The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-02-15
NORTHWEST NOTES

The Oregon house defeated thel'H
resolution In favor of an equal su'''ke
amendment
The house committee on coinage aas
acted favorably on the bills esA'An'
ing minis at Omaha and TaeomA
The Washington state seuais in
passed a bill for the purchase oi'ns
Tburston county courthouse at Vlln.
pia, for the use as a capitol bulldog
The Northwest Fruit-Growes as
ISOLATION has decided that hereahehh
boxes Used by association memosr' In
packing fruit should contain an enet
bushel
c. NJ. Hale, grand secretary ofhe
grand state lodge Of odd Fsllo",
dropped dead Thursday night VILE
taking part In iniatatory eersnouss
q, local lodge OF washington.
The California Wine assoclitin,
representing the allied houea whsh
are now In control Of the market las
declared an advance Of ~ cephhr
gallon In the price OF ordinary elari,
making the figure 2s'S cents.
Eleven prominent persons Of On-
tralia. Wash, were arrested ehaTe
with melting riot In the enori 70
prevent liquor selling on SUNDAY MS
charged they endeavorcd TO tst
evidence by peeping over the tran'n
Robert W. steele, frat terri,odal
governor OF Colorado, died at his hone
In Colorado Springs Friday mornhg
OF an attuck OF grip. His vile dsd
Tuesday. A double funeral was h'ld
and husband aud wife buried In the
same grave. MIR. Steele was 81 years
old.
Andrew Carnegie has offered TO give
the city Of Tacoma $4,000 for all
brary building on condition tina, tls
be furnished aud O., 200 yearly spessia
maintenance. The city has accepted
the gift. II il probable, however,
that the amount will be increased 10
SIS, 900 az the city 10 willing topy
$500 annually toward keeping up he
library.
The GuRgenheim block, two-s!ory
building at the corner Of Main and
Fourth streets, Pueblo. Colo. occupied
by the Croms-Beggs Dry Goods con.
pRny's big department store, was gut
ted by IRE Friday morning. The loss
il estimated at si3o;OO0; inuranes.
500, 900. The Gre started In the boiler.
room, presumably In some loos paper
lying too near the boiler
Butte ia suffering from serious
water famine, and the city hAlmo,t
without Are protection. All IL mines
OF the Anaconda, Boston & Abntsna,
Butte & Boston, wsshoe, Parpt. Col.
orado & Montana Ore Purchasing
companies have been compelld 70 su,.
pend Operations on account The
failure OF the City Water company u
supply water. and about 500 msr
have been laid of temporarily. Many
OF the mining companies even had :,
stop the pumps at some OF the mines
and N the suspension becomes aeces
sary for any length OF time the ninei
will al with water and the dimag,
will be great,
Special Agent q. ID. Abbott u III,
Interior department, has returned u
Cheyenne from visit TO the Lrami'
plains country and tells OF a uiqu'
system Of telephoning In vogue Ia tina
section. In one locality eight rachel
are connected by telephone, thewir'
used being the top strand Of AbArl
wire fence. Regular telephon, In
struments and connections are Il U.S.
at the ranches and the hystem sem
TO be In perfect working order. Il I
Of great benefit 10 the neighbohnI
ranchmon. The settlement Is also con
neetcd by wire with Laramie.
George brown, while driving viii
his wife In n sleigh about Eve nile
from Butte Friday, shetland killsdhi
wife and then put bullet hole lot
his own head. lie will die. No eaas
for the act can be learned. A bo
driving n wood wagon near the Ken
heard the couple quarrelipg RndIu
mediately thereafter heard the shol'
When people reached the seensh
woman was dead and the man unSr
seious Nobody appears 70 know All
thing about the couple, but the SUPP
sltion is that they were rAnchsrs vi
had been TO town on business a
were on their way home.
Bribery, or attempted bribery,
again charged In the Montana legia
tuTs, although on a oonaiderAt
smaller scale than two years NJ
While the house, Friday, was consid
ing u bill for this inspection OF m'
and milk, Representative Hedges,
member OF the committee 10 which I
bill was referred, informed the HOT
that an effort had been made TO @
ruptly influence tho commuters aoti
the bill. He charged the milk dealt
and butchers OF the state with rnisi