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Show NORTHWEST NOTES Senator Mulkey of Oregon was jworn In Wednesday of last week to jervo until March 4, tho shortest term on record. Tho senate has continued tho nomination nom-ination of Richard A. Dalllnger o Seattle to bo commissioner of the general gen-eral land ofllce. Tho purchase of the Blal'rtown, Wyo., coal mines by Ogden capitalists capital-ists appears to bo a move on the part of the Utah capitalists to solve the coal shortage problem in Ogden. Senator Patterson of Colorado on February 1 presented the credentials of Samuel Guggenheim, his successor succes-sor 4n the senate. Mr. Guggenheim was presented nnd wns introduced to tho senators. A bill was passed by the house last week providing for tho hearing of np peals and writs of error from the district dis-trict or Alaska by the court or appeal; for the Ninth circuit nt Sun Fianclsco Portland or Senttlo. The severest storm In twenty years prevails In eastern Montana. Snow now covers the ground to the depth of nearly a foot. Conditions are said to bo worso than since 1880, when thousands of sheep died In a storm. Stato Senator Stephen A. D. Kelster died of appendicitis at Chndron, Neb., last week. He wns taken sick three weeks ago when going to Cheyenne to attend tho legislature and was taken tak-en off the train at Chadron. Mr. Kcls tor was the Democratic candidate' for governor of Wyoming nt the last state election. 'Estimated damage to" the Oregon nnd Washington divisions nnd branches of tho Oregon Railroad & Navigation compnny because of the sudden thaw of last week Is $175,000 With tho exception of the Shanlkc branch nnd Bomo places oil tho Washington Wash-ington district division, the line hat been cleared. Boar Claws, the aged chief of the Orow Indians, died last week nt Sheridan, Sheri-dan, Wyo. He was burled in the Indian In-dian cemetery nt the Crow agency. (Us last request was that he should oe burled like u paleface. According ly hlB body was placed In an expenslvo coffin and a white minister preached i funeral sermon. The sennte has passed a bill to survey sur-vey and allot the lnnds of the Black-foet Black-foet Indian reservation in Montana. In calling np tho measure, Senator Clark of Montana remarked that tho president had vetoed the measure last year. Ho Bald that ho believed that tho bill In Its present rorm would meet the president's approval. t Articles, havo been signed nt Reno, Nevada, by Hilrry Pollock, acting for Corbett, for a fight between Young Corbett and Kid Herman for a purse of $10,000, offered by Kohl nnd John Bon, local promoters. The articles call for 75 per cent to the winner nnd 26 per cent to tho loser, the contest to take place on March 18. D. H. Hendee, a '49er and the pioneer pio-neer photographer of the Pacific coast, lied last week in Portland. He had oeon 111 with the grippe for a weok, out it Is believed that his sudden death was brought about by tho shock resulting result-ing from n small fire at the houso, as t result of. which his invalid wife came sear being cremnted in n burning bed. Senator Warren of Wyoming has oeen appointed by President Roosevelt i member ot the committee which will 'epresent tho National Wool Growers' issoclntlon nnd the American Livestock Live-stock association at a meeting to be leld in Wnshlngtnn February 11, with members of the public lands commit-:co, commit-:co, to discuss questions pertaining :o control of the grazing land of the west. Dan Burns, Jim Burns, Jim Bushman, Bush-man, William Roberts nnd Jim Ryan havo escaped from tho Esmeralda county Jail ut Hawthorne, Nevada, and are still ot large. Bushman was In for forgery and the others for burg-lory. burg-lory. An expenditure of nenrly $1,000,000 for the purchase of cattle to supply the needs of the IndlnriR on reserfft Hons in North and South Dakota, Montana nnd Arizona will be mndp by tho Interior department within a short time. A Washington dispatch says: Son-atoYs Son-atoYs Warren and Clark and Representative Repre-sentative Mondell, of Wyoming, huvo agreed upon a now deal for fedoral offices in that state. Of six good federal fed-eral positions in the state, five will go to new men. Tho Nevada Power Mining nnd Milling Mill-ing compnny is largely Increasing its cnpnclty for electric energy. This company supplies electricity to the mines nnd cities of Goldlleld, Manhattan Man-hattan and Tonopnh and will in n short time be serving Bullfrog. Mrs. Ettn Duvall, mother of three sons, who says ner husband resides at Eucampment. Wyo., was arrested at Laramie, charged with forgory, ami is held to await hearing. She bought1 a bill of goods and presented for pay- mcnt a check for $7,000 which It Is claimed is a forgery. Gerret Van Wyck. n rancher, wu found guilty nt Sterling, Colo., of murdering mur-dering his sister-in-law, Gerretjo Hast, who was shot and killed a year ngo laBt month In a cabin where she lived alone. .Mrs. Van Wyk, who wnj charged with murder Jointly with hti husband, was acquitted. |