The Holly chieftain., 1908-05-15
WESTERN NEWS.

Fire ut La Plata, Missouri, destroyed
ten buildings and caused loss Of $780,
900.
The Union Pacific has awarded con-
tracts for $50 new locomotives for
freight and passenger service. to be
delivered in time for the fall business.
Governor Johnson of Minnesota will
deliver the address of welcome at the
annual meeting Of the National Associ-
alton of Fire Insurance Agents at St
Paul August l1th to 18th.
The fury at Topeka in the case OF
H. H. Tucker, Jr.. charging him with
using the mails In scheme to de-
fraud In promoting the Uncle Sam OIL
accompany. brought In a verdict Of not
guilty.
A public holiday will be declared by
the governor on the occasion OF unveil-
Ing the Mackey statue. The Mackey
fortune was made on the Comstock
lode with that of Flood, Fair and
O'Brien.
The Denver & Rio Grande March
report shows a total income of $52l,
D55. decrease of $152,991; and sur
plus Of $232.162. decrease OF $l47,-
e97. From July 1st the surplus was
, t3,66z, ,416. a decrease Of $179,452.
The Colorado & Southern March re-
port shows gross earnings of $685.
t35 against $1.l0S,594 for the CORE
Spending month Of last year; and net
sArnines Of $277.565, against $330,S90
TOR March of 1907
Tho Oklahoma state board of equal
txation has completed its working esti-
1atoo on the valuation of the railroad
p6pp93ty in the state subject to taxa
nxing the total at $172 4S9,910,
N M11& Is more than twelve times as
u ~ last year.
IssSSa{A thousand employees Of the ST.
10 San Francisco railroad shops
ingfield, Missouri. were laid off
y 5th inst. for an indefinite per-
The reason assigned by the COM
4for the shutdown is financial de-
ION.
Fit American Mining Congress will
s k614 s1ts annual meeting early in Oc-
+ kober or late in November at Colum-
huD. Ohio. The date will be set so as
not TO interfere with the presid Altial
1 el0ctlon and an unusually large atten-
4 dance is expected
iii 10 call the attention of the govern
Gnent to what they believe is delib-
erAte attempt to rob them of lands, a
Geputation of Indian chiefs, represent
tng eve"y tribe Of British Columbia
! coast Indians, will leave Vancouver for
Ottawa on May 28th, to interview Sir
q Wilfrid Laurier.
"A fire in San Francisco on the 4th
4 inst, which started in the Mentone res
taurant on Geary street, between
Kearney and Grant avenue, consumed
A1out fifteen stores in the block bound
~ by Market, Geary, Kearney and
Nfant avenue. 1t Is estimated the loss
yall be 100000.
Clarence H. Mackay Of the Postal
y Telegraph Company, in addition to
100000 for the Mackay School of
anes, $50 900 for the John W. Mackay
statue, and $4,000 for the campus i'm
Movements at the University OF Neva-
d., has announced further benefac-
4 lions for the furnishing of the School
j nf Mines and, an annual contribution OF
tS 900 for maintenance of the school.
AZ The Atlantic battleship fleet
II ~ steamed through the Golden Gate into
Il the harbor of San Francisco on
"Wednesday, the 5th. Rear Admiral
Evans was in command and his pen
"a pant flew from the flagship Connec-
ticut. 1t seemed as if the whole pop
g-ulation of California lined the shores
sss and docks. The decorations were pro-
Abuse and officers and men were enter.
u tained in true San Francisco style.