The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-28
NORTHWEST NOTES.

on the Goth ult. He was struck by
runaway empty cars.
1t Is stated that German capitalists
intend to soon build great smelter in
Shasta county, Cal. The new smelter
will double the copper output of Shasta
county.
Vincent Ryan, a prominent newspa-
per man of the Pacific coast and editor
of the Tacoma News, dropped dead
Thursday morning in Tacoma restau-
rant.
Paul Reuther, stone mason, com
mitted suicide at Spokane by jumping
into the river. He had acted queerly
for several days, and it is supposed he
became insane over financial Difficult
ties.
The Bimetallic smelters at Leadville
have resumed operations, employing
about eighty men. The Arkansas Val
ley and Union smelters. employing 500
men, have made no effort as yet to re-
sumo.
Clarence r. johnson of Cheyenne,
has been appointed an assistant in ir-
rigation, agricultural department, at
81, 800 per annum. The appointment
was made through the civil service
commission.
The company Of the Twenty-fourth
infantry which has been stationed at
Fort Russell has departed for the Phil
ipplnes. A troop of the First United
States cavalry has taken their places
at Fort Russell.
Soldiers of companies L and NJ. Twen-
ty-fourth infantry, raided a saloon at
Winnemucca, New. while their train
was passing through there en- route
for the Philippines, stole what liquor
there was in sight and shot the bar
tender, iniicting a painful wound.
The train was searched, but the cul-
prits were not identified.
The sum of S4.9O3, ,O95. OF. or 32.2 per
cent is the gain in net receipts at the
United States branch mint in Denver,
for the fiscal year ending June 80. over
that of 1898. For the last twelve
months the gold received and paid for
at this mint was S21 ,144 PAT, as against
Sic, .44l.a .a3 for the year ending June
80, 1898. About 81 per cent of the bull
lion received at the mint is credited to
Colorado mines
The manager of the Fountain hotel,
Yellowstone park, says that on the
Goth inst, and continuing until 1880
eruption from crater about fifty feet
north of the Fountain geyser, which
has always been considered to be moth
ing more than pool. The size of the
opening is about the same as the
| famous Fountain geyser. The erup-
tion played from 200 to $50 feet high
The San Francisco coroner's jury
which investigated the killing of
Charles Kopp by his wife, found that
the shooting was case of justifiable
homicide. Kopp was attentive to an
other woman, to whom he had decided
most of his property. The wife, who
is a consumptive, was goaded to her
murderous act by Kopp defiantly tell
ing her that she no longer had place
in his affections and admitting her ac-
cusations against him.
The Colorado Paris exposition COM
mission has made a contract with f.
! d. Higbee, representative of the
| largest statue-casting firm in the
country, for a solid gold statue for eX-
! hibition at the Paris exposition. The
design represents an 'up-to-date'
girl, the figure of life.sze being cast
in solid gold, 1s karats fine, the cast
with it's base being six feet four inches
in height 1t is estimated that mil
lion dollars worth of gold will be used
A party of recruits from Cleveland
O., en- route to the Philippines, started
a riot in the railroad yards at Denver
on the 30th ult., by assaulting ca,
repairer with razor. In the fight
which ensued, a large number OF rail
road men took hand and one soldie,
had three ribs broken and several
others received severe wounds. Two
of the soldiers, named j. j. Posey and
| j. II. MaSterSOn, were arrested by the
police and held for disturbance.
David Doty, Il ranchman OF Tint;
county, Wyoming, had an enconnte
with bears last week that came nea
costing him his life. The old man
who is 81 years old, ran up agains
three bears. He shot one, the seconC
fought him to finish and the thirt
ran away. Bear No got on top o
htn after shooting bear No. l befor
he could reload his rifle, and there wa
a lively hugging match. Doty cam
out victorious, but he will stay in tn
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