The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-08-17
NORTHWEST NOTES.

has been limited to tweuty-three.
Thirteen carloads OF government
mules. enroute to China via Seattle.
were unloaded in Spokane to be fed.
With them were seven carloads OF
harness.
Fred Merrlcls and Mart V. Sides,
COW boys arrested a. Hugo, Colo. on
suspicion OF being guilty OF the Union
Pacific holdup and murder have been
released for lack Of evidence
The Gold Belt Mines aud Investment
company has sold to the ST. Patrick
Gold Mining syndicate the st. Patrick
claim In the limits Of the city Of Victor,
Colo. for consideration Of $500, 900.
The fires that have been raging in
the Yellowstone park, Wyo., have
been extinguishcd by heavy rain.
aud investigation shows that the loss
is not serious aud that travel has not
been iuconyenienced.
President Mckinley has granted
reprieve to the llalderman brothers
sentenced to be hung at Tombstone,
Ariz.. August 10, until Friday. October
O. The men received the notification
OF the repricve very calmly.
The shaft house Of the Parrot mino
nj Butte, Mont, was destroyed by IRE
last week. entailing a loss Of 100000.
The mine employs about 200 men on a
shift They were rescued through tho
levels OF an adjoining mine without
injury.
The statement that the Dominion
government had abolished the 10 per
cent royalty Ia the Yukon, substituting
therefor a per cent tax and establish
ing compulsory assay Office In Dawson.
Is officially denied by the minister Of
the interior.
a number OF mining "promoters'
holding titles to some mineral land
near Oronoville, Cal, according to the
San Francisco Examiner, have bees
endcayoring during the past month "a
unload upon eastern markets i,0OO,O0t
shares OF stock In u mining company
which, during its entire existence, has
taken out just si7o In goll.
At the regular term OF the district
court ut liusin, Wyo,, the following
persons were sentenced to the peniten.
tiary: Wesley Bloom, 1--we years, horse
stealing; Harry Smith cattle stealing
five years. Edward Pcnse. charged
with murder, was acquitted. peass
shot man named George Mccray.
A large number 81 sheep have been
killed ut Casper, Wyo., during the past
few days by lightning. A band OF
sheep owned by the Platte Valley com.
pnny on La Prele creek was struck by
bolt and ,hiry-nine head OF valuable
ewes WERE killed. Several herders We're
Knocked down but were not hurt.
Another Gre has broken out ON Elh
mountain, twenty-five miles south Of
carbon, In Carbon county, Wyoming.
The entire mountain il covered by the
flames aud valuable timber Is being
destroyed. The Ere is the largest that
has visited Wyoming In many years
and can be seen for u great distance.
At meeting Of Seattle bus mess men
Saturday, 100000 was pledged for
holding an international exposition In
that city In 1904, In commemoration OF
the Louisiana purchase aud the Lewis
Ind Clark expedition. The plan differs
from that OF any similar event ever
held In the world. inasmuch as It's pri-
mary object is the development OF COM
mercial expansion and the growth OF
/ trans-Paciac trade.
George Dryer OF Shoshone, Ida,
aged 30 years. while trying to board n.
passenger train that was In motion
was thrown under the wheels and had
one OF his arms aud legs bAdly crushed.
The physicians say amputation will be
necessary.
John Thees committed Iuiclde IN tho
city park at Laramie Saturday by
shooting himself through the head
with n 45-calibre revolver. DespoHd.
ency, due to III health, was the cause
OF the act, Thees was pioneer aud an
influential citizen OF Laramie.
The steamship Gaelic, which arrived
In San Francisco last week from the
orient, had on board number OF refu.
gees from China, among them being
tile Revs. O. +. Pruitt and Geo. Worth,
with their wives and families, each
consisting OF three children.
The grape growers and the wine men
Of California are at war at present. The
wine men have called la their buyers
and say they will buy no more grapes,
as the growers are holding them too
high. They are asking SIS n ton for
black grapes and SIS for muscats.
A. II. Zelgler, formerly a justice OF
the peace In Idaho, killed his wife by
cutting her throat at Santa qfruz, Cal,