Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1902-11-21
NORTHWEST NOTES.

open gam Dnng Is practlcdlly closeo IN
Spokane.
scarlet fever epidemic prevails at
Anaconda, Mont, and it is probable
the schools will be closed for several
weeks.
Portland, the depot was broken into
by burglar and the safe robbed of
81, $50.
George Smith, colored, has been
sentenced at Portland to be hanged on
December 10, for the murder OF his
white wife.
Jacob Jacobson was instantly killed
by being crushed by log in the st.
Paul & Tacoma Lumb company's mill
at Tacoma, Wash.
Over 81 900 worth of apples were
burned at Great Falls, Mont, last
week, because of the presence of the
codling moth in the fruit
The biggest fish ever taken in Puget
Sound was brought to Seattle by
crew of Greek fisherman. 1t weighed
500 pounds and was nine feet long.
Fire started in sleeping room of
Hoback's hotel at Index, Wash The
hotel was destroyed and James Kelly.
we'll known mining man, persisted in
the flames.
In Tonopah, New, Frank Golden's
jewelry store was robbed. The rob-
bers ransacked the place, securing
watches, diamonds and money to the
amount of $1,000
When she Stratton will case came up
in the probate court in Colorado
Springs last week it was postponed
until December 18th. Nothing will be
done in the case until that time.
The Oregon Railroad & Navigation
company's steamer line between Port
land and San Francisco, which has
been laid up for month past on &C
count of the engineers strike has re-
sumde service.
A special from Big Timber,
Mont, says word has been received
there of the murder of Guy Barton, at
Arvada, Wyo., by Agatha Barton, his
daughter. He was shot and instantly
killed. The woman was unmarried.
For the first time in the history of
the state OF Montana the governor is
compelled to order a special election
because of a tie vote The official count
of the vote of Yellowstone county
shows that Beaver rep. and More
(Dem.) received the same number of
votes for the legislature.
Irving Howbert, the Colorado
Springs banker and mining man, an
nounces himself Republican candi-
date for the United States senate. Mr..
How bert has served a term in the state
senate and was chairman of the Re
publican state committee in the cam
paign when Governor Waite, Populist,
was defeated for reelection.
The United States grand jury has
p. A. O'Farrell, editor, and
A. w. Browse, publisher, of the Re-
veille of Butte, a campaign newspaper
devoted to the interests of f. Augustus
Heinze, who were arrested by the pos
tai authorities for an alleged violation
United States Senator w. A. Clark APP
p cared. was the basis of action
Fire destroyed the Five-Mile house, |
near Butte, one of the most famous |
in the west, together with |
the pavilion and bar. Mrs. Ether, |
wife of the proprietor, was asleep at |
The time the flames broke out and es-
cape being shut off by the stairs she
lung herself from an upper window.
It is believed she will die. A number
If employees had narrow escapes
Clark Moore, who was mistaken for
/ deer md shot near Helmsville, Mont,
las since died from the effects of the
Moore was one of the best
hunters of this section of the country.
lie was hunting for deer and dressed
n buckskin suit was going through
he timber in a crouching attitude
When he was taken for the animal he
vas hunting and shot by man named
'ory.
j. l.. B. Meyer and two other resi-
ents of Augusta, Mont, have stocked
Jun river above the falls with 10000 |
rock trout secured from the govern
lent hatchery at Bozeman. There
ave been no fish above the falls. The
rout were hauled 100 miles by wagon
D the mountains and then packed in
ans on the backs of horses thirty-five