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Show NORTHWEST NOTES Whilo boring for nn artesian well on tho Wagner ranch, wtlevo miles from Sheridan, Mont,, a strong flow of natural gas was encountered. William Jones, a prominent business busi-ness man of Trinidad, Colo., who was a member of tho Koosovelt rough riders, and u personal friend of tho president, died of pneumonia on April 21. Carl Ilasch of Helena, United States district attorney, last week tendered his resignation to the department of justice and will cngngo In tho prac-tlco prac-tlco ot law in Helena. President Iloosevclt will namo his successor. Whilo running out to work on tho Jetty at Fort Stevens, Ore, tho Jotty pllo driver ran off tho track, going Into tiro ocean, killing two men and injuring six. Of tho eleven workmen on tho big machine, but thrco escaped unhurt. As tho result of. n quarrel over lands nenr Lowlston, Mont., Henry . Francis, n prominent ranchman, was shot and killed by his brother, A. F. Francis. Tho murdorcr had been married mar-ried but a wook when Uio tragedy occurred. oc-curred. Tho supreme court of Nevada has handed down n decision which renders ren-ders boycotts In all forms Illegal and nlso makes It possible for parties Injured In-jured to recover damagos against any individual or corporation who institutes insti-tutes a boycott. A dispatch from Vancouver, 11. C, announces that the -ID-ton gnsollno flbhtng schooner Clara 0., of Tacoma, was blown up oft Capo Scott, and the crow of eleven men lrad barely tlmo to escapo In tho dories with nothing but tho clothes on their back. Thlrty-flvo horses wcro burned to ('.eath, mining which were several vaco horses wll known on tho tracks of tho northwest, when tho Palnco Untiles at Hutto were destroyed by Ilro on April 22. Tho lora to tho owners ot tho stnblo will reach $15,000. Charles W. Franklin, an attorney of Douvor, who Is chairman of tho local comniltteu on arrangements for tho Democratic national convention, has formally announced hit cnndldncy for tho gubernatorial nomination by tho Democratic state convention. District Judge Shackloford of Gunnison, Gun-nison, Colo., has granted authority to O. N. Hilton, attorney for Stovo Adams, Ad-ams, to tnko a deposition from Harry Orchard, to bo presented when Adams Is placed on trlnl tor tho killing of Arthur Collins at Tellurlde, Colo. Tho news comes In a special dispatch dis-patch from Lowlston, Mont., that tho Great Northern Hallway company hns struck an lmmcnso body of coal nt a depth of 600 feet nt Windham, Mont. This Is a new field, and Is being do-voloped do-voloped by tho railroad company. J. Thorburn Hoss, former president of tho defunct Tltlo & Uuarantco Trust company ot Portland, Iras been convicted of lurccny of tho funds of tho stato ot Oregon which had been plncod In his custody as president of tho bank, by tho stuto treasurer. . A premature blast at a construction enmp nonr EiletiBhurg, Wash., causod the death ot Emll Gulccrn, nged 25, and tho probnblo ratal Injury ot an unknown man. Tho men wore blown twenty feot In tho air. Tho exact cause of tho explosion is unknown. Thomas Cottor, one of tho oldest and best known wool buyers ot tho west, died on April 24, at Elko, Nevada. Ne-vada. Tho deceased spent much tlmo In Novnda, buying nearly nil tho wool output of tho state. Ho was affectionately affection-ately known ob "Honest Tom Cottor." Ed. Hughes, n minor from Hornsll-vor, Hornsll-vor, shot nnd sorlously wounded Gcorgo Glllnn, another minor, on Main street, at Goldflold, Nov. Ho fired three shots. Hughes claims tho man ho shot alienated tho affections of his (Hughes) wife. Tho shooting occurred when tho streot wns crowded. T. H. nickoy, tho Indicted president of tho Stnto Hank & Novada Trust company, stated at Carson last wcok that ho Is willing to tnko up his ono thousand shares of stock in tho Statu Hank & Tust company nt tho rato of $100 por shnro ami open tho bank so that nil depositors will eventually bo paid dollar for dollar. Bloodhounds sot an tho trail or Ed ward Fenanzl, a young man who had disappeared rrom tho village or Burnett, Bur-nett, Wash., found his body in tho reservoir from which tho residents tako their drinking water. Fornnnzl had been doad two days, having suicided as tho result of a quarrel with his father over nionoy matters. Tho stato board has adopted tiro standard voting mnchlno for ubo in Montana cities and counties of tho first class, as provided by recont legislation. leg-islation. This will Include Hutto, Helena, Hel-ena, Great Fulls and Anaconda among tho oltleB, n3 well as Silver Bow county. Spnrks from a pausing locomotlvo ut Pueblo, Colo., started u flro In tho Denvor & Hlo Grande rnllroad which did $00,000 damage Thrco sections of tho C streot viaduct wont down nnd several adjoining buildings woro threatened. Sixty box and coal cars woro destroyed. |
