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Show NORTHWEST NOTES. H Afire at llattle Creek, Wyo., last raaH week destroyed over 340 nerea ot lino HgtgsV limber, and It Is feared other damages Hsul of a grave character havo resulted In hW39 other quarters. rnjaaa During a eiretis parade at Unite, the HUM lions attacked their kevper, who was tWffiSH riding Inatdo the cage, and Inflicted UjjjB Injuries from which the unfortunate 9RB9 man cannot recover. LOBS There are now over ion patients In ER!HI the, division field hospital at tho Pre- tSesSavi tldlo, San I'rnnclten, all of whom aro VSBatsI reported ns doing well, llesldes theso KuLflti there are 100 men tin furloughs, 31 In HgEjfii the coavnlrieeut home and a In private mBES residences, bringing tho slek list above iltnN t00 KsHH At an Inquest held over the body of HX William Owen al Haggs. Wyo, who KHH waa shot and killed by lilt comrade, gBga the testimony of wltnrivs showed H Hint Owen mads s statement to the H effect that the killing wan ueetilentnl, H and the Jury thought mi, loo, and re- H turned a verdict accordingly. H The railroad company """ "' HaloU lino Torroy'a e"-.,ry were wrecked Is Ha trylni- Ui settle with the relatives of H o dead men. They have offered H Cornelius I.ciilhan'a slater, of Chey H enue, first,! 1,000, then 8l,J00and lastly 1 11,000, In settlement, but she has thus H far refused to withdraw her claim. H Ucnerel Marcus P. MUlcrhaadrcldeil H to recommend to the war department H that the Nevada cavaliy ba Included H among the troopers to go to Manila. H Tho troop has nevcrlern ununited, hut H this will make no difference, aa tho transportation of horses to Manila haa H practically twen abandoned by the war H department. H Tho section foreman at Truckee, H Nor., was run over by a locomotlvo on H the passenger train one day laat week H and killed. Ho was ataudlng near the H track In tho railroad yard at that place H when the train waa approaching nnd J attempted to crotaovcr to get some H tools. Ills foot caught In the rails H causing htm to fall arroM the track. H His body was cut to pieces. jH It. L. Lovcjny, of Sweetwater region, jH Wyoming, reports Hint In llio vicinity H ot the Sweetwater bridge on the Haw H llns-Landcr atago aud mall lino, J ho wss chased by a puck of big grey H wolves, Hit speed and staying quail- H tlca of lila horao atone saving the life H of loth iteed and rider. Mr. I,oveJoy H reports that mountain lions are iiuin- H erous In tho hwrelwater country. Governor Illchartls, and State Treat- H urcr.lUybsvoreturued.toCliejonuo H 'from Unit I.she,' wllero thry visited H the Utah state penitentiary. The M gentlemen are members of the Wyom- H lug stalo hoard of charities and reform M school, and were searching fur points. H They were entertained whllo In Hull M Lake by Secretary of Stale llamuioud H nnd Mr. Charles IlurUui. M IIIU Connor, lbs superintendent ot H thecoul mines at Ilcd Lodge, Wyo., H was shot and killed the first nt lost 1 week by Tom Simon, a miner. Simon H had been dlachargrd from the mines, H nnd had recaledly asked for reinstate- M inent. When Connor Unally told him H that he could not gel employment then H or at any other time, ho drew utoplitol H aud shot, killing Counor. Hlmoti by H the quick action of the sheriff, was jH gotten out ol tho town, and thus saved H from the mob. H Urrnt Improvement hasbecn made In M the Union Pactfia railroad this year in H Wyoming. During HOD tho road has H ordered 3,100 box-curs, 1,300 single- H deck stock cars, S00 double deck can, H 300 M-f lot furniture cars, 300 drop H bottom coal cart, ten locomotives, two fl composite cart, three CO-foot mall cart. M They have also bought 13,(00 tons of H new steel, 33,000 tons ot 10 and 00- H pound rails, and B.000 tons ot rails for H the Jultaburg branch. H While digging In an old ditch north H of the graveyard In (ireen Itlver, soma H boys found the remains of throe old M mall sacks and some bones, one of M which resembles the breast bone of a H nan. The find created quite a senna- H tlon for awhile. Noneof the old timers H can recollect auy time when the mall H waa robbed, and the matter will prob- H ably remain a myatcry. The sucks H have the appearance ot very old age. H Nothing Hint ressuiblca mall was found H In them. H Hubert (Irooin, under Indictment H for murder In the second degree, was jH given a hearing before Judge Craig at H a special term of court, charged by bis j relatives with being Insane, The Jury returned a verdict finding the prisoner WM Insane, and he will be transferred to HB the Hvanston, Wyoming, asylum. (Rfc llrooma killed a man named Jobs at MB Tort Steele recently, fracturing hit Hfl skull with a club, and was under a I heavy bond to appear leforo tho Oc- T tobcr term of court. gfl L, P. Ilrgmau was killed and John H Peterson badly Injured In an eiplo- H sign wlilah occurred In the Nalnnh H mines at Wlckes near Hulena, Moot.. H one day last week. Ilegiuun waa l.or- H rlbly mangled Lharle W llllams, arrostol at Tybo, PJfl Nye vouiltv. Nv , for cattle stealing, s M askud the sheriff to allow him to wash gs! himself In the hotel lavatory Wheit IH the sherllt looked for his prisoner a '' few momcutu later he saw tliu prisoner iH ilWimiwiirlm' ranldlv. mounted on a. ! horse, and he fallutl to uvurlatte'li'iui1, tis |