The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-05-28
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, DolNGs, ACHIEVE
MENTs, sUFFERINGs, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN NEWS.

The Minnesota Republican conven-
ton to nominate state officers will be
held at ST. Paul July lst
The Most Rev. Peter Bourgade,
archbishop of Santa Fe. died at a hos
pital in Chicago on the 18th inst. of
heart disease.
United States Senator Samuel Doug
las DENLY of Louisiana was unani-
mously elected to succeed himself by
both the Senate and House.
Detroit will be the place of meet
ing for the next annual convention OF
the National Real Estate exchange.
Denver tried for 1t but couldn't get
1t.
Governor John Sparks of Nevada.
who has been in critical condition
for some months, is improving slowly
and hopes for his complete recovery
are held out.
The death of the Most Rev. Peter
Bourgade, head of the archdiocese of
Santa Fe. may elevate Bishop Matz.
ordinary of the Catholic diocese of Den
yer. to the rank of archbishop.
Three earthquake shocks were felt
at Helena, Mont. Sunday night. At
Marysville dishes We're ratified and
clocks were made to strike by the dis.
turbancc. No damage was done.
The appellate court OF Illinois af-
firmed the decision of the lower court
in declaring that the mayor of Chicago
cannot be forced to close the saloons
on Sunday in conformity with the stat.
ute.
At San Francisco Thursday Joe
Cans, the lightweight champion, added
another victory to his long string by
defeating Rudolph Unholz. the rugged
Boer from South Africa. in the eleventh
round
The pulp mill of the Lake Superior
corporation In the Canadian 500.
across the river from Sault Ste Marie.
was destroyed by fire Monday. The
loss is about $350.0OO Two men were
killed.
William l.. Wilson. on trial at Port
Huron. Michigan. charged with embcz-
element OF more than $4,000 OF the
funds OF the United Home Protectors
Fraternity, of which he was secretary.
was found guilty.
Sheriff Smutzer and Miner Shultz.
while sluicing the ashes in the debris
of the Guinness fire near La Porte. In
diana. found the upper and lower plates
which came from Mrs. Guinness mouth
both containing her false teeth.
The first Japanese women to be de-
ported from Los Angeles under the
agreement between the United States
and Japan relating to the presence OF
Japanese citizens In this country We're
started on their way TO Japan Monday.
The Omaha Ministerial Union called
upon the board of fire and police com
missioners to remove Chief of Police
John Donahue and sixteen patrolmen
for alleged neglect of duty in not en-
forcing the law against closing places
OF business ON Sunday.
Search is being made by l.. +.
| Schneider of 295 East Twenty fifth
street. Chicago. for Wilhelm and Franz
Krechtler. who recently were left a
fortune OF $500. 900 by the death of an
uncle in Baden. Germany. Both men
formerly worked as walters at some
hotel in Chicago. but all trace of them
has been lost.
In deciding the case of the Calves
ton & San Antonio Railway Company
VS.. the State OF Texas involving taxes
on that and other Texas roads. the Su-
preme Court Monday held to be un-
constitutional the Texas law of 1905.
fixing the tax rates on railroads equal
to one per cent of their gross earn
ings when they lie wholly within the
state. and a proportionate sum where
they lie partly within the state.