The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-12-31
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS.
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE WEEK
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
WESTERN NEWS.

Goldfield, New. wants the next ses-
sion of the American Mining Congress.
The maximum temperature at st.
Louis December 18th was ~ degrees.
Every saloon in Ottumwa. Iowa, was
clos ed December 22nd as the result OF
a religious revival.
A class of candidates for commits
sions as second lieutenants in the
army will be examined at Fort Leav-
enworth, Kansas. January End.
The twelfth annual meeting of the
National Live Stock Association will
be held at Los Angeles January 26th
to 2sth.
James Clancy. said to have been the
Oldest Civil War veteran. died at the
National Soldiers Home in Milwaukee
on the 18th inst. aged 100 years.
Francis ]. Heney at Chicago Monday.
on his way to New York. said he was
feeling no effects from the bullet
wound which he received recently in
court.
Two slight earthquake shocks last
ing less than three seconds. were felt
at San Francisco and in the cities
about the bay December 22d. No dam
/
age was done.
President Frank Trumbull OF the
Colorado & Southern railway has con
firmed the report of the sale of that
road to the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy. which makes 1t part OF the
Hill system.
A baggage car half filled with mail
was burned with all its contents at
Hanna, Wyo., December goth. On the
2ist the greater part OF the contents
OF full car of mail was burned at Dale
Creek. Wyo. Both trains were west
bound.
Mrs. Emily Crane Chadbourne Of
Chicago has obtained possession OF her
art treasures. seized last summer by
the government. by paying into court
$s2.ill. In addition to the $70.409.1s
previously paid by her for duties and
penalties on the property.
There will be presented during the
coming sessions of the legislatures in
Colorado and forty-four other states.
n uniform pure food law prepared by
the committee appointed by the nation
nj and state pure food commissioners
to draft universal provisions on pure
food enactments for all OF the states.
S. c. Lillis. wealthy banker and
stockman OF Lemoore. Cal. was SEN
fenced by Judge wellborn at n special
session OF the federal court at Fresno.
Cal. to six months In Jail and fined
81 200. l.illis was convicted at the
last session OF the federal court on a
charge of Illegally enclosing large
areas of government land.
A miners mass meeting was held
at Rawhide, New. a few nights since.
and a vigilance committee organized
for tho purpose OF taking drastic mea-
sures against claim jumpers. who be-
gan recently to operate 10 the richest
territory of the district. Joe Rock, an
illiterate Frenchman. was led to the
outskirts of the camp with a rope
around his neck. handed a bottle OF
water and told never to return.
A mail coach loaded with Christmas
presents was burned. five mail clerks
barely escaped with their lives. while
one was injured In jumping to safety.
and an engine was overturned when a
southbound Baltimore & Ohio railroad
freight train crashed into a west-bound
Chicago & Alton passenger train
in the west side OF Chicago on
the night of December 22d. AS soon
as the train struck a gas tank in the
mail coach exploded and set fire. to it
md the piles of Christmas mail.