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Show NORTHWEST NOTES John MoMurrny, wldoly known In the northwest as a newspaper writer, Is dead at Butto of consumption. Two hundred delegates from Oregon, Ore-gon, Washington, Idahd and Montnni woro In attendanoe at the convention ot commercial clubs In Spokau. Rev. Dr. J. J. Callahan, ouo of the promlnont Catnotlc. prlosts of tho northwest, died at UUtto on the 2Glh, aed 42. llo was born In Omahu. Frank Hum. 18 years of ago, a our Inspector of the Southern Pacific al Montollo, Nov., fell from n oubooso nt that point and both arms woro cut off, death resulting two hours later. W. R. Ivoy, n conductor In chargo of tho Union Pacific gravel pits at Bu-ford, Bu-ford, Wyo., and having n wlfo and child at Cheyonne, was r.un down nnd Instantly killed at tho gravel pita. Tho Binings (Mont.) opera house has been destroyod by flro, causing a loss of $15,000. Guesta in tho Commercial Com-mercial hotel, adjoining, which was badly scorched, escaped In their night clothes. J. T. Walsh of Helena wns nominated nominat-ed by the Democratic stato convention of Montana for congress and Judge U. O. McClornan of Butto wns tho candidate candi-date chosen for assoclnto Justlco of tho Btato supreme court. Terry .Martin or Philadelphia and tho ofilclals couiioclcJ with tho sparring spar-ring exhibition In Portland, In tho midst of which Jack McKcnzio of Philadelphia died, will probably bo tried on a charge of manslaughter. As a result of the experiments being be-ing carried on by tho government nt tho old Lewis and Clark fair grounds In Portland, Bessemer steel has been reducod from tho ordinary black sands found at tho mouth of tho Columbln river. A special from Butto Bays that word has been received from Marseilles, Trance, to tho offoct that Sonator W. A. Clark was In an automohllo wreck and sustained n broken rib. At last ' accounts tho patient was blowly recovering. recov-ering. James Brown, a wealthy ictlrod farmer of Rock Falls, 111., was killed seven miles south of Wallula, Wash., bv falling ovor a cliff 200 feet high. Brown, with sovcral companions, was on a fishing excursion when tho nccldont nccl-dont happened. Georgo Hug, n machinist, recently from Montana, has- been arrested at Laramie, Wyo., charged with threatening threaten-ing Mrs. Lulu llawloy, wlfo of a telegraph tele-graph operator at that place. Hug claimed that Mrs. llawloy waa his wife, and It Is charged ho nttomptcd to scare her Into accepting his nttcu tlons. Dick II land of San Francisco won n clear-cut decision over Eddlo Hanlon at tho Seasido Athletic club, San Fran Cisco. Refcreo Jat'.c Welch stopped tho contest nt tho end of the thirteenth round, with Hanlon hanging helpless against the ropes and unable to de fend hlmsolf against Hyhind's punches. Orders wero Issued by tho Harrlman lines last week that no more cars' oi wheat will bo hauled to Portland until the strike ot tho grain handlers Is at an end. This, tho first movo In the fight between tho latter and tho Ex porters' association for an Increase In pay from 30 to 40 cents, has boon credited cred-ited to tho union. Edward Norrls died at Waldcn, Col., from tho eects of a wound received accidentally tnoro than a week previous. pre-vious. Norrls was out hunting nnd his gun was discharged, tho shot entering his right leg, parslrg through tho calf and Into tho foot. Death really resulted re-sulted from exposure, as Norrls lay in his cabin alone for four days. Advlros havo reached Donvor that Harry Orchard, self-confessed murderer murd-erer of former Gov, Frauk Stouncn-berg Stouncn-berg ot Idaho, whose confession implicated im-plicated tho officers of tho Westorn Federation ot Minors In tho crlmo, has becomo a maniac. Tho Democrats ofWashlngton met in stato convention al Seattlo on tho 2Cth, endorsod William J. Bryan for tho presidency In 1908, chocrcll the nomination ot Hearst to tho echo and placod a full congressional nnd Judt clat tlckot In the flold. Eighteen construction camps, with -S00 mon employed, are established on tho Pasco-Riparla railroad project, wrltoa a Rlparla Wash., correspondent to the Lowlston Tribune. Four thousand thou-sand mon will be the full complement when tho work is all undor way. An unknown man was murdered In a box car between Spoknno nnd Sprnguo, Wash., probably by trarrpa. Ho was pounded over tho hoad with coupling pins and then shot through the body just below tho left nipple. The body was discovered at Sprngu. |