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Show NORTHWEST NOTES. Tho trial of Henry Dlmar for tho murdor of A. Granottl at Lovelock, Novnda, last August, has resulted In a verdict of acquittal. Tho trial of Lowls Mott, who mur-dorcd mur-dorcd his wlfo at Missoula, Mont., has bogun. Mott shot his wlfo killing her Instantly. Ills defense Is Insanity. narry M. Hicks was drowned whllo skating In Seattle. Tho lco broke beneath be-neath his feet and tho momentum of his body carried him far beneath tho Ice. In portions of Nevada cattlo nro suffering suf-fering Jjm tho effects of tho severe weather nnd tho cattlemen aro hiving troublo In reaching all tholr stouk with hay. Arthur W. Dolany, aged 07, post-maBtor post-maBtor at Sun River, Mont., and form-orly form-orly publisher of the Sun River Press and an old newspaper man of tho northwest, north-west, is dead. Thomas Doylo has surrendered to the police, asserting that ho assisted Madamo La Bonta, who figured In the the sensational Cayloy murder, to es cape from Butte. Ono of ths business blocks of Glen-dive, Glen-dive, Mont., In which was located the postoflice, was destroyed by flro lost week. A fireman had a narrow escape from a falling wall. The arrangements for tho starting of a 100,000 woolen mill near Great Falls, Mont., havo boon completed and tho preliminary steps toward its ereotlon will be commenced at once. Representative Stapleton of Butte has Introduced a resolution In the Montana legislature which appropriates 93,000 jfor the benefit of triplets born In Butte and to encourage tho Industry. Alex McKenzIo, whllo flourishing his gun In a danco hall in Tonopah, Nov., accidentally discharged tho weapon, the ball entering tho foot of a man named Carmlohael, inflicting a serious wound. Two men arrested In Denver on tho chargo of having passed forged money ordors, are bellovcd to bo mombers of a band that have been operating In California, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming and Colorado. Tho body of Jt-mes DIngnan, a railroad rail-road contractor, dressed In his under-clothing, under-clothing, was found beneath a hotel window in Spokano. Ho had fallen from a third story window nnd was Instantly In-stantly killed. Whllo W. J. Vanco, employed In tho Douglas mine near Reno, Nevada, was trying to thaw out somo powder on one of tho lower levels, an explosion occurred, oc-curred, Vanco being killed and sovcral other miners injured. Mollnor Wakeman committed sulcldo at O'Brien, Wash., by taking strychnine strych-nine Wakeman had lived In O'Brien for forty years. Brooding over trifling troubles caused him to havo a constant desire to take .lis llfo. Both houses of tho Nevada legislature havo passed an eight-hour bill, Tho mousure provides that the working hours la all mills, mines and reduction plants shall not oxcoed olght-hours for any one force of men. Frod Clarko, a government prlsonor who escaped from the authorities at Red Lodgo, Mont., has bcon captured at a sheep camp at Crockett, Wyo. Clarko had beon without food three day and wns about famished. A shooting affray occurred at Fort Koogh, Montana, last weok, when Private Pri-vate Oliver shot Sergeant Rlst. It appears tho men hod been gambling and that Rlst had won from Oliver, which fact aftorward resulted In a row. Tho body of William Corlett, an old prospector, was found in his cabin at Boulder, Montana, frozen stiff, and portions por-tions of tho flesh eaten away by mountain moun-tain rats. Corlett was regarded as eccentric, ec-centric, having onco been in the Insano asylum. Under a law now on tho statute books of Montana a railroad company Is liable to a fine of $10,000 for Issuing a pass to any state ofilolal or othor porson. Senator Sen-ator Hoffman has Introduced a bill In the sonato wiping out that feature of tho law. The cold weather has forced tho Northern Paolflo Railroad company to haul water to points between Glendlve, Mont., and Gladstono, N. D., adlstanco of 110 miles. Tho streams are all frozen and no wator can bo obtained for locomotives. P. B. Collins and J. O. Bernard woro fatally injured in an accident at tho Washoe smelter, Anaconda, Montana. But little Is known as to the cause of tho accident oxcopt that one of tho air lino unglnos ran into a moving B. A. & P. train. Tho lower house of the Wyoming legislature has passed a bill taxing the gross output of coal mines, by a vote of 45 to 6. A similar measure has twice boen defeated in tho houso. It is pre dloted that tho bill will meot Its death in tho senate. The Cheyenne land office has been Instructed to withdraw from entry, ex copt under the Irrigation law, a strip of land in northern Laramie county vary ing in width from twelve to thirty miles and oxtondlng entirely aoross the county from east to west, Joseph Bornle met a horrible death at Groat Falls, Mont., while removing u-ihes from beneath the producors In tho gas works, falling into the trough and bilng suffocated by hot cinders, atoara and hot wator UHud to Hush out the trough, cooking IiIh body. |
