The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-09
AN EPITOME OF
LATE LIVE NEWS
condemned RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, poINos, ACHIEVE
MENTs, suFFERINos, HoPEs
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN NEWS.

WESTERN NEWS.
The farmers Of Kansas are calling
loudly for help In the wheat fields.
Harry Orchard will not be hanged.
The Idaho board of pardons has de-
cided to change his sentence to life i'm
prisonment
During the past three months one
third of the troops OF the United States
cavalry stationed at Fort Washable.
Wyoming. has deserted. Only one has
been captured.
Seven persons were killed, at least
two others were fatally injured and
fully thirty more were severely hurt
as the result OF fire In 6. s. Kreag's
6-cent store on Ontario street in Cleve-
land, July 3rd.
Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas
(retired), u. s. N, died suddenly at
Del Monte. California. July 3rd. He
fell to the floor while leaving the ho-
tel dining room and died before he
could be taken to his room.
Two slight shocks of earthquake
were felt in Los Angeles and vicinity
at 5:02 o'clock on the morning Of July
3rd. A few people were awakened,
and here and there a clock was
stopped. but the earthquakes produced
no other effect.
Rev. Simpson Ely, an evangelist.
who had conducted services in every
state of tie Union, died at Joplin,
Missouri, on the 9TH inst, from in
juries received in fall from street
car while he was on the way to de-
liver a sermon. He WAC fifty-nine
years old
During June 1900 cubic yards Of ma
sonry were laid in the great Pathfinder
dam, which beats the best previous
record by 200 cubic yards. There is
now being delivered 522 feet of water
through the Interstate canal. There
are at present 6,500 acres In crops un-
der the Interstate canal in Wyoming
and about 10000 in Nebraska.
A feature of the entertainment of
the Elks during the national reunion
to be held at Dallas, Texas. beginning
July 18th. will be barbecue on pro-
digious scale. Five thousand pounds
of beef and 1000 of mutton Is q be
barbecued A chile expert has been
engaged to manufacture, on the
ground. 1000 pounds Of Mexican chile.
which Is to be served with the meat.
A study Of the mortality of Chicago
for the first six months of 1908 shows
that 1867 fewer people have died this
year than last If allowance is made
for the increase of population, the cal
culated saving is 1898 lives The ac-
tual decrease in deaths from pneu-
monia has been 949; from consump-
ton, 174. On the other hand, bowel
diseases of children have increased.
On account of the local option laws
In SO many counties in Illinois, buffets
in nearly all railroad cars will be
closed. An order has been issued by
the Pullman company closing the buff
fet in the parlor car of the Alton linn
tied between Chicago and st. Louis and
abandoning entirely the sale of intoxi-
eating liquors. The order of the Pull
man company will affect its buffets on
all roads in Illinois.
June Bird there occurred the great
est flood SO far recorded on the North
Platte river, destroying a portion of
the temporary intake channel of the
interstate canal, North Platte irriga-
tion project. Water behind the Path
finder dam gradually rose until June
21st. when the water surface of the res
ervoir was only twenty-five feet below
euO toP "a thc uaiA. ~ haS SiuCt nuu-
sided.
Judges Sanborn, Hook and Adams,
In the United States Court at st. Paul
Tuesday rendered an interlocutory
decree whereby they temporarily sus-
| pend ard eniein the enforcement of the
order of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. which reduced the charge of
certain railroads for the transfer of
livestock from their terminal in Chi
cago to the Union Stock Yards from So
to 81 per car.
After a terrible encounter with a
long-horned herd of steers. George Will
kins, one of the best known ranchmen
of that section was killed near Tulsa,
Okla. His body was gored and tramp
led almost beyond recognition. In try
ing to pass through corral on foot
he was attacked by the herd. Armed
with a revolver he fought desperately
and killed six steers. but numbers over
came him. Cowboys who rushed to his
a assistapca Cou1d Onlv raScua hie hodv