Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-11-18
NORTHWEST NOTES.


mucca, New, by switch engine back
ing on to him before he discovered its
proximity.
E. NJ. Moore, a laborer employed at
the Magnolia Bluff army post site,
Seattle, was struck by "a falling tree
and instantly killed.
The recent fire in the tunnel Of the
Central Pacific west of Truckee has
caused serious freight blockade.
Some 300 cars of freight are waiting on
the west side of the tunnel.
Ray Hollenbeck, aged IS, was stabbed
to death by Guy Beckford, school
mate, at Empire City, Oregon. The
boys quarrelled over moving some
blacxb boards in school house. Beck
ford is under arrest.
Sheriff Blakely of Portland, has Of
fered a reward of 81 900 for the arrest
of the assassin of Miss May Wallace,
the school teacher who was shot while
standing in front of window at her
home.
1t is announced that Governor Adj
ans of Colorado, after the expiration
of his term as governor, in January
next, will start on tour around the
world. He will visit first the Hawaiian
and Philippine islands and will return
through India, Egypt and the Medi-
terranean.
Joseph Allen, 20 years old, who shot
and killed his partner, ]. S. Reynolds,
and concealed the body, after robbing
it, in the brush near Mitchell, north of
Helena, Mont, will swing for his
crime. The jury returned verdict of
murder in the first degree, after being
out eight hours.
A passenger train crashed into a
switch engine at Laramie the other
day, and that no one was killed seems
simply miracle. Both engines were
badly damaged and two mail cars
were wrecked. The engineer and fire.
man of the passenger were only slight
ly injured.
The whaling steamer Threasher has
arrived in San Francisco from the
Arctic with a big cargo. She has had
the luck that has followed most of the
recently arrived whalers and has
stored away in her hold $4,000 pounds
of whale bone. Her cargo is valued at
over $4,000.
The department of agriculture has
discovered another kind of weather
which sweeps over the west, oftimes
with disastrous results, and to watch
that weather Uncle Sam has decided
to establish another first order weather
bureau in Colorado. The new Office
will be at Grand Junction.
In view of the murder of John DAILY,
booths at Butte by masked men on
election day, the fellow employees Of
Daily at the Anaconda mines have met
and offered reward of $40, 600 for in
formation that will lead to the con-
viction of the murderers.
For the third time enemies of Dan
Sullivan of Butte have attempted to
blow up his house by the use of dyna-
mite. Last week the third attempt
vas made and the entire family had a
narrow escape from death. Mr.. Sulli-
IAN claims he knows of no enemies,
Ind the police are at a loss as to the
means of discovering the would-be
lssassins
battery A, Alger light artillery, died
It San Francisco on the II tn inst. Cap
ain Palmers health broke down under
he strain incident to getting the bat
cry drilled and ready for the Philip
'ine campaign. He had been resi-
lent of Cheyenne for the past fifteen
ears, and was widely known aud
popular man.
An Indian named TruclSee Jack, liv-
As he"f larson, NeV.. mourneu tne
oss of his squaw, who, in company
With sister, eloped with handsomer
'uck. Jack followed the two, and
hot his wife's sister and his rival,
oping thereby to recover his wife.
'ut another buck grabbed Jack and
While he held the enrased husband,
he wife beat him over the head with
rifle, causing injuries which proved
atal.