The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1906-09-06
N0RTHW EST NOTES

county wyoming, Wnlch was oideltu
discontinued Juno 81
A business block in the heart Of
Troy In northwestern Montana, was
destroyed By fire, cntaillng loss es.
umated at $4,000. The origin Of the
fire is unknown
Peter Hanson. a plumber aged "a,
and his daughter aged TO- were
burned to death in a lodging house
fire in Butte They came to Butte
from Salt Lake City ten days previous.
ELI Sutherland. a bartender, shot
and Killed Fey Jackson. employed as
a loor walker at the Caclno dance hall
on Galcna street, Butte. and then
ircd bullet through his own head
Jea6rgy 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.
didacy for the Democratic nomination
for the govellorship Of Colorado.
A divorce was granted last week
20 Dr. Henry L. Stevens, Of Laramie
from his wife. Mrs Adelaide J.
stevens, on the grounds of indignities
rendering his life intolcrable. The
parties are among the pioneers OF
Laramie, Or. 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 carbolc 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 oxcTuciating agony
for thirty minutes.
]. 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 Re- received a wound nine
inches long in the chest and abdomen.
The knife did not penetrate the ab-
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 a Great
Northern railway hold up near Bal
lard, Wash, took an overdose Of NOR
rhine, 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 a.
novel event in the way of a dance.
given 100 feet underground, was had
at the Ozark mine. A platform large
enough to accommodate two sets had
been constructed at enc OF the sta.
tons 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 Ia the United
States court at Helena, overrUled o
motion for a new trial in the case o.
J. T. Carroll, the Buttc-Spoknno lum.
Der man. convicted CT illegally fenc-
ing public land near Butte, and over
ruled a motion for an arrest OF iudg
ment. then passing sentence. The
court ordered the accused confined in
tho Lewis and Clarke county Jail 70,
twenty-four hours and fined him 500
A letter has been sent 70 the Lon
Ion 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 "Yo9
are generally charged with conduct
ing q 'welchirg' business You Ger
tainly cannot expect TO do business
on these limos in California and con
tinue to write policies in this state.
Mark Lipscombe was shot and killed
In n saloon brawl at Tyler Wash.
Bartender Theodore Thurman, who
did the shooting maGe his escape ard
az last report has not been captured
Lipscombe Is from Cleveland O. He
"a about "a years of age and unmar
r!ed.
A new cement plaster factory Is &c
be erected at Laramie, Wyo, Buildingf
will be erected Immediately nt a cost
Of $4,000, excavations for the same
being already completed, The plant
will employ twenty-five men and will
pay out about $4,000 a month in
wages
The Central Coal & Coke com
pany's No ! mine at Rock Springs
Wyo, Is again pulling coal from the
mine after the clnudburst and aood
Of two weeks AGO. For a time II was
thought that II 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, a combination pas
senger coach was overturned and
Frank r. Powitt and Charles Schultz
..g a