Show NORTH NORTHWEST AVEST NOTES during a quarrel between a couple ot of finland miners at oakley wyo one of the men was shot and killed judge miles poindexter of spokane has won the congressional nomina tion con over a field of six candidates enree of them in spokane county the western astern Boo boosters steps shooting tournament was held in anaconda last week with well known marks L i en an from all parts of the untied states state in attendance arthur mccant a one eyed colored man wanted at canon city colo for the murder of a colored man was ar bested on a union pacific train at cheyenne by a deputy sheriff W F claycomb employed at the Monc saw mill near cody wyo lost one thumb and two fingers from the right band hand a few days ago by coming in contact with a saw the state mining congress of colo rado nido has appointed a committee of thirteen to take steps to retain the borne bome of the american mining con bress gress in denver and the erection of FA 1000 1 temple A few days ago at his red bank ranch in the big horn basin ex gov bornor richards of wyoming while beheading chickens accidentally hacked his left thumb almost sever ing it from his hand it is thought the thumb can be saved wishing to see if a live wire which had just given a severe shock to young charles mann a deaf mute was still charged glenn saunders Ba a iran 24 years of age of baker city ore gre touched the wire with a nail and arid was immediately electrocuted dr cabelle whitehead general manager of the seward peninsula railroad in alaska is dead at nome as the result of an accident on the road the car in which dr white head was riding was overturned and he fell into ai ev shallow body of water chairman harry humphries of the republican state central committee of nevada and chairman P J som ers of the democratic committee I 1 ave formally formal lv entered into an agree ment binding the legislative candi cand oates cates of both parties to abide by the popular vote for united states sena tor president holbrook of the wyo wye ming coal company at monarch wyo has bas purchased the right odway of vay tor for a railroad from monarch to miles allies city mont and proposed to build a I 1 ne of railway down tongue river to the montana city where it will con peet with the milwaukee st paul road the first step toward tb construe tion of the chrystal lake lale reservoir 24 pilles alies west of cheyenne Che jenne and which will form a part of the city s water storage system was taken last week when condemn condemnation atlon proceed ings were instituted against the own ers of land which will be flooded by the lake the warden of the state penitent biary at rawlins wyo 13 already q ordering Bon on dering what he Is going to do with the large number of convicts be ing received there are now pris criers in the pen and with dist let courts in session in several counties it Is expected this number will short I 1 it be increased to or the sheriff Is searching for 3 W manning who came to cheyenne irom denver recently and who Is wanted on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses beating lis board bill stealing a diamond ung ring and various other alleged of benses manning represented himself to be a man of wealth fearing he would be convicted on the charge of committing a criminal assault upon a 14 year old girl for which he was arrested J H jones a bricklayer 56 years old and married committed suicide at durano durango colo soon after being locked up in a cell at the county jail by cutting his throat from ear to ear with a pocket ignite inife the first trouble growing out of the present strike of wyoming coal miners occurred at Sherl sheridan dan when charles koopchick Klop chick and joe were arrested charged with interfere Int erfer ing with workmen of the coal cam com pany while they were building a bridge mrs john davis wife of one of the leading real estate dealers of se attle committed suicide by taking carbolic acid she was 23 years old he was as and they had been mar ned ried only since march 15 last but the couple had frequently quarreled of late the president has issued a procia procla mation opening to settlement acres of the surplus lands of the rosebud indian reservation in south dakota the drawing will take place at dallas S D on october 18 the minimum price fixed on the land is 6 per acre two convicts in the state prison at folsom cal made a break tor for lib erty they were fired upon by two of the prison guards and one of the con evicts A barrett serving a 10 yea sentence was killed the rifle ball passing through his head his corn com panion was captured john E engle of demer denver while at tempting to beat his way on a freight train out of huntington ore got in between two cars tars on which the dra draw heads were gone and fastened together with noth a chain and when the engine stopped the cars came together crushing him to death AI al williams a ranch ranchman nian alvin living rear sheridan wyo has i freak lamb that will shortly be minced on exhibition the lamb is 6 months old and has six perfectly formed ggs legs the two extra legs are a tr shorter than the other four and arf ot used in locomotion a |