Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-11-10
NORTHWEST NOTES

killed at Anaconda, Mont, by fall
from a pole He lived recently in
| Helena.
Governor Brooks of Wyoming has
issued a proclamation designating
Thursday, November 30, as Thanks
giving day in Wyoming.
Actual construction work began
last week at Walcott, on the line from
Walcott to Grand Encampment, Wyo.,
incorporated by Secretary of State
Fennimore Chatterton, of Wyoming.
Four prisoners in the Seattle city
Jail escaped about midnight by remov.
ing iron bars over the cell in which
they were confined. The men who es-
capped were all members of the city
chain gang.
Senator William A. Clark has de-
cided to close his big reduction works
because of the demand of the rope
makers for an increase in wages. The
ores from the Clark properties will
be smelted at Anaconda.
A 16-year-old boy named Verblenski,
living near Reynolds, Wash, shot and
killed his 10-year-old brother. Two
older brothers started hunting and
were followed by the youngest boy
He refused to go home and the Oldest
boy shot him, firing charge OF bird
shot into the childs throat at dis
lance of 10 feet.
w. H. Olston was thrown from
car in Portland and sustained fatal
injuries. The blowing out of fuse
caused the car, which was travelling
rapidly, to stop suddenly, and Olston,
who was standing on the step of the
car, was thrown heavily to the
ground. The man died without recev-
ering consciousness.
Harry w. Kemp, of Bullfrog, New,
was found in an unconscious condl-
ton, lying on a couch in his office.
A physician was hastily summoned
and diagnosis showed that Kemp had
swallowed a large quantity OF chloro-
form. Efforts to rouse him were flu
tile and he died four hours after be-
ing discovered.
James R. Boal, cashier of the Gold
field Bank and Trust company, Gold
field, New, which failed six months
ago with liabilities amounting to $780,
900 and with but five dollars in cash
on hand and about $4,000 worth of
securities, has been acquitted of the
charge of embezzlement by the dis
trict court at Hawthorne.
The contents of a $4,000 express
package sent by Charles F. Kelley
from Hamilton, Mont, for investment
is missing Instead of receiving the
securities he wished purchased in
New York, Kelley was dumfounded
to receive a letter stating the pack
age as received by the Ney Workers
contained only newspaper clippings.
though the seals were intact.
Because the Vancouver tug ST
Claim towed to Puget sound boom
of logs on which royalty had not been
paid, she has been seized by R. ]
provincial timber inspector
at Vancouver. 1t is stated that the
seizure of the tug St. Clair is only
the beginning of number of govern.
ment raids on tugs engaged in the
business of towing logs along the
coast
Pat O'Brien met a horrible death I
at Zortman, a mining camp in Mon
lana. He drilled into missed hole
and the explosion literally tore the
over part of his body away, while
lis chest and side were filled with
small stones and dirt. Despite his fear
ul injuries, the man lived four hours
md was conscious up to the last min
tie. O'Brien had worked only a few
lifts.
Steamer Lansing, the largest oil
ank boat in the world, Will be sent
o the Pacific coast from the Atlantic
ide by her owners, the Union Oil
ompany of San Francisco, within the
ext ninety days. The steamers
veshtenaw and the Roma will also be
ent to this coast at about the same
Ime The combined carrying capacity
f these three vessels is 10000 bar
els. This is greater than even tho
tandard Oil company's fleet.
AS a result of hypnotic suggestions