The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-08-29
NEWS TO Date
IN PARAGRAPHS
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
TIE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
A RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
WESTERN NEWS,

The railroad town of Hazen. forty
miles east of Reno, Nevada. was de-
stroyed by fire Sunday. The loss is
$125000
The recent heavy rains in Missouri,
Kansas. Iowa and Nebraska have as
sured a heavy corn crop in nearly
every section of those states.
ST. Louis is to have a new auditor
ium with seating capacity of $4,000.
which may on occasion be increased to
10000. The cornerstone was laid Sat
urday.
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.
The American Life Insurance con-
vention, which has just closed its ses-
sion at Denver selected Cincinnati as
its place of meeting in 1909 and elected
Samuel Smith of Chattanooga. Tenn.
president. Thomas DAILY was chosen
as Colorado vice president.
Bishop Samuel Fallows of the re-
formed Episcopal church in fiery
sermon at St. Pauls church in Chi
cago attacked mob violence and race
prejudice. He charged United States
Senator Tillman of South Carolina,
with having inspired the recent race
riot in Springfield.
Near Upper Geyser basin in the
Yellowstone National Park Monday
one lone highwaymen held up and
robbed the occupants of eleven stage
coaches in succession, securing booty
to the estimated amount of about
$4,000 There were about 1875 passen-
gers in the coaches.
Governor Chamberlain OF Oregon,
after a visit to E. H. Hartman, says
that Mr. Hartman will build road
across central Oregon and also a road
south from the Columbia river, either
up the Des Chutes river or a continue
ton of the Columbia Southern to a
point in central Oregon. where such
road would cut the proposed line run
ming east and west.
Two representatives bodies of ne
groes at Springfield passed formal
resolutions applauding Governor De-
neen for the firmness with which he
suppressed the recent rioting and de-
claring for cooperation with the
chamber of commerce and the Bust
ness Mems Association in the proven
JlOu Vi d recurrence Vi IIOIluS anu III
the punishment of offenders.
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 maneuvers. Messages were picked
up from a number of wireless stations
on Puget sound. Instead of using a
telescope pole to carry the radiating
and receiving wires in the air, two
huge king kites were sent up, to which
the wires connecting with the instru-
ments were attached.
The cruiser Colorado. which went on
lue rocks at Double Bluff. Puget sound,
Saturday, was more seriously damaged
than at first was supposed An ex-
animation at the Bremerton navy yard
showed that her forward plates were
badly denied in several places and
that ,ne plates were sprung. 1t will
be necessary to put the vessel in dry
dock for perhaps thirty days to make
repairs. The Colorado will be unable
to join the Pacific fleet on its cruise
to the Samoan islands. but 1t is expect
ed she will join it probably on the re-
turn trip from the Samoan islands to
Honolulu.