Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1902-08-22
NORTHWEST NOTES.

All the SlOt machines III Dubtc nave
closed by order OF the sheriff. This is
the third attempt to stop slot machine
gambling.
The Wyoming game law prohibiting
the killing of moose expires September
LIST, after remaining in force for five
years
During an electric storm Richard
Payne, farmer. was struck by bolt
of lightning and instantly killed at his
ranch, near Phoenix. Oregon.
Constabulary Inspector william
Schermerhorn, OF Seattle. Wash, who
was seriously wounded in a recent
fight with Iadrones at Iiligan, Minda-
mao. is recovering.
lone highwayman held up the
stage near Tonopah, Nevada. and
broke open the treasure box with a
sledge hammer, but it is not believed
he secured very large sum-
The three-year-old daughter of
James Mitchell of Stockett, Mont,
was fatally injured last week. the lit
tie one falling asleep on the railroad
track and being struck by a train.
E. r. Young shielded in the Palace
hotel at Reno. Nevada, by taking NOR
phine. He left note saying that he
had no relatives he wished to notify
and gave Ill health as the cause of the
deed.
The Snohomish County Agricultural
association is closing the entries for
the race meet to be held at Everett,
Wash, September 9th. 10th and nth.
The entries include many Oregon, Cal
ifornia, Idaho and Colorado horses.
The threatened strike of San Juan,
Colo, miners was averted, a compro-
mise having been agreed upon By the
union and mine owners The new
scale of wages has been accepted by
both sides fer period of three years
Ernest Baker, a Linotype operator of
Helena, suicided by swallowing car
bolic acid. Baker had qusrreled with
his wife. to whom he had been mar
ried but month, and the following
morning she found him dead in his
room.
Two masked men with revolvers
held up the bartender and five occu-
pants of Keys saloon at Freewater-
Oregon, and secured $40 from the cash
drawer and SO from the patrons of
the saloon. The robbers backed out
of the door and disappeared.
Former Senator Homer. chairman of
the Montana board of sheep commits
sioners. and himself one OF the leading
fiockmasters. says that from reports
he had received he estimated the clip
for this season to be $4,000. 900 pounds,
little more than last year
Emma Johns, "a years of age. was
drowned in the Zig Hole river near
Dillon Mout.. last week. While out
with camping party she attempted
to wade across the river and was swept
from her feet and drowned in sight of
a number of companions, who were
powerless to aid her
1t is said James ]. Hill of the Great
Northern railroad eontemplates the
erection of monster steel and ron
plant at Great Falls. Mont. All along
the line of the Great Northern system
Mr.. Hill has been acquiring iron de-
posits. paving for one group near the
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Annie Krupa, Bohemian woman 40
wears old, was run over and killed by
Santa Fe train at Acequia, Colo. Her
fellow countrymen claim that the train
started without warning and that she
was thrown under the wheels They
threatened to lynch the engine crew
but were quoted by the conductor.
Patrick ]. O'Leary. who conducts
saloon in Butte. was held up in his
resort and robbed of s1s2. In adj
dition to the money he came very near
losing his life by the hold-up. The
robber used gun and fred three bull
let's at O'Leary, two of which plowed
through the scalp of his head.
Hark c.. Paulson. Pass Creek. Wyo.,
rauchman. was struck by ligb thing
while manipulating hayrake in a
meadow and though those who saw
the accident say that the bolt descend
ed squarely on top of his head, he es-
capped without any injury but three
inch burned spot on his scalp. The
hayrake was literally torn TO frag-
meuts and the harness was torn from
the team. Paulson was unconscious
for fifteen minutes, but the horses did
not seem to feel the shock.
p. d. Eeim and son were hunting