The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-06-18
NORTHWEST NOTES

At the Democratic state convention
reld in Carson, Nevada, the delegates
we're instructed for William Jennings
Bryan.
Mrs. r. N. Leape and her daughter,
Mrs. Vera McKelvie, who set out from
Portland, Me-, on May ~, to travel in
an automobile to Portland, Ore.,s ar
rived In Chicago on June /.
Maurice McKellingon, an aged bust
ness man of Goldfield, found guilty
OF murder in the second degree, has
been sentenced to ten years impris-
onment. the minimum sentence.
OF thirteen delegates elected by
Butte Miners union No. !, w. F. NJ,
to the annual convention Of the West
ern Federation OF Miners. to be held
in Denver in July, nine are avowed So
cialists.
Robert w. Speer was on June in
augurated as mayor of Denver for
second term Of four years. The cere-
monies we're held in the new city
auditorium in which the Democratic
national convention will meet July Z.
Wdlliam Dempsey, the Augusta
rancher, who was shot by the boy
bandits in the hold-up Of train near
Great Falls. Mont. is dead, and the
four boys. Rheams. Hatch. Creswell
and Randall. win have to face q
charge OF murder.
Charles r. Leonard Of Butte. attor-
ney for r. Augustus Heinze, last week
announced that MI. Heinze will soon
return to Butte to assume personal
charge Of his mining property In this
state. Mr.. Heinxe has recently &C
quired some valuable Montana prop
erty.
The will Of the late Governor Sparks
OF Nevada was filed last week, show.
ing the value Of the property left by
the governor to be 100000. The
heirs are Mrs. Nancy Eleanora Sparks,
the widow: Mrs.. Maud Mckenzie,
Benton Sparks, G. NJ. Sparks and Le-
land Sparks.
After negotiations consuming forty
one days the miners and operators Of
the northern Colorado ignite Goa
fields have disagreed and strike
seems Imminent. At the final session
OF the conference the miners repre-
sentatives rejected the proposition o.
til operators, which would reduce
| the wages.
| The friends Of the late Joe Simp
son, the Reno, New. gambler who wal
iynched by being hanged to q tele
graph pole at Skidoo, for shooting
saloon man Of that place, are nov
trying to md his wife. It IL state'
4 that he left over $4,000 and that hi
wife will receive the entire estate !
she will only apply for II.
william Soper, passenger brake
man who shot and killed Jame'
Brothers, q saloonkeeper OF Gilman
Colo, declares he thought Brother
was train robber. the crew hayinl
been warned that there would be Al
attempt to hold up the train. an
when he saw Brothers running tc
ward the train, Soper shot him.
4 Captain Leonard Bailey and tbre
patrolmen discharged by the chief 9
i police OF Helena, because OF an orde
| ri the mayor to reduce the polio
force OF that city, have kept thei
uniforms and have continued on dut!
on the advice Of their attorneys. Tn
claim is made that the discharge 9
the men 10 Illegal. and the case wi
be carried into the courts.
Terry Sturgis. who recently 9
caped from the insane asylum {
Napa. CAL, and took possession Of
ranch near Reno. Nevada, has bee
captured after hard fight. Surg
lived in Grizzly valley for sever
years. His cabin was lined wit
sheet iron and on the outside he ha
set heavy bear traps to catch intru
ers.
John s. Macbeth. one Of the moi
prominent attorneys in Colorado. va
severely injured In q runaway
Goldfield, New, az was also Nil
Myra Lockhart, the 20-year-old daug
ter OF Thomas G. Lockhart, who. viii
A. d. Parker Of Denver. owns Il
Florence mine.
Secretary Garfield has issued an Q
der providing that on all governmel
, irrigation projects where not otherwil
, ordered. operation and maintenan'
, charges for prior seasons must
paid on or before April !. 1909. in
fault OF which no water will be ~
nished thereafter.
/. Mosney. the noted half-breed Indil
who has successfully eluded the I
ficers Of the law. recently compeil'
ranchman in the Augusta counts
| IN Montana. TO submit TO forcef
: exchange Of horses. leaving crippl
; animal behind him. The half-bre'
was heavily armed.
{ Mrs. J. Dunn. an aged pioneer VOL
m Of Virginia City, New, was foul
dead In her home. with her head be
: hack over her shoulders and her boz
wedged between the bed and wa
q Her head was sm0thered In p1llo'
3 | and bed clothes. The motive for I
i murder IL unknown.
. Evidently tired Of life and its hal
|. ships. George sievers went into Z
+ lavatory Of the Bible saloon at Rel
: Nevada, and siashed his throat vi
v q razor. He then stumbled into I
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