The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-01-02
NORTHWE EST NOTES

Montana Coke a Coat company OF FL.
dredge, states that he believes that
large deposit of coal lies under the
Yellowstone park.
An eastbound Union Pacific bag.
gage car. loaded to the roof with
pouches of mail matter, was burned
at Hanna. Wyo., recently. and practi-
oally all of the contents destroyed
II. c. Cameron, the engineer at the
mine of the Californian Phoebe Mining
company, at Phoebe, Nevada, while
operating a hoist, was dragged into
the gear of the drum and hurt so bad.
ly that he may die.
Downhearted and discouraged be.
cause he was out OF money and
could not make his wife happy with
Christmas presents, Thomas Hamlin,
a Denver plumber killed himself by
sending a bullet into his brain.
A Big Laramie river (Wyoming)
rancher recently caught a native
trout measuring twenty-six inches
end weighing nine pounds. The fish
was caught through the ice. together
with several other slightly smaller.
william Reese convicted at Helena
on second degree murder charge for
the killing of his wife, has been SEN
fenced to twenty-five years imprlson-
ment. The killing occurred at their
ranch home north of Helena.
Chris Ratliff, whose head was
at Rawlins, several days ago. and
whose recovery was not expected, Is
slowly improving and is now out Of
danger.
The engineer and fireman of the
Oregon Railway & Navigation COM
pany's train which was robbed near
Portland, have positively identified
Harry Benson and Oscar Johnson as
two OF the men implicated in that
crime.
While walking along the streets OF
Great Falls, Mont, J. NJ, Morris, APP
rarently In good health, fell dead.
The bursting of a blood vessel In the
brain caused his death. Mr.. Morris
was one Of the early pioneers OF
Great Falls.
Patrolman Edward Burke OF Hell
ena shot and killed Japanese. Early
In the morning the policeman found
the Japanese assaulting one of the
women of the street and interfered.
He turned on the policeman and in
self defense Burke killed him.
The jury In the case of Anthony
Wilde, charged with attempting to
Crimlnally assault Miss Beatrice Wills.
a sixteen.year-old girl residing near
Hartville, Wyo., returned a verdict OF
acquittal, after having been out all
night. Wilde is mayor of Hartville.
At Kalispell, Mont, Frank Lebeau
has been sentenced to be hanged
February 5, 1909, for the murder of
+ w. Yoakum and his son Richard.
Lebeau's confederate, Joe Robbins,
was also found guilty of murder In
the first degree and his punishment
was fixed by the jury at life impris-
onment.
James F. Kinney has supplied $780,.
900 bond and qualified as administra-
tor of the estate of the late M. +.
Brown, who was killed by his wife
at Thermopolis, Wyo., recently. Under
the Wyoming law Mrs. Brown. who
shot the owner of the property, will
receive at least one-third of the es.
tate.
The Chicago & Northwestern Rail.
road company has settled the dam.
age claim of Frank s. Bower of Ian.
der, Wyo., who was injured in the
wreck of one of the company's trains
last September, by paying the claim.
ant $4,000. The claim of the estate
OF Nj. N. Hawkins, who was killed In
the wreck, has been settled for $500.
J. X. Thomas, convicted by Bel.
lngham, Wash, jury, has been sen.
fenced to life Imprisonment for the
murder of his divorced wife. Thomas
killed his wife, slept beside the
corpse from midnight to dawn, and
then buried the body in a potato
patch, where 1t was discovered two
months later
w. T. Clark, an aged prospector
who was found dead across the
threshold of his cabin on Fish Creek,
eighteen miles from Butte, was prob
ably murdered for his money, as be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 he was
known to have kept in his shack is
missing. A man named Walsh has
been arrested on suspicion.
Victor Johnson was fatally stabbed
in tn restricted district in Butte by
James O'Neil, formerly manager of
local precipiating plant and promi
nent m mining circles. After an ar
gument in restaurant. ONeil stab
led Johnson and chased him and a
woman of the district through the
streets.
S. c. Lillis, the wealthy banker and
stockman of Leemore, Cal, recently
convicted of illegally fencing govern
ment land, has been sentenced to