The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1906-10-04
NORTHWEST NOTES

- ueaH at butte OF consumption.
Two hundred delegates from ore
gon, Washington, Idaho and Montana
were In attendance at the convention
OF commercial clubs in Spokane.
Rev Dr. J. ]. Callahan, one Of the
prominent Catholic. priests OF the
northwest, died at Butte on the 25th
aged AZ. lie was born in Omaha.
Frank Hunt IS years of aye. car
Inspector of the Southern Pacific at
Montello, New. fell from caboose at
that point and both arms were cut or,
death resulting two hours later.
w. r. Ivey conductor In charge of
the Union Pacific gravel pits at Bd.
ford, Wyo., and having wife and
child at Cheyenne, was run down and
Instantly killed at the gravel pits.
The Billings (Mont.) opera house
has been destroyed by fire, causing a
loss of $4,000. Guests in the Com.
merclal hotel. adjoining, which was
badly scorched, escaped in their night
clothes
}. I. Walsh OF Helena was nominat-
ed by the Democratic state convention
OF Montana for congress and Judge b.
G. McClernan of Butte was the candi.
date chosen for associate justice Of
the state supreme court.
Terry Martin Of Philadelphia and
the officials connected with the spar.
ring exhibition in Portland, in the
midst of which Jack Mckenzie of
Philadelphia died, will probably be
Tried on a charge of granddaughter.
As a result of the experiments be.
ing carried on by the government at
the old Lewis and Clark fair grounds
in Portland, Bessemer steel has been
reduced rom the ordinary black sands
found at the mouth Of the Columbia
river
A special from Butte says that word
has been received from Marseilles.
France, to the effect that Senator W.
A. Clark was in an automobile wreck
and sustained broken rib. At last
accounts the patient was slowly reooy
ering
James Brown, a wealthy retired
farmer of Rock Falls, ILL.,. was killed
seven miles south OF walIula. Wash.
Nv falling over a cliff 200 feet high.
Brown. with several companions. was
on fishing excursion when the acct.
dent happened.
George Hug, a machlnist, recently
from Montana, has been arrested al
Laramie. Wyo,, charged with threaten.
ing Mrs, Lulu Hawley, wife of teIe
graph operator at that place. Hug
claimed that Mrs. Hawley was his
wife, and II is charged he attempted
to scare her into accepting his atten.
tons.
Dick Hyland of San Francisco won
a clear-cut decision over Eddie Hanlon
at the Seaside Athletic club. San Fran
cisco. Referee jack WEIGH stopped
the contest at the end Of the thirteenth
round, with Hanlon hanging helpless
against the ropes and unable to de.
fend himself against Hyland's
punches
Orders were issued by the Hartman
lines last week that no more cars OF
wheat will be hauled to Portland until
the strike of tho grain handlers is at
an end, This, the first move in the
fight between the latter and the Elk.
porters' association for an increase In
pay from 30 to 40 cents. has been cred.
tied TO the union.
Edward Norris died at Walden, Col,
from the eects of wound received
accidentally more than a week pre-.
vious. Norris was out hunting and his
gun was discharged. the shot entering
his right leg, passirg through the calf
and into the foot. Death really re-
suited from exposure, as Norris lay
in his cabin alone for four days.
Advices have reached Denver that
Harry Orchard, self-confessed murd-
erer of former Gov. Frank steunen.
berg OF Idaho. whose confession i'm.
plicated the officers OF the Western
Federation Of Miners in the crime has
become a maniac.
The Democrats Washington met
in state convention al Seattle on the
26th, endorsed William J. Bryan for
the presidency in 1908, cheered the
nomination of Hearst 20 the echo ana
placed full congressional and judi.
cial ticket in the field
Eighteen construction camps, with
800 men employed are established on
the Pasco-Riparla railroad project,
writes a Riparia Wash, correspondent
TO the Lewiston Tribune. -Four thou
sand men will be the full complement
when the work is all under way
An unknown man was murdered In
a box car between Spokane and
sprague. Wash, probably by trarpa.
He was pounded over the head with
coupling pins and then shot through
the body Just below the left nipple,