Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03

f. A. Nash and Alex Mitchell, two rail-
road men who are well known in Butte,
had a fistic encounter in the knutsford
hotel, Salt Lake city, Tuesday. About a
year ago Mr.. Mitchell was the general
agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul railroad in Salt Lake city and Mr..
Nash was and is general western agent
for the same road, with headquarters at
Denver. Mitchell lost his position, as he
claims, through the instrumentallty OF
Nash, and has since threatened to whip
Nash the first chance that presented. Ac-
cording to MitchelIS story, Nash has con-
tinued to a~ntagonize him, has tried to
''throw him down" on many occasions,
and he claims to have in his possession
~correspOndence to prove this. Acting IN
der this, Mitchell recently brought suit
against Nash for defamation of chara2-
ter in the sum of $40, 900. two causes OF
S. 1000 each.
Tuesday. it seems, was the first op~
p~ortunity for personal service of papers
in the case, and Mitchell went to the
Knutsford and found Nash in the office.
The two sat down together and en-
tered into a warm discussion OF the
case. Mitchell asked Nash if the papers
had been served on him, to which the
latter replied in the negative. Mitchell
saws that after some further disagree
ment Nash said, "You know you're
living" whereupon the blow was struck.
Mr.. Nash denies that he has done any
thing against his former employe, put
saws that if he was discharged it was ms
own fault. Mr.. Nash is a man abouf %
wears old, and one of the most popular
railroad men in the west. Mr.. Mitchell
is a relative of the principal owners OF
the Milwaukee road.
The affair is the chief topic OF dis
cussion among Salt Lake fallroao iie"l
most of whom have expected something
of the kind for a long while. IL IS not
likely any arrests Will be maze.
MYSTERIOUS actions on the part OF the y.
r. & n. surveying party at Moscow re-
Gently suggested that possibly that com
many IS planning to reach the rich DIS
tricts of the Nez Perez reservation ana
the fertile fields of Camas prairie by a
route thither from Mascow, instead OF
I'D the Snake river from Rlparla.
A few days ago a party of twelve o. n
& n. surveyors appeared at MOSCOW VIII"
a carload of equipment and, after uh-
loading the car suddenly disappeared.
Their arrival at Moscow is told of in the
following special to The S~pOkesnlan-tIe-
view:
"Colfax, Wash, Jan. 3O.-A party of
Il civil engineers and ASSISTANTS, IN inc
employ of the O. r. & N, arrived IN Col
fax on passenger TRAM No.. =, L 4
land this morning, and left at $3.50 oven
the Moscow branch for Moscow. They
had a carload of equipments, which We're
unloaded and the party had left Moscow
at noon. but who was in charge of the
party and where they went was not
iearned.'
A glance at the map will show that the
tracks of the Q. r. & N, mpan ap-
prOach most closely to the reservation anG
Camas prairie countries at Moscow. BY
building not more than fifty miles from
Moscow the rails of the ompany woulG
strike the Clearwater on the reservation
at a point from which progress to tht
Camas prairie district would be compare.
lively easy. To get to the district by way
of the Snake river the company would
have to construct 120 miles Of road up The
Snake from Riparia to Lewiston, anG
thence on. Eventually, it is generally be-
lieved. the company will build the Snake
river line, but in the present emergency i
is not improbable that the COMPANY will.
find it advantageous to take the shorter
way of reaching the desired goal, now rec
ognized as the Camas prairie dis,
trict with Buffalo Hump just beyond it
In the last filings of the O. r. & N.
company with the secretary of the state
there were two routes from Moscow out
lined as being routes on which the COM