The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1908-06-27
NORTHWEST NOTES


Rawhide. Nevada. after standing a
run for four days. closed its doors III
Is reported that business will be re.
sumcd and depositors paid in full.
The power plant OF the Portland
Railway Light and Power company at
Cazadcro was almost entirely de-
stroyed by FIRE Sunday The plant is
valued at quarters Of n million
dollars.
Lewis Ferris was acquitted ~ the
charge Of murder In connection with
the dynamitinE Of the Overland Bur
lington train near Butte. May / last.
after the Jury had delibcpted or tho
case scarcely an hour.
The nrst murder at Tip Top. the
new mining camp, twelve miles from
Mills City Nevada. occurred last
week when o. T. Cockrlll shot NJ. =
Jacobs both mining men. in dispute
over a mining claim.
Bank Examiner Hofer Of Nevada re.
ports the First Bank OF Rawhide ana
the Wonder Trust company are both
insolvent The bank examiner states
that the bank Of Rawhlde 10 solvent
and will soon open again.
An unknown man was killed at
Nyssa. Ore, while endeayorlng to
steal ride on freight train. While
endcayoring to get on the rapidly NOV.
ing train he slipped and the wheels
passed over both legs. death resulting
n few hours later
by the explosion Of carload OK
dynamite near Sargent. Colo. freight
train on the Denver a Rio Grande rail.
road was blown TO pieces. two tramps
were killed and several trainmen were
injured. one fatally. A hole four feet
deep was blown in the ground.
Christopher a. Wills. aged about co.
was found dead. fully dressed. lying
across his bed In the Melroso apart.
ments at Reno. Nevada. II is thought
he died from natural causes. Willis
was from Buffalo. n. Y. whore he has
a wife and little daughter living.
Forty.fvc miles from Phoebe. IN
| northerly direction. new mining dis.
| trlct has been organized Atlanta In
the name Of the new district and
every foot Of available ground has
been taken up. Phoebe IL the nearest
supply point for the new district.
The decision OF the interstate com.
morco commission UNFOLDING. in tho
main the case Of the lumbermen OF
the Pacific northwest, ends the con.
tenton which for tho past eight
months has tied up the lumber indus.
try OF this section OF the country.
Joe Schafer. negro. twice sentenced
at Butte TO be hanged for the killing
OF a man named Hawkins. but savoo
from the moose each time by the su.
preme court. which reversed tho find.
ing OF the lower court. has been AZ
rested in Salt Lake City. charged with
beating q woman over the head with
q chair.
An explosion partially wrecked tho
front part OF a house occupied by
members OF the Mormon faith at Eu'
gene. Ore. None were injured. but
Mrs. Il. Y. Howell. one OF the In
mates, suffered 10 severe n nervous
shock that she was rendered uncon
scious. A note OF warning was found
posted In the building.
Two thousand Ave hundred miners
In tho Northern Colorado coal fields
quit work last week. intending 10 TO
main out until the operators grant IN
increase In wages or make satisfac
tory concessions. II after further ne
Eotiations between the United Mine
Workers officials and the operators nc
settlement is reached, a formal strike
will be called.
State Senator Charles Mcdonnell
OF Sweet Grass county, Montana. II
conducting a series of experiments IN
conjunction with Luther Burbank. He
has already succeeded In raising q
large crop OF plnoapplcs and Is nov
experimenting with different graftlnf
processes. lie proposes TO graft the
banana tree and the loco weed. anC
claims he can produce an edible fruit
He also proposes to make creeping
vine of the sugar beet plant
Luther Hickman. aged q, wal
killed and number OF personi
shocked and bruised though not seri
ously injured by an explosion OF 3,OOt
pounds Of nitroglycerine at the u. |
Dupont Denemours Powder company'i
works at Louvlers, twenty miles soutl
OF Denver
Through the GOODNESS OF Assistant
Secretary James y. Dougherty. OF IN,
state humane society. Governor Henry
A. Butchel OF Colorado escaped prob
able injury at the hands OF Mrs. Annie
Jochim. an insane woman. The wo
man was looking for the governor will
revolver
A new million dollar dlstlllery II e
be constructed at Winnipeg TO NEE
the demands Of the growing market o
the Canadian Northwest, The build
ings will cover thirty.fiye acres. 2Ot
men viii be employed, and 100000 4
100000 bushels OF grain viii be con
sumed annually.
C. u. Bratton, local agent OF IN,
Metropolitan Insurance company. wal
arrested at Victoria, II. c.. last week
charged with incendlarism. He wal
caught coming from the board OF trad,