The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-11-28
NORTHWEST NOTES

I
Another trial for Kemp V. Bigelow,
the Ohio youth who sent dynamite
bombs to number of prominent Den
yer citizens, was ordered by Judge
Bliss in the criminal oucrt In Denver
last week
Congressman Bartlett of Nevada
last week announced that on the first
day OF the session he would introduce
as a measure of relief for the flnan-
cial stIfngency, a bill for the free
coinage of silver.
John Sevodes, a Pole. was killed at
Terry, Mont, last week by Mattio Ma
nilla, an Italian. The men had words
during the day and Manila Is said to
have threatened to kill Sevodes If he
did not keep strict silence. The
threat was made good
George A. Bugh. aged 10, and Jo-
seph T. Gibson. aged 20, were
drowned in Manhattan lake, at Den
yer, while skating. Charles Abberts
and L. II. Hubbard broke through the
ice in trying to save them and were
rescued with difficulty.
The coroner's jury at Pine Grove,
Mont, needing plea of justification
based upon the ''unwritten law" cou-
pied with self-defense. exonerated
Chester A. Smith of killing Wallace
Washburn, prominent rancher OF
Pine Grove, and turned him loose.
The Butte Coalition company, which
has just reduced it's quarterly dividend
| from so to Is cents, was formed In
April, 1906, and since incorporation
will have paid six dividends, total
of $2.45 per share, or $2,450,000 on the
company's 100000 shares of stock.
| A special from Aberdeen, WASH.
says that Henry Porter aged 10, shot
aud killed himself because of .unre-
quit affection for Marguerite McCar-
thy, aged 16, hospital nurse. Before
shooting himself, Porter went to the
hospital, threatening to kill both the
girl and himself. He was disarmed
and left in tears.
Two men, named Griffin and Con-
nor, were found dead thirty miles from
Goldfeld, last week, by prospector
named Ryan. Grifin's skull was
crushed and the other body showed
marks of violence. Their tent had
been destroyed by fire, and the bodies,
lying some distance away, were COW
cred with brush.
Contracts were signed last week by
the Homestake Consolidated King
| Mining company and the Colorado
Iron works for the erection at Gold
field of a 100000 matchmaking and
cyaniding mill, the capacity to be $50
tons day. Work started Monday on
excavation, and the plant is to be
ready by April 1.
A call was issued by the Helena
Commercial club for meeting of cit
| liens of Montana to be held at Helena
November &c, for the purpose OF FORM
| ing state association to bring about
the securing from congress of just
share of the river and harbor appro-
priation for the betterment of the
| Missouri and Yellowstone rivers.
United States Senator Robert M.
Lafollette of Wiscon In has offered to
appear before the Interstate commerce
commission at Washington next month
and speak in behalf of the northwest
ern lumbermen in their fight against
the Hill and Hartman roads, protest
ing against the 10-cent advance in
freight rates on lumber and shingles.
If plan now under consideration
by w. e. Dowlen, manager of the Ne
vada-G oldfield Reduction works, is con-
summated, Goldfield will soon have a
circulating medium that will relieve to
a great extent the scarcity of real
money. The plan Is to take the bull
lion produced by the mills, make it
into bars and stamp thereon the
value, which will be used as money.
The collapse of brick fue in the
home of w. b. Booth of Lexington,
Ore, caused the death of a FIVE
to death under the falling brick
Booths 12-year-old daughter was
buried in a mixture of mud, bricks
and mortar, but escaped without a
scratch.
Vivian Guthrie, z years old, was
placed on the witness stand at Helena
In the trial of George Melville on the
charge of causing the death of the
lads father, Winfield Guthrie In Bald
Butte, last May. According to his evi
dence, the child saw Melville enter the
cellar, brandishing a hunting knife. A
few moments later he heard the
shrieks of his father and saw him ruI
for a short distance from the house
and drop on the spot where he died
The lad also told of the appearance o.
| Melville and his threat to kill the Two
children of his victim.
The richest car of unsorted ore evel
mined in the Goldfeld district wal
sent out last week by the Florence
Annex company, from the lease OIL
the Cornishman and freight claims
of the Florence-Goldfeld estate, Thu
car contained forty tons, and wal
worth $1,000.
George Medium is on trial at Hell
ena, Mont, charged with killing Win
field Guthrie. Melville and Guthrie
| ,,f oil