct connection between the northern pacific and the newly opened coal mines in the big horn basin the people of st regis wash have a novel but effective way of getting rid of undesirable characters the other day a cl an up of the town was made and there being nothing better in which to put the prisoners all were deposited in a railroad car A freight train came along the car was attached to the train and the un desirables thus gotten rid of the industrial association of ne vada which Is the organization of the mine owners of the state has an flounced that because the western federation has violated its agreement by calling a strike in goldfield with out a referendum vote the mine own rs of the district will not recognize any agreements made with the local union prior to the time when the men were called out the colorado democratic state ad committee consisting of fifteen leading democrats 0 of the state ap pointed to advise with and assist the regular state organization last week weed adopted a resolution calling upon con gress to legislate in favor of the re newal of the coinage of silver for the purpose of relieving the present finan cial stringency the state of oregon will not lose a B cent either through the failure of the title guarantee trust company oi 01 the temporary embarrassment of th merchants national bank the suret surety companies being held responsible and will refund the money to the state two masked men held up the mon ana saloon in goldfield and took 90 from the cash register and 18 from patrons in the place the arolin prolin proprietor etor nick blick fired at the men as they were leaving the place they were joined outside by two confederates I 1 who had stood guard I 1 william mccobb who looks after the block signals west of green river wyo was killed by a freight train two miles west of that town he was going west on his velocipede when he lifted his velocipede for an approach ing train and stepped in front of a train on the other track the body of a man was found in one of the drain tanks at the round house at green river wyo the ira drainage inage had clogged up and in try ing to locate the cause the drain box which is about four feet square and some seven or eight feet deep wag was opened and the body found |