Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-05-01
NORTHWEST NOTES

Vh the Wd6hCA AduCns WblCfS H1llS5
from. Sheridan, Mont, strong flow
of natural gas was encountered.
William Jones, prominent bust
ness man of Trinidad, Colo. who was
a member of the Roosevelt rough
riders. and a personal friend of the
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
jetty at Fort Stevens, Ore, the jetty
pile driver ran of the track, going
into the ocean, killing two men and
injuring six. or the eleven workmen
on the big machine, but three escaped
unhurt.
AS the result Of quarrel over
lands near Lewiston, Mont, Henry
Francis, 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
The supreme court of Nevada has
handed down decision which rem
ders boycotts In all forms illegal and
also makes it possible for parties in
jured to recover damages against any
individual or corporation who insti-
tutes boycott.
A dispatch from Vancouver, b. C.,
announces that the Alton 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-five 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
o. N. Hilton, attorney for Steve Ad
ans, to take deposition from Harry
Orchard, to be presented when Adams
is placed on trial for the killing of
Arthur Collins at Telluride, Colo.
The news comes in special dis
patch from Lewiston, Mont, that the
Great Northern Railway company has
struck an immense body of coal at a
depth of 500 feet at Windham. Mont.
This is a new field, and is being de-
veloped by the railroad company.
j. 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 bis custody as president Of
the bank. by the state treasurer.
A premature blast at a construction
camp near Ellensburg, Wash, caused
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.a
Ed. Hughes, miner from Hornsil.
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 (Hughesl 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 o.
plUV per SNARE anu open Inc Od4ih %
that all depositors will eventually BIZ
, paid dollar for dollar.
Bloodhounds set on the trail of Ed
ward Fenanzi, a young man who haC
disappeared from the village of Bur
nett, Wash, found his body in thu
reservoir from which the residents
take their drinking water. Fernanzi haC
. been dead two days, having suicideC
as the result of quarrel with hi
rather over money matters.
The state board has adopted thu
standard voting machine for use il
Montana cities and counties OF tn,
first class, as provided by recent leg
islation. This will include Butte, He
ena, Great Falls and Anaconda amon
the cities, as we'll as Silver Bow
county.
Sparks from a passing locomotiv