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Show NORTHWEST NOTES Charles A. Sherman, former banker end oil mngnnto of Casper, Wyo dropped dead at Doonc, Iowa, last week, of heart disease. Cleveland Hllson, manager of tiro Montana Coko & Coal company of El-dredgo, El-dredgo, states that ho believes that n largo deposit of coal lies undor the Yellowstono park. An castbound Union Pnclflo ling-gago ling-gago car, loaded to tho roof with pouches oh mall matter, was burned nt Hanno, Wyo., recently, nnd practically practi-cally all of tho contents destroyed. II. C. Cameron, tho engineer at tho mine of tho Cnllfnrnln-Plocho Mining compnny, nt Plocho, Novnda, whllo operating n hoist, wns dragged Into the gear of tho drum and hurt so badly bad-ly that ho may die. Downhenrted and discouraged bo-causo bo-causo ho was out of money nnd could not mnko his wlfo hnppy with Christmas presents, Thomas Hamlin, a Denvor plumber killed himself by sending a bullet into hlo brain. A Dig Lnramlo river (Wyoming) rancher recently caught a natlvo trout measuring twenty-six Inches cud weighing nlno pounds. Tho fish was catmht throuch tho Ice. together with several other slightly smaller. William Reeso convicted at Helena on n second degrco murder chnrgo for tho killing of his wife, has been sentenced sen-tenced to twenty-flvo yenrs' imprisonment. imprison-ment. Tho killing occurred nt their ranch homo north of Helena. Chris Ratlin, wltoso hend wob cnught between two 'freight wagons at Rawlins, several days ago, and whoso recovery was not expected, lb slowly improving nnd is now oiit ot dnngcr. Tho engineer nnd fireman of tho Oregon Railway & Navigation company's com-pany's trnln which was robbed near Portland, havo positively Identified Harry Ronson nnd Oscar Johnson as two of the men Implicated In that crime. Whllo walking along tho streets, of Great Falls, Mont., J. M. Morris, np-larcntly np-larcntly In good health, fell dead. Tho bursting of n blood vessol In tho brain caused his death. Air. Morris wns ono of tiro early pioneers of Great Falls. Patrolman Edward Durko of Helena Hel-ena shot and killed n Japanese Early In tho morning tho polloeman found tho Jnpancsc assaulting ono of tho women of tho street and interfered. Ho turned on tho policeman nnd In self defenso Ilurko killed htm. Tho Jury In the caso of Anthony Wllde, charged with attempting to criminally assult Miss Bentrlco Wills, fi stxtcen-yoar-old girl residing near Hnrtvllle, Wyo., returned n verdict of acquittal, after having been out all night. Wldo is mayor ot Uartvlllo. At Kallspcll, Mont.. Frank Lcbcau has been sentenced to bo hanged February 5, 1909, for tho murder of U W. Yoakum nnd his son Richard. I.obcau's confederate, Joo Robblns, was also found guilty ot murder In tho first degrco and his pnlshmcnt was fixed by tho Jury at llfo imprisonment. impris-onment. James F. Klnnoy lms Biippllcd $30,-000 $30,-000 bondi nnd qualified us administrator administra-tor of tho cstato of tho lato M. F. Brown, who wob Ulllod by his wlfo at ThermopollB, Wyo., recently. Under tho Wyoming law Mrs. nrown, who bhot tho owner of tho property, will recclvo nt least one-third ot tho estate. es-tate. Tho Chicago & Northwestorn Roll-load Roll-load company has settled tho dahv Ugo claim of Frank S. Dower of Lnn-der, Lnn-der, Wyo., who was Injured In tho wreck of ono of tho company's trains last September, by paying tiro claimant claim-ant $5,000. Tho claim or tho cstato of M. N. HawklnB, who wna killed In tho wreck, has been settled for $2,500. J. K. Thomaa, convicted by a Del-linghnm, Del-linghnm, Wash., Jury, Iras been sentenced sen-tenced to llfo Imprisonment for tho murder of his divorced wlfo. Thomas killed his wife, slept beside tho corpso from midnight to dawn, and thon burled tho body In n potnto. patch, whoro it was discovered two months Inter. Vf. T. Clark, an aged prospector who wns found dend across tho threslrold ot his cabin on Fish Creek, eighteen miles from Dutto, was proh-nbly proh-nbly murdered for his monoy, ns between be-tween $2,000 nnd $3,000 hn was known to hnvo kept in his shnck Is mlBslng. A man named Wnlsh has been nrrcstcd on suspicion. Victor Johnson was fatally stabbed In tlm restricted district In Dutto by James O'Noll, formerly manager of a local prcclplntlng plnnt and prominent promi-nent til mining circles. Aftor nn argument ar-gument In u restaurant, O'Noll stabled stab-led Johnson and chased him und n woman of tho district through tho streets. S. C. Llllls, the wcnlthy banker nnd Ftockmnn ot Loomorc, . Cal., recontly convicted of Illegally fencing government govern-ment Innd, hns been sentenced to servo n term of six months In Jail and pay a flno of $1 000 LIIIIb has been released pending nppeal. Paddy Rodgors, who twice escaped conviction for murder, and who capped cap-ped h's career by an attempt to hold "P n dnig storo In Dutto Septembor 19, nnd murder the proprietor and two of his brothers, bus been found guilty of burglary. A ehargo of as-bault as-bault In tho first dowut remains, Estimating from tho number of ' pelts turned In for bountv. It Is ostl-nntod ostl-nntod thnt there wore In tho stnto of Wyoming on October 1, 1908, nt least 20,000 coyotes and 1.000 wolvcH, This means that (hero wns u coyote for very five seunre nil1'"' and wolf for every 100 Kr.iiare nillrs. |