Show NORTHWEST NOTES in miles of track bridges have been built across the mussel shell river in montana by the chicago milwaukee st paul railroad an unknown man nd rid ng the brake beams was ground to pieces at liv ingston mont fragments of his body were scattered over five miles of irack track twenty eight new locomotives worth about are said to be tied up at denver as the result 0 of the strike of the on the denver rio grande railroad application for a receiver tor for the first bank ot of rawhide has been made the appointment will be made on aug 6 and in all probability A A codd will be named as the man while hunting deer in the woods near lovell a small town near tekoa wash on the dalene alene d reser john gates an indian was killed by the accidental discharge ot of his weapon invitations have been sent to wil wit ifrain H taft and william J bryan the rival presidential candidates to attend the interstate fair and exposi tion in denver in september and de liver addresses capital Is now developing the water power of the cherry creek section of nevada for an irrigation project in coal valley and an area thirty by fit teen miles in extent eventually will be under cultivation mack thayer son ot of william thay er ot of fenton wyo accidentally shot himself with a 22 calibre revolver the bullet entered between the ribs and lodged under the left Eh shoulder and thayer will recover albert penny a union pacific shop man at laramie wyo has fallen heir to a share of an estate valued at 20 the property Is located in new york and penny s share will amount to about mrs may belle cottrell charged with having raised a check given her by colonel D P jenkins nestor of the washington bar spokane million aire and philanthropist has been released from custody on 2 bonds the last spike connecting butte with chicago on the chicago kee st paul coast extension was driven at 6 0 clock on the e evening V ening of july 27 by D A macintosh one of the contractors the spike was one of brass the big prize fight arena of the butte athletic club on the flats below butte was destroyed by fire of un known origin on july 31 entailing a loss of 3 in this arena all ot of the big prize fights of butte have been held an unknown man who was stealing a ride on the overland limited was ground to pieces beneath the wheels and his body strewn in bits tor for over a mile three miles east of winnemucca nevada an inquest did not develop his identity sheriff campbell of missoula Cis soula mont while visiting a friend at taft near missoula happened upon two holdup men in the act of robbing henry smith the sheriff gave chase and caught both robbers after an ex citing and long chase the montana bankers association held its annual convention in billings last week the feature of the open ing session was the addresses bv united states senator thomas H carter and john G maronet dent of the association three lives were lost by the capsaz ing of the yawl elizabeth in the ev erett wash harbor about two miles from shore the drowned men are george morton aged 21 his mamie morton of everett and miss florence scott of victoria stephen G grubb a civil war vet eran whose action at a critical mo ment probably saved general william T shermans Sher mans entire store ot of ammu just before his famous march from atlanta to the sea died at ta coma on july 30 age 73 years john murphy and joseph N mcneal were instantly killed at nimrod sta tion mont on the northern pacific railroad and gus wassen was seri serl bously injured the men were riding the pilot of a work train s engine when the front trucks climbed the rails A jury at fort benton mont ac quitted fred larimore Larl more of the murder of W P turner at the latter s ranch near beatrice last april judge tat tan scored the jurors severely when the verdict was read and intimated that had a verdict of guilty of mur der in the first degree been return ed it would have met with his al air jesse flier a street car gripman killed his eight year old daughter hazel mrs dennis a confine ment patient fatally wounded his wife mrs L pifer fifer seriously wounded mrs ethel bairen his sister in inlaw law at seattle and then took his own life fifer was crazed because his wife had left him rex beach the novelist and play wright who has just returned from a bear hunting trip in alaska Is con fined in a seattle hospital under the care of an eye special st with a seri ous attack of which it is feared may result in the permanent loss of sight james gallagher a liveryman CT twin falls ida has caused the ar rest at denver of george kem kern and george mclaughlin whom he accuses of having swindled him out of 5 wagered by him on a wrestling match which he now declares to have been a fake frank barker a deserting lanct corporal in ila company D of the third infantry stationed at fort george wright was arrested at spokane last week chaget with the murder of ira fr Ness mger near clear lake he ile con fessel the crime but claimed it was wac I 1 the result of a fight |