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Show NORTHWEST NOTES The carpenters' of Butte demand an Increase of $1 per day, bringing their wages up to $G. The senate has confirmed the nomination nom-ination of Louis G. Davis as marshal, and R. M. Aushcrman as district attorney, at-torney, for Wyoming. Denvor men have broken the "cor-nor "cor-nor heretofore held on elaterlate, n product found exclusively on tho Ulntnh reservation In Utah by tho Haven Mining company, snys tho Denver Den-ver Post. The Dutto Worklngmcn's union, embracing em-bracing all sorts ot unskilled labor, struck last week for an Increase of CO cents a day. Tho city refused to grant tho Increase and all work In the streets has stopped. Frank Creasman, of Laramie, was arrested at Fort Collins, Colo., and taken to Laramie for trial for hiring n team of horses from John Pulcher, which ho drove to Wajdon, Colo., and sold to a third party. Tho fourth ense of purpura over known In the United States was the cause of death of Mrs. Slna Dark-hurst Dark-hurst of Laramie. Purpura la tho most baffling of all diseases, and the recovery of a case has never been known. , In tho senate Senator Warren has presented the resolutions of the Whoatland Commercial club and petitions pe-titions from a number ot Laramie county ranchmen favoring legislation for leasing public grazing lands under un-der equitable regulations. Thinking that tho accidental discharge dis-charge of a little revolver while In his hands had killed his younger broth, er, Harry, Charles Maulte, ot Seattle, aged 1G, fired a bullet into his own head. Harry was only stunned and will recover. Charles may die. Ex-Deputy Sheriff Walker, of Franklin Frank-lin county, has been nrrcsted nt Le-roy, Le-roy, Wash., charged with tho murder of Charles Anderson, who died a fow days ago In n Spokane hospital. Coroner Cor-oner Wlttop found death was caused by a blow on' tho hend recolved during dur-ing a free light nt Lcroy, a railroad camp. In response to a demand made by tho lumber shippers of northwest Washington through tho Belllnghnin chamber of commerce that tho embargo em-bargo on forest products be raised, Howard Eliot, president of tho Northern North-ern Pnclllc, wires tho secretary of the chamber from St. Paul refusing to lift tho embargo. Tho supremo court has reversed the Kelllhcr land fraud case. In which A T. Kelllhcr, ot Salem, Ore., was found guilty nnd sontenced to two years In prison. The court upholds' tho Indictment, In-dictment, but holds that thoro was not sufficient evidence to connect Kcl 1 1 tier with tho forgery to which one H. H. Turner confessed. William Edgo, wanted in hnlf the counties ot Washington on charges of passing forged checks has been arrested ar-rested at Dillingham, Wash. Officers declare that within the past few moths he has viclntlzcd hotels and business men in every city from Port land north nnd east ns far as Spokane, Spo-kane, for amounts ranging from $100 to $1,000. Conductor Al Itlchnrds was In somo way knocked down nnd run over by i train at Green nivcr, Wyo., and tho body not being discovered It was run over time and ngaln, until scarcely scarce-ly enough of the remains could bo sathored for identification. A metal ticket, bearing his name, found in a vest pocket, was the only means of determining who the man was. A terrific explosion occurred at tho soda plant In Green River, Wyoming, owned by tho Western Alkali company, com-pany, caused by tho Igniting ot a flow af gas, the oxistenco of which no one ind suspected. Three firemen, Saw yor, Tuoller and Drlggs, were badly burned. Tho building was torn asunder asun-der nnd soon enveloped In flames, which consumed the entlro plant. Nows has been recolved nt Rawlins, Wyo., from tho southwest port of tho county that an earthquake was felt thero Thursday night. Tho seismic disturbance extended as far south as Harm's peak and was bo gcvero that dishes rattled and tho Inhabitants wcro thrown Into u panic. At Slater ono building was twisted a foot out of plub, but nowhere else was thero any damago, A San Francisco newspaper says that n satisfactory agreement has been reached by tho creditors of the L. M. Sulllvnn Trust company. All stock In tho various mines of the company will bo hold In a pool by tho Stato flank and Trust company of Nevada for on indefinite porlod. Tho company's com-pany's affairs will bo handled by a commlttco which alone has tho power to sell stock. Tho Big Horn County Woolgrowers' association wll) meet at Meetoetse Wyo., on tho 7th of March, and the secretary has addressed letters to the loading sheepmen of tho state asking thorn to bo present and address the mooting on the question of leasing tho range. An engineer was last week sent tc Waldcn by tho president nnd chief engineer en-gineer of tho Laramie, Halm's Peak & Pocltlo railway of I.oramlo to begin a preliminary survey for tho oxtonslon ot tho lino from Centennial to North park, Colorado, to reach the vast cool beds In that region. 4 |
