The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-02-01
NORTH WEST NOTES

| w. b. WolcOtt, aged 40, a railway
engineer, was beaten and robbed by an
unknown mulatto in the red-light dis
trict of Butte and has since died from
his wounds.
Sam Davis an officer at McGill, Ne
vada, was shot and seriously injured
by Greek who was resisting arrest.
The Greek was later shot by a men,
Der Of posse, and died from his
wounds
Auditorium plans accepted last week
by the Democratic national committee
on arrangements for the national con-
vention to be held in Denver, provide
FOR seats for $4,000 persons in the
convention hall.
A resolution was passed by the
house on the 22nd requesting the presi-
dent to submit to congress copy Of
the report of the special commission
sent by him to investigate the labor
troubles at Goldheld.
About 1900 unemployed men march.
ed to the mayors Office in Seattle one
day last week to ask for work Most
OF them are lumbermen who have been
driven to the city by the closing Of
mills and camps.
BY a vote of ITS to 116, the annual
convention of the Colorado Horse G
Cattle Growers association, in session
In Denver. went on record as opposed
to the federal administration policy
of public land control
Francis j. Heney, in an interview
In Portland, declares that land frauds
are being perpetrated in Oregon today
as of yore, only that the prosecution
of the land grafters has made them
more careful In their operations.
1t is stated by the committee OF To-
cal bankers having charge of the bank.
ing operations of the Portland banks
during the recent depression, that all
Of the 100000 of clearing house
certificates issued during that time
have been redeemed.
G. Mathis, absconding cashier OF
the defunct Exchange bank of Blaine,
Washington, which suspended two
weeks ago, has been arrested in Ash
croft, B. G. He agrees to waive ex.
tradition and return and try to
straighten out the banks affairs.
The verdict of the coroner's inquest
over the remains of Mrs. Fred Sluter
and her four children whose charred
bodies were found in the ruins of their
little ranch home on the Musselshell
In Montana, recommends that Ole
Nordell be held for the crime. Very
strong evidence against him has been
found
Former United States Commissioner
II. H. Hendricks, of Portland, last
week pleaded guilty to his share In the
alleged Illegal fencing of land In the
Butte Creek Livestock, Land and Lum.
Der company. This is believed to be
preliminary to like pleadings on the
part of other persons connected with
the land case.
All Western Pacific construction
work between the California-Nevada
fine and Palisade, New, has been
stopped temporarily on account OF
shortage of funds. About 200 men
have been thrown out of work. The
contractors having charge of this
work state that work will be resumed
by February 10.
In connection with the murder and
partial incarceration OF Mrs. Fred
Schleuter and her four children at
their ranch near Flat Willow, Montana
a rancher named Nordell has been ar.
rested. He lives two miles from the
scene OF the crime. II Is said he was
In love with Mrs. Schleuter's 15-year.
old daughter.
The Mine Operators association
has abolished the card system, which
requires all employees to sign an agree.
ment renouncing the Western Fedora
ton Of Miners, and declared an open
shop policy. This action was because
Of the fact that the agreement which
the men were required to sign is In
conflict with the statutes of Nevada.
Jewelry, heirlooms and costly cloth
ing to the value of $4,000 were stolen
from the home OF James Douglas In
Portland last week. Included among
the stolen articles were the sword and
jeweled belt given to Sir James Doug
las, grandfather of Mr.. Douglas, by
Queen Victoria, when Sir James Doug
las became first governor of British
Columbia.
The senate judiciary committee has
favorably reported the bill of Senator
Clark, Wyoming, increasing the fees o.
witnesses and jurors in the Unitec
States courts and before commission
ers' courts. to SO per day with mile
age at 10 cents per mile by stage anG
cents by rail In Montana, Wyoming
Utah, Oregon, Colorado, Nevada, Ida
no, New Mexico and Arizona.
AS result of correspondence which
has passed between President Roose
welt, Clifford Pinchot and western
lawmakers. following suggestions OF
j. A. Mcclure, editor Of the Outdoor
Life, 1t is likely that an immense game
preserve will be established by the
government on the Mapiti fork of the
North fork Of the Shoshone river 10
Wyoming.
Henrietta M. Johnson was run down
and killed in Seattle by an automobile
driven by Guy G. Stratton, secretar,