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Show NORTH YKST SOTKS. One section of Montnna Is enten up by lorn-its. while Bnnther lies under three feet of snow. The ren.ulns of Pun-ell, Murray and Miller, the three men killed I y a cave-In cave-In at the Kalannl mine, at Lincoln, Mont., have been recovered. Tho athletic meet between the universities uni-versities of Washington and Idaho, which w as to bo hold at Seat lie Mny 3", has been cnlled off by Ihn Idaho Statistics complied by President T. C Power of the Montant slate board of sheep commissioners, fixes the total to-tal number of sheep lost In the recent bllrrnrd at ("i ono. Harry Anderson, a colored hoy seed 1-1. has confessed to setting fire to the Montana clt-h building ut Helena on April and sold Hint he did It In order tti see the fire department run. Attorney W. I). Drnffer of Missoula, Mort.. died suddenly Inst week of pneumonia. He was at one time as-slstsnt as-slstsnt district attorney of the western district of Missouri under President Cleveland. Robert Stltkney. who has been on trial In the district court at Orest Palls, Mont., on the charge of abducting abduct-ing four young girls from IV-nver, has been sentenced to seven years In the penitentiary. A strike occurred last week In tho Ilurllngton railroad shops at Sheridan, Wyo. Trouhlo has been brewing for some time over the Introduction of plocework In the shops Instead of straight work. The town of Altmsn, Colo., known as tho highest Incorporated city In the United States, was almost totally destroyed de-stroyed by fire Inst week, and five men have been arrested on suspicion of having caused tho fire. Inspectors Dornn anil Smlthers of tho postofflco department are In Pueblo Pu-eblo Invest lusting alleged violations of the postnl Inws. Several persons havo received circulars advertising a lottery lot-tery In llnmhurg. Germany. Iloyd Irvln. a youth of 21 years. Is under arrest In Denver, charged with threatening to dynamite the Cheesman hotel In that city unless Tie was paid the sum of flo.nui). which wi to he left In a certain spot for him. Tho body of Wllllnnr Plummer. a sbeephcrdor who perished In tho terrible ter-rible hllrxard which swept Montnna recently, has been found on lbs rango rear Chester, where his remains wore revealed by the melting snow. It Is made public that recent de relnpment work by Ocorgn P. Campion In the Cnrlbnti mine, loested In thn city limits of I.eadvllle, Colo., has opened up ono of the largest Iron ore bodies ever found In the camp. Three masked men held up an electric elec-tric car on the Portland railway line near Woodlawn at 11 o'clock on tho night of the 20th. and robbed the conductor con-ductor and passengers, securing about 175 In money and several watches. An unknown tramp, believed to be from Salt Lake, was killed In the Urlon Pacific yards at Cheyenne last week. He Is supposed to have been rhllng on thn trucks of a freight car when he lost his hold and fell under the wheels. Tho body was literally rut to pieces. William Kornettl was shot and fn'nl-ly fn'nl-ly wounded t Missoula. Mont., by Victor Jnnejan. the entire right side of his fiieo and a portion of his head being lorn off. The weapon used was a shotgun. Fomelll bad been drinking drink-ing and the men quarreled. Jnnejan soys tho shooilng was in self defense. Thomas Phillips. Frank Illshop and Fred P. Watts, members of the old hoard of county commissioners of Ampahne eounly, Colorado, were found guilty of malfeasance on eleven counts by a Jury In the district court Inst week. John W. Powers, a dairyman, was struck hy a passenger truln while crossing the track near Taeoma. receiving re-ceiving Injuries which proved fatal. He mused the plains lu the early days and had resided In Pierce county for thirty-two years. The Untie police have discovered tho presence In that city of a band of anarchists, with whom Itnssoau was affiliated. They believe tho dynamite found on the wharf Intended to be placed on the Umhrla was manufactured manufac-tured In llutte. The reclamntlon sendee tif (he United Unit-ed States government has plans on foot at the present time w-tinrchy over tr,n.ntio acres of arid Inud In Malheur county, Oregon, will be reclaimed from the desert and Irrigated, at an expense of l.!,iifiO,nno. The burnt'tl.lng or the preserving plant, which lias been In operation at liawltns, Wyo., for several months, has been removed to I-arninla. Rlnco the plant was started about 3:n.cion ties have been treated, and thcro will be equally as many at I arnir.le. The trustees of the Sons of Herman lodgo has tllscovetcd a shortage in the accounts of Theodore Fischer, whose mysterious dlstiiiia-anuice about a week ago startled Missoula. The trustees would give no Htntetnent as to tho amount of Fischer's embezzlement. |