The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-01-09
NORTHW EST NOTES

vada, was destroyed by IRE Sunday
morning.
Following collision OF Northern
Pacific freight trains in the yards al
Toppenish, Wash, Brakeman Gamer
was burned to death.
Albert Whitlock. a horse breaker.
was found dead near Fort Benton.
Mont. II is supposed that Whitlock
was thrown from his horse or that
the horse fell on him, as his neck
was broken.
Lawrence Verdon, aged 20, arrest
ed In Butte on the charge of being
implicated in the holding up Of a
street car two weeks previous, at
tempted to escape from the arresting
officer and was shot, being instantly
hlled.
In letter received from President
elect Taft to the Rose Festival asso-
citation q Portland, Mr.. Tafts consents
to inaugurate Portland's annual feast
Of flowers on June Z next by pressing
TN electric button at the White House
in washington.
Sol Hendry was shot and killed at
Chapey, Nevada, while attempting 10
do assessment on mining property.
the title of which was in dispute. Two
men, named Rooney and Clark, who
had claimed the property, are charged
with the shooting.
]. b. Anthony, a well known min
ing man of Madison county. gave him
self up at Waterloo, Montana. claim
ing that he had shot Albert Morrow
Anthony says he fired when Morrow
came at him with pick. following
trouble over mining claim.
At a meeting OF the prominent
ranchers and farmers of Milk valley.
Montana, It was decided to send
committee to Washington to secure,
II possible. the right to use the water
of st. Mary's river and valley for II.
rigation purposes In the valley.
More than $4,000 pounds of butter
said to be adulterated, was seized by
agents of the internal revenue ser.
vice at the Nevada Packing company's
warehouse in Reno, Nevada, as re-
suit of complaints from local Compel
itors among the Reno dairymen.
Frederick G. Buckley, who was
identified with the development of
Leadville, Cripple Creek, Aspen and
other Colorado mining camps, and
was known all over the west as a
mining expert, died at Redondo, Cal.
on December 2S, from heart disease.
The man giving the name of George
Wolf who was arrested at Moorhead,
Mimi, has been positively identified
as George T. Frankhauser, who es
capped from Jail in Helena last March,
where he was awaiting trial on the
charge of robbing a Northern Paci
flc train.
The fluttering of a maybe about
an empty box car in the railroad
yards at Huntley, Mont, attracted
the attention of one Of the workmen
rearby and continued until he be
came curious and went to the car,
where he found the body of an infant
about a week old.
Joe Fashio, an Italian from Ana
conda, Mont, who committed sun
eide In the railroad depot at Ash
land, Ore, had on his person $3.50
In currency and certificate of de
poslt for 1,500 on Days bank AT
Anaconda. He was APPARENTLY in
demented condition.
A state baseball league is to be or
ganized in Montana, meeting having
been called in Helena for January
IS, at which time representatives
from Helena, Butte, Anaconda, Liv-
ipgston, Bozeman and Great Falls
will complete arrangements for six
team state league.
II Is now believed that Champ C.
+. Essick, secretary of Woodmeu
of America lodge at Colorado SprisSs.
who was found dead, was murdered,
and that the murder was committed
with insent to secure a sum of money
belong TO the lodge which Essick
kept at his house.
Ms
Conductor Bradford Sommerville
and Engineer Patrick Murray OF the
crew of the freight train which col
lided with a work train at Mid can
yon on the Great Northern railway
line Just south of Great Falls, Mont,
'
and killed seven men, are to blame for
the disaster, according to the cor
ODer's verdict.
Andrew Buchanan. aged 30, EN-
ployed as lineman for the Reno Light
company, was electrocuted at Reno
Nevada, while up on a pole doing re
pair work. Buchanan gIasrod sup
pOsed dead wire, which was convey
| ing 1000 volts, the entire amount
passing through his bod.
Robert Emmett Fisk, for thirty.iiye
years editor of the Helena Mont,
Herald, and confidential friend OF
President Garfield and James @.
Blaine, died at Berkeley, Cal, on De
cember 2S, at the age OF II, Mr..
Fisk lost his health and moved tn
Berkeley seven years ago.