The Dolores star., 1908-08-07
NEWS TO DATE
IN PARAGRAPHS
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK or
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST WEEK
A RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
WESTERN NEWS.

Miles City. Montana. reported = tenn
perature of 1OS degrees July 3lst.
Suits against the alleged lumber
trust were simultaneously begun on the
30th ult. In Missouri, Kansas and Ok
lahom, and papers are being prepared
for a suit in Texas.
In letter to w. J. Bryan Governor
johnson Of Minnesota places himself
at the disposal the national Democratic
committee for working purposes. He
says he will be available about Septem-
Der and will 60 where wanted.
Gov. John 8. Little Of Arkansas, has
been placed in = sanitarium at st. JOS
eph, Mo. He has been suffering from
a nervous breakdown almost ever
since his election, which has developed
acute melancholia. His condition Is
not encouraging.
The Aero Club of Columbus, Ohio.
has been formed with nineteen charter
members, and will send a committee
to Chicago to ask the federation OF
American Aero clubs to select Colum-
bus for the International balloon race
to be held this fall.
Special agents Of the government are
said to be in Chicago trying to col
iCCt SNluCACc " buUbldutIotc pIoCCCd-
ings for the disruption of the Harri-
man system Of railroads upon the
ground that the combination is in vio-
lation of the Sherman antitrust act
The Western Federation of Miners.
at its annual meeting in Denver, just
closed, was in session for seventeen
days. President Charles H. Meyer was
reelected and Denver was chosen as
the next place Of meeting as well as
the permanent headquarters Of the or
ganixation.
President J. B. Case has issued the
call for the annual session Of the trans
Mississippi Commercial congress, fix
ing the dates for Oct 7th-10th at San
Francisco. An exceptionally strong
program. with q promise Of addresses
by Taft, Bryan. Secretary Garfield and
many men prominent in national af-
fairs, is being prepared.
J. P. Burfofd of st. Louis, said to
be a wealthy manufacturer of that
city and an extensive mine owner, Of
fers a reward Of 81 900 for information
a. to the whereabouts of his wife. Mrs.
Anna Burford, who accompanied him
from st. Louis some two weeks ago
and disappeared from the Nattick no
tel on July Goth.
Charles w. Bryan remitted on Wed
nesday to Governor Haskell, treasurer
of the National Democratic commit.
tee, $1.50495, given by 101 contribu.
tors to the campaign fund. Governor
Haskell telegraphed that two hours
after his selection as treasurer had
been announced, 2,7SO was contributed
by sixty-two local residents. This
sum. he stated, came without solici.
tatiOn.
Life imprisonment was the punish.
ment meted out to Mrs. Sarah Morasch
Saturday In the District Court of Wy.
andotte county, Kansas, for the mur.
der of four-year-old Ruth Miller, q
niece of the woman by marriage. Mrs
Morasch sent poisoned candy through
the mail to Ella VanMeter, fourteen
years old. half sister to the murdered
child. The older girl, for whom 1t was
intended, did not die.
On account of rate and publicity rul.
ings of the Interstate Commerce Com.
mission. the Canadian Pacific, Great
Northern. Northern Pacific, Southern
Pacific, Oregon Short Line and Santa
Fe roads have served notice upon
shippers that they will go out of the
export trade to China, Japan, Australia
and New Zealand November 1st, and
practically will abandon the import
trade. 1t is feared that this will cause
the abandonment of all the Oriental
steamship lines which. 1t is predicted,
will fall into the hands of the Japan.
ese.