The Springfield herald., 1908-12-25
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
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THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
WESTERN NEWS.

The maximum temperature at st.
Louis December 18th was 72 degrees.
Goldfield, New, wants the next ses-
sion of the American Mining Congress.
For the week ending December 18th
Denver stood as the twentieth city in
the United States in the amount Of
Its bank clearings, which were $1O.-
$4,000. 1t ranked above st. Paul and
Seattle.
The Wisconsin State Railroad Com
mission has approved an issue of $780,
100000 additional stock by the Chi
cago. Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad
coast extension.
The Trans-Missouri Dry Farming
Congress now has 900 active members,
representing twenty-six states and ter
ritories and seven foreign nations.
The movement is rapidly assuming in
ternational importance.
Chief American Horse, a noted Ogal-
lala Sioux chief, died on the 10th inst
at Pine Ridge reservation. S. D., aged
seventy-six. Two years ago the War
Department used him to subdue the
renegade band Of Utes in Wyoming.
Los Angeles plans TO race 121 days
this winter, the meeting not ending
until April Gath, while Oakland will
continue until May 1st. Nearly ST.
100000 will be given the horse own
ers in purses and stakes at Los An
geles.
By the death of John L. Nolan,
grandsire of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, Monday night at Nash
vile, Tenn, w. l.. Kuykendall of Sara
toga, Wyo.. becomes head of the or
der. Mr.. Kuykendall is the father of
John NJ Kuykendall of Denver.
The Simmons Hardware Company of
st. Louis is planning to give an ordi-
nary life insurance policy to all its
older employees. paying the prem
ium for the first year. An agent will
be appointed, who will receive a COM
mission on the business. turning it
over to sick and accident fund.
In assignments of troops returning
from the Philippines during the year
1909, Colorado and Wyoming both
draw colored commands. The Twen-
ty-fifth infantry, colored. which will
leave the Philippines in September,
will be stationed at Fort Logan. Colo,
and Whipple barracks, Ariz The Ninth
cavalry. colored. will leave Manila in
May and be sent to Fort Russell.
Emma Goldman was railroaded out
of Bellingham, Wash, on the 18th inst.
She had prepared to defend herself
against the charge of melting an un-
lawful assembly. but when she learned
that If the charge failed she would be
charged with being insane and her ut
terances used against her before
judge in the Superior Court, she agreed
to leave the city on The first train.
The third convention of the Trans-
Missouri Dry Farming Congress will
be held at Cheyenne, February 23rd
next. continuing three days. Algeria,
Turkey, Turkestan, Russia, Australia,
New Zealand and Mexico have Joined
the congress, the memberships being
in the names of the agricultural sec
retariei and these countries will prob
ably make a special effort to place re-
ports before the congress and to dis
cuss their needs and conditions.
H. P. Agar of Princeton, Indiana,
whose family were trying to collect
$4,000 life insurance in the belief that
he was dead, has been discovered at
San Benito, California, where he was
in business under the name of R. A.
Conner. He has been arrested and is
charged with forgeries to the extent of
sl25.0O0. He fell from barge on the
Wabash river aad was reported to be
drowned.