The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-09-07
NORTHWEST NOTES
NEVADA


county. Wyoming, which was ordered
discontinued June 81
A business block in the heart of
Troy, in northwestern Montana, was
destroyed by FIRE. entailing a loss es-
itimated at $4,000. The origin of the
fire is unknown.
Peter Hanson, plumber, aged "A,
and his daughter, aged 10, were
burned TO death in lodging house
FIRE in Butte. They came to Butte
from Salt Lake City ten days previous.
Eli Sutherland, bartender, shot
and killed Fay Jackson, employed as
a floor walker at the Caalno dance hall
on Galena street, Butte. and then
fired a bullet through his own head
JealouDy was the cause OF the crime
Judge Ben B. Lindsey OF the Denver
county court, whose methods in the
treatment OF juvenile delinquents
have attracted attention throughout
the country. has announced his can
dtdacy for the Democratic nomination
for the governorship of Colorado.
A divorce was granted last week
to DR.. Henry l.. Stevens, OF Laramie,
from his wife. Mrs Adelaide ].
Stevens, on the grounds of indignlties
rendering his life intolerable. The
parties are among the pioneers OF
Laramie, Dr. Stevens being local sur
geon for the Union Pacific and Mrs.
Stevens a musician.
While riding in an automobile with
her sister near Tacoma, Mrs. Edna
Scott swallowed carbolic acid. The
sister. Eula Cox. Is years old, caused
the machine to be turned about and
. race to town began, Just as a drug
store was reached, Mrs. Scott died,
having endured excruciating agony
FOR thirty minutes.
J. w. Mcbride Is In the county Jail
at Laramie. Wyo., charged with as
sault to kill on Andrew Reid, owner
OF the saloon In which he formerly
worked. Rid received a wound nine
inches long in the chest and abdomen
The knife did not penetrate the abb
dominal cavity, but Reid is In a seri-
GUS condition from loss OF blood.
Lem Short, under conviction in the
King county superior court for grand
larceny in connection with Great
Northern railway hold up near Bal
lard, Wash, took an overdose Of NOR.
phine. probably with suicidal intent.
dying a few hours later. Steve
Adams, who Is alleged to have given
Short the drug, Is under arrest
A special from Pierce City says .
novel event in the way of dance,
given 100 feet underground. was had
at the Ozark mine platform large
enough to accommodate two sets had
been constructed at one of the sta
tions In the mine for the benefit Of
the dancers. The novelty OF the affair
attracted a large number OF people.
Supper was served in the dining room
at the mine.
Judge Wolverton IN the United
States court at Helena, overruled
motion for new trial in the case OF
]. T. Carroll, the Butte-Spokane lum-
Der man, con7icted of illegally fenc-
ing public land near Butte, and over
ruled q motion for an arrest of judg-
ment, then passing sentence. The
court ordered the accused confined in
the Lewis and Clarke county jail fol
twenty-four hours and fined him $700,
A letter has been sent to the Lon.
don and Lancashire fire Insurance
company by Insurance Commissioner
Davis, Of Nevada. In response to one
received from the manager of the
company, in which he says: you
are generally charged with conduct.
ing 'welching business. You Ger.
tainly cannot expect to do business
on these lines in California and con-
tinue to write policies In this state.
Mark Lipscombe was shot and killed
In saloon brawl at Tyler, Wash.
Bartender Theodore Thurman, who
did the shooting, made his escape and
at last report he's not been captured.
Lipscombe is from Cleveland, o. He
is about "a years OF age and unmar,
ried.
A new cement plaster factory is to
be erected at Laramie, Wyo. Buildings
will be erected Immediately at cost
Of $4,000, excavations for the same
being already completed. The plant
viii employ twenty-five men and with
pay out about $4,000 month In
wages.
The Central Coal & Coke com.
pany's No. / mine at Rock Springs.
Wyo., Ia again pulling coal from the
mine after the cleudburst and food
Of two weeks ago. For time 1t was
thought that 1t would be two months
at least before the mine would be in
working condition.
BY the derailment Of an eastbound
mixed train on the Great Northern
near Swift, Mont. combination pas
senger coach was overturned and
Frank r. Powitt and Charles Schultz
of Arlington, Mont. and Brakeman
Brown were killed. Eight or ten pas
sengers we're bruised.
James Armstrong, a rancher living
near Capav CAL, shot and slightly in
jured young man named James B.
Lewis. The shooting occurred in
Washington, across the river from
the city, and was caused by Lewis
enticing Armstrong; l6-year-old