Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1902-09-19
NORTHWEST NOTES.

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bushels short of the expectations Of the
grain men.
A cold wave swept over Wyoming
last week and on the morning OF the
11th snow began to fall at Cheyenne
and the mercury dropped to 80 degrees.
At Twin, Clallan county, Washing
ton, Thompson's big logging camp was
destroyed by fire. which for a time
threatened the lives of the men and
animals.
The jury in the case of A. L. Belding,
charged with killing three persons in
Portland, Ore, two months ago, rem
dered verdict of guilty of murder in
the first degree.
At Gresham. Oregon, an earthquake
shock was felt on the morning of the
nth. A report also comes from Clack-
amas that slight shock was felt there.
No damage was done at either place.
William Hummel, a jockey at one
time well known to New York turf
men, was last week adjudged insane
and sent to the Wyoming state asylum.
Hummel became insane while in Chey-
enne.
A pail Of smoke hung over Montana
Saturday and Sunday that has almost
obscured the SUM- Saturday the orb
was a bright purple, varying to blue,
and Sunday for long period the sun
could not be seen.
David Anchord, one of the largest
land owners in the northwest, and
pioneer of Montana, is dead at the age
of 81 years. Mr.. Anehord at one time
owned &c, 900 acres of land in Lewis
and Clarke counties.
Two masked men compelled Harry
Walters, station agent for the o. X. 81
N. at North Powder, Ore. at the point
of revolver, to open the depot safe
and turn over all the money and other
valuables, amounting to over $500.
John II. Andross. cashier of the
Helena Water Works company, who was
arrested few days ago for stealing
about 81, 900 from the company, pleaded
guilty to grand larceny and has been
sentenced to one year in the peniten-
tiary.
The interior department has received
a petition from large number of peo-
pie in Fremont county, Wyoming, ask
ing that about $50, 900 acres of land, ly-
ing on the Continental divide south
west of Lander, be made forest re-
serve.
The state supreme court of Wyoming
has announced decision sustaining
the constitutionality of the jury law of
1899. The decision is important, as it
affects City criminal cases now await
ing trial and criminal cases decided
since the law was passed.
News comes from Cora, Wyoming, of
the murder of S. j. II. Reed, a young
cattleman of that vicinity. Reed and
two other men were taking hayrack
from a wagon when a shot was fired
from ambush and Reed fell dead. Two
parties are suspected of the crime
A special from Kalispel, Mont, says:
Two of the most dangerous fires that
ever ragged iu the forest of this country
are destroying millions of feet OF fine
saw timber. One FIRE is in the Dayton
creek country, and the other is south
and west of Libby, in large cedar
district.
Mrs. John I. Baldwin, the Montana
authoress, well known in literary
circles throughout the United States.
died in Butte last week at the age of
So. Three years ago she had published
a book entitled Kodak Sketches of
Two Little Girls" which had big run
in the east
Charles Masters, a pumpman, was
killed in Butte mine last week.
While descending a ladder piece of
piping which was being lowered struck |
him on the head and threw him to the |
bottom of the shaft, where his body |
struck the steam exhaust of a pump |
and he was roasted to death.
John Taylor, a Waterman for the |
Montana Ore Purchasing company at |
the Cora mine, at Butte, Montana, shot
and instantly killed Pat Carney. be-
lieved to be insane. Carney was armed
with a Winchester and was running |
amuck. taking a shot at everyone in
sight, when he ran up against Watch
man Taylor, with fatal results.
A remarkable series of fatal accidents
occurred last week in logging camps
near Everett, Wash. Victor Erickson