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Show NORTHWEST NOTES Three earthquako shocks were felt in different parts of Montana on May 18. At Marysvlllo dishes were rattled and clocks wcro made to strike by tho disturbance. No Berlous damage was done. Forest fires In tho vicinity of Clyde, Colo., havo destroyed over 1,000 acres of timber and at last reports were moving toward tho watershed of Colorado Colo-rado Springs, cm the south n!opo ol Pike's Peak. G. A, FInkelberg, who resigned as Judgo of tho United States district court at St. Louis In 1907, on account of falling health, died In Denver on May 18. Ho wnB born near Cologne, Prussia, In 1837. Pierre Gouyet, Lew Gouyet and two French women are under arrest In Helena, chargod with Importing foreign for-eign girls Into this country for Immoral Im-moral purposes. The crusade Is along tho line of the efforts ot Secretary Straus to ntop this traffic. Lowls Ferris, nccusod of tho crlms of dynamiting tho castbound Burlington Burling-ton express nt Butto on the night ol Mny 1, when threo people wore killed, pleaded not guilty of the charge when arraigned In tho, criminal court nt Butto, and his trial has been sot for Juno 1. Judgo Langdon of Carson, Nevada, has appointed Frank Wildes, deputy stnto treasurer, as receiver of the State Bank & Trust company, which suspended last October. It Is believed be-lieved tho bank will eventually be nblo to pay the depositors at least 50 cents on tho dollar. Olo Nordahl, a Musuolshull rancher, whb arraigned at Luwlstown, Mont., Inst week, for tho murder of tho en-tiro en-tiro Schleutcr family, a mother and threo children, who were found dead two months ago on n lonely ranch. Nordahl pleaded not guilty. There Is no motive for tho crime. Snow which In many places reached reach-ed a depth ot threo feet fell nt Sheridan, Sher-idan, Mont., last week. Fruit will bo ruined nnd tho suffering of livestock great. It Is the worst spring storm in twenty-five years, extends over northern Wyoming and parts of Montana, Mon-tana, nlvio Into western Nebraska. W. R. Davis, prlvato secretary to the Into Govornor Sparks, died at his homo in Carson, Nov., on May 23, ol stomach trouble. W. R. Davis, better known na Riley Davis, served as secretary sec-retary to Governor Sparks slnco the lattor first took office. Ho formerly wnB a resident of Dayton, Nov. W. W. Hendricks, n foreman In tho employ of tho Utah Construction company, which has a contract on tho Western Pacific, may lose his oyo-sight oyo-sight as tho result of tho explosion of n box of dynamite caps. Ono of his eyes wns torn from its socket, and It Is feared ho will loso tho sight ot the other. Announcement Is made that the next annual convention ot tho American Amer-ican Bankers' association will bo held In Denver during tho week beginning September 27. Tho dato was decided upon by Frederick C. Farnsworth, of Now Yorkv secretary of tho association, associa-tion, nftor n conference with officers of the Donver convention league. Three masked men robbed Old Kirk Inn, hnlf-wny between Reno nnd To-na, To-na, Novada, and with rovolvors forced tho night bartendor nnd n woman wo-man who was In tho saloon with tho night bartendor Into n closet. Thoy blow open tho snfo and completely wrecked It with nltro-glyccrln and secured se-cured $980 and left tho plnco on horses. Tho announcement of tho discovery of a thoft of dynomlto from a car of tho explosive on tho Dawson siding, near Butto, has caused much alarm among railroad people as tho result of tho recent dynamiting of the Burlington Bur-lington train near whoro this powder was stolon. Tho tracks aro being closely guarded and every precaution taken. The coroners' Inquiry Into tho deaths of 8eaman J. J. Stnub and Mas-ter-at-Arms F. Lulnaky of tho Now Jorsoy, who woro killed by a Btrocl car at Belllngham, Wash., returned 11 vordlct oxonorntlng tho motorman nd the traction company. It was shown that the seamen were riding on the front fonder of tho car, nnd It wns admitted, that this was against tho rules. A dispatch from Missoula, Mont., states that tho body of Henry Meyer better known ns "Dutch Harry' throughout Montana, has been found on n sandbar In tho MIsBouln river Mcyor Is believed to havo wandored Into the river and drowned whllo bewildered. be-wildered. "Dutch Hnrry" was a well known early day character during the exciting time of the vlgllanto reign acting as a freighter for Bill Buntou at, tho tmo ho was taken from his camp at Druramond by vigilantes and strung up to a nearby tree. Harry was out looking for his horses nnd when ho returned to camp found Bunton suspended from a limb. Stanloy Pcok shot and instantly killed Andy 8aterro, a fellow om ploye In tho Southern Pacific baggage bag-gage room at Reno, Novnda, and then telephoned tho officers to come nnd get him. Peek gave bb tho reason for hlB net tho alleged undue iutlmacr ot Satcrro with his wife. |