The Springfield herald., 1908-09-04
CONDENSATION
OF FRESH News
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.

The railroad town of Hazen, forty
miles east of Reno, Nevada, was de-
stroyed by fire Sunday. The loss is
$125,O0O.
The American Association of Travel
ing Passenger Agents will meet at Sc
attle, September 14th to 18th. After
the meeting in Seattle the delegates
will spend two days at Portland.
F. B. Easley, superintendent Of the
Rock Island railroad, has issued bull
letin notifying all employees that cigar
ette smoking will not be permitted and
that violators of the order will be dis
charged.
Gov. A. b. Cummins OF Iowa has au-
thorized the statement that he Will
call special session of the Iowa Leg
islature to amend the primary law and
permit the people to elect the success
sor to Senator Allison.
A number of model roads are under
construction In various parts OF Wis
consin, under direction Of the state ge'
illogical survey. The localities fur
nish the labor and materials, the state
engineers to direct the work.
Silver Bill" homing pigeon,
owned by William McGonnigle of East
Liverpool, Ohio, has broken the record.
1t is claimed, in its fly from Denver to
that place, which by air is about 1,23O
miles. The time of the flight was
thirteen days and three hours.
Non-union fire insurance competi-
ton in North Dakota is increasing to
an alarming extent. according to the
recent report of the insurance commits
sioner for the year 1907. While five
years ago there were but four non
union companies operating in the state,
there are now twenty-three of these
companies competing for business.
Near Minneapolis Friday Dan Patch
Q:55), worlds champion PAGER,
stepped the fastest workout mile on
record, making the distance on NJ. w.
Savage's track at Savage in 200 fiat.
He went to the eighth In fifteen sec
onds. to the quarter in thirty and to
the half in minute fiat, and came un-
der the wire easily without having
turned a hair.
President Miller has awarded to the
Bradbury Construction Company and
]. p. Juett of Pueblo the contract for
grading ten miles of the Walden ex-
tension of the Laramie, Hahn's Peak
& Pacific railroad, and the contract
will be completed this year. This will
lukt lue emu Ol lIle Todu u Wllulu
thirty-five miles of Walden and fifty
five miles from Laramie. The road
will be operated as rapidly as the grad
ing is completed
At the thirty-first annual meeting OF
the American Bar Association, which
closed its sessions at Seattle August
2Sth, the following officers We're
elected: President, Frederick w. Leh-
man of St. Louis; secretary, John w.
Hinliley Of Baltimore; treasurer Fred
erick F. Wadhams of Albany, n. Y.
The two last named were reelected
The executive committee will hold its
mid-winter session in New Orleans,
when the place for the next years
meeting will be fixed Detroit to date
is the only serious contender.
The Burlington railroad will send
n special exhibit car on tour of Colo
rado and other western states in
charge of NJ. U. Randall. recently APP
pointed emigration agent of the Bur.
lington. 1t will have on board speci-
mems of all products grown in the Big
Horn country and the Northwest. The
first stop of the car will be i'll Den
yer, where it will remain during the
Interstate fair. which opens September
9TH. After leaving Denver the car
will visit every city in Colorado and
will then travel east. Stops of from
two to five days will be made at each
place