The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1908-09-12
THEW0RlD IN
PARAGRAPHS
BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND
OTHER COUNTRIES
INLATE DISPATCHES
0olNcS AND HAPPENINGS
THAT MARK THE PROG
REss OF THE AGE.
WESTERN NEWS.

Work has been commenced on the
first eight miles OF the Union Pacific
out of Seattle. Wash.
1t is estimated that losses by the
Rawhide, New. fire will aggregate
100000. The town is "Phoenixins"
with remarkable rapidity.
According to the petition to Lrobs to
the will OF the late Col William F. vi
las filed ill the County Court at Madi
son, Wis, his estate is valued at $S42,-
0O0
At the Minnesota state fair at ST.
\ Paul Saturday De Palma, in a ninety
horsepower machine broke the worlds
automobile record for mile ON a circu-
lar track by covering the distance in
fifty-one seconds flat.
E. H. Hartman, while passing
through Oregon. told a delegation of
Voos Bay citizens that If he could be in
sured interest of four per cent. on an
investment of $5.000,000 for ten years
he would build a road into the Co.'s
Bay country.
The Kansas City labor temple now
being constructed was informally dedi-
Gated Monday. The usual Labor Day
parade was dispensed with. Mayor
Crittendeu and other city officials and
addresses.
Governor Hanley of Indiana has Is
sued call for an extra session of the
legislature to meet Sept. 18th. The
county local option law and a plan to
give the governor extra power to deal
with night riders in southern Indiana
will be considered.
The War Department has decided to
dtCintnr tho nf 1877 hn 1tpc .,f
soldiers in the burial ground of Fort
Keogh, Mont, some time ago aban-
doned by the department and renter
the bodies at Fort Custer. Bids will
be asked for the work
A Carnegie medal has been received
by Marjorie Coast, the elevenyear-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. P. C.
Coast Of Iowa City, Iowa, who leaped
into the Iowa river and saved the life
of Margaret Hayes, daughter of Prof.
and Mrs. Samuel Hayes. last summer.
John Mitchell, former president of the
United Mine Workers Of America ad-
dressed 10000 people at Labor Day
celebration at Marion, Illinois. He
spoke of the rapid advance Of the labor.
ing classes, and denounced the idea
that the rich are growing richer and
the poor poorer.
The big trees that were seriously
threatened by the forest fire in So
nora county, California. escaped with
much less injury than was feared and
it is thought that not many of them
will die. They were only saved after
a heroic fight for three days and nights
by the forest rangers.
Labor park at Indianapolis was for.
mally dedicated Labor Day by the un-
ion men OF the city and neighboring
towns. The park has been purchased
recently to be used exclusively for la.
Dor celebrations. 1t is beautifully sit
uated in West Indianapolis. Vice Pres
ident Charles w. Fairbanks was the
principal speaker.
In the District Court at Sedan, Kas.
on the 5th inst Bill Tenant and Harry
Coleman, the young bandits who rob
bed the Chautauqua Springs in daylight
on the morning of April 18th, last. en-
tered plea Of guilty and each was
sentenced to serve an indefinite sen
tence of from 10 to 81 years in the
state reformatory. The men secured
$4,000 and escaped on horseback. Ten
nant was captured in Denver and Cole
man was arrested In the state of Wash
fngton.