The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-04-28
NORTHWEST NOTES.

Society of the West
Lieutenant Gustave Nickel Of the
First Montana regiment has arrived
home from Manila aud will receive an
honorable discharge
frank smith of Pueblo, Colo. driver
Of soda water wagon, shot and killed
his wife an. imsclf rs the outcome of
a divorce suit recently brought by the
woman.
II Is said that money has been Sc
cured for the building OF the air line
from Denver to Salt Lake city. Col
orudo people have been talking OF this
line Of road for years.
The employees In the train and yard
departments of the Midland Terminal
company OF Colorado are on strike
for shorter hours. About 200 men are
affected. The road is tied up.
Governor Thomas OF Colorado will
veto the bill passed by the general as
sembly at It's recent session providing
for the indo,ermiuate sentence with
parole privileges for prisoners.
William Harris and John Tell were
fatally burned by an explosion OF gas
In the Colorado Fuel and Iron com
pany's mine at New Castle, Colo. The
mine is considerably damaged.
Dan Lucy, charged with the murder
Of Patrick l.. Regain, near Butte, in
September, 1898, has been landed In
the Silver Bow county Jail, he having
been captured in Cripple Creek Colo
An insane man. Richard willis, con-
fined in the Yuba, Cal, courthouse,
managed to fre the building, and was
himself burned TO death. The county
Jail, adjoining, was also completely de-
stroyed.
The citizens OF McMinvlllc, Ore,
have petitioned the president TO dis
charge the soldiers from that town
now serving In the Philippines, and
protest against their retention In that
country.
Floods caused by melting snow In
the mountains near sheridan, Wyo.,
did an immense amount Of damage In
that city. Five buildings were washed
away and the main supply pipe OF tho
water works broke, shutting OF the
water supply.
Paride Fransoi, miner, was killed
4. ~. If.t... Dada. ,,.I nina M naalf
Springs on the Goth, by n fall OF coal.
His partner escaped the same fate by
going out OF the room for some oil for
his lamp moment or two before the
coal fell.
A fight, Is on In Grand junction
Colo. regarding licensing saloons. AL
: licenses expired ON the 18th, and th'
I new council has refused TO grant II.
4 censes. the marshal being ructed L
| close all saloons. The matter will b
settled In court.
, Harry Brasure, aged 40, was drowne'
. in Bitter creek, wyo., last week. Ill
o had been gambling and drinking an'
!. was last seen alive at 10 o'clock In tn
!. morning. Two hours la.or his bod.
q was found In the creek. There is som
a suspicion that he was robbed an
n thrown into the creek.
5, A Cheyenne woman applied TO tn
, district court one evening last wee
for divorce from her husband and l
1. less than twenty hours after filing I'll
n application the case was tried, th
"a woman granted a divorce, with si,7O
!. alimony. This breaks the record 1
o divorce proceedings in Wyoming.
The management OF the Globe Smell
II ing company, ut Denver, declares tina
4. the plant will not be closed down, br
II that on the contrary more men will /
r employed than ever before, and thu
|. Che old scale will be paid, but the me
will not receive as much for eigl
=. hours work as they did for twelve.
10 Two colored miners, Henry Moo
A. and Mark Miller, quarreled at Roc
IA Springs last week, and Moore sh,
ID Miller through the thigh, innicting
dangerous wound. As sequel To Il
first shooting, william ShortridI
~ (colored) attempted 10 kill his viii
:. because she visited Miller after he w
hi shot, jealousy being the cause of 4
:, the trouble.
The loss OF stock throughout Il
~ northwest is not nearly so large
20 was at first supposed, all owing TO 1
- excellent condition OF stock when I
% bad weather came on. The stock
hv present are in good condition and O
doing we'll.
N Not only is there an increase In
"a terest In the mines of Nevada this yei
ha but farmers from all over the state
n. port indications Of good crops. Neva
y. is fast forging TO the front as an Hg
70 cultural state, as well as a magnidce
mining commonwealth.
an Six OF the soldiers OF the Second v
he unteer cavalry who lost their lives
m. the south last summer were buried