The state herald., 1908-05-15
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STORY OF The WEEK
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
WESTERN NEWS.

Fire at 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 llth to 18th.
The jury at Topeka in the case Oi
H. IL. Tucker, Jr., charging him with
using the mails in a scheme to de
fraud in promoting the Uncle Sam Oil
Company, brought in verdict OF not
guilty.
The Denver 4 Rio Grande March
report shows a total income of S52l,
$50. decrease of sl52.99l; and a sur
plus of S232,l decrease of sl47.
2gI. From July LIST the surplus was
81 26S2 ,il6, a decrease OF sl79,452.
The Colorado & Southern March re.
port shows gross earnings of Sl,055.-
1875 against sl.l0S,59i for the CORE
spending month of last year; and net
earnings OF s277565, against s330,S
for March of 1907.
The Oklahoma state board of equal
ization has completed its working esti-
mates on the valuation Of the railroad
property in the state subject to taxa
tiou, fixing the total at sl72,iS9,9l0,
which is more than twelve times as
high as last year.
Two thousand employees Of the st.
Louis q San Francisco railroad shops
at Springfield Missouri, were laid off
on the jth inst for an indefinite per
Iod. The reason assigned by the com
pany for the shutdown is financial de
preston.
The American Mining Congress will
hold its annual meeting early in DC
tober or late In November at Colum-
bus, Ohio. The date will be set so as
not 10 interfere with the presidential
election and an unusually large atten-
dance is expected.
To call the attention OF the govern.
ment to what they believe Is delib'
crate attempt TO rob them of lands. a
deputation Of Indian chiefs. represent
ing eve-y tribe OF British Columbia
coast Indians. viii leave Vancouver for
Ottawa ON May 26th. TO interview Sir
Wilfrid Lauricr.
a fire In San Francisco on the +th
inst, which started In the Mentone res
taurant on Geary street, between
Kearney and Grant avenue, consumed
about fifteen stores In the block bound.
ed by Market. Geary, Kearney and
Grant avenue II Is estimated the loss
viii be 100000,
The Atlantic battleship fleet
steamed through the Golden Gate into
the harbor of San Francisco on
Wednesday, the 9th. Rear Admiral
Evans was In command aud his pen
nant flew from the flagship Connec-
ticut. 1t seemed as II the whole pop.
ulation OF California lined the shores
and docks, The decorations were pro-
fuse aud officers and men were enter.
tanned In true san Francisco style.
President Roosevelt and Secretary
Straus OF the department OF com
merce and labor have approved tho re-
port Of the committee appointed by
Secretary Straus TO inquire into the
statistical work OF the department OF
commerce and labor II Is proposed
that each of the executive departments
OF the government and the interstate
commerce commission appoint stats.
teal expert. the several appoiutcos
TO constitute nn inter.depnrtmentnl
statistical committee. This committee
viii have general charge Of all the sta.
tiRtlcal work OF the government