The Springfield herald., 1908-05-29
THE WORLD IN
PARAGRAPHS
BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND
OTHER COUNTRIES
INLATE DISPATCHES
DOlNGS AND HAPPENINGS
THAT MARK THE PROG
RESS OF THE AGE.
WESTERN NEWS.

The Minnesota Republican conven-
lion to nominate state officers will be
Iield at St. Paul July lst.
The seven men seriously injured in
The sensational airsnip accident at
Berkeley, California, are all expected to
recover.
The Most Rev. Peter Bourgade.
archbishop of Santa Fe. died at a hos
pital in Chicago on the 18th inst. of
heart disease.
United States Senator Samuel Doug
las DENLY of Louisiana was unani-
mously elected to succeed himself by
both the Senate and House.
The beer gardens and dancing halls
Of Toledo were closed on the night of
May cath, for the first time in many
years, by order Of Mayor Whitlock.
Governor John Sparks of Nevada,
who has been in Il critical condition
for some months. is improving slowly
and hopes for his complete recovery
are held out
By the division of $215,0O0, due the
tribe from the government, each mem
ber of the Kickapoo tribe of Indians in
Mexico, Oklahoma and Arizona, l57
in number, will receive S1,3GG.
The death of the Most Rev. Peter
Bourgade, head of the archdiocese OF
Santa Fe. may elevate Bishop Matz.
ordinary of the Catholic diocese OF Den
yer, to the rank of archbishop.
Three earthquake shocks were felt
at Helena, Mont, Sunday night. At
Marysvile dishes were ratified and
clocks We're made to strike by the dis.
turbance. No damage was done.
The appellate court of Illinois af-
firmed the decision of the lower court
in declaring that the mayor of Chicago
cannot be f.rced to close the saloons
on Sunday in conformity with the stat
ute.
The pulp mill of the Lake Superior
corporation in the Canadian 500,
across the river from Sault Ste Marie,
was destroyed by fire Monday. The
loss is about $350,O00. Two men were
killed.
William l.. Wilson, on trial at Port
Huron, Michigan, charged with embez-
element of more than $4,000 of the
funds of the United Home Protectors
Fraternity, of which he was secretary,
was found guilty.
After long Illness, aggravated by
worry brought on by the labor trou-
John Sparks of Nevada, died on the
22d inst. Don S. Dickerson. lieuten
ant governor, will succeed TO the office
John r. Perry, n young amateur
baseball player at st. Louis made a
long throw from left field and caught a
runner racing for the plate. While the
cheers were still sounding Perry fell
dead in the field.
D,,ll of
in the typical Mexican peon uniform
will come from Mexico to the national
convention of Elks at Dallas in June.
The Elks will wear big charro hats.
white duck trousers, sandals and red
sashes.
Rv vote of GG4 against 6G1 the
striking street railway conductors and
motormen of Cleveland decided TO re-
turn to work as new" men. The vote
is in accord with the demands of the
Municipal Traction Company upon this
point.
A tornado, originating nine miles
west of Abba. Iowa. on the 2lst inst,
came down with the speed of an ex-
press train and all the buildings in its
path were blown away and stock was
killed. J. M. Taylor, aged seventy
eight. was killed at Abba.
One of the most conspicuous chafac-
ters to attend the Democratic National
Convention in Denver in July is Con
gressman Matthew Rombach Denver,
of the Sixth Ohio district. an only son
of the late James w. Denver, in whose
honor the city of Denver, Colorado,
was named. Congressman Denver is
one of Ohio's delegates-at-large and
bears the distinction of having received
the largest vote cast in the recent
state convention at Columbus for any
candidate for that honor.