The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-08-28
NORTHWEST NOTES

wounded his wife, aged 10, restaur-
ant waitress, in Seattle, and then shot
himself through the heart, causing In
slant death
Four people were killed when an
automobile containing five persons
went off the bridge over the tide fats
at Fourth Avenue south and Andover
streets, in Seattle.
Mrs. Clara Belle Hancock, widow
Of John Hancock, mining man, who
was mysteriously murdered in Helena
last February, was last week married
to H. c. Steinbrook of Minneapolis.
Charles Mcmahon of Salt Lake City
was elected grand counsel of the Com
mercial Travellers at the convention
In Butte. r. Casey of Butte was
chosen treasurer, and F. A. Hills of
Helena, secretary.
Governor A. Shallenberger of Ne
braska. the colonies of his staff and
many Nebraskans and ex-Nebraskans,
took part in the celebration of their
states day at the Alaska. Yukon-Pa-
cific exposition, August II.
J. A. Finch, a dsbarred lawyer, who
shot and killed Ralph B. Fisher, prose
cutor Of the Oregon State Bar asso-
citation. will In all probability be exc
cuted, the state supreme court having
affirmed the decision of the lower
court.
The Montana Western railway
which extends from Conrad, Mont, on
the Great Northern, to Waller, on the
Conrad~irrigation project, has been
opened for traffic. In addition there
is being operated motor car for the
accommodation Of land seekers at
Waller.
Mrs. Carrie l.. b. Bernard, wife OF
Sam s. Bernard, millionaire and for
mer mining king Of Colorado Springs,
was granted an absolute divorce in the
district court at Pueblo, Colo. Mrs
Bernard wept as she recited sad
story of her husbands acts of alleged
cruelty.
Advocacy by President Fairgrieves
of compulsory life insurance. as pro-
mulgated In his annual report, was
the chief feature of the opening ses-
sion of the Montana Federation OF La.
Dor at Butte. Mr. Fairgrieves favors
the German system and cited figures
in his cause.
Several irrigation men OF Montana,
Idaho nrnonn
scheduled to address the first national
conservation congress to be held
August &c, 81, and 2S, will endeavor to
reopen the Ballinger-Pinchot contro.
versy started at the Irrigation con
gress at Spokane.
W. s. Moore, linotype operator,
whose home is In st. Joseph, Mo, and
who was recently employed on papers
in Missoula and Spokane, was found
dead beside the Northern Pacific
tracks two miles west of McQueerry's,
Mont. He had fallen from train and
his head had been crushed. I
James Mcdonald, first mate; John
Peterson, Sigvald Martinson, Peter
w hoiSh, oioi VlClooD anu
McGrath of the fishing schooner Har-
riet G., of Anacortes, were drowned
May 18th in bay in Unimak pass,
Alaska. The news has just been
brought to Tacoma by the schooner
Fortuna.
A special from Lewiston, Mont.
says: Lewis Penwell, a Helena man,
who has organized number of sheep
and land companies during the past
three years, has just purchased the
Alfonso Jackman ranch, together with
$4,000 head of sheep. The ranch is
near Forest Grove, the deal involving
100000.
Carl Bishop, aged A, well known
through the heart with a revolver at
Sheridan, Mont. He was out of work
and had remarked to a friend, while
looking at meal ticket which was al
most used up, that II work did not
pick up soon he would have to 60
the route"
Samuel A. Bonisfield, millionaire
banker of Beloit, Kansas, has sued
the city of Seattle for $150,000 dam
ages for false Imprisonment last
March, when he was found helpless on
the streets, taken to the police sta
ton, booked as a drunk and then
taken to a hospital where he was un.
der treatment for three weeks.
The body OF John MARTHA, aged 81,
was found partially buried near Ju-
dith Gap, Mont, by section fore
man, one foot OF the murdered man
sticking out of the shallow grave. He
had been stabbed in the neck and
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