The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-09-24
NORTHWEST NOTES

Fire OF mysterious origin destroyed
the Cohasset Beach hotel, one Of
the best known ocean resorts.
Albert T. Jackman, the Goldfleld
murderer, was granted parole by the
state board OF pardons at Carson.
The safe in the postoffce at Boyd
Ore, was blown open with dynamite
and looted Of 5000 cash and postage
stamps.
The fourth annual convention OF
the Investment Bankers Association
OF America was held in Denver last
week.
w. B. Graf, prisoner in the coun-
ty jail at Bellingham, Wash, held on
a burglary charge, set fire to the
county courthouse.
Parties unknown broke into the
George Russell company's powder
magazine a short distance from Elko
and stole $50 pounds of dynamite.
While attempting to cross the
Southern Pacific right OF way about
q mile from Reno ahead OF passen-
ger train, an Indian woman was
struck and killed.
Mrs. Matte Jacobsen of Gardner
vile, New, met with a painful acci-
dent by the collision OF a runaway
saddle horse with the carriage in
which she was riding.
Miss Margaret Ely Shackel, so-
ciety girl of Pewaukee, Wis, a IA
~ no Oh OF q
the bride of Irving Hagen, an en-
ployee OF the Butte Auto company of
Butte.
Charles P. Carlson Of Seattle, tim
Der cruiser employed on a survey in
the Snoqualmie national forest, was
killed Friday by fall from high
precipice near Silverton, Snohomish
county, Washington.
AS a representative of the 100000
blind persons in the United States, L.
N. Muck, managing editor of a per-
iodical for the blind, The Christian
Record, published at College View,
Neb.. is in Butte for week.
Louis Barber of Goldfeld, who was
recently convicted of horse stealing
and who was sentenced to serve not
less than one year nor more than
fourteen has commenced serving his
sentence in the state penitentiary at
Carson.
While approaching Deeth Southern
Pacific train had narrow escape
from going in the ditch. The front
trucks of one of the coaches jumped
the track and rode the ties for about
a quarter of mile before the train
was stopped.
Charles E. Lynch was instantly
killed and Elmo Haggerty severely
bruised when their car turned turtle
near Cokeville, Wyo. The two were
driving at fairly fast clip when the
steering gear broke, resulting In an
overturned car.
Henry Coffey, one OF the pioneer
stage drivers OF Nevada, and for
many years resident OF Reno, died
at the county hospital last week from
injuries received by being thrown
from his rig in a runaway while on
his way from Fallon to Reno.
The Nevada board Of health and |
the state hygienic laboratory has Is
sued statement calling attention TO |
the necessity for the muzzl1ng OF all
dogs owing to the prevalence OF rab-
les, caused, mainly, by the existence
of the disease among coyotes.
According to the Virginia Chronicle
a stranger in that place believed to
be John Kilroy was found in room
at the Tahoe house with deep cash
in his throat, evidently made with
suicidal intent. The man was re-.
moved to the county hospital and will
live.
Fred Skinner, serving flfty-year
sentence in the Nevada prison for
second degree murder, has been de.
MED a parole by the state board of
pardons and paroles Skinner was
convicted of the murder of Mona Bell,
a woman of the underworld, at Rhyo
lite.
The trial judge at Butte in a civil
case secured jury panel Of thirty
five names by not accepting as valid
the excuse of miners that they were
getting 81 day at the mines and
would only receive SO a day as jurors.
Such an excuse will not be accept
ed" said the judge. "a man ought
to have sufficient interest in his citi-
zenship to serve his country as a
juryman."
As the result of being thrown from
q burro, which he was attempting to
ride while visiting at the home of G.
Stock and family in WaDuska, New,
F. Windisch, Jr., sustained two fracr
tured bones in the right forearm.
Gus Price, convicted last week OF
assault with intent to kill, was sent
enced by Judge Thomas F. Moran at
Reno to serve an indeterminate SEN
tence of not more than IA years or
less than one year in the state prison.
The rabid coyote situation in the
north part of Nevada has reached an
alarming stage. Many have been
seen in various sections and radical
means must be employed to meet the /
While being conveyed to Reno to
receive medical attention Leroy John
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