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Show KGHTinVEST NOTES Lieutenant dovernor M. E. Hay was sworn in ns governor or Washington Wash-ington on March 9, to succeed the late Governor Cosgrovo. The Naples authorities are taking .extraordinary precautions to Insure tho safety of former President Hoose-vclt Hoose-vclt during his short visit to that city. A special tvnln. bearing a portion of tho Harrlman party, broke all existing ex-isting records from (Cheyenne to Jutcsburg, Neb., covering the 143 miles in 145 minutes. The United States government has brought suits In equity nt Grand Junction, Colo., against sixty corporations, corpora-tions, and Individuals, charging them with cutting timber lllognlly from tho government reserves. i It Is planned to mako a test case of tho Southern divorce case, being tried" nt Reno, Nevada, without olth6r j of the Interested pnrtles being in tho court room, the testimony nil being 1 In the form of depositions. After litigation extending over twenty-three years, Joseph H. Boyd, president of the National Iron works In Spokane, has been awarded a Judgment Judg-ment of $100,000 against the North, em Pnclflc railroad. The case began In 188G. Governor Slinfroth of Colorado hna given endorsement of the dry farming movement by attending the recent convention at Chcycnno and later expressing ex-pressing IiIb pleasure at the selection of Denver for tho permanent headquarters head-quarters of tho congress. Tho federal grand Jury nt Heno, Nevada, has returned Indictments against L- L- Patrick and M. B. O'Farroll, Goldhcld brokers, charging them with having used tho rhdlls fraudulently In connection with the-promotion the-promotion of mining stock. Tho necessary grading on tho cutoff cut-off between Wells nnd Deeth, Nov.. has been completed by tho contractors nnd overtyhlng is in" renditions for the laying or rails and cross-ties nnd -the construction or a section house on the stxtecn-mllc stretch ot roadway, A special dlBpatch trom Winnipeg Bays that a now nlllanco has been made between ex-President Hill and McKonzIo nnd Mann, proprietors ot tho Canadian Northern railway. Joint negotiations aro now going on tor tho purchase or terminals or tho Canadian Ca-nadian Northern on the Atlantic coast at Quebec. Martin Walker and James Tunna-hill Tunna-hill were Imprisoned by a cave-In In tho PotosI mine at Virginia City, Nev. Mon woro put at work In another part or the mine to open a drift to the entombed miners nnd Boon afterward the latter sounded on the tunnel walls, Indicating thoy wore safe. The men woro finally rescued. Through a newspaper plcturo oi James C. Boyle, alleged kldnnper ot Billy Whltla, he was Identified by Detective D. O. Smith as the man who, over a year ago, Is thourht tc havo been accused of passing worth-loss worth-loss checks nt Tacoma. While in Ta-coma Ta-coma ho posed as an employo of a well known oil company. At Victor, Mont., the 7-year-ld daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Fowler was burned to death. Tho child was with her father In tho field vwhere he was burning stubblo. Tho fathor was attracted by tho cries ot tho child, whose dress had caught Are, but before he could do anything for the little ono, she was beyond all hope. Theodore Mnynard, a wealthy farmer, far-mer, living six miles northeast ot Bel-llngham, Bel-llngham, Wash., drove Into town with tils wlfo, and as ho attempted to help her out ot the carriage ho round ho had beon riding with a dead woman. Sho had dlod some time during tho drive. By sawing their way through tho bars of a window in tho basement floor of tho building, four convicts mado a bold attempt to escape from tho ponltontlary at Salom,, Oro. Tho prison officials woro cognizant of tho plot, however, nnd tho break was pro-vented. pro-vented. Tho Fourth Dry Farming Congress will bo held at Billings, Mont., In October, Oc-tober, when there will bo exhibited tho products raised by arid agriculture agricul-ture In tho wostorn United Stntos, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, tho Transvaal, Trans-vaal, Russia, Australia and other countries. After seventeen hours' deliberation the Jury In tho caso of Joseph Brown, charged with tho murder of Robert GUruth, a ranchman noar Lolo, Montana, Mon-tana, Fobruary 28, returted a verdict of manslaughter and fixed tho penalty at ten years' Imprisonment, tho max-Imuni max-Imuni penalty. In an ordor received at tho United States land ofuco nt Holena withdrawal with-drawal notice of five sections ot land in tho Willow Creek district ot Montana, is made for the preservation preserva-tion of birds and other purposes. This Is said to bo tho first order ot Its kind ever issued. As tho result of tho dlsappcaranco of Nols Olson, tho pioneer railway contractor of Butto, who, according to a federal court suit, has fled, leaving his creditors losors to tho oxtont of $37,500, tho firm or Olson & Christian Chris-tian has entered a petition or voluntary volun-tary bankruptcy. Mcthusojah, ajso known as name-sis name-sis it, a toad, which was discovered In a rock pockot In a mlno, 50 roet bejow tho ourfaco, at Butto, Mont., (wo yoars ago, dlod at his homo in tho Bronx 5Coo on April 1, Ho wns 1,000 years old, according'' to zoolo-glta zoolo-glta and geologists. Joseph H. Hussell, who camo to tho state of Montana as a prospoctor In tho yoar 1867, died In Helena, April 4. Upon his i arrival in Montana ho took up prospecting In tho lied Mountain Moun-tain district, near Helena, apd made a fortune, but later camo reverses and ho died a poor man. MaaaKsagsHssnaHMH |