The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-10-24
NORTHW EST NOTES

Ella Perry.
Adam Catlin one of the best known
men in the west. and for whom The
town lof Catlin in Washington was
named. dropped dead on the street
In Portland on the l4th.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
the barns and sheds and the ranch
hay crops of John Olson, near Centen'
NAL, Wyo. Fire started shortly after
noon. while the family was at dinner
While running at high speed Il
| Santa Fe freight train dashed into o
washout near Bengal. Cal, on the
desert. and in the wreck which fol-
lowed Fireman j. II Potter was In
stan.ly killed in his cab seat
Robert Williams, stonemason,
was severely injured at Goldfield by
being caught between the arm OF a der
| rick and two-ton stone while work
ing on the Daisy building. Williams
was nearly mashed to jelly, but ply
sIcians say he may recover.
One man was killed and three serf-
Dusly injured and two slightly injured
In an accidental explosion of a blast
near Ninemile, Mont. The accident &C.
CURED near MacDougals construction
camp. on the right of way of the Chi
cago Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad.
Oscar L. Ford. a well known Alaska
miner. arrived in Goldfield last week,
and will endeavor to build up another
fortune there. He recently lost S45,-
900 at roulette in San Francisco,
which represented the savings made
by him in the frozen north. He is not
disheartened, however, and expects to
recoup his losses in Nevada.
H. NJ. Wise of Missouri has been
arrested and held to the United States
grand jury for allowing forest fire
to start from his camp near Fraser,
Colo, doing considerable damage
Wise went to Denver when he found
the trouble he had caused and tele.
phoned back to the camping place for
his valse.
Charles Sweeney OF Spokane and
Mr.. Pope of Toronto are stated to
have sold to the Guggenheiws for
about 100000 the control of he Big
Buffalo mine in Buffalo Hump district.
in central Idaho, each retaining about
100000 in stock The Guggenheims,
1t is asserted. will build railroad
from Salmon river to the town of Cal
lendar.
B. o. Winslow, grain merchant,
was accidentally shot and killed while
at work in his office at Georgetown,
Wash. He was engaged, with three
other men, in Strengthening out some
legal matter connected with a debt
owing his firm, when a loaded revol-
yer which was lying on chair was
upset. the bullet passing through the
spinal column.
The attempts Of joint committee
from the miners, smelter men and en-.
gineers to settle the machinists' strike
at Butte have apparently proved fruit.
less. The company offered the strik.
ers $4.75, instead of the S. demanded
The union was willing to accept this,
while copper was below IS cents, but
wanted SIS agreement when it went
above that figure,
One OF the most famous suits in
the history of Montana came to an
end at Butte last week when the Unit.
ed States Fidelity company paid to
the firm of Maurice G. Hogevoll $5.277.
The action has been tried eight times
In the district court, and five times in
the supreme courts. The suit was be.
gun in 1905. Both of the original con.
testants are dead.
Word has been received that the
long-desired Encouragement of the
Episcopal missionary dioceses in the
west has been acted on favorably by
the general convention of the Episco.
pal churchmen of America now being
held in Richmond. Va, and that in
all probability hereafter the state of
Nevada will constitute separate
mission and will have
bishop of its own, with the See city,
Reno.
Three negroes. Tom Stewart a well
known Jockey, Ed Donovan and Fred
Brown, were drowned in Houser lake,
near Helena, Mont, while duck hunt
Ing. There were no witnesses to the
accident, and the first known OF the
drowning was when the upset boat
fioated ashore The bodies have not
yet been recovered
United States District Judge ]. Fl
Hawley (retired) of Nevada died on
the 18th of kidney disease at the St.
Francis hospital San Francisco. at
the age of II years. He was appoint
ed United States district Judge when
at the age of GO years.
The youngest daughter of II. F,
Grant, manager of the Seattle Electric
company, received burns that two
hours later resulted in her death. The
girl was years old. 1t is supposed
that her clothes caught fire from a
match, although there We're no eye.
Mrs. Lizzie Reals. wife Of Charlie,
A. Reals, one of the oldest engineers
on the Union Pacific, and formerly
sheriff and county treasurer died az