The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-20
NORTHWEST NOTES

5etefht OtheI members OF the tram
rev were injured
The reported strike OF gold in
Churchill county almost depopulated
Carson. Nevada, while Virginia City
md other towns sent large crowds OF
orospectors to the new fields.
George W. Fogg, a prominent attor-
1ey OF Tacoma for twelve years, for.
merly Of Quincy. Ill. is dead, aged SO
years. He was major in the civil
war and a member of the Loyel Lee
gion.
ID. c. Richardson has been placed
under arrest at Glendive, Mont, upon
suspicion OF being ]. L. Richardson of
Grand Rapids. Mich, who absconded
with the funds Of the Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Firemen of Grand Rapids
To take effect May /, the American
Smelling and Refining company will
extend the eight-hour day to all EN-.
ployes In its five Colorado plants who
come in contact with furnace opera.
tons. This will affect about $500 men
Walter Berieau, who killed Sheriff
Thomas Logan at Manhattan, Nevada,
has been lodged in Jail at Tonopah.
The coroner's jury at Manhattan found
that Logan came TO his death by pistol
shots fired by Berleau with criminal
intent
Peter johnson and Harry Hardwick
were killed by the falling of a stone
arch bridge In course of construction
at Msnitou, Colo. The accident re-
suited from the placing Of weight upon
cement abutments before the cement
had sufficiently hardened
The national board Of administra-
ton of the Daughters of the American
Revolution have decided that Mrs.
Wallace McCracken was legally elested
state regent of Montana and Mrs. vii
lard Harvey Weed was legally elected
state vice-regent from that state.
A special from Ilwaco, Wash, says
that Colonel De Long and John Wray
we're drowned in the surf at Long
Beach. The men in company with
seven others went out in boat
through the surf to draw seine
While returning to shore the boat cap
sized.
The supreme court of Montana, in a
decision written by Chief Justice
Brantly. set aside the order of Judge
Donlin. of Butte. adjudgng Peter
Breen, former county attorney OF Sill
YER Bow county in contempt of court
and filming him $500 for questioning
the manner In which the trial jury was
drawn.
The Oriental Limited, on the Great
Northern, travelling at speed of fifty
miles an hour, was wrecked between
Adrain and Ephrata, Wash Five cars
went off the track, including the mail
car. Mail Clerks Joseph Thompson
and ID. e. Whittier, both of Seattle
were injured about the head and shout
ders.
The Commercial club of Portland.
whose headquarters in the Chamber of
Commerce building were devastated by /
fire recently, has decided to erect a |
building Of its own In the heart OF the |
business section, at cost of $250000 |
The proposed building will be of six |
stories, three of which will be occupied |
by the club.
Virgil Wilson of Malheur Ore, lost |
his life in the Snake river near Onta-
rio while attempting to save the life
of his dog. Wilson and the dog were
crossing bridge when a train came
along. Whether he lost his FOOTING
and fell into the river or was struck
by the train is not known, as his body |
has not been recovered.
Judge Henry Smith Of Helena sen.
fenced Camille Remey, the French
Canadian convicted OF manslaughter In
killing WATSON Oliver last September.
as the two were travelling overland
few miles north of Helena, to ten years
In the state prison, the maximum pun
ishment
Substantial improvements on the
main line of the Southern Pacific in
oregon, consisting of new and heavier
rails, new steel bridges and new and
neavy engines. will result in the time
between Portland and San Francisco
being materially reduced during the
coming fall
A man about rs years old, smooth
face and dark hair. but with no other
marks for Identification, was struck BY
a Northern Pacific engine in the yards
at Bozeman, Mont On his person
were found twenty-five pounds of DIV
Mantle, fuse. caps, etc, two revolYers
and tlack mask
A the instance Of the department OF
the interior, the war department has
taken steps to send whatever military
force may be necessary to protect the
Indian agent, Major c. G. Edwards. on
the Umatilla agency. in Oregon, from
the Indians. who have threatened to
do him bodily harm
Before Judge w. H. Hunt, in the
federal district court, at Portland.
bill Of exceptions was filed in tine case
IF Congressman J. NJ Williamson of
Oregon. who was convicted several
months ago of subordination of PERU.
j Ii connection with the frauds of
lands in Oregon.
One hundred Koreans arrived in
sisgoula last week to work on the
1offharn Pacific railroad Owing ~