The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1908-12-18
NORTHWEST ITEMS
NEWS OF IDAHO, MONTANA,
WASHINGTON AND OREGON.
A Few Interesting ItsI Gzt1ss1
Fron or Exchanges e re ST.
rounding Cc-tT-S-eToU Ac1-
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recently elected president q TIE State
Alaska. :rz51- Paeisc exposition con
mission. and. with 4 Ea..e-an q Ne
t-or, appointed executive conuis-
sioner.
Leila Signing. Il years Cd. ended
1er life a. SEATTLE with carLglic acid
a. the home os Eer stepfsther, Fred
Teep.e. rather than 20 70 school.
In order t1a. she might. after q few
years OF married life, Sue her husband
for divorce and secure 5000 alinoay,
Mrs. Nancy Moses, q pretty young
widow, vas welded 20 Asa Long, a
wealthy ocrogerarzn Of F~erndale, re-
Gently. Her relatives, who were Sin
on the deal brought the marriage
about, and the success Of the plan was
only prevented By Longs death, as
the In the divorce suit was
filed on him when he was suffering his
last illness. This Is the statement
made BY A. P. Long, son OF the de-
ceased, who has just settled ont Of
court for 600 a suit for a $1,000 share
in the Long estate filed By the widow
after the death Of her aged husband.
Convicted Of burglaries and Of be-
ing a habitual criminal at the term Of
court at Walla Walla closing Satur-
day, Frank Lapetri was sentenced to
the p~enitentiary for life.
G~overnor-eleet Cosgrove IS much
better.
Judge Root viii be severely censured
for gross indiscretion in permitting
Attorney n. j. Gordon Of the Great
Northern TO prepare the decision in
the Harris case and perhaps for solicit
ing campaign funds from Gordon, but
will be ~ex0nerated Of any charge of
actual venality or corruption. This is
the best forecast which can be made as
to the character Of the findings Of the
Root investigating committee OF the
state bar association.
One hundred and two thousand
seven hundred and sixty-two people
saw the apple show at Spokane last
week.
The Scenic hotel at Scenic Hot
springs, on the Great Northern, just
west Of the Cascades, burned to the
ground a few nights ago. The hotel
vas valued at $4,000 and the furnish
ings at about $4,000. All is practi-
eally a total loss.
At Everett a few nights ago Miss
Laura Weiss, who was suffering from
III health and dependency, jumped
from a log boom into the river and was
drowned. The body was recovered
later.
Captain John McTavish Panton,
Lloyds' agent for Seattle and a promi-
neut marine surveyor Of Puget sound,
died suddenly at his home in Seattle
Sunday. His death was caused by
pleuro-pneumonis.