Gilpin observer., 1908-11-19
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, DoiNGs, ACHIEVE.
MENTs, sUFFERINGs, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN NEWS.

Mr.. and Mrs. William Jennings
Bryan left Lincoln Sunday for trip
to Mexico
Fire at Prescott, Ariz., Wednesday
night destroyed theYavapai club house
and contents, valued at $4,000.
Maj. Gen. Frederick d. Grant as
sumed command Of the Department
of the Lakes at army headquarters in
Chicago Friday.
David Decamp Thompson, editor of
the Northwestern Christian Advocate,
died at st. Louis on the 10th inst. from
the effects of an automobile accident.
The new divorce law, increasing the
period of residence from six months
to one year. was carried November Bird
in South Dakota, by vote Of two to
one. according to unofficial figures.
Contrary to every expectation. the
voters of Minnehaha county, South
Dakota, returned a majority of TAT
for the new law, which will cripple
the South Dakota divorce industry
centered in that county.
The Union Pacific is said to have
perfected wireless telegraph device
to be placed in the engine cab by which
danger signals may be transmitted to
the engineer at any point when the
train is in motion. bell and red light
being used.
Nine people were killed and several
Others severely injured by a collision
on the Union Pacific at Borie, eleven
miles west of Cheyenne. Wyoming, on
the 11th inst. A runaway freight
crashed into the locomotive and ca
boose Of work train.
The names of twenty Nebraska
newspaper men holding Western
Union telegraph franks have been
certified up to the attorney general
by the State Railway Commission for
prosecution under the anti-discrimina-
tion clause of the commission act.
Among the defendants are leaders in
both political parties.
AS result Of great number Of
counterfeit IS bills in circulation in
Chicago, Chief Wilkie OF the secret
service, has renewed his efforts to se-
cure an amendment to the federal
statute which would impose a fine of
$50 on all national banks failing to
stamp the word counterfeit" on all
spurious bills offered TO them.
A permit for the construction of
what the architects say will be the
largest Office building in the world was
secured Wednesday in Chicago. The
building will be erected for the Peo-
pies Gas, Light & Coke Company and
will stand at Adams street and Michi-
gan avenue. 1t will be twenty stories
high and will contain 1880 900 cubic
feet of air space.
w. Reed of Colorado Springs, j. r.
McKinnie, r. p Davie ana o. H. Shoup,
backing the Southwestern Sugar &
Land Company, have started planting
thousands of acres of sugar beets for
winter growth near Phoenix. Ariz.
Their plant near Phoenix cost SS50,000
and sl50,000 additional will be ex-
pended thereon before the first run is
made. The capacity is 500 tons a day.
One of the most unique drives in the
history of the Northwest occurred at
Wenalthee, Wash. on the 10th inst. in
which more than coo participated. and
fifty coyotes and hundreds of jack
rabbits were killed. Five hundred Of
the hunters were mounted, the other
100 being afoot. The great roundup
was made on Hell's Half Acre and
Beaver Greek in Douglas county and
at the final scene of slaughter on the
banks of the Columbia river, hundreds
OF sightseers were congregated.