The Dolores star., 1908-05-15
WESTERN NEWS.

Fire at La Plata, Missouri, destroyed
ten buildings and caused a loss Of $780,
600.
The Union Pacific has awarded con-
tracts for $50 new locomotives for
freight and passenger service. to be
delivered in time for the fall business.
deliver the address OF welcome at the
annual meeting Of the National Associ-
alton of Fire Insurance Agents at st.
Paul August 11th to 18th.
The jury at Topeka in the case OF
H. H. Tucker, Jr., charging him with
using the mails in a scheme to de-
fraud in promoting the Uncle Sam Oil
Company. brought in a verdict OF nat
guilty.
public holiday will be declared by
The governor on the occasion of unveil-
Ing the Mackey statue. The Mackey
fortune was made on the Comstock
lode with that of Flood, Fair and
O'Brien.
The Denver & Rio Grande March
report shows total income Of $521,-
D55, decrease of $152,991; and sur
plus OF $232,162, a decrease OF $147,-
e97. From July 1st the surplus was
t2,6S2.416, decrease Of $179,452.
The Colorado & Southern March re-
port shows gross earnings of $685.
1856 against $1,1OS,594 for the corre-
spending month Of last year; and net
earnings of $277,565. against $3.50, $3.50
TOR March of 1907.
The Oklahoma state board of equal
lzation has completed ita working esti-
ma fno hn o1vo nf q
property in the state subject to taxa
tion, fixing the total at 3172.4S9.91O.
which is more than twelve times as
high as last year.
Two thousand employees of the St.
Louis & San Francisco railroad shops
at Springfield. Missouri. were laid Off
on the 5th inst. for an indefinite per-
iod. The reason assigned by the COM
pany for the shutdown is financial de-
preston.
rhe American Mining Congress will
hold its annual meeting early In Oc-
tober or late in November at Colum-
bus, Ohio. The date will be set SO as
not to interfere with the presidential
election and an unusually large atten-
dance is expected.
To call the attention of the govern
ment to what they believe is a delib-
crate attempt to rob them of lands, a
deputation of Indian chiefs. represent
ing eve-y tribe of British. Columbia
coast Indians. will leave Vancouver for
Ottawa on May 26th, to interview Sir
Wilfrid Laurier.
A fire in San Francisco on the 4th
inst. which started in the Mentone res
taurant on Geary street, between
Kearney and Grant avenue, consumed
about fifteen stores in the block bound
ed by Market, Geary, Kearney and
Grant avenue. 1t is estimated the loss
will be 100000.
Clarence H. Mackay of the Postal
Telegraph Company, in addition to
100000 for the Mackay School Of
Mines, 100000 for the John w. Mackay
statue, and $4,000 for the campus i'm
provements at the University of Neva-
da, has announced further 5enefac-
tions for the furnishing of the School
Of Mines and, an annual contribution of
$4,000 for maintenance of the school.
The Atlantic battleship fleet
steamed through the Golden Gate into
the harbor of San Francisco on
Wednesday, the 5th. Rear Admiral
Evans was in command and his PEN
nant flew from the flagship Connec-
ticut. 1t seemed as il the whole pop
ulation of California lined the shores
and docks. The decorations were pro-
fuse and officers and men were enter
tanned in true San Francisco style.