The state herald., 1897-02-12
WESTERN NEWS NOTES.

The Montana Senate has passed an anti.
gambling bill-i3 to !.
Governor Thornton OF New Mexico has
signed the death warrant OF the four mem.
bers OF the Iiorrcgo gang.
The Atchlson road has effected n settle.
mcnt for the Atlantic 4 Pacific bonds, and
has issued It's own bonds to replace them.
The ways and means committee Of the
Nebraska House has appropriated sl50Oo0
for the Omaha TransmIssippl exposition.
A sugar trust war ia on In Nebraska and
the so-ealled trust Is being combnttcd by an
organization known as the Southern Rciin.
Ing company. with headquarters at New Or.
leans
william johnson killed a mountain lion
near his ranch nt Rakln. Wyoming, last
week, which measured eight feet In length.
The animal had killed ninc sheep belonging
To MIR. Johnson.
Senators A. u. Fail Of Las Cruces and &.
A. spelss OF Santa fe got Into an altercn.
tlon In the New Mexico Senate yesterday
and Fail struck speiss. lie afterwards
made n public apology.
Black Jack. the bandit leader. was cap.
turcd near VI Paso on the 9th. He IL tho
most daring outlaw that has infested New
Mexico since the days OF nilly the Kid.
United States Marshal Hail has been camp
ing on his trail for months. and the gov.
crnment has expended over $4,000 In trying
to effect his capture Black Jacks name Is
Mcdonald. and he " a native OF the Texas
Panhandle. Formerly he was n member OF
tho Dalton gang, operating In the Indian
Territory. when the United States marshal
made II No warm for that gang last summer
Black Jack and "lted" Anderson crossed
over Into New Mexico, nnd there they have
committed several robbcrics and murders
Governor Smith Of Montana has sent N
message To the Legislature calling attention
TO the fact that Its members Ind been pnIl
too much mileage. II seems tho members
were given warrants for mileage nt the rate
OF 20 cents per mile. under provisions OF
section 80 of the political codes. The goy
crnor said TINT the last Legislative Assem-.
bly, had passed section 1850 Of tho political
codes, which provided that the mileage
should he but 10 cents. and that he hoped
tho Legislature would pnss some measure
returning this ovcrdrnft To the treasury.
Hut the mistake OF about 5000 In. been
paid out. There seems to be no inclination
on the part OF tho legislator. 10 refund the
money. and In cnsc II ir not paid back the
question naturally arises who will have to
stand good for the balance due the state,
Mrs. snmonn Guiicrrca. Of Alhnlneraue
has been arrested on tho charge " having
murdered her husband. The man died IN
conynlHlona, Hni the doctor reported the
fnct TO the authorities that he Ind died IN
strychnlnc conyuiuiona. A c0ronef'H Jury
wns held wednesday nni The wlfc'a tosti.
mony, In almost every detail was contra.
dlcied by the mother. brother mud sister of
the dond innn. DrS Henry and Hayes were
summoned and they declared that the inan'a
death resulted from poisoning. ON the
strength Of those facts the wife wnH arrest.
ed, II II stated that the wife waH IN The
room of the leader of the Evans gang when
city Marshal McGnlre and Policeman Henry
were killed here few ycnrH nFoi and Tint
she wns the wife of tho vlcilm ~ lioh m.
day ht corfiilos aniur time lnut year M
day ia now serving life sentence lp the
pcnitcntlnry.