The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-09-12
N0RTHW EST NOTES


After spending thirty hours at the
bottom of shaft in Leadville, down
which he had fallen, Thomas Lewis
was rescued by men who heard his
faint cries for help
David Dose, a blind man, 45 years
II age, committed suiside at Laramie
oy shooting himself with a small rife.
lie had grown Respondent over the
loss of his sight and decided to take
his life.
Andrew Harrell, the millionaire Ne
vada stock raiser, who is said to have
been the largest taxpayer in the state
with the exception of the Southern
Pacific railroad. died August rs In
Palo Alto, Cal.
Mrs. f. p. Baumgartner, of Portland,
ran down and seriously injured e. H.
Evans, am employee of the Western
Union in Seattle, with an automobile
last week Mrs. Baumgartner was ar.
rested and filed $500 bond.
Charles Bailey, teamster of Port.
land, shot and killed his wife and her
12-year-old daughter, Rhoda Bradley.
Bailey then shot himself to death. Mr.
and Mrs. Bailey have not been living
| together and she has been supporting
herself and daughter by working in
| laundry.
Fire destroyed the barn of the City
Day Scavenger company in Spokane,
and twenty-five head of horses were
a
owned by the company escaped, and
| they were out at work. Thirty tons OF
| hay was also burned and loss is esti.
mated at $4,000, with about $4,000 in.
| surance.
Robert Hennessey is in Jail at Trim
! idad, Colo, charged with fatally shoot
| ing Frank Price, a 16year-old boy, at
| Delagua. 1t Is alleged that Hennessey
| quarreled with woman, procured a
rifle and attempted to shoot her as
she ran from the house, but the bull.
| let intended for her struck her
brother.
Despite the fact that Montana's
wool production shows a falling off of
100000 pounds as compared with the
preceding year. this state still holds its
| prestige as the banner end of the ma.
ton. Again, because of better prices,
due to improved quality, the net re-
suits were far more satisfactory than
| last year.
DR.. Perry Crosswait was probably
fatally injured while alighting from a
street car in Tacoma. An operation
at the hospital disclosed a blood clot
and recovery is doubtful. The doctor
was for many years in Portland, Ore,
afterwards in Des Monies, Ia. coming
to Tacoma last May. He is about II
| years of age.
One of the most peculiar criminal
cases ever recorded in Montana was
up for trial in Miles City last week
The case is that of the state against
Charles Walters. The defendant is
held on a charge of forgery, which he
preferred against himself. Walters
forged the name of his employer to
check for SIS.
In a struggle with thief in a room
In Seattle, Detective Lee A. Barbee
shot and killed his adversary. Bar
bee was about to search the man OF
suspicion of his having robbed room
of samples belonging to travelling
man when the stranger objected and
pulled gun. The two men engaged
in hand-to-hand fight.
The bank of Auburn, Wash, was
robbed one night last week, the rob
bers securing $4,000. The bank build
Ing was entered by some one possess
ing a pass-key and the safe was
opened by some one either in the pos
session of the combination or an ex
pert knowledge of opening safes, fol
no violence was attempted.
The second annual meeting of the
Montana Woolgrowers' association will
be held in Helena, October 2, 3 and
Several questions of great Importance
will come up for consideration. Among
them will be the forest reserve ques
ton, the policy of the government OF
the public land question, the changing
conditions in the industry, and others
John Beatty, one of the Oldest anc
best known commercial travellers in
the west, died at Butte, Mont, IRON
the effects of carbolic acid. apparently
taken In a fit of dependency over
failure to secure work IN his line OF
business. Mr.. Beatty had been In pool
health and practically had been out Of
employment for the past four years
Suffering from pressure on the
brain caused from a fractured skull
received in the United Steamship Ben
nington disaster OFF the coast of Cal
ifornia, more than year ago, William
II. Mcdonald, an ex-nayal officer o.
Newport News, Virginia. was picked
ND on the streets of Colorado Springs
and is in a hospital in a serious con
dition.
The action brought recently by T
s. Taliaferro of Rock Springs, Wyo.
TO test the validity of coal land with
drawals by President Roosevelt is t.
be appealed to Secretary Garfield o
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