Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1902-07-11
NORTHWEST NOTES.

In Portland, Oregon, by order of the
chief OF police, all gambling houses in
that city have been closed.
August Schievie was hanged a.. St
Helena, Or, last week for the murder
| of Joseph Schulkowski on December
Goth last.
A lone his hwayman held up a gamb-
ling house at Spokane. Wash, last
week and secured about 81, 900 from
the gamblers banks. The robber left
no clue as to his identity.
Articles of Incorporation Of the Mon
tana Smelling and Refining company,
under the laws of the state of South
Dakota, have been filed in Butte. The
capital stock is So, O0o, o0o.
Disappointment in love affair and
in her ambition to become an actress
caused Miss Pauline Dawson, aged 20
years, to commit suicide at Denver,
Colo. last week with chloroform-
Judge Loud of the district court has
rendered most important decision
affecting the wool growers of Montana
The judge ruled that the warehouse
companies can incorporate under the
law of the state.
James Birch, miner from Erie,
Colo, attempted to board moving
train at Redding, CAL, one day last
. L. or,d - ia
headless body was found between the
rails near the depot
John Valentine, of Butte, Mont,
was convicted of ambling in Judge
McClernan's court and fined $3.50 by the
court This is the first conviction of
defendant accused of gambling out of
nearly twenty trials.
In southern Wyoming threatening
clouds have obscured the sun for the
past twenty-four hours and snow has
fallen the greater part of that time,
accommodating in the mountains to a
depth of several inches.
Fire at Carson, New, last week de-
stroyed the State Orphans home The
fire is supposed to have started from
fireworks used by the children. No
lives were lost The loss to the state
will be $50, 900, covered by insurance
In a street car accident at Boulder,
Colo, one woman WAS killed and
twenty persons injured. The cars
were heavily loaded and the brakes
failed to hold the train. 1t rushed |
down the hill with tremendous veloc-
ity. the train overturning at bend In |
the track.
Ina wreck on the Montana Central !
railway. seventeen miles east of Great |
Falls. Mont. Engineer Charles Peck
and Fireman William McCameron were |
instantly killed. The wreck was caused
by a washout due to the heavy rains.
and both the engineer and fireman
were horribly mangled and crushed in
the crash.
The annual report of the Collector
of Internal Revenue, Dunno, for the
district of Oregon, Washington and
Alaska for the fiscal year ending July
LIST. shows that the sale of revenue
stamps amounted to 81. 0ol, ss5. After
July LIST the district will be divided.
w. d. Croker of Walla Walla having
been appointed collector for Washing
ton and Alaska.
John Henderson, q famous soldier
and scout, died at Havre, Mont, Sun
iay, aged rs years Henderson was
scout in the Indian campaigns and
went to the northwest for the Cana
dian government as representative in
that capacity. Henderson assisted in
the capture of Louis Reil and later
hanged that half-breed at Regina.
A most diabolical attempt was made
1t Butte, Mont, last week to chloro-
lorna family of seven persons with
The object, it is presumed, of abduct-
ng Eva McGafrey, quarter-breed
indian girl The perpetrator of the
Iced is said to have been Peter Demp-
,ey the condemned murderer who es-
.aped from the county jail about a
rear ago. Dempsey is known to have
been enamoured of the Indian girl
,rior to his arrest
As result of a cutting scrape at
Denver, Colo, last week, one man viii
ikely die and one man may lose leg.
William and Eli Farris were horribly
mt about the arms and hands, the
ormer also being stabbed just below
he heart and will not recover. Frank
Foster, who did the cutting, was ter
ibly beaten and had his leg broken in