The Springfield herald., 1908-07-17
WESTERN NEWS.

Seven persons were killed, at least
two others were fatally injured and
fully thirty more were severely hurt
as the result of n fire in &. S. kreag's s
scent store on Ontario street in Cleve-
land, July 3rd.
C. Fl. Holdridge. general manager
of the American Refrigerator Trans
portation Company, is said to have an
nounced that $50 cars have been as
signed to take care of the Rocky Ford
melon district this year.
Rear Admiral Charles NJ. Thomas
(retired), u. s. N, died suddenly at
Del Monte, California, July 3rd. He
fell to the floor while leaving the no.
tel dining room and died before he
could be taken to his room.
The erection of the steel and con-
crete grandstand at new Frontier park
in Cheyenne has been begun. The
stand will seat $500 and will be abso-
lutely fireproof, no wood Or other In
flammable material entering its con-
struction.
Blacksmiths and machinists of the
Northern Pacific shops at Tacoma on
the 18th inst resumed work on full time
of nine hours. Four hundred men are
Immediately affected and 1t means full
time for the entire force of 81" men at
the shops.
Beginning August 1st, for thirty days
there will be maneuvers at camp of in
struction at Fort d. A. Russell, Wyom-
ing, of 5000 soldiers. The Denver
Young Mems Christian association will
establish Y. NJ. C. A. tent for the use
of the men.
Twelve hours after the Rev. George
a
asked that the amusement resorts of
Irving park. Chicago. where liquor is
served, might BE burned to the
ground" Excelsior park was consumed
by fire Sunday.
w. r. McKeen has resigned as SUI
perintendent of motive power and ma
chinery for the Union Pacific railroad
to assume the management for e. II.
Hartman of the Mckeen motor car
shops which will be established in
Omaha with a capital of $1,OO0,0Oo.
The telephone line of the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company
between Kansas City and Denver was
completed on the Sth inst. and put
into operation. Heretofore the entire
United States has been divided. from
a telephone standpoint, by region in
4 line north and south with the west
ern half of Kansas.
Because her husband committed sui
eide after drinking liquor he said he
bought in saloon of John Abramo-
vicz. verdict of $4,000 damages was
given Mrs. Julia Chullel by jury in
Judge Gibbons court at Chicago.
number of times. Mrs. Chullek de-
clared. she warned Abramovicz to stop
selling or giving drinks to her hus-
band.
Five persons. all members of one
family were drowned in the Nemaha
river, near unadilla, NeL., Monday.
The Dead: John Doyle. Mrs. John
Doyle. their three young children.
The Doyles lived on the Nemaha bot
toms. A flood of water followed
cloudburst, sweeping their house from
its foundation, and carried it to the
swollen river.
A movement is now under way to
build grand interstate highway that
will extend from Yellowstone Park in
Wyoming through that state, Colorado,
New Mexico and end at the Grand
Canon of the Colorado river in Ari-
zona. The highway when completed
will be 900 miles long and will cost
S10,000,000. 1t will be known as the
Great Scenic Highway"
Planning to merge their lumber in
terests. into one great holding corpora
ton capitalized at approximately $780,
100000. 100 wealthy lumbermen from
the Yellow Pine belt of the South and
Middle West met at St. Louis Wednes-
day and adopted plan of organiza-
ton. f. L. Weyerhauser of st. Paul,
son of muiti-millionaire lumberman,
was appointed chairman of the COM
i,l, ie t, n,,t dn.
tails.