The Colorado statesman., 1908-08-29
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FIR ON ALL SOU RCES
SAYINGS, DoINGS, ACHIEVE
MENTS, SUFFERINeS, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN NEWS.

The railroad town of Hazen, forty
miles east of Reno, Nevada. was de-
stroyed by fire Sunday. The loss is
S125,000.
The American Association of Travel
ing Passenger Agents will meet at Sc
attle, September 18th 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
cite 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" a homing pigeon,
owned by William McGonnigle of East
Liverpool, Ohio, has broken the record,
it is claimed, in its fly from Denver to
that place, which by air is about 1920
miles The time OF the flight was
thirteen days and three hours.
Brig. Gen. Earl d. Thomas, COM
mander of the Department of Colorado,
characterized as absurd the report
that the officers of the United States
army were going to raise fund of
S1,000,000 to defend Capt. Peter Hams
against the charge of numbering Will
liam E. Annis in New York.
An increase of twelve per cent in
the number of passengers carried and
decrease of six per cent in earnings
are the net results to the Chicago &
Alton railroad twelve months opera
ton under the 2-cent fare law, accord
ing to figures made public by Walter
Ross, traffic manager of the road.
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 nom
union companies operating in the state,
there are now twenty-three of these
companies competing for business.
Victor w. Watteyne, chief Of the
Belgian department of mines, who is
now in this country as the guest of
the government, for the purpose of in
vestigating mining conditions here,
will visit Hanna, Wyoming, to study
the sealed coal mine in which, during
ten years, over 300 miners lost their
lives. Chief Watteyne is expected to
suggest some scheme by which it can
again be worked with safety.
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
G. Pacific railroad, and the contract
| will be completed this year. This will
take the end of the road to within
thirty-five miles of Walden and fifty
five miles from Laramie. The road
will be operated as rapidly as the grad
ing is completed.
Coal mining companies of the Wal
senburg district, Colorado, have filed
complaint with the Interstate Com
merce Commission against the Colo
RADIO & Southern and connecting roads,
alleging that the carriers have con-
stantly refused to grant a joint rate
on coal IN carload lots shipped from
the Walsenburg district to markets in
Texas and New Mexico. The coal
companies ask a hearing and the es-
tablishment of just and reasonable
joint rate.
The Burlington railroad will send
a special exhibit car on tour of Colo
RADIO and other western states in
charge of M. U. Randall, recently ap-
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 in Den
yer, where it will remain during the
Interstate fair, which opens September
7th. 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.