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Show flOKTHWEST JOTES. John 1 Dickenson U fcn p. pointed receiver of PUM moneys at Hugo, Colo It is now believed U the fire n the Diamond mine Is idtr control, and thst the company l resume ao-tlvo ao-tlvo work In a short tint A favorable report lu Wen made In the Oregon legislator! 0I1 tie yn appropriating SH.ooOpttvear lor two ycara for propagating viaoa During a drunken qiirrelln a saloon at llannn, Wyo , Jamtifthlte a colored color-ed miner, waa etabbis'tathegroluand killed by another colored man Charles M Marshi, a romlnent cltlr.cn of Wheallanl, ttomng, has eloped with a half liwd Indian girl Marahall leavea a nlfi snd fsmtly and largo property Intemtt behind John Krnrat fell Utnty feet In the shaft of the Clara U mine at Lrlpple Creek Hts ribs wrrt broken and lie received Internal Isjarles which proved fatal He waa SS jrs of age and unmarried. un-married. Two men have beta arrested who aro aupposed to I thtpsrtlcswho held up and robbed the rait bound train at Humboldt, Nev , on tho morning of July, It, 1999 They were taptured at Hums, Oregon In Nevada, tht Lyon Douglas boundary bound-ary case haa ben decided In favor of Lyon county TMsdrctalon will throw all of Smith Valley Into Lyon county, and will aettlt a dispute which has been on for ycirt, The bo.lv of in unknown man was found by Indlm In the Fort Washakie Hot Springs, on the Shoshone reservation. reserva-tion. It Is tkooglit the unfortunate man had goes Into tho Springe for a bath and nst overcomo by tho heat of the water Tho Oregon Short Line has contracted con-tracted with the Hock Springs Lumber company for 1)0,000 railroad Ilea to lie delivered atOrecn River In the spring, commencing with the spring rtso of tho river. These ties will go on the Idaho division. A rock fell 100 feet, striking the head of Join llllams, working In tho bottom of a shaft at the Hill City placer at Cripple Creek. Ills skull waa fractured snd In a few hour he died He was 30 years of ago, and leaves n wife and three children. ! The board of director of the Colo- rado-Tciss Chautauqua association fixed July 4 as the time for opening this years meeting at lloulder, Colo ' The Colorado Southern and the Fort Worth 4 Denver railroads have agreed to guarantee the expenses of the meeting. meet-ing. Mf. Zolla n. Ashley of Cheyenne, haa sued the Union 1'aclOo Railroad company for ill.ooo Tlio husband ot " PUInilrt wsa killed In the eompany yardawlills engaged aa a switchman, and Mra. Ashley contends he met Ida death through the negllgenco of the company, Lucky Haldwln lias decided to erect an eight story fire-proof building on the property occupied by tho old Haldwln Hald-wln hotel at San Tranclsco, The building will cost 83,000,000, and the work of construction will commence com-mence as toon aa the rulot of the old I ulldlri csn In cleared away Harris Hurnett, ono of the men employed em-ployed In "Tipple" house at the coal mines at Henna, Wyo., met a shocking death on the 15th Inst. His left arm became caught In a cog-wheel and before be-fore any assistance could reach him he waa dragged Into the machinery and literally ground to pieces. Colonel Tom Cooper, an old time clt-Iten clt-Iten ot Cheyenne haa been missing from his home for ten daya and hit present whereabouts are unknown. Cooper Is widely known as a guide and scout for exploring and tourist parties. par-ties. He was one of Custer a scouts at the time that officer was killed on the Little Dig Horn, Charles I) Duncan, on oil dealer of Victor, Colo , committed suicide at Cripple Creek by firing two bullets Into In-to his head. He left a note stating that he had taken laudanum twenty-four twenty-four houra previous, but It had failed to tako effect. Ho had also cut his wrist and the cuspadore waa filled with blood 'from the wound Aa lie waa very prosperous and a healthy man, no cause can be assigned for the deed. Orand Junction, Colo , Is to havo a sugar beet factory. Residents of that city, as an Inducement for tho sugar factory, havo agreed to cede 1,(00 acres of land as a bonus. The land I valued at (73,000 In addition, the people them havo agreed to ralso 3,000 acres ot beets for three years and sell them to the concern at tt S3 a ton Some of tho best pcoplo of Denver are Interested in the project, and tho factory fac-tory will undoubtedly bo built. 1'earl Thornton, the colored girt who shot and killed Sergeant Willis Preston Pres-ton of the Twenty fourth Infantry at Cheyenne, has been released from custody, cus-tody, the facts brought out at the preliminary pre-liminary examination showing that the shooting was accidental The body of Thomas Hardsnapc, who waa lost In a snow sto.m In March, 1897, while herding sheep near Iluffslo, Wyo, has been recovered and given burial. The rcmalna were discovered about 800 yards from the road, where the unfortunate man had wandered. sLtttailM |