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Show NORTHWEST NOTES Tho Silver Peak rnllrond was com-, pletcd on tho 16th, and tho first train-load train-load of lumber was hauled Into the. now town of Dlnlr, Nevada, at Silver Peak. Many men known In tho mining '.ndustry throughout tho world gathered n Denver to attend the convention of tho American Mining congress, held last week. It Is belleyed that tho brutal murder mur-der of Secretary Reno Hutchinson, ol the Spokane. Y. M. C. A., was the crime of a footpad, not tho work of a personal per-sonal enemy, as was suspected at first. William M. Alderson, for many years editor of the Hozcman Courier, Is dead at Ilozeman, Mont., of tumor of tho stomach, after a long illness, aged 75. Ho was a nutlvo of Yorkshire, England, and came to Montana .in 1886. Announcement comes from Wyoming Wyom-ing that the Rnrllngton Is preparing to begin construction work on the extension of the Frannle-Worland lino In Dig Horn county on south through Thermoplola, Shoshone, and to Den-vor. Den-vor. Horace E. "Voss, who was doorkeeper door-keeper of tho fifth Utah legislature and the most prominent colored. man In the state, was shot and Instantly killed by A. T. Day, another negro. Voss had reproved Day for assaulting a smaller man. The Oregon & Washington, Harrl-man's Harrl-man's subsidiary corporation building to Senttle, brought condemnation proceedings pro-ceedings to acqulro a right of way through thirteen blocks of land lying between Fourth and Sixth avenues, Seattle. Harrlman wants the property for a right of way to passenger terminals. ter-minals. Tho Aetna Banking & Trust company com-pany (branch) of Washington, D. C, has been closed by direction of tho acting comptroller of tho currency, and Robert Lyons has been appointed receiver. This company Is a branch of tho Aetna Bonking & Trust company com-pany of Butte, Mont, which closed the following day. Two trains collided near Monroe, Wash., killing Freight Engineer J. E. Hudson, Freight Fireman A. W. Res-telle Res-telle nnd' Pat Sheridan, and 'Injuring Passengor Engineer George Lawrence and Conductor Wctzell. It Is alleged tho wreck was caused by tho freight pot leaving Monroo oh time. Several freight cars were demolished. Five masked men drove a wagon up to No. 1 shaft of the Hayes & Monett loaso on the Mohawk mine, nt Gold-Held, Gold-Held, at 3 o'clock Saturday morning, coyored the engineer nnd top men with guns nnd loaded up five eack Df ore valued at $12,500. The rob- bory was a most daring one, and so unexpected that It was successful. Tho register and receiver of the Unltod StnteB land ofllco at Helena, Montana, has received a telegram from acting commlsslpncr of tho .United States general land office, Gcorgo Pollock, ordering withdrawal from entry of large areaB of coal land In Montana, ln pursuancd of the recently re-cently announced policy of tho president. pres-ident. A warrant for tho arrest of F. E. Garsldo, cashier ot tho Aetna bank, jf Butto, which closed Its doom Friday Fri-day under orders of tho acting comptroller comp-troller ot tho currency, was Issued on the Instance ot a lady depositor, who had deposited $10 In tho defunct Institution In-stitution shortly heforo It closed. Tho warrant -was not served, however, ns tho lady, with all others who had deposited de-posited money with the Aetna on Thursday, wero refunded their monoy. Tho Union Pacific railway Is planning plan-ning tho construction of a cutoff between be-tween Plattevlllo Colo., and Laramie, Wyo., which will ellmlnato nil heavy grades botween Denver nnd Laramlo and shorten the distance to Salt Lake City. Goldflold, Novnda, Is doing by all odds tho blggestMolegruphlc business Df America, considering Its size. Tho tworago dally number of messages sent out Is crowding tho 3,000 mark, nnd during tho last few days has run close to 6,000. Tho closing hours of tho Hnyes & Monetto lease on tho Mohnwk mine at Goldflold, Nevada, will bo signalized by tho shipment of tho richest cnrload of oro ever shipped from a mine. It will contain in tho neighborhood ot thirty tons, valued nt $1,000,000. Goorgo Smith, of Elko, Nov., was run down and killed by a Southern Pacific train at Hosld, about 203 miles west of Ogdcn. The trainmen assert that tho man wnlked directly In front of the train. Smith's body was taken to Elko on board tho train which killed him. In tho finals of the most Important stakes of the national coursing moot at Hot Springs, S. D., the Waterloo cup was won by Mr, Blue, owned by Tonkin and Saunders ot Butte, Mont., tho Waterloo plate was won by Lord Blake, the property of L. F, Bartlcs of Denver. Two men woro killed, whllo moro than a score of passengers woro injured in-jured as tho result of a head-on collision col-lision between two Santa Fo express trains near Manzanllo.tColarado. Both locomotives woro totally .domollshed, as was tho baggago cur on tho east-bound east-bound train. |