The Holly chieftain., 1908-12-04
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
A RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
WESTERN NEWS.

ident of the American Federation of
Labor at the Denver convention.
BY majorities of 1,700. 600 and 975,
Jefferson, sandusky and Clermont
counties, Ohio, voted dry November
23rd, knocking out 210 saloons. Hu-
ron county voted wet by 15
The pay as you enter" system Of
collecting fares has been introduced
successfully en- one of the street car
lines in Chicago In rush hours it is
said seventy-five persons a minute can
be loaded.
Following the death of another la
borer brought in from the Western Pa
cific Construction camp, the authori-
ties of Elko, Nevada, are taking steps
to have all grog shops in the construc-
ton camps abolished.
Two boys named Baker, living on
the Tennessee river, near Waverly,
Tennessee, were given a severe whip
ping by masked night riders for the
reason, as given by the riders, that
they would not work.
Col w. H. Zimmerman, aged seven
ty-two, of Brazil, Ind, died November
l3rd at Macon, Ca, on train. He was
colonel of the regiment in which Pres
ident Mckinley enlisted as a private
and issued the commission of lieuten-
ant to the young private.
President Roosevelt will not make
display at the Alaska Yukon Pacific eX-
position of the trophies OF his South AT
rlcan hunt next year. In reply to for
NAL request sent two weeks ago, Sec
retary Loeb for the President has re-
piled that it will be impossible to COM
ply.
AT the recent election an amendment
to the Minnesota constitution was sub
mitted providing for the establishment
of state fund for hail and tornado in
surance. A majority OF all the votes
cast was necessary and this was not
secured, as many citizens failed to vote
either way.
The American Smelling & Refining
company continues to report an i'm
provement in conditions, the one con-
cern being the gradual decline in the
price Of silver which has Interrupted
the mining of the low grade ores.
There are no present indications of q
better price for silver.
Adelina Guttilla, three years old,
daughter of Dominica Guttilla, who has
been exhibited in many of the large
cities, and who was one of the Won
ders Of the medical profession, died at
Springfield, O., few days since OF
pneumonia. She was forty inches high
and weighed l4O pounds. She was con-
sidered the largest baby in the world.
At Seattle Friday, Hugh Mcmahon,
manager of the American cafe, and a
we'll known business man, was mur-
dered in the front yard of residence
next door to his own home. His face
had been battered to a pulp, his skull
fractured, and finger nearly torn off
from which $400 diamond had been
wrenched. The police believe the muir
der was the work of thugs.
As result of war on Clubs" in
which liquor has been sold on Sundays
and during the hours that saloons were
closed, I'll clubs were raided in St.
Louis and 1872 men arrested. When ar
raiGned in police court most Of the
prisoners were discharged, their re-
lease being 81 eeted with cheering from
hundreds OF spectators. The raids
were ordered by Fovernor Folk.
That the Missouri Pacific has de.
cided to double track its system from
Kansas City to Pueblo is the positive
announcement given out by Superin-
tendent j. E. Snedeker In an interview
at Ottawa. kas. This, he said, is part
of plan of improvement which the
Missouri Pacific has determined on,
and which provides for an eXpendi-
ture OF $10,000.000 year for ten years
in permanent work.