Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1902-08-15
NORTHWEST NOTES.

AT Pendleton, Ore, the Schultz
brewery was burned to the ground. A
boiler exploded and pieces of iron and
timber were thrown POO feet.
At Point Roberts. Wash, E. Ray
burn was shot and instantly killed.
The shooting was accidental, but fur
Their than that no particulars are OBJ
tainable.
While taking pleasure sail around
the Sound with "a family, as the guest
ofG. U. Upper, Charles E. Burrows, Jr,
of Walla Walla was accidently drowned
The body was recovered.
Frank Holland was crushed to death
and John Moose perhaps fatally in
jured and Burt Smith and Joe Schank
badly hurt in a cave-in the Ell Paso
mine on Beacon Hill, at Cripple Creek,
Colo.
Frank S. Aegers was shot and killed
at Hoquiam, Wash, by Joseph Stock
hammer, his brother-in-law. The
murder is the result of bad blood
which has existed for some time be-
tween The men.
The Helena Independent, the Oldest
morning daily in Montana, has been
sold to United States Senator w. A.
Clark. 1t is understood that the pur-
chase price was $3.50, 900. although this
report cannot be confirmed
Alcid Dremochel, miner working
above Olesen's gulch, some twenty
miles from Anaconda, Mont, has dis
covered the dead body of Philip Bas-
sett, who was missed from that city
last January. Bassett, went into the
hills on prospecting tour.
A fierce forest fire is raging in the
Fish Bank country, Mont. Many
thousands of feet of fine timber have
already been destroyed, and at the rate
the flames are travelling now threaten
the destruction of many thousand
dollars more. The government reserve
is in track of the flames.
r. R. Taylor, of Colorado Springs,
who shot and instantly killed Frank
i. Shader, his brother-in-law, because
of his atten tions to Mrs. Taylor, was
discharged from custody by Sheriff
Gilbert and will not be rearrested
until an information charging him
with the killing is filed.
William Coyne, pioneer mining man,
died at Helena last week. Mr. Coyne
was one of the first printers on the
Rocky Noun tain News, Denver, when
that paper was founded by William M.
Byers. He went to Virginia City,
Mont, in 1868 and was prominently
associated with the vigilantes.
An eastbound Northern Pacific pas
senger train ran into light engine
standing on the siding at Sappington,
Mont, on the Butte branch, derailing
the engine of the passenger train and
killing Fireman Deering. Engineer
Brown of the light engine was severely
injured by the explosion of tiue.
At Blossburg, five miles west of
Ration, N. NJ, a cloudburst drowned
four people, Mrs. Francesca Domin-
guez and three children. A man, his
wife and three children are reported
drowned at Terceo. They were seen
just before the arrival of the big wall
Of water, but all efforts to locate them
have since failed.
An earthquake in Missoula county, |
Montana, last week caused slight dam
age. 1t lasted about two seconds, vi |
brations being quick and shcrt- AT |
Bonner one of the large dynamos at the |
electrical plant was shaken from its |
adjustment. At Clinton the shock was |
quite severe, the operator reporting |
that several old buildings had col
lapsed.
Fred Ernest, night barkeeper in
Seattle saloon, was struck on the head
with the king-pin of wagon and his
skull so badly fractured that he will
die. Robbery is believed to be the
motive for the assault, as S31 was
taken from the cash register, onfS
few cents in dimes and nickls being
left by the robber. Philip Either, en-
ployed as porter at another saloon, was
arrested on suspicion of committing
the crime.
The saloon of John Betagnoli at
Ibex. five miles east of Leadville, Colo,
was blown up by giant powder Thurs
day night and completely wrecked,
causing damage of $500, while two
men narrowly escaped being killed.