Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-12-02

ole system is part of the plan for their
deliveranCe.
1t is phenomenal the development
during recent months in the Clear.
water. A bright future is ahead. New
ing installed
Troop A. Sixth cavalry, has also left
for Fort Riley. 1t is one of the dis
mounted troops which has been here
This leaves two troops of cavalry
still in the CGur d'Alenes, one at Ward.
Ter and one at Wallace.
Clifford Riggs OF Cottonwood put a
rifle ball through Chas. Mockamer, liv.
ing nine miles south of Cottonwood,
killing him. The victim and his broth.
err went to Riggs, who was herding
sheep on their land, and after few
words the shooting occurred. Riggs
surrendered himself Immediately.
MONTANA.
There are a few smallpox cases at
Butte.
The Scottish Rite Masonry had a
four days session last week in Butte.
The latest discovered will of John ID.
Airport was declared a forgery by a
| jury at Boulder.
! Several Anaconda young men have
! banded together and will in the near
future have enough members to form
band to be called the Cadet" or
come other appropriate name.
| Wild geese, swans and other water
fowl are reported to be remarkably
| plenty in the lower valley and on the
! lake, says the Inter-Lake of Kalispell,
! Mont.
The police, detectives and friends of
Daniel Agoa are determined to prob2
the mystery of his death, which oc-
Cured last week in Butte
J. X. Eveleth formerly we'll known
assayer of Butte, is now in charge of
the assay department of a big mining
enterprise in northern Mexico, owned
by the Hearst estate and managed by
! Ben B. Thayer, formerly of the Ana
conda company.
! Abraham Antelle, a Carbonate coal
miner, committed suicide last week by
| jumping down a 900-foot shaft of the
Carbon Coal company. His body was
torn to pieces. 1t was a case of de.
liberate suicide.
! The farming implement dealers of
the state met at Helena and organized
an association. About 40 dealers from
various parts of the state were present.
A. w. Miles of Livingston was elected
president and Sewell w. Davis of Butte
| second vice president.
Governor Smith has granted dimin-
utions of sentence to five convicts in
Guiding Charles e. Wilson, sent from
Silver Bow on March 80, 1898, for two
years for assault, and John Searle, sent
rom Silver Bow on February 6, 1899,
for one year for receiving stolen prop
erty.
Thos. Kinds & Co. has finished their
street paving contract of 10, 467 square
yards in Butte. At $3.79 per square
yard the cost to the city is $38,413.89.
| ] he street railway has paved 900
square yards between it's rails, bring
ng the years total of paved area up
to II, 1867 square yards. The city has
now nearly 10000 square yards of
paved ground, the total expenditure for
which was $132,720.89.
Last week Butte was visited by the
first big fire she has suffered for
months, the Big Blackfoot Milling com
pany losing their planning mill and sash
and door factory Nearly every resi-.
dent of Butte attended the fire. which
was located on Oklahoma and Galena
making a lively scene. 1t is supposed
the fire originated in the boiler room.
The loss will be between $4,000 and
$4,000, with not more than $4,000 in
surance. The plant was the largest in
the city.
| OREGON.
Eugene has the honor of being first
to organize a militia company of re.
turned volunteers.
The prune crop around Myrtle creek
southern Oregon, has been disposed of
1t aggregated 739,O5O pounds, which
aver aged about "a cents per pound.
Walter Howell, of Portland, aged II
years, was run over and killed recently
at Selwood by an electric car on the
East Side railway. The boy was on q
bicycle and rode across the track in
| front of the car, which was backing up
slowly.
Paul Kruger is warned to leave Pen
dleton, but the pastor who occasionally
| acts as deputy sheriff will not obey de-
mands.
The officers of Pendleton, Ore, assert