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Show NORTHWEST NOTES Orders for lnrgo reductions in tho lumber rntes in Novndn havo boon issued is-sued by tho Novndn railroad commission. commis-sion. Carl Rohr, tho dofnultlng bnnk clerk of tho Nntlonnl Union bank ol Wntortown, N. Y., whoso nllcgcd shortngo 1b ?13,000, was nrrested on the street in Seattlo on Thursday. Charles P. Pottago, n railroad conductor, con-ductor, shot and killed Frank Potter, an cnglncor at Portland, following the dlschargo of Potter from tho rallwny service. Pottngo claims tho Bhootlng wns In solf dofenso. John Shndle, of Tncomn, nged 29 years, whllo hunting for bear In the North Day country with his undo, Goorgo Todd, was mlstnkon Thursdny for n hour in tho brush by Todd, who shot and killed him. Tho worst mino accident In several years occurred In tho Leonard mlno ol tho Boston and Montana company at Butto, on Tuesday, when four men lost tholr lives during tho blasting of a round of twelve holes. Tho Oregon Short Lino Rallwny company last week withdrew passes from nil in Montana oxcopt its employes, em-ployes, in nccordnnco with n recent state supromo court decision holding passes In Montana illegal. As a result of tho crusndo stnrted by a govornment Inspector to stamp out tho whito slavo traffic in tho Ely, Novada, district, about twolvo undeslr-ablo undeslr-ablo women of t'rench birth and easy morality, havo disappeared during the last wook. Tho body of William E. Colbert, a mombor of troop A, First Illinois cavalry, cav-alry, during tho Spanish-American war, was found on n gravel pilo in the outskirts of Holcnu. Colbert had drunk carbolic acid whllo In a lit of dospondency. incorporated under tho laws of Colorado, Col-orado, with Denver men named as the Incorporators, n now railroad company com-pany hns let tho contrnct for tho construction con-struction of 300 miles of lino to be known ns tho Grand River, Meeker & Salt Lako railway. Whllo running nt tho rato of thirty miles nn hour enst of DUllngs, Mont., tho engine on a Northern Pacific freight train exploded, killing Flremnn Owon Jonos, fntnlly Injuring Engineer Bon Wilson nnd seriously scnldlng two lion who were stealing a ride. Naming tho Great Northern and twenty-sovon other railroads as' de-fondants, de-fondants, tho Anaconda Copper Mining Min-ing company, employing 13,000 men, has filed a complaint with tho inter-stat inter-stat commerce commission, alleging alleg-ing unjust, unreasonable and discriminate discrimi-nate rates on its traffic. A Jury In tho superior court at Tn-coma, Tn-coma, Instructed by Judgo Clifford that nn employer could not escape liability lia-bility for Injury to a minor employee for nny reason whatsoover, brought In a vordlct giving Nick Gluclna damages dam-ages of $S,500 against tho F. H. Goss Brick company, in whoso plant tho boy's hand wns crushed. Tho npplo shipments from Pullman, Wnsh., will total 50 cars, whilo nearby stations will lncreaso tho total to at least 100 cars. About 25 carloads have been shipped from Pullman already. Tho last great buffalo hunt In the history of tho world, In all probability, will take placo next month in tho Flathead Flat-head reservation in Montana. There is part of n herd there and it Is now tho property of the Canadian government. govern-ment. Messages flashed 100 miles out In tho Pacific ocean to San Franslco by the steamship Korea wero caught in Butto by James Wattmer and Harold Sattcr In a wireless station. This Is said to bo tho longest stretch of territory terri-tory ovor covered by wireless. Hereafter tho Northern Pacific company com-pany will chnrgo all clergymen full fare for transportation In Montana Instead In-stead of half rate.'Thls decision of tho railroad people follows a recent supremo court decision holding that tho organic act of tho state prohibited prohibit-ed tho giving of passes to any one other than railroad company's employees. em-ployees. An Interesting nnd most unusual legal tangle hns nrlsen in Montana bo-causo bo-causo of tho commission of a murder on tho Flathead Indian reservation, due to tho fact- that tho lattor was thrown open to settlement some lime ago. Both tho govornment and stutc authorities aro in somewhat of n quandary as to which should prosecuto in tho promises. John Boss nnd Patrick Dally, hold In tho Taconm jail for burglary, cut cards to see which should pload guilty to a charge of burglary nnd tnko tho blamo for tholr Joint crlmo. Dally lost, pleaded guilty, nnd was sontenced to ono year In tho stato reformatory. Boss won, went to trial, nnd drow a Ilvo yenr sontonco. After his fato had been pronounced, Boss told of tho prls-ou prls-ou pact. Tho supromo court of Montnnn hns handed down n decision holding un-constitutional un-constitutional the leglslatlvo enactment enact-ment of 1901, giving tho park board for cities or tho first class, power to levy a tax of ono mill against tho municipal munici-pal property for park purposos. |