Show NORTHWEST NOTES james boner aged believed to be the oldest resident of montana Is dead of astl asthma rma at virginia city in a wreck on the northern pacific near glendive mont five people were killed and half a dozen injured engineer J F mcmullen was in scantly killed at arlee mont by a northern pacific engine his body was horribly mangled dr J M wilson who with mrs wilson was injured in a runaway ac aident at douglas wyo will not be crippled as at first reported the colorado federation of labor in convention at denver by a viva voice vote indorsed the democratic party in the national campaign ompha om ha neb was selected as the oty in which the 1909 convention ot of bagles will be held at the session ol 01 abe grand aerie held in seattle george evans and son george age 17 and daughter bessie age 14 were drowned in snake river twelve miles below huntington ore while bath ing the loss as the result ot of forest fires in the bitter root mountains in mon tana will be great several millions of feet of fine umber timber having been destroyed As a result of a washout on the tonopah tidewater railroad near shoshone cal a passenger train plunged into a chasm and three men were killed governor norris has appointed fit teen delegates to represent montana at the sixteenth national irrigation congress to be held at albuquerque september 30 teddy stanton not three years old a son of mr and mrs thomas stan ton of plains mont was accidental ly shot through the bead head by a play mate ralph stevens aged 9 and died later the state bank dank ol 01 0 wheatland and the first national bank of wheatland wyoming have merged under the name of the former which will here after conduct the banking business ot of that section state senator P L flanagar Flani gai is to be indorsed at the goldfield conven tion august 22 tor for republican senator against senator Ne newlands consider able of a boom for senator flanigan has been raised puao pueblo has been chosen as the meet ing place for the annual convention of the western federation of miners for the district embracing colorado utah wyoming and new mexico and the date set for september 1 benjamin Tn ompson of pleasant ridge wao was thrown from his horse and received injuries that may cause his death Tho rapson has been unconscious since the accident and tears fears are entertained for his recovery E D II 11 stagg 17 years of age wag was filled at the monticello rooming house in helena he was running the the elevator at the place and was caught between the floor of toe the ele mator and the doorjamb door jamb and crushed to death reports were received at the dis catchers pat chers office at sparks nev from mina nev that the residents of that little desert town were greatly per over what they thought to be a vole volcanic anle eruption close by on au gust 14 in a quarrel following a poker game at seven troughs nevada T J long acre better known as snowball shot and killed D C mclaughlin ln a miner formerly of virginia city longacre has been held on a charge of murder judge john Y batterton county commissioner ded died at deer lodge mont on august kugust 13 aged 82 judge batterton Batter tor came from missouri in 1877 prior to moving west he had been probate and county judge in his native state eight million eight hundred and nine thousand sixteen dollars and fit ty cents Is the amount of money made bythe southern pacific corn com pany in the state of california during the year ending on the first monday in march last chief justice talbot about whose candidacy tor for election reelection re to the su preme court bench of nevada there has been a great deal of speculation has de aided that he will seek the nom from the democratic conven conten tion at tonopah five men are dead and another will probably die as the result of an explosion that occurred at the albright quarries about forty miles south of great falls mont where the lime me rock for the B M smelter at U areat eat falls Is quarried mrs david miller wife of a miner in the frog pond basin northeast ol 01 missoula mont last week shot a monster bear that was attempting to break into her cabin the bear was one of the largest ever killed in that part of thel country Ripe town a mining camp located nine in les from ely nevada with d population of about was almost completely destroyed by fire last lat week the fire started in a saloon by the explosion of a lamp and spread with great rapidity winston brothers contractors daiv ing the big st paul pass tun I 1 at taft mont on the route of the pa coast extension of the st paul railroad broke all records tor for tunnel boring in america when in june the pushed the bore fet f et deeper into the frank E stotts water commis lioner for northern district of wyom ing died at sheridan last week from hemorrhage of the brain caused by heat beat and overexertion over exertion at a ball game between lawyers and doctors in which professor stotts participate 1 playing with the lawyers |