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Show : Western Brevities from the Many X Western States : Cheyenne, Wyo., Thomas J. Sisto. former agent of the Wyoming state law enforcement department in district dis-trict court here, pleaded guilty to accepting ac-cepting a ?r00 bribe from Jack Lane of Iaramie and wassentenceil to serve four months in the county jail. In pronouncing the sentence the court took into consideration the fact that the defendant had been in jail since last November. Nevada City, Cal. A large merger of gold mining interests is being consummated con-summated in this region. Forty-two properties ranging from developed mines to prospects, are included ami the investment required is placed at $ 25,000, 0i0. The properties are grouped in the center of a 2Ti-mile circle credited with having yielded SS00.000.0O0 in gold since 1S-IS, when the first miners reached here. Helena Mont., The senate committee commit-tee appointor to investigate the indictment indict-ment of Senator B. K Wheeler by a grand jury at Great Falls will be given a copy of the indictment report of the jury and list of witnesses, but further than this the court cannot go, Federal Judge Charles X.' Pray notified Senator W. E. Borah. Price, Utah. The possee of 50 men hunting for the three bandits who escaped following a shooting affray, the outcome of an attempted poolroom pool-room holdup at Satndardville, Utah, last week have abandoned the search. It is believed the bandits are in the hills about -10 miles from Standard-ville Standard-ville and deputy stieriffs are on guard. .San Francisco Evan Burrows Fontaine, Fon-taine, New York dancer filed suit in superior court here against Cornelieus Vanderbilt Whitney for one million dollars damages for alleged breach of promise to marry. Los Angeles, Cal. Willard Mack, author, actor and playwright, was named defendant in a suit brought in the superior court here by a landlady land-lady seeking $1659.60 to pay for damage done to her house and furnishings fur-nishings while Mack was her tenant. ten-ant. San Francisco. A breach of promise prom-ise action, in which $100,000 damages are asked, was filed in the superior court here against Charles William Case Deering, son of Charles Deer-ing, Deer-ing, nationally known implement manufacturer by Miss Margaret Curl of Piedmont, Calofirnia. San Francisco. Mrs. Grace Barat-ti Barat-ti was found not guilty of the murder mur-der of her husband, Harry Baratti, by a superior court jury. In two previous trials the juries had been unable to agree. Casper, Wyo.. Major Alfred H. Beach, now practicing law here, when informed by press dispatches that he had been charged with extortion, bribery and violation of the war risk insurance act at Minneapolis in an indictment returned Thursday by the federal grand jury, said he knew nothing of the status of the case or the grounds on which an indictment was returned. Salt Lake City. Subpoenas are being be-ing served on officers of the Utah-Idaho Utah-Idaho Wholesale Grocers' Association Associa-tion and thirty individuals and forms who dre charged with violation of the Sherman antitrust law. The defendants defend-ants have twenty days in which to file answers to the charges of restraining re-straining trade and suppressing competition. com-petition. San Francisco. Lieutenant Ervine Brown, naval paymaster who disappeared dis-appeared from Alabama with $120,-000 $120,-000 was found on a road near here apparently deranged. He hasf been positively identified. He had with him $1200 and his wife returned $75,000 more to the officials. Physicians Phy-sicians in the detention hospital here asserted they are Convinced he Is feigning insanity. San Francisco, Two unmasked bandits obtained eight pouches of registered re-gistered mail from a mail truck after forcing the driver and an armed guard to a place where they could make an easy escape in the heavy traffic. The pouches, were transferred to an automobile au-tomobile while one of the bandits held a pistol at the guard's side. San Francisco, A proposed bonding bond-ing tax for 00,000 in the Kimama highway district in Idaho was dis- solved by the United States circuit court of appeals here Monday when it was said that there are but 11 I voters in the district and most of the I cost would have been borne by the i Union Pacific railroad company. The district is 15 miles long by 10 wide. Sacramento, Cal.. Eight additional outbreaks of the foot and mouth dis-' dis-' ease in different parts of the state that had been quarantined were announced an-nounced last week by the state department de-partment of agriculture. Governor Richardson informed a committee of 50 men representing the agricultural, business, banking and other industries indus-tries of the state that he does not favor at this time calling a special session of the legislature to deal with the problem caused by the epidemic. i |