The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-07-25
NORTHWEST NOTES

Judge John F. Caples, formerly con-
sular representative of the United
States at Valparaiso, Chile, died at
Portland on June II.
John Jacobson of Portland, Ore,
had his left foot cut off while beating
his way on the Short Line at Ontario,
Ore, and there is little hope of his
recovery.
At the convention of the Wiscon-
sin State Federation of Labor, the
resolution condemning Harry Orchard
to the World of Hades" was adopted
by the vote of SO to s.
The lamb crop in both Wyoming
and Montana Is short this year. the
Landing in most parts, according to
late information. being 80 to so per
cent, against so to 80 per cent for
normal average.
Stanley Peck, who was acquitted at
Reno, Nevada, last week of the charge
of numbering Angelo Satero, went in.
sane while on his way from Reno to
San Francisco. Peek was a nervous
wreck before he left Reno
Timothy Reardon, a bartender of
Billings, Mont, was shot and instant
ly killed by Florence Reardon, who
protested to be his wife by virtue of
marriage contract, and to secure
whose valuation she had brought suit
in the district court
Samuel Lepper, a pioneer resident
Of Fergus county, Montana, met his
hu fa Int
ranch near Moore. Lepper was
missed and a search revealed his
body in the well, in which there was
about ten feet of water.
Twelve more bodies, victims OF the
explosions in mine No. | of the Union
Pacific Coal company at Hanna, Wyo..
March 20, were brought to the sur.
face on July 49, The bodies were bad
ly decomposed and were identified
| only by their clothing. Twenty-Five
more bodies are believed to be in the
mine.
As result of a quarrel over the di.
vision of work in caring for graves in
the Odd Fellows cemetery at Reno,
Nevada, Jack Dolan shot Frank Whit.
taker, his aged fellow inmate in the
county hospital, three times with a
pistol, killing him instantly. Whitta,
ker fell dead over the grave he was
watering.
Enraged because Joseph f. Fish, a
contractor of San Francisco, drove
ment Lawrence Taggart, a foreman
in the employ Of the asphalt COM
pany, seized red.hot iron with which
the asphalt is smoothed down and
thrust 1t into Fish's face, burning 1t
horribly.
| Eight men have been arrested on
the Grow Indian reservation, In Mon
tano, charged with selling liquor to
the Indians. A number of secret ser
vice men are actively engaged In an
effort to stop the sale OF liquor to the
Crows, the law being so openly defied
that Indians have been served over
the bars.
Steve Adams, member OF the West,
ern Federation of Miners, on trial at
Grand Junction. Colo, was acquitted
OF the murder of Arthur Collins.
Adams alleged confession OF the
crime was excluded as evidence by
Judge Shackelford, and eight wit
nesses testified to an alibi for the &C.
cused man.
Suit has been instituted at Helena,
Mont, by the government against the
Northern Pacific Railway company,
the Rocky Fork Coal company and the
Northwestern Improvement company
to recover title to very valuable coal
lands In Carbon county, which 1t Is
alleged were procured through mis-.
representation.
Thomas Cooper, land commissioner
Of the Northern Pacific railway, Oh
the stand in the Minnesota rate hear
ing, introduced a paper which gave
the value of the purchased lands OF
the Northern Pacific at $71,325,2l3,
and of the donated lands, 1876 ,564,S75.
1t developed that from its leased
lands. the company receives about
100000 a year.
Advices from San Francisco say
that the Western Pacific tunnel under
Alameda creek just west OF Niles,
will be completed this week, and
tracklaying toward Oakland will be
pressed forward rapidly, there being
but two minor bridges to build on
the way.
Contracts have been awarded for
the rebuilding Of the Hauser Lake
dam, and the construction of the
Wolf creek dam. More than 5000
men will be employed and work will
begin at once. The Wolf creek dam
will be the second largest power dam
in the world.
Clarence Don Clark United States
senator from Wyoming, was stricken
with nervous collapse and general
breakdown at the Auditorium Annex
hotel, Chicago, last week. So seri-
GUS was the senator's condition that