Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-10-28
NORTHWEST NOTES.

Ira A. Chase committed suicide nj
Ely, White Pine county, New, by taxi
Ing poison. No cause for the act seems
to be known.
The extra contract for strengthen
ing the foundation Of the new public
building at Cheyenne, Wyo., has beer
awarded to Keefe & Bradley, the pres
emit contractors, at 1913, 1875.
Len Reynolds OF Rife, Colo, started
on hunting trip with companion
and the two men became separated.
Since then nothing has been heard
from Reynolds, and it is believed he
has been killed by wild beasts.
The crew Of the wrecked steamer
Brixham have arrived at Seattle on the
steamer Utopia, from Alaska. They
report that it will cost more than the
Brixham is worth to get her off the
rocks and that she will probably be
abandoned
Rumors of fight between Indians
and deputy game wardens have reached
Jackson, Wyo. 1t is known that
thirty game wardens are in the Green
river country for the purpose of max
ing the arrest of some Indians who are
unlawfully killing COW elk.
At Robertson's ranch, near Quincy,
Gala, Willard Cameron and Richard
Scott, aged 10 years, were playing
with a rifle. The weapon exploded
and the bullet struck Cameron in the
left temple and killed him. The coro-
ner's jury brought in verdict of acct
dental homicide.
A. G. Railing, of Cripple Creek,
Colo, signalled to be hoisted from the
Theresa mine. when he had but one
foot on the cage. He was caught be-
tween the cage and tim bers, his skull
was crushed and his eye gouged out.
He was conscious till death, one hour
and half later.
Game, fish and fur bearing ANIMAL
are plentiful and most of them are in
creasing in numbers at Yellowstone
Park, The number of visitors at the
Park from June to September 80,
was 1884, as compared with 1850 in
the summer of 1897, says Captain Err
win in his report.
David Mckenzie, an employee of the
Granite-Bimetallic mill at Philips
burg, Mont, was instantly killed by
being caught in the elevator belt. He
attempted to shift the belt to loose
pulley with his arm when the belt
eaught him, carrying his victim around
The pulley, breaking his neck.
William Lelin, living six miles from
Florence, Colo, left Florence for his
home, accompanied by his 1O-year-old
lon, one night last week, and before
they could reach home the boy had
frozen to death, elapsed in his fathers
arms, and the father was so badly
'rozen that his recovery is doubtful.
An explosion occurred in the mixing
-oom of the Judson dynamite and pow.
Ter works at North Berkeley, Gala, Oc-
ober 20. The building was totally
destroyed, and two men, Thomas,
Roach, foreman of the nitro-glycerins
department., and Peter Anderson, foreS
nan of the mixing room, were blown
nto atoms. W
The highest range beef price of tho
eason was obtained last week by
leorge Drabbs of Hinsdale, Valley
ounty, Mont, who had shipment on
he Chicago market. Sixteen head,
veraging 1,562 pounds sold at SIS, the
op notch of the season Seven head
the same shipment and averaging
374 pounds. sold at 81. Co..
A disagreement which has existed
or some time between the proprietors
the breweries of Denver and their
Employees eliminated in a lockout one
ay last week, in which about ESQ
orkmen were thrown out of work.
he proprietors granted demand for
nine-hour day, but refused to leave
he hiring and discharging of men en-
rely to their foreman as demanded By
lie union. There we're other differ
ices, but this was the principal one.
A series of strange fatalities oc-
Irred in Butte one day last week.
RS. Christina Andrew, a divorced
oman, fatally sshot herself because
'hn Mcleod refused to marry her.
adrew Richter, miner, was crushed
death In the Stewart mine. Emil
anlxey and Hermann Heekkle were