The Colorado statesman., 1908-05-02
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WESTERN NEWS.

Fire at La Plata, Missouri, DESTROYED
ten buildings and caused a loss of $780,.
900.
The Oklahoma Legislature is busily
engaged in enacting a code of insur-
ance laws, and seems to be accumulat-
ing the drastic features OF all the vari-
GUS state laws.
The case of David F. Day, the Du-
range editor, who was charged with
misuse of the mails, has been dis
missed by Judge Lewis in the federal
court at Denver.
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 every tribe of British Columbia
coast Indians, will leave Vancouver for
Ottawa on May 26th, to interview Sir
Wilfrid Laurier.
Fen s. Hildreth, receiver of the land
Office at Phoenix, Arizona, has been
suspended pending the investigation of
his records by an inspector, which is
in progress. The nature of the charges
or suspicious is not made public. Hill
dreth says the courts investigation
will vindicate him.
The Oklahoma house passed the bill
previously passed by the Senate pro-
viding for the establishment of q state
industrial college for women. Domes-
tic science will be the principal thing
taught at the new school and girls be-
tween the ages of twelve and thirty
five are to be admitted as students.
The college of bishops of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, South, ad-
journed its session at Nashville after
announcing the plan of episcopal visit
alton. Among the assignments are the
following: Bishop H. c. Morrison,
Denver conference, Aztec, New Mexico,
August 18th; Bishop James Atkins,
Montana conference, Butte, Montana.
The Bingham Central Railway Com
pany has raised $3000,000 on a mort
gage for the building of a railroad from
Salt Lake to the copper camp of Bing
ham, thus giving competing outlet
to the immense ore production of that
district. The project is backed by F.
Augustus Heinze and the road is in
tended to reach his properties.
The executive committee of the
Western Passenger Association has
recommended the abolition of the
double contract form of ticket now
used in connection with excursion bust
ness 1t also has recommended the
abolition of the Office of joint agent
except at a few of the larger cities,
such as Chicago, st. Louis, Kansas
| City, Omaha and st. Paul.
Although in Difference to the wishes
of Count Tolstoy, the plans for an in
ternational celebration at Tasaaya
Polyana this summer of the wriler's
eightieth birthday, to which delega-
tions from Russia and abroad had been
invited. have been abandoned, admir-
ers of the Russian novelist propose 10
signalize his jubilee by the formation
of an international Tolstoy socie-y sim
liar to the Goethe, Dante and Shake
spearian societies.
According to a report of the United
States government on mortality, Lead
vile and Pueblo have a greater num-
ber of deaths from pneumonia than any
other cities in the Union. Pittsburg
and Allegheny Pennsylvania, lead the
country in death rate. While Colorado's
and Californias death rate is high, it
is explained that large portion of the
deaths are of persons coming from
other states suffering from consump-
tion and other diseases