The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-21
NORTHWEST NEWS.


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The mysterious disappearance of a young
girl by thu name OF Edna Wilson from her
home last summer i'm thc Big Horn couu-
sry JUS across the Montana line. II Is be-
lieved that the girl was murdered. The
remains of a female have been found and
the account from the
some light il thrown upon her
mysterious disaprcarance: Mr.. Enoss
who has a ranch on the Big Horn below
Kirby creek. while passing through a cot.
tonwood grove ON his place, was horriiied
at beholLing the blecching bones OF n
human being protruding from the earth.
Upon close examination the body proved
to be that of n woman. From Tue SUIT
~roundings il was evident that the p"N'y
had been hastily thrust into "A hollow grave
and that wild animals had dug away the
earth and carried off a portion of the re-
mains. The top part OF the head was
gone. hut the lower jaw, owl row OF
sound teeth. was intact. The pouy was
Glraped i'm two dresses, the under one Or
dark blue ar drab,the outer one being "a RID
ing habit made from what now appears To
he a light colored calico with red and black
figures. On a finger OF one of the hands
two plain gold rings were found; one te-
ing worn thin and showing sign OF hav.
ino bs,en cut and soldered. The hair of
the corpse is IL dark auburn or chestnut
color and very fine. When the body was
first discovered the belief was at once ex-
pressed that il represented the remains of
Edna Wilson; hut Mrs. Wilson,. To whom
was cent picces of the dresses found ON
the corpse. "A lock of the hair and "a de-
ripti of the rings. stated that they had
no connection with her missing
Last June "a headless horse and "a iady's
saddle were washed ashore from the big
Horn Is miles below the spot where the
body was discovered, and il was Thought
then that Edna Wilson had been lost in
crossing the Big Wind river, and that her
body, horse and saddie had been swept
through the canyon and thus into the big
Horn. From present indications this
horse and saddle are more closely con-
nected with the body just found than
they are with the Wilson girl, and the
probability il that a murder was commit
ted. the corpse buried aud the dead
w~on,an's horse and saddle dumped into
the river tn obliterate all evidences OF the
crime.-Biiiings Gazette.
A Washington dispatch says: Repre-
sentative Carter of Montana, has pre-
pared "a bill which he will probably intro
duce Monday next, which will contain
proyisions of importance tn Montana,
Idaho and Washington. 1t asks Tor "a rt-
examination of tine entire public lands of
the two states and the territory as to their
mineral ar non-mineral character. The
hill asks that the secretary OF the interior
direct the work. and il Is Mr.. Carriers idea
that the national geological survey hui
reau would probably have immediate
charge of il. Tie expense il estimated at
10000. The examination il intended to
uuiet the title Ia much land which is now
under dispute and to prevent contests i'm
the future. IL IL becomes u law. IL will
NO far toward settling the question a. To
the taxabiiity of u great deal OF land in
the states which had been claimed 10y the
Northern Pacific and other railroads
which have land grants in the states
named. IL would also 20 II great ways
toward settling the titles To the aluable
mines which are now i'm dispute.
In pursuance with the contract of arti-
cles of agreement. made between the II.
j. Kelly Company and the creditors, the
company made it's first aymen one
third yesterday. The work has begun at
mines at Argenta. and the prediction that
"depth was all that was was var
fled on Monday last. The sinking Of the
shaft on Iron Mountain No.3 had pro-
gressed but u few feet when u much finer
lead was discovered than any previously
found. and at the depth of nine feet il
had enlarged sufficiently tai form the en-
tire bottom Of the shaft. which in four by
eight feet. The work Of developing will
he carried on as rapidly as possible, and
i'm the ant the srncitcr will mot In
= Tribune.
A IL about tn bc formed. says
the Seattle Posf-Inteitigencer. composed
altogether Of Seattle men. to he called the
Rapid Transit Stcamboa with
n capital stock Of $lOO,OuO, the object of
winch Will De 10 pun on pctWeeu 'ettties
Tacoma and Port Townsend high speed
passenger boats, calculated To make the
trip between Seattle and Tacoma i'm one
hour and ten minutes, and from Seattle
to Port Townsend I'm one hour and and M
minutes. The promoters Of the scheme.
Russell j. Lowe and Captain Frank Whit
worth, formerly commanding thc Will
minRton. confidently assert the piausi-
bility of the project.
All the lumber mills ON Puget sound he
longing to the Pacific Pine Lumber assoc
citation have reduced their actual working
time Ia II days per month, amounting to
TO hours. The occasion for shutting
down il a scarcity of available lumber
tonnage. Foreign and coastwise freights
continue favorable. The coasting lumber
vessels have nearly all gone foreign. and
the mills have no means of sending their
product from the sound. Ii will be fully
three months before shipping will resume
it's old-time activity. Some mills conteni-
plate shutting down until April.
Chi 4 En- yineer Becker. of the Montana
Central, reports work progressing rapidly
ON the Neihart branch. considering the
c old weather. Work has commenced in
ERNEST on the bridge over Belt river. near
the town of that name. The bridge will
be lad feet high and 1Ds feet long. III the
weather should be favorable by that time
work at track layi ing will begin i'm thirty
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