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Show NORTHWEST NOTES Tho reports from eastern Washington Washing-ton stnto that the movlnfe of tho wheat crop has taken so many cars of till kinds that it Is found Impossible to He-cure He-cure rolling mtock to'tfsulp tho lumber. lum-ber. it was expected that Indictments would be returned against certain officials offi-cials of Goldflold v'ho wore charged with grafting In the red light dlBtrlct, but nothing was done in tho matter by thu grand Jury. Congressman William Sulzer, of New York, In nn interview at Seattle upon Ills return from Alaska, announced that ho will Introduce a bill at tho next session of congress to prohibit seal bunting for twenty-five years. James Hogan, n miner, was Instantly killed ut Goldflcld by a cave-In. Ho-gnu's Ho-gnu's body was covered by many tons of enrth and rock, and was not recovered recov-ered until late In the uftcrnqm. The accident occurred In the new shaft being be-ing Hunk In the Llttlo Florence. Seventeen Indictments were returned return-ed by the grand Jury 0 Esmeraldn county, Nevada, last week. Thoy Included In-cluded Oeorgo Gibson, tbo deputy sheriff who xhot and killed Eugene Maunsell, the mining engineer, In the Sunset citfo, and Ah Mow, a Chluamau, who wns indicted for the killing of n co-iiitryinan. A strong effort will be made to save Jack Hlnes, the slayer or Count Pod-horski, Pod-horski, from the death sentence, some of tho best legal talent In tho state having been engaged. Hlnes deliberately deliber-ately shot Podhorskl to death In the Sunset cafe, at Goldflold, 11 famous re. sort In tho tenderloin, on the evening of March 21. .Inmost Cnhlll, 11 contractor's foreman, fore-man, was shot three times nnd fnt ally wounded at Seattle by Lnrry Ca-vnnntigh, Ca-vnnntigh, nn elderly mining man. Tho men quarreled nnd Cnhlll shipped Cn-vnnnugh's Cn-vnnnugh's face. Litter Cavanuugh met Cnhlll In the Soknno saloon, cursed li tin and shot lilin threo times, inflicting inflict-ing fatal Injuries. For ninety dnys tho body of n man has been dangling from a tree 011 tho sldo or 0110 of the lofty peaks of tho Crazy mountains, fifty miles north of Livingston, at an elevation of 3,000 feet ubovo the surrounding hills. Tho body was discovered by two boy hunt-ors, hunt-ors, and proved to be that of ti sheep herder who had suicided. C. L. Maxwell, the man who was shot ut Helper, Utah, and slightly Injured In-jured was an officer In Uoldfleld during tho stirring times following the murder mur-der If Sllva, tho restaurant man, by Preston and Smith of the I. W. W March 10th, and enme near having trouble upon several occnslonvt. He wns known in Goldflcld ns Jim Ullss. Tho secretory of the Interior has decided de-cided In fuvor of tho stnto of Washington Washing-ton In tho case of that state against a lnrgo number of settlers, Involving nbout 50,000 acres of vuluablo land. Thoro wero several classes of claimants, claim-ants, but tho secretary held against nil except those who had settled, on their lands before the state's selections selec-tions wero made, Tho Hocky Mountain Bell Telcphono company met defeat in tho effort to prosecute two striking employees, of Helena, A, E. Edwards and H. Clayton, for grnnd larceny from various removal remov-al of Hell Instruments from varintrs houses. Judge John Doran declared thnt tho state had failed to present convicting testimony, nnd he discharged dis-charged the two men. William F. Hrlttan. of Sherldnn, Wyo who wttR nominated by tho president pres-ident during tho Inst session of congress con-gress for the appointment as register of tho land office at Buffalo, W'yo., but who was confirmed by tho scnato ns Wesley F. Hrlttnn, has had tho difficulties connected with his appointment ap-pointment romoved by being given a recess nppointmcnt. The thirty-first annual session of the University of Wyoming, ut Laramie, began its fall term on tho 25th with n larger attendance from outside points than for sovcral years. Among tho stntes represented in the list of now students nro Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Nebraska. Ohio, Michigan and Wlsconxln, one student being present from Sweden. Detectives In the employ of tho Goldflcld Consolidated Mines company have Just recovered 187 sacks or Mohawk Mo-hawk ore, nt Coaldale, south of Tono-pnh. Tono-pnh. Tho ore wns found In the cellar r( a hut occupied by several Italians, and tho fact that the canvnss containing contain-ing It had almost rotted to pieces shows thnt tlio rock had been stolen soveral months ngo. Senator Clark, of Wyoming, according accord-ing to a Washington dispatch, says tho west desires Iloosovult for president, presi-dent, but If ho declines, Tuft Is tho heir nppnront. He says there Is 11 surprisingly sur-prisingly lnrgo sentiment for Knox nmong the miners nnd other working-men working-men of his Vilnto. Two Jurors, "Dlamondtleld" Juck Davis of Goldlleld nud Jnck Hart of Minn, wero peremptorily challenged In tho Hlneti murder enso at Gold-field, Gold-field, tho former by the state nnd tho latter by tho defense "Diamondflehl" Jnck Davis was himself convicted of murder ut one tlmo. The ore production of Goldflcld Inst week consisted of G.890 tons, of which tho Consolidated Mines, lenses und mill, produced 2,002 tons, and tho Mohawk Mo-hawk Jumbo lensu on tho Jumbo Extension, Ex-tension, adjoining thu Mohawk, 1,185 tons. It wns onu of the biggest weoks In tho history of tho camp. Ger-c A. Pettlbone, defoudnut In the murder trlnl of former Governor Frank Steunenljorg, whoso enso was set boforo Judgo Wood last week, has taken a relapse at tho Boise jail, and fears aro entertained that his condition con-dition Is very grnve. Ho was opor-atod opor-atod on for ulcerated liver. |