| Show NORTHWEST NOTES A woman has been indicted on the charge ot of unlawfully enclosing 2 acres of government land in wom ing franklin al barnes Is charged with leaving unlawfully taken 3 feet of timber from government arr est reserves in san miguel county colorado it Is officially staled stated that 5 20 represents the loss to the great northern express company in the rob bery of the company a strong box by two bandits near seattle the house committee on c lands has reported favorably a bill allotting in the state of wyoming un der the carey act 1000 acres oi 01 land to be subject to reclamation meager details have been received of the killing at shell mont mon of a woman named mrs wesson the tragedy occurred in a saloon and two men are being held pending an in vesti gation the federal grand jury sitting at denver has reported sixty indictments Inc including ludin g twentysix twenty six tor for unlawful fencing of public lands thirteen for perjury in obtaining land and one for timber trespass the body of william illiam mccruden known as the catholic Ceth olic olle kid who mho was lost in the mountains near salt ese mont early in december was mas found last week meek by a party of search ers including robert mccruden a brother twenty ho aises on the east side of the main street of tonopah nevada wore more destroyed by a fire which bated in a lodging house A high wind was blowing and the entire city was endangered the loss is estima ted at 50 W 3 arkell well mell known in reno and once a prominent stock bro broker kerat at manhattan nev is a bankrupt his 1119 liabilities are 66 and asset of df some morth worthless less mining stocks and about in money arkell s liking tor for fast horses it is said is the baue of his domn downfall fall A case Ini involving mining property in the silver peak district valued at approximately 10 and which has been in litigation in the nevada courts fo the past twelve years m was am completed in the district court at reno nev last week meek and will be braisted si to judge pike in briefs it I 1 announced that the mad son fiver riner rover company has secured op t ona u en cn all the electric power plants eat cat of billings mont including those at columbia falls fors forstie the big timber and livingston and will run rup a power system from the dakota line to billings from one central station glen holbrook was found not guilty at antonito colo on the charge ot murdering M W lowther whom he shot and killed at alamosa alamona fedoru ary 20 last Hol holbrook brool who was in mrs lowther lowthers s apartments apartment when her I 1 ausband unexpectedly returned claim ed that he shot lowther in pelf de tense from his cell in the alameda cal jail 11 where he awaits sentence for the murder of mrs airs vernie carmin for merly of springfield mo mark ala a wil wit kins has sent out word that the worn wom an who had lived at elmhurst Ss a h s wife and whose body he buried in a shed behind their home was not mrs carmin federal judge hunt of helena has granted an injunction restraining butte and anaconda typographical unions from interfering with the transactions of the business of the butterick publishing company of new york it was alleged that a boycott had been placed on the concern by these unions helena has been visited by two dia dim earthquake shocks one tuesday and the other thursday night of last week the last shock was se vere enough to throw one west side woman into convulsions and it made several other people quite ill houses rocked violently and dishes rattled and pictures became askew A chicago man has patented a process that will convert the sagebrush ot of the west into millions of money by utilizing it in a scientific manner potash Is derived from the ashes which contain 61 per cent while erdl nary wood ashes contain only 21 per cent A dramatic and unexpected feature of the washington republican state convention held at spokane was the adoption of a local option plank by a vote of 06 to the convention adopted unanimously a resolution fa boring the candidacy of secretary taft reno nevada merchants have filed a petition with the nevada railroad commission asking for an adjustment of freight rates that will enable them to compete with salt lake city los angeles and san francisco dealers the commission will investigate their request L W harlev expert on wood dis til lation for the forest service lett washington last week tor for an extended visit to oregon washington montana and idaho tp to investigate the pos slbil sibil ity of a future turpentine industry in the northwestern portion of the unit ed states george rock who with three othe convicts made a desperate attempt to escape from the state penitentiary at deer lodge mont during which they killed chief guard john A robinson and desperately wounded frank con ley has been sentenced to be hange hanged on june 16 robert lockhart a mining man of Rh iolite nevada reports having vi vis S cited at mesquite springs the camp ot walter scott who told him about the discovery of the remains of two me men 11 fifteen miles northeast of the carna there was nothing by which the men co id be identified |
