The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-14
NORTHWEST NOTES

Alexander Findley. a carpenter. age,
% years. was burned to death at Butt,
in fire that destroyed the one.stor,
frame building in which he was living
Ole Martenson, a Swede. was killed
by an Irishman named Roberts at En-
campment, Wyo. Roberts is in fail
at Rawlins and will be tried for muir
der.
The plant of the National Reduction
mills, half mile from Florence. Colo.
was entirely destroyed by fire last
week. Loss $4,000, with no insur
ance.
Thomas Brant and Thomas Rick.
hart, two Northern Pacific engineers
were killed at Cedar Creek spur. near
Garfield, Wash, when a passenger
train collided with a light engine.
G. o. Yergy, of the Yergy Lumber
company, and we'll known Helena
man, while driving across the street
car tracks in Helena, was struck by
an electric car and almosst instantly
killed.
A strike of gold ore on the one hun
dred foot level of the ANNA Laurie
claim, belonging to the Manhattan
Mining company's group at Manhat
tan, Nevada, goes better than 81 500
per ton.
Edward A. Horner, formerly of Lead.
vile, Colo, has organized the Roose-
welt third term national league in
Chicago, and says that clubs will be
organized in every county and city in
the United States
e. Willetts, a stockman from Idaho
enroute east with stock, fell from a
car in the yards at Rawlins on the
night of the 4th, and when picked up
by yardmen the following morning
died in a few minutes.
Senator Hepburn Of Idaho has pro-
posed an amendment to the railway
rate law which will require the rail.
roads to give Boise, Spokane and
other interior points the advantage
of the long haul rates.
Because the Montana Coal & Coke
company refused to reinstate a miner
who had been discharged some weeks
ago, 400 miners struck, tieing up the
mines and coking plants of the com
pany at Aldridge and Horr, Mont.
The gold output of Montana for 1906
was $20S,551 less than that of 1904.
The silver output was $1,491,315 less
coinage values) than for 1904. The
copper output was $11,754 ,967 greater
and the lead output $31 ,635 greater.
Rev. Oscar Woods, of Laramie,
Wyo., in an article in local paper bit
terly denounced the so-called endless
prayer chain letters, several of which
have been received in Laramie. One
young woman of very religious turn
OF mind was so wrought up about the
matter as to be IN a serious mental
condition.
A wreck occurred near Rawlins.
Wyo., in which B. B, Johnson, brake
man, was killed, and an engineer,
brakeman and two firemen were hurt.
A westbOund freight drawn by two en-
gines and an eastbound freight col
lided head on as the result of con-
fiicting train orders, all three engines
being derailed
The California delegation in con-
gress has received what they consider
a satisfactory assurance that the pres
ident did not desire to be understood
as saying in the Japanese section OF
his message that he would use the
forces of the United States
In forcing the Japanese into the Cal
lfore'n schools in whicA the white
p - en- are taught.
mere nave been many deaths in
Goldfield the past month or two, more,
perhaps, than people generally know
about; but they have not been in
such numbers as have been reported.
The death rate during the worst of |
the prevailing storm have averaged |
not more than four per day as against
twenty as reported.
A squad of citizens of Billings, |
Mont, forcibly seized a carload Of coal |
ind distributed it in one ton lots. In |
1 body the squad then proceeded to
he Offices of the coal company and |
compelled the agent to receipt for the
payment of the fuel
@ontana produced in the calendar
ear Of 1906 copper, silver, gold and
cad to the value of S70,677 ,5S3. These
alues came from 5000, 900 tons of ore,
nd the aggregate production was
reater by $10,0S6, 1876 than the value
4 the output of 1904. which was ap.
fortunately $1O,000,O0O greater than
or the year before
Ida and Minnie Hill, sisters, were
ound asphyxiated in their rooms in
'ortland by Hilda Hill, another sister,
fhen she returned home from work.
he dead girls left a note bidding Hill
a farewell but it does not state
he reason for their act.
Irene La Barge, aged II years, com
litted suicide at her home in Seattle.
fter quarrel with her sweetheart,
ohm Tweed, postoffiee messenge.
he was jealous Oh the attentions of
he young man to another girl and
rank poison in his presence
1t is announced that the Spokane &
nland railway has awarded to Grant
mith g. 90 the grading contract for