The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-08-12
WESTERN NEWS.

Miles City, Montana. reported a tenn
perature of 10S degrees July 3lst.
Col. II. C. Kerens of St. Louis. mil
lionaire owner of railroads, banks,
mines and newspapers, has filed with
the secretary of state of Missouri a for
NAL declaration of his candidacy for the
Republican nomination for United
Stete3 Senator.
On the 9Th inst the annual corn
dance was held at the pueblo of Santo
Domingo. almost forty miles south OF
Santa Fe, N. NJ For the first time a
moving picture machine took the
dance, which was witnessed by large
crowd of tourists.
At Los Angeles Wednesday night
Judge Alton b. Parker, Democratic
candidate for President in 1904, deliv-
cred his first speech of the present
campaign in behalf of William J. Bry-
an and John w. Kern. before an au-
dience of 1000 people at Temple audi
torium.
Anticipating the time when the com
plction of the Western Pacific Rail
road will necessitate greatly increased
facilities for handling passengers at
Salt Lake City, the Gould interests are
about to erect a new depot at the Utah
capital that will cost over million dol
lars.
]. p. Burford of St Louis, said to
be wealthy manufacturer of that
city and an extensive mine owner, Of
fers a reward of 81 900 for information
as 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.
Gen. Frederick X. Funston, who has
been relieved of the command of the
Department of the Pacific to take
charge of the cavalry school at Fort
Leavenworth. Kas., was given a fare
well reception Wednesday on the floor
Of the Merchants Exchange by the COM
mercial bodies of San Francisco, fol-
lowed by luncheon.
The Hearst Independence party is
planning to put full state ticket in the
field in Kansas by means of petition
containing the names of $500 voters.
Mr.. Waterbury is being actively aided
by f. C. Fowler. for many years secre-
tary of the Populist party. The con-
verts to the new movement expect to
raise 81 900 for headquarters expenses.
James Vernon, aged thirty of Sparks,
Nevada, engineer of the Southern Pa
cific and prominent member of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
was accidentally shot in Blue Canyon.
near Truokee. Cal, Monday by his com
panion, Harry Criss. while hunting for
deer. Criss mistook Iverson in the
distance for a deer and fired, killing
him Instantly.
After burning six days the forest
fires In Calavaras county. California
was brought under control. Thousands
Of dollars worth of property have been
des royed. The fumes of the Utica
mine was burned out for distance of
several hundred feet. cutting of water
supply at Angels camp and stopping
work on several mines. The fire ap-
preached close to the famous Calavaras
grove OF big trees. and was only stop
ped by the heroic efforts of 600 men.
who worked with the forest rangers
in fighting the flames.
A cloudburst at Bisbee. Arizona, on
the 4th inst. did 100000 damage
One side of Main street, including the
postoffice, in less than ten minutes.
stores. costly saloons and business of
fees to row of wrecks. by rocks.
water and mud that tumbled down off
n mountain side. Postmaster NJ. E.
Cassidy and Sheriff Jack White, in
the postmaster's office, narrowly es-
capped with their lives, as did the force
of eighteen girls in the postoffice when
the thrush of water almost without
warning struck the side of the building
ard filled ii with water six feet deep.