Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-16
NORTHWEST NOTES

: An independent telephone company
: has asked the Laramie city council
z ,or a franchise IT is claimed Sail
Lake capital is behind the project.
e 1t Is feared the railroad strike In
/ as a number of the coal mines will
) be forced to close down unless the
: strike Is soon settled.
: Ernst Bonami, a French gardener,
was shot and killed by an unknown
assassin while asleep in tent near
Mill Creek, Ore. There is no clue as
10 the identity OF his murderer.
Mrs Francisco Marquee and two
daughters, both under IL years Of age.
were drowned at ford in the San
Juan river. near Arboles, Colo, by
the overturning of their wagon.
A. Henry Cines of Hanna. Wyom-
Ing, and Miss Theresa Farnsworth Of
England were married last week, the
girl coming to America on purpose 10
meet her lover The two had been
Bweethearts since children.
A. j. Campbell of Butte died in New
York City on the 9th, following an OBJ
Grafton for appendicitis. Mr.. Camp.
bell was prominently connected with
counsel for the Amalgamated Copper
company and was well known through
out Montana.
| Ed. Gossen, wanted at The Dalles
Ore, on a charge of numbering Ern.
est Bonomi, has been arrested al
Do, hot cd nv Mrc
Bonomi, who, it is alleged, had ar
ranged to marry Gossen in case 30
nomi was killed.
Three unidentified bodies were TAX
en- bodies were taken from the ruins
of a wooden building in the center OF
North Yakima. Wash. which burned
early Saturday Adjoining property
was badly damaged. The entire loss
aggregates $4,000.
Howard Dexter freight engineer
was run over and killed at Forsythe.
Mont, by a passenger train. The en-
gineer OF the passenger says he saw
an object on the track, but in the dim
light he thought it was dog, and IL
was not discovered until too late to
stop the train, that 1t was the body OF
man.
From all parts of the United States |
more than 800 veterans of the Fiji |
teenth Pennsylvania cavalry, General
w. j. Palmer's regiment in the civil |
war, will arrive In Colorado Springs |
upon the evening of August 20 for the
most unique reunion ever held in the
United States, as the guests of Will
liam ]. Palmer.
At mass meeting in Seattle, at
which 200 shfngIe manufacturers were
present, fund of $4,000 was pledged
to cooperate with the Pacific Coast
Lumber Manufacturers association and
other lumber associations in fighting
the proposed 10-eent advance in freight
rates to the east to be made by the
transcontfnental lines October L. Lum-
Der associations have already raised
s145.000.
In the Federal court at Cheyenne,
Judge j. A. Riner overruled the mo-
ton for a new trial in the case of E.
VI. Holbrook, r. E. Lonebaugh and
Robert McPhilamey, recently con-
yicted of conspiracy to defraud the
government in the acquisition of coal
ands at Monarch, Wyo. The Judge
imposed fine of $4,000 each on Hol-
,rook and Lonebaugh and $4,000
Inc on McPhilamey
Mrs. Frank Carr, the wife OF sa-
oonman who is we'll known through
tut Nevada, attempted suicide at
foldfeld The woman took big
lose of bichloride of mercury, and
vas found in an unconscious condi-
ion lying on the bed in her room
nth the picture of her little daughter
lasped to her breast. Her life was
aved with difficulty.
william D.. Haywood, secretary
treasurer of the Western Federation
Miners, intimated in an interview
t Denver that in his opinion the skel-
ton found at Telluride was not gem
inc nor discovered in good faith. He
aid the renewed enforcement of the
ard system at Cripple Creek since :
is acuuittaI at Boise indicated an
ltention on the part of the mine own
rs to- continue. war upon the fedora
on
Judge Bach. in the District court
. Helena, has decided that the
ecky Mountain Bell Telephone com
1ny must furnish it's patrons With
,rvice or lose its franchise. He said
. woald punish any one who at
mpted to interfere with the lines,
ut the mere fact that one person
srsuades another not to work and
res no threats or force does not JUS
~ the company in refusing to do its
sty to the public.
An agreement between the miners
I'd mine owners has been reached
hich means permanent peace in the
yoming coal fields The terms of
ttlement were an eight-hour day. ef-
ctive September /; wage increase
20 per cent more for
ght hours than formerly paid for