The state herald., 1908-08-28
1.-THE WORLD IN
PARAGRAPHS
BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND
OTHER COUNTRIES
IN LATE DISPATCHES
oolNGs AND HAPPENINGS
THAT MARK THE PROG.
REss OF THE AGE.
WE ESTERN NEWS.

lhe recent heavy rains in Missouri,
hahsas, Iowa and Nebraska have as
sured heavy corn crop in nearly
every section of those states.
1t is reported in Chicago that Pull.
mans mammoth shops are to be razed
and built upon remodeled scale for
the express purpose Of the manufac-
ture of steel palace cars.
A decrease of $40, ,532. .7SS in revenue
over operating expenses and taxes is
shown by the annual statements of
the Union Pacific and Southern Pa
VIC companies, made public on the
nth inst.
On the 18th inst the Western Pas
senger association notified the Rock
Island road that their advertised rates
of one and one-half fares for Kansas
state fairs was premature and Illegal.
Other Kansas roads protested strongly
against the reduction from cents.
Governor John A. johnson was re-
nominated for governor by the Demo
cratic state convention OF Minnesota
on the 18th inst. The first mention OF
his name was the occasion OF cheers
and applause that lasted sixty-four
minutes.
While Mr.. Bryan was speaking at the
ball park in Des Moines Friday night
the temporary platform on which were
seated several hundred people col
lapsed, but no one was hurt and he
resumed his speech within fiv>
minutes.
John V. Farwell. senior member OF
the wholesale dry goods firm of j. V.
Farweil & Co, died at Chicago on the
Goth Inst, after long illness. aged
eighty three He had been engaged in
the dry goods business in Chicago
since 1869.
The Dominion government has de-
cided to dam all Of the streams run
nning down the entire eastern slope of
- he Rocky mountains In Canada, with
the view OF conserving the supply and
preventing an annual waste Of water
by flood in the spring.
J. Il. Caldwell a noted horse fancier
OF Mechanlcsyille, Iowa, has offered to
make personal gift OF horse large
enough to carry william II. Taft and
stand up under the burden. The horse
he offers is Buffalo" n magnificent
chestnut weighing 1900 pounds. He
is said TO be the largest saddle horse
In Iowa,
Announcement is made OF the pro-
motion Of J. d. Mcnamara. assistant
general passenger agent of the Wa
bash railroad. to the position of gen
eral passenger agent, with headquar-
ters nt st Louis, succeeding Charles
s. Crane, for whom the new office OF
general passenger agent at 81. Louis
was created.
The new army portable wireless
telegraph kits, perfected last winter.
have Just been given their first tests
In the Northwest at Camp David S,
Stanley. where the regular army and
the National Guards OF Washington
and Oregon are holding their annual
field mnneuyers. Messages were picked
mn from a number Of wireless stations
ON Puget sound. Instead OF using
telescope pole to carry the radiating
and receiving wires In the air. two
huge king kites were sent up. To which
tue wires connecting with the instru-
monts were attached.
Ths cruiser Colorado. which went on
t,.e rocks at Double Bluff. Puget sound.
saturday. was more seriously damaged
than at first was supposed. An ex-
animation at the Bromerton navy yard
showed that her forward plates were
badly dented IN several places and
that ,..e plates were sprung II Will
be necessary TO put the vessel In dry
dock for perhaps thirty days TO make
repairs. The Colorado will be- unable
10 Ioln the Pacific fleet on It's cruise
Ia the Samoan Islands. but II II expect
cd she will Join II probably on the re-
turn trip from the Samoan Islands 10
Honolulu.