Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-04-14
NORTHWEST NOTES.

southern cattle are booked 10 De senb
north into Wyoming this season.
The Union Pacific land department
has leased 100, 600 acres of land to Lara
mic county stockmen for a term of five
years.
Gardner, the insane sheepherder who
recently disappeared from Osceola,
New, has been located at Current
Creek
In a row in a saloon at Rabare,
Mont, Charles Buckley was shot and
killed by Charles Simmons. The two
men had been at outs for some time.
The president has signed procla-
nation opening to settlement on May
4th next the larger portion of the
Southern Ute reservation in Colorado.
Two ranch hands of the Judith ba-
sin, Montana, named Rodgers and Will
son, quarreled over woman, and Will
son was stabbed seventeen times and
will die.
The president has appointed j. Blair
Shoenfeldt of Douglas, Wyo., as agent
the Indian Territory, vice d. M. Wis
dom, resigned.
The building and machinery of the
Butte General Electric works were
damaged by fire to the extent of $780,
900 one night last week. 1t caught in
the roof from wire.
Stuart Rice has been appointed re-
ceiver for the Tacoma 81 Columbia
River Railway company in Washing
ton on the petition of the bondholders,
the Continental Trust company of New
York.
The body of Fireman Murray, who
lost his life in collision near Missoula,
Mont, last winter, has been discov-
cred. The body was so mutilated that
it could only be identified by the
clothing.
Joseph Smith was crushed to death
by cavern at the Los Angeles mine,
Cripple Creek, and three others were
injured, but not fatally. Smith is the
last of four brothers to meet violent
deaths in this district.
Two masked robbers entered the
cabin of Andrew Michaels, near Col
vile, Wash, and held the unfortunate
mans bare feet over the fire, in order
to make him disclose the whereabouts
of his money. His feet were severely
burned.
daring holdup was perpetrated at
Nevada, one night last
Jim Gutridge's saloon, covering the
crowd at the time in the room with
'evolvers. Gutridge was slow in
throwing up his hands and was beaten
'ver the head with a revolver The
'obbers secured over s700 and escaped
Companies L and | of the Twenty
ourth United States infantry left Fort
Russell last week for San Francisco.
There were ISIS men in the companies,
which were differed by Captain Brent
md Lieutenants Rowland and Morse.
The troops occupied special train of
en- cars and were given rousing fare
veil reception at the depot.
Workmen have been sent to Jules
urg to commence the laying of the
ew steel on the Union Pacific road
rom that point to Denver. The line
7as originally part of the Gulf sys-
EN- and during the receivership got
lto bad physical condition. New rails
I'LL be laid the entire distance and
ne track rebuilt. Rough rails are on
ne ground now for forty miles,
Thomas M. Murray died in Butte
pril 3 from the effects of horrible
urns received while working around
lie converters. A ladle of molten cop
sr was raised with the electric derrick;
hen in midair, or some twelve feet
Dove Murray it tipped and the red
ot copper struck him, burning a hole
sep into his head and waist and burn
almost to his entrails.
Articles of incorporation have been
ed with Oregon's secretary of state
the Eastern Oregon Land and Irri-
ltion company. They will build
servoirs at Spring Cove and Cow
alley on Willow Creek and can by
is means reclaim 10, Coo acres of valu-
lie land above Vale, Oregon. This {.