The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-06-06
NORTHWEST NOTES


stove in one OF them. completely de
stroying the upper portions OF tAs
cars and their contents. including tbs
clothing and bedding of the men.
The police Of all western cities. in
Guiding SaItSLake. are on the Iookou
for Daniel r. Keller. former captain
IN the United States army. who is ac
cused of having secured $500 on
forged checks at Reno. New, on May
18th.
As the result OF a shooting affra,
bat Laurel. Mont. Perry Walt was
killed by Charles Wright, while Dave
Riley was shot In the head and seri
ously injured, and Dan Jones had one
finger shot on. The shooting &C
Cured In saloon.
The secretary of the interior has
executed the contract and approved
the bond of McGuffey and Blood OF
Cody, Wyoming, for constructing and
completing about thirteen and one,
half miles of the Garland canal and
tifty-four miles of laterals of the
Shoshone irrigation project, wyom.
ing.
At Butte, Mont, Theodosie Camp
nelli had some words with a woman
and drew a knife and was chasing
her away when Mollie Quinn seized
his arm and held him Turning on
her he buried his knife in her abdo-
men. infiicting a fatal wound Camp
nelli fed but was caught by the po-
lice.
The police war at Butte reached an
acute stage when Mayor Corby's ap
warranto proceedings in the district
court against the follower policemen
from the last municipal administra,
ton. The hold-overs refuse to resign
until council confirms Mayor Corby's
men.
A conference resulted in calling OF
the millmen's and woodworkers
strike in Denver. The strikers are
given an increase of 10 per cent In
wages, with a minimum wage of 3s
cents per hour. :. A nine-hour day IL
also agreed to. The carpenters. who
went out in sympathy have returned
to work.
The jury in the case of the state
against Joseph Durrell, charged with
criminal assault on the 14-year-olo
daughter of Senator Atwood c. Thorn
as of Meeteetse, Wyo., has re
turned verdict of guilty after being
out sixty hours. This was the second
rial of Durrell. the jury failing to
agree at the first trial.
d. C .Corbin. president of. the Spo
kane International railway, and one
Of the best known capitalists of the
northwest, has returned from a trip
20 the east, where he was quietly
married at Mount Vernon. N Y,
short time ago, to Mrs. T. Peterson.
who has been for a number of years
his housekeeper.
Action was brought ia the United
States district court at Cheyenne last
week by the Federal government
against the Wyoming Cattle and In
vestment company and the Federal
Land and Securities company, to com.
pei them to remove fences around 27,-
100 acres of government land twenty
miles east of Cheyenne.
Negroes of Seattle have passed res
buttons asking negro bishops and
delegates to the Christian Endeavor
to be held in Seattle this
to stay away from the con.
,ention and the city. Some time ago
,ne of the local hotels had refused
% reserve accommodations for the
solored delegates with the white del
sgates.
Rose Rago, whose husband tends
he postoffice sub-station in South
Butte, was shot by hold-up men in
he store while holding her hands in
he air. because her husband disre
,arded the command of hands up
ind lodged in an attempt to get his
sun. The bullet hit Mrs. Rago In
he abdomen, inflicting serious
The government lottery for the
ands of the Huntley project viii take
lace June &c at Billings, Mont. Sec
etary Garfield will be present. Fiji
cen hundred names will be drawn
or 633 farms of from forty to eighty
Icres each. The opening of the
iuntley national irrigation project
n Montana will make available 90, 900 |
cres of land
A desperate fight for the liberty of
4. r. Preston and Joseph Smith. the |
!. w. W. representatives |
tho murdered Tony Silva. began at
on the cath, when the attor |
eys for the defense began their ar |
,uments for a new trial. Counsel /
or the defense directly charged that |
he jurors were influenced by agents |
4 the Business Mems and Mine Own /
rs association, by the newspapers
nd others.
The state pure food commissioner
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