The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-08-20
THE LATEsT IMPORTANT Dis
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT.
CRISP PARAoRAPH8.
STORY OF THE week
eHoWINo THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND by
FOREIGN LANDS.
WESTERN NEWS.

The National Association Of Attor-
neys General will meet in Denver Au'
gust 21st.
A large addition to the grading forea
on the Laramie, Hahn's Peak 4 Pa
cific has been made on the Walden
extension
Col. r. C. Kerens OF st. Louis. mil
iionaire owner OF railroads. banks.
mines and newspapers. has filed with
the secretary of state OF Missouri Tor
NAL declaration Of his candidacy for the
Republican nomination for United
States Senator.
1t was stated by President Atwater
at 4 meeting at La Junta. Colo. Mon
day night that the proposed electric
line from Garden City. Kas.. to Canon
City. Colo. would undoubtedly go
through. II will connect all the cities
of the Arkansas valley.
At the closing session OF the Ma
t:onal Travellers Association conven-
ton at Milwaukee. resolution was
adopted condemning the parcels post
plan. the secretary being instructed to
send copy OF the resolution to every
congressman and senator throughout
the United States.
After serving three years In the
United States army in the Philippines
and receiving an honorable discharge.
Buntaro Kamagai, a japanese. applied
for admission to citizenship under the
laws of the United. States and has
been refused his papers by Judge c.
II. Hanford OF the Federal Court at
Seattle.
1t is predicted by members Of the
American Apple Growers Congress.
which met Tuesday at st. Louis, that
APPLES will this year sell at $3.50 to ~
= barrel on the trees. and that before
the season ends they will be selling At
u. with $40 q barrel for choice ones.
II ts said the spring frosts injured the
apple crops.
The Canadian labor department re-
ports that At present no government
interference In the Canadian Pacific
strike IL contemplated. Under the
provisions of the Lemieux act there
can be no sympathetic strike OF other
unions until q grievance has hrst been
stated and inquiry has been made by
4 board Of investigation.
A telegram was received At Chicago
Wednesday by District Attorney Ed
win M. Sims from Attorney General
Bonaparte approving the draft OF the
petition for . rehearing by the United
States Court OF Appeals Of the govern
ment case against the Standard OIL
Company Of Indiana. which case was
decided by the Appellate Court adverse
to the government.
The first contingent Of seven army
officers from the Preside at San
Francisco. under Col. John A. Lundeen.
which left the Presidio Monday morn
Ing. returned Wednesday, having sue
cessfully completed President Roose-
velt's ninety-mile riding test. The Of
ficers reported At the general hospital
and after An examination there. were
declared to be In excellent condition.
Texas Republicans. at their state
convention In Dallas. named n full
state ticket. promulgated a platform.
and announced that they would make
n sweeping and active campaign of the
state between now and September 1st.
Col. ]. L. Simpson Of Dallas, n confed-
crate veteran, was nominated for gov
ernor: Charles Ogden OF San Antonio
for lieutenant governor. and w. II. At
well. United States attorney for the
northern district OF Texas. for attorney
general.
tornado struck near Coats. in the
southern part Of Pratt county. Kansas,
Tuesday evening at 6 o'clock. demol-
ishing houses, barns and trees in its
path. After brief duration the whirl-
ing wind raised and struck again three
miles east OF Pratt. sweeping every
thing out of Its path. Large barns
were completely blown away and trees
sixteen inches thick were snapped off
like kindling wood. A stretch 300
yards wide and eight miles long was
devastated. No lives were lost but
the property damage is estimated at
100000.