Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-01-13
NORTHWEST NOTES.

William Hudnall, state examiner OF
Montana, died at his home in Helena
on the 9Th Of complication of dis
eases, aged 50 years.
Nevada, which for years was at a
standstill in railroad building, has
lately added to its railroad mileage
close to 300 miles, and today the total
OF the state is nearly 1900 miles
Enraged by jealousy of Frank
Dunno, whom he believed to have
alienated his wifes affections, Henry
H. Loomis of Portland killed Dunno
and Mrs. Loomis and then committed
suicide.
Upon motion Of District Attorney
John Manning, the indictments which
were returned by the county grand
Jury against Mayor George H. Will
liams and Chief Of Police Charles H.
Hunt of Portland have been dismissed.
Charles McGough of Dillon, Mont,
has come to the conclusion that New
Years day fowls come pretty high A
fine Of $500 and three months in jail
is the price he will pay for stealing
one turkey and three chickens on the
night of December 30.
I William Illingsworth of Billings,
Mont, was blown from a passenger
train ear Whitehall and. fatally In
jured. He is the fourth member OF
the -fllingsworth family who has met
violent death within few years.
Andrew O'Connell. we'll known
Indiana, Missouri, Kansas and Mon
tana pioneer, died at Helena, aged 70
years. In ante-bellum days in Missouri
and Kansas he was the personal friend
of Thomas Ewing and General w. T..
Sherman. He was quite wealthy.
Tho secretary OF the interior has
signed a contract for the construction
in the vicinity Of Montrose and Delta,
Colo, of tunnel six miles long
through ridge separating the Gun
valley, about 125, 900 acres OF which is
to be irrigated by water from the Gun
nisoD.
At a public meeting in Portland,
called for the purpose of indorsins
the efforts Of President Roosevelt and
Secretary Hay in bringing about the
reconvening of The Hague tribunal, q
disturbance was created by the eff.
forts of . numerous contingent to pre-
vent the adoption Of laudatory reso
lutions. 5
Special Forest Superintendent A. A.
Anderson of Wyoming last week
called on the president and presented
him with q set of resolutions adopted
by the Camp Fire club Of America.
electing him an honorary member OF
the club, which has been organized
for protecting the game and forests OF
the country.
Thomas Teegarden, once well
known cowboy of that section, engaged
a room in a hotel at Medicine Hat,
and a few minutes later the sound of
a revolver shot was heard and Tee
garden was found in chair with
bullet hole in his head and smoking
revolver In his hand. Teegarden was
Respondent over the courts refusal to
award him custory of q minor sister.
Governor Joseph K Toole, in his b.
ennial messages to the Montana state
legislature, favors the adoption Of a
constitutional amendment for the ini-
tiatiye and referendum, a direct pri-
mary election law, a fellow-servant
law, the creation of railroad COM
mission, and the election Of United
States senators by direct vote OF the
people.
While splitting wood at Everett,
Wash, Frederick Sopper Drained his
four-y son, John. The child was
swinging about a post near where the
man was working. The little fellows
arm slipped and he fell forward. strik-
ing face downward on the chopping
block Just as the ak was brought down
with a heavy swing. The blade sunk
deep into the boys head crosswise OF
the skull.
The body of the woman found dead
on Cutler mountain, near Colorado
Springs, December II, and supposed
to be that of Mrs. Bessie Bouton OF
Syracuse, N. Y, has been positively
identified as such by a professional
nurse, Miss Curtis, of Denver.
James R. Hayne, former prominent |
stockman of Wyoming and Texas,
lied in Butte from pneumonia of |
which he had been i'll but three or |