The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-04-30
NORTHWEST NOTES

William Jones, prominent nuSl
ness man of Trinidad, Colo, who was
member of the Roosevelt rough
riders, and a personal friend OF tho
president died OF pneumonia on
April "a
Carl Rasch Of Helena, United States
district attorney, last week rendered
| his resignation to the department OF
justice and will engage in the prac-
tice OF law in Helena President
Roosevelt will name his successor.
While running out to work on the
| ietty at Fort Stevens, Ore, the jetty
] pile driver ran off the track, going
into the ocean, killing two men and
| injurlng six. or the eleven workmen
on the big machine, but three escaped
unburt.
AS the result of quarrel over
lands near Lewiston, Mont, Henry
Francis, a prominent ranchman, was
shot and killed by his brother A. f..
Francis. The murderer had been mar
ried but week when the tragedy oc-
Cured.
Tho supreme court of Nevada has
handed down n decision which rem
ders boycotts in all forms Illegal and
also makes 1t possible for parties in
jured to recover damages against any
individual or corporation who insti-
tutes IA boycott
A dispatch from Vancouver, b. G.,
announces that the Acton gasoline
fishing schooner Clara c., of Tacoma,
was blown up off Cape Scott, and the
crew of eleven men had barely time
to escape in the dories with nothing
but the clothes on their back.
Thirty-hve horses were burned to
Geath, among which were several race
horses well known on the tracks of
the northwest, when the Palace
stables at Butte were destroyed by fire
on April %. The loss to the owners
OF the stable will reach $4,000
Charles w. Franklin, an attorney of
Denver, who Is chairman of the local
committee on arrangements for the
Democratic national convention, has
formally announced his candidacy for
the gubernatorial nomination by the
Democratic state convention.
District Judge Shackleford OF Gun
nison, Colo, has granted authority to
.. N. Hilton, attorney for Steve Ad-
ans, to take deposition from Harry
Orchard, to be presented when Adams
is placed on trial Tor the killing of
Arthur Collins at Telluride, Colo.
The news comes in a special dis
patch from Lewiston, Mont, that the
Great Northern Railway company has
struck an immense body of coal at
depth of 500 feet at Windham. Mont.
This is a new field, and is being de.
yeloped by the railroad company.
]. Thorburn Ross, former president
of the defunct Title & Guarantee
Trust company of Portland, has been
convicted of larceny of the funds OF
the state Of Oregon which had been
placed in his custody as president OF
the bank, by the state treasurer.
A premature blast at construction
camp near Ellensburg. Wash, caused
the death of Emil Gulcern, aged 25,
and the probable fatal injury of an
unknown man. The men were blown
twenty feet in the air. The exact
cause of the explosion is unknown.
Thomas Cotter, one of the oldest
and best known wool buyers of the
west, died on April "a, at Elko, Ne
vada. The deceased spent much time
IN Nevada, buying nearly all the wool
output of the state. He was affection.
ately known as Honest Tom Cotter."
Ed, Hughes, miner from Hornsi-
yer, shot and seriously wounded
George Gillian, another miner, on
Main street, at Goldfeld, New. He
fired three shots. Hughes claims the
man he shot alienated the affections
of his (Hughes) wife. The shooting
occurred when the street was
crowded
T. b. Hickey. the indicted president
OF the State Bank & Nevada Trust
company, stated at Carson last week
that he is willing to take up his one
thousand shares of stock In the State
Bank & Trust company at the rate OF
500 per share and open the bank so
NA's'S GA uNpooAtois Will p6
paid dollar for dollar.
Bloodhounds set on the trail of Ed
ward Fenanzi, a young man who had
disappeared from the village of Bur.
nett, Wash. found his body in the
reservoir from which the residents
take their drinking water. Fernanzi had
been dead two days, having suicided
as the result of a quarrel with his
father over money matters.
The state board has adopted the
standard voting machine for use in
Montana cities and counties OF the
first class, as provided by recent leg
islation. This will include Butte, Hell.
ona. Great Falls and Anaconda among
the cities, as well as Silver Bow
county.
Sparks from a passing locomotive
at Pueblo, Colo, started a fire in the
Denver a Rio Grande railroad which
did 100000 damage. Three sections
of the c street, viaduct went down and
several adjoining buildings were