The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1908-06-12
NORTHWEST NOTES

Mrs Vera Mckolvie, who set out from
Portland. Ne. on May ~, TO travel IN
On automobile TO Portland. Ore, ar
rived In Chicago on June /.
Maurice McKellingon, an aged bust
ress man Of Goldheld. found guilty.
Of murder In the second degree. has
been sentenced to ten years impris'
cnmont the minimum sentence.
OF thirteen delegates elected byl
Butte Miners union No. 1, w. "a NJ
to the annual convention Of the West
crn Federation Of Miners, TO be held
In Denver In July. nine are avowcd So
cialists
Robert w. spcor was on June ! In
augurated as mayor Of Denver for a
second term Of four years. The cere-
monies were held in tho new city
auditorium In which the Democratic
national convention will meet July Z.
William Dempsey the Augusta
rancher. who was shot by the boy
bandits in the hold.up OF train near
Great Falls, Mont. IL dead, and the
four boys. Rheams. Hatch. Creswel
and Randall, will have 10 face
charge Of murder.
Charles II. Leonard Of Butte. attor-
ney for +. Augustus Helnze. last week
announced that Mr.. Heinze viii soon
return TO Butte 10 assume personal
charge OF his mining property In this
state. Mr. Hclnze has recently &C
quired some valuable Montana prop
orty.
The will Of the late Governor Sparks
Of Nevada was nlod last week. show.
ing tho value OF the property left by
the governor 10 be 100000. Tho
heirs are Mrs. Nancy Eleanora Sparks,
the widow; Mrs. Maud Mckenzie,
Benton Sparks, c. NJ. Sparks and Le-
land Sparks.
After negotiations consuming forty
one days the miners and operators OF
the northern Colorado Ignite coal
fields have disagreed and strike
seems imminent Al the final session
OF the conference the miners repre-
scntatiyes rejected the proposition OF
th operators. which would reduce
the wages
The friends Of the late Joe Simp-
son. the Reno. New, gambler who was
! lynched by being hanged 20 n telo-
graph pole at Skidoo, for shooting a
saloon man OF that place. arc now
trying to md his wife. II Is stated
that he left over $4,000 and that his
wife viii receive the entire estate II
she will only apply for II.
William soper. a passenger brake
man who shot and killed james
Brothers, a saloonkeeper OF Gilman,
Colo. declares he thought Brothers
was n train robber. the crew having
been warned that there would be an
attempt 20 mold UP tho train. and
when he saw Brothers running to-
ward the train, Soper shot him.
Captain Leonard Bailey and three
patrolmen discharged by tho chief OF
police OF Helena. because OF an order
cf the mayor to reduce the police
force OF that city, have kept their
uniforms and have continued on duty,
on the advice OF their attorneys The
claim Is made that the discharge Of
the men IL Illegal. and the case will
be carried into the courts.
Terry Sturgls. who recently e.
capped from the insane asylum at
Napa, Cal, and took possession Of a
ranch near Reno, Nevada. has been
captured after a hard fight, sturgIs
lived In Grizzly valley for several
years. His cabin was lined with
sheet iron and on the outside he had
set heavy bear traps to catch intrud'
crs
John s. Macbeth. one OF the most
prominent attorneys IN Colorado. was
severely injured in runaway at
Goldneld. New. as was also Miss
Myra Lookhnrt. the 20.year-old daugh
ter OF Thomas @. Lockhart, who, with
A. d. Parker OF Denver, owns the
Florence mine.
Secretary Garfield has issued an or
der providing that on all government
irrigation projects where not otherwise
ordered operation and maintenance
charges for prior seasons must be
paid on. or before April 1, 1909, In de-
| fault OF which no water will be fur
nished thereafter.
Mosnoy. the noted half.breed Indian
who has successfully oluded the Of
ncers OF the law, recently compelled
ranchman In the Augusta country
In Montana. 10 submit 10 a forceful
exchange OF horses, leaving a crippled
animal behind him. The halfbreed
was heavily armed.
Mrs. ]. Dunn, an aged pioneer WON
an Of Virginia City, New, was found
dead In her home, with her head bent
back over her shoulders and her body
wedged between the bed and wall
Her head was smothered In pillows
and bed clothes. Tho motive for the
murder iB unknown.
Evidently tired OF life and It's hard
ships, George sleyers went into the
lavatory OF the Bible saloon at Reno,
Nevada, and slaslred his throat with
razor He then stumbled into the
yard In the rear and fell TO the
ground, whore he slowly bled 10 death,
He was unknown In Reno.
In accordance with a heavily signed
petition, the city council OF Reno, Ne