The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-08-06
NORTHWEST NOTES

VI,
them seriously, by the derailment of
two cars on Colorado Springs &
cripple Creek railway train at Fair.
view, Colo
smoky" Hogan, an alleged ex-con-
Wet, is under arrest at Reno, Nevada
on suspicion Of being one of the men
with ''Bakerf1eld Sims" gang who
about year ago, cracked a safe at
Constantia, CAL
A Denver policeman one day last
week shot and killed a man who ran
away after being arrested, and who
was identified by E. l.. Everett as one
OF two highwaymen who robbed him
the night previous.
charles Wilhelm. a longtime resi-
dent of Victor, Colorado, shot and
killed his wife and then turned the
gun on himself, blowing off the top of
his head. Domestic troubles are
said to have been the cause.
James McMahan, a we'll known
criminal detective, and for many
years proprietor of private detec-
tive agency in Kansas City, is dead
of tetanus, the result of being bitten
by 9 hog on his farm, near Leeds.
Elsie Kenison. an 1S-year-old girl
residing at Echo, Ore. was shot in
the mouth and killed at her home by
her sweetheart. B. Il. Stoeffle. who
afterwards committed suicide by
hanging. There were no witnesses
to the tragedy.
Two brothers, James and John
Roberts. were wounded at Taft,
Mont, by a revolver in the hands of
an Austrian bartender whom they
had been tormenting and abusing.
Both of the men were shot through
the leg, but not seriously injured.
The divorce colony at Reno. Ne.
vada, had its first real sensation last
week since the affair OF Steel King
Corey and his former wife. when
Virginia Harmed Sothern filed a suit
for divorce in the district court
against E. H. Sothern, the famous
actor.
At the sixth annual convention of
the Eagles of Montana, held in Mis-,
soula, the Helena drill team was
awarded the $500 prize offered by
the Missoula aerie. Anaconda took
the second prize of $500 and Butte
was third. winning $50 prize. The
convention for 1909 will be held at
Butte
| Silas c. Stevens, a curio dealer OF
Chicago. and Charles Hulster OF San
Francisco. an agent OF Stevens, were
indicted by the Federal grand Jury
at Denver last week on the charge
OF counterfeiting. They are accused
OF having caused worthless Confeder.
ate notes to be passed as genuine
money.
Kathryn Collins Of Reno. Nevada.
has been awarded s1.625 damages
against the Nat C. Goodwin Broker
age company. The plaintiff alleged
that she suffered injuries requiring
two operations because she was com.
PEELED to sit at her typewriter work
on a canebottom chair several inches
too high.
AS the result of cloudbcrst near
| Trinidad. Colo. a carriage frcm Stark.
vile was caught by a wall W water
six feet high while crossing a dry
arroyo. Two passengers and the
driver were carried 200 yards into
the river and thrown on a sand bar
where they were rescued. The horses
were drowned.
Although badly wounded and suf.
fering great pain Louis Cohn, a
chauffeur, driving an automobile be.
tween Winnemucca and Dun Glen,
drove his car fifteen miles before he
tainted from loss of blood. His re-
vplver dropped from his pocket and
was discharged. the bullet going en-
urely through his body.
Paddy Rodgers. alleged bandit,
boosted bad man and all around des-
perado, is in Jail in Butte for the
murder of Michael Henry in a saloon
upon the outskirts OF Butte. Lynch
ing is now openly talked OF. and II
Rodgers identity as the masked muir
derer of Henry is established. the
Jail will hardly hold the bad man.
Chicago CAPITALISTS. headed by
Newell c. Knight. have just closed a
deal for the erection of an enormous
reservoir some fifty miles above Dbl
Ion. Mont The water will irrigate
a., 900 acres OF land, extending from
Lima on the Oregon Short Line down
10 Dillon.
At the state convention OF Eagles
held last week at Missoula, Mont,
Mayor j. NJ. Keith formally extended
the welcome OF the city to the aeries.
10 which response was made by State
President OF the Eagles Henry ]
Meili Missoula was gaily decorated
IN honor Of the visitors.
! A Burlington passenger train ief,
the track at a point about nine miles
east OF Livingston. Mont, one day
last week. and despite the fact that
al the time the accident occurred the
speed exceeded fifty miles an hour
| neither passengers nor trainmen re
/ ceived the slightest injury.
/ Committeeman from the Na;iona
woolgrowers' association met In
| Cheyenne last week and discussed
| plans for a national wool warehouse
/ storage and market movement. anC
| adjourned to meet in Salt Lake CITY
on August Is next. at which time the
| movement will be launched.
/ State Auditor Louis Henderson o.
! Nevada has handed his resignation II