The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12


Arlington, Cascade county, Montana,
was struck b. lightning while on
horseback Both rider and horse were
killed.
The Portland Telegram says Il. II.
Hartman will spend $10,000000 In
railroad building In the states OF
oregon. Washington and Idaho within
the next year.
On account of proposed irrigation
work the secretary of the interior has
withdrawn from entry 5,120 acres OF
the Cheyenne land district and $3.50
acres in the Lander district. Wyoming.
The Lewis and Clark officials an
nounce that with the attendance
Wednesday Of last week Of 27,426 tho
million mark has been passed. the Ia.
tai attendance from June to date. In
GLIDING passes, being 1,0l3,53l.
Seward, Alaska, has finally been
connected with the outer world by tel
egraphic communication. with tho
completion of the Seward.Valdes cable
the government now has about 1900
miles Of cable in Alaskan waters.
In a wreck on the Great Northern
at Mid Canon, fifteen miles from Great
Falls. an ore train OF eight cars went
to the ditch, tying up traffic along the
road for about seven hours The
wreck was due to broken iiange. No
body was injured
William II. Goss, Salt Lake mining
man. and S. F. Hunt of Challls, have
just returned from the new and sen.
sational gold discoveries on Parker
mountain. some twenty miles west ot
Challis, Idaho. They report dis.
covery Of what appears to be tellurium
ore, that runs into the thousands ip
gold.
A disastrous fire swept through the
business section Of Winnemucca. Ne
vada. Saturday, burning sixteen bust,
ness houses and inaicting damage
variously estimated from $4,000 "a
100000. 1t started I'm Armory hall
ana ragged for several hours. The
heaviest loser IL the Eagle Jewelry a.
Drug company, It's loss amounting to
$2i 900.
An arrival from Roosevelt, Idaho,
gives story OF the Lefonte tragedy
which shows there were three men en-
gagged in the shooting. that It occurred
at night and that only one shot out Of
some IS or 20 took effect. The visitor
heard the testimony at the preliminary
hearing which resulted in the dis
charge OF William West, the man who
did the killing.
william W. Stevenson was shot
dead by Chiilion Bowen IN room OF
San Francisco lodging house, where
the murdered man had found Bowen
in company with Stevenson's wife.
Bowen was arrested at the point of a
revolver and he and Mrs. Stevenson
are in prison charged with murder
All those concerned are residents OF
the state OF Nevada.
Two accidental drownings occurred
in the Willamette river just below
Portland, Sunday. The first was that
OF young man named Eric Blgelow
recently from Chicago, who, In com.
pany with a companion, was bathing
The second drowning was that or
Floyd Havlrd, aged II, who I'm COM
pany with several boys. was paddliAs
about the river on n board.
Ralph Il. Spurrler, telegrapher
and formerly a member Of the Mil
and Smeltermen's union of Butte, re-
fused to join the striking operators on
the Northern Pacific road and several
hundred smeltermen held a meeting
and marched in body to the depot.
surrounded the structure and com
PEELED Spurrier to quit work under
pain OF being escorted from town"
an expression which is significant Ia
Butte circles.
Town Marshal Charles Blackman OF
Cheyney Wash, on Sunday morning
shot and killed a man supposed to be
George Sherman. Sherman was lott
ering about the Northern Pacific de-
pot. was ordered under arrest and
started TO run.
One OF the regions where the Bart
lett pear Is most extensively grown
is the Yakima valley in Washington.
and reports from there are that tho
valley is blessed this season with
bountiful crops The trees are liter
ally laden with luscious fruit
During a terrific rain and thunder
storm at Kalispell, Mont, lightning
struck Austin Blair, a farm hand, kill
Ing him instantly. Two cows and
three horses were killed by the same
stroke. A barn was set on fire and
completely destroyed.
Ex,Judge Dell Stuart, prominent
attorney OF Portland, member of the
M4sons. Knights of Pythias and other
orders, ex.district Judge of Iowa, and
ex.mayor OF Osceola, Ia died at st.
vincent's hospital in Portland as the
result of an operation,
Iaster Richardson 10 wars old son