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Show NORTHWEST NOTES A man supposed to bo Anton Fritz, of Portland, was decapitated at San Fernando, Cal., by the westbound Santa Darbara pnsenger train. Alexander Findloy, a carpenter, aged B3 years, was bnrned to death at'Butte In a fire that destroyed the one-story frame building In which ho was living. Ole Martcnson, a Swede, was killed by an Irishman named Roberts at Encampment, En-campment, Wyo. Roberts Is In Jail at Rawlins and will be tried for murder. mur-der. The plant of the National Reduction mills, half a mile from Florence, Colo., was entirely destroyed by fire last week. Loss $150,000, with no Insurance. Insur-ance. Thomas Brant and Thomas Rick-hart, Rick-hart, two Northern Pacific engineers wer,e killed at Cedar Creek spur, near Garfleld, Wash., when a passenger train collided with a light engine. G. O, Yergy, of tho Yergy Lumber company, and a well known Helena man, while driving across tho street car tracks In Helena, was struck by an electric car and almosst Instantly killed. A strike of gold ore on the one hundred hun-dred foot level of the Annla Laurie claim, belonging to the Manhattan Mining company's group at Manhattan, Manhat-tan, Nevada, goes better than $1,500 per ton. Edward A. Horner, formerly of Lead-vllle, Lead-vllle, Colo., has organized the Roosevelt, Roose-velt, third term national league In Chicago, and says that clubs will be organized in every county and city in the United States. K. Willctts, a Rtockman from Idaho enroute east with stock, fell from p car In the yards at Rawlins on the night of the 4th, nnd when picked up by yardmen the following morning died in a few minutes. Senator lleyburn of Idaho has proposed pro-posed an amendment to the railway rate law which will requlro the railroads rail-roads to give Iiolse, Spokane and other Interior points the advantage of the long haul rates. Because the Montana Coal ft Coke company refused to reinstate a mlnei who had been discharged some week' ago, 400 miners struck, tlelng up tho mines and coking plants of the company com-pany at Aldrldge and Horr, Mont The gold output of Montana for 1905 was $208,551 less than that ot 1904. The silver output was $1,491,315 less (coinage values) than for 1904. Tho copper output was $11,754,967 greater and the lead output $31,r35 greater. Rev. Oscar WoodB, of Laramie, Wyo., in an article In a local paper bitterly bit-terly denounced the so-called endless' prayer chain letters, several of which have been received In Laramie. One young woman of a very religious turn of mind was bo wrought up about tho matter .as to be in a serious mental condition. A wreck occurred near Rawlins, Wyo., in which B. B. Johnson, a brake-man, brake-man, was killed, and an engineer, brakeman and two firemen were hurt. A westbound freight drawn by two engines en-gines and an caslbound freight collided col-lided head on us the result of conflicting con-flicting train orders, all three engines being derailed. Tho California delegation in congress con-gress has received what they consider a satisfactory assurance that tho president pres-ident did not desire to bo understood as saying In the Japanese section ot his message that he would uso tho military forceH of the United States In forcing the Japaneso Into tho California Cal-ifornia schools In which the whlto children are taught. There havo been many deaths In Goldflcld tho past month or two, more, porhups, than people generally know about; but they have not been In such numbers as have been reported. Tho death rato during tho worst of tho prevailing storm havo averaged not moro thnn four per day as against twenty as reported. A flquad of citizens ot Billings, Mont., forcibly seized a carload of coal and distributed It in one ton lots. In a body tho squad then proceeded to tho offices of the coal company and compelled the agent to receipt for tho payment of the fuel, Montana produced In the calendar year of 1900 copper, silver, gold and lead to the value of $70,677,583. These values came from 5,000,000 tons of ore, und the aggregate production wni greater by $10,0SG,736 than tho value of tho output of 1904, which was approximately ap-proximately $10,000,000 greater than for the year betore. Ida and Mlnnlo Hill, sisters, were found asphyxiated In their rooms 1n Portland by Hilda Hill, another sister, wheu she returned homo from work. Tho dead glrlB left u note bidding Hilda Hil-da farewell, but It dues not stato the reason for their act. Ireno La Borge, aged 17 years, committed com-mitted suicide at her home In Seattle, after n quarrel with her sweetheart, John Tweed, a postofflco messonge. She was Jealous oi tho attentions of tho young man to another girl and drank poison In his presence It Is announced that tho Spokane & Inland railway has awarded to Grunt, Smith & Co. the grading contract for a 15-mllo extension from Pulouse, WaBh., to Moscow, Idaho. It Is thought the lino may bo extended to Lewlstou and Clarkstou next year. |