The Springfield herald., 1908-09-18
AN EPIToME OF
Late live news
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS. ooMes, ACHIEVE
MENTs, sUFFERINes, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN NEWS.

Boston w. Smith, the evangelist,
died at Minneapolis on the 10th inst
from apoplexy. Mr.. Smith was com
monty known as Uncle Boston"
Chisholm, Minnesota, was almost en-
tirely destroyed by fire on the 7th
inst. The town had population of
about 1000, nearly all of whom are
left homeless.
night destroyed large part of the
town, rendering 5000 people home
less and inflicting a property loss of
over $750,O00.
At Strawn, Texas, on the 7th inst.
. the thermometer registered 112 de-
grees and at Waco it was up to 1O1
for three days in succession. All buji-
ness had to be suspended.
In contest lasting twenty-one
rounds, Joe Cans, the colored puSi-
list. was defeated by Battling Nelson
at the Colma Arena, San Francisco.
on the night of the 9th inst.
Specials to the St. Paul Pioneer
Press state that already over S3,OOO,-
600 worth of mining timber and other
property has been destroyed by the
forest fires in upper Michigan.
DIR. Cabell Whitehead, general man
ager of the Seward Peninsula rail
road in Alaska, was killed by an acci-
dent on the road near Nome few
days since. He was one of the best
known men in Alaska.
In an interview at San Francisco E.
H. Hartman denied the reports that
he had acquired three steamers of the
Oceanic line or that he was negotiat-
ing for the purchase of the United Rail
roads, the San Francisco street rail
way system.
The resignation is unofficially an
nounced of the Rt. Rev. John Lancas-
ter Spalding, bishop of the diocese of
PEORIA because of continued ill-health.
The bishop is now in his sixty-ninth
year and still suffers from the paraly-
sis which brought him near to death.
There is movement on foot among
some of the insurance men in Oregon
to have the deposit law repealed at
the next session of the Legislature.
The fire insurance companies are re-
quired to deposit $4,000 in that state,
a provision which is said to keep out
many companies.
Candidate Taft's first speech making
trip will be through the West. taking
in at least the states of Missouri, Kan
sas, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois and Indi-
ana. Two other trips are being
planned, one through the eastern
states and another through a number
of the southern states.
The concatenated order of Hoo-Hoo
closed it's convention at Chicago Fri
day with the selection of Hot Springs,
Arkansas for next years convention,
and the election of officers as follows:
Shark of the Universe-Platte B.
Walker, Minneapolis; Bojun, Charles
Patten. Seattle; Gurdon, E. F. Nelhaus,
San Francisco.
Mrs. Sallie Ruthford died at Topeka,
Kansas. on the 9th inst, at the age of
113 years. She was born in Middleton.
Kentucky, in 1895, and had never seen
a weeks sickness in her life. Mrs.
Ruthford came to Topeka forty-three
yes ago. Four generations of chill
dren were gathered at her home, know
ing it would be their last meeting.
Recognizing the Importance of the
worlds congress on the investigation
of tuberculosis to be held in Washing
ton, d. c.. the trustees of the Union
Printers home at Colorado Springs
have voted an appropriation of $500 to
establish bureau at the congress
and disseminate literature and infor-
nation on the Pixies Peak region
with particular application to the
cure of tuberculosis.
The Denver & Rio Grande railway Is
formulating plans in anticipation of an
increase in traffic with the approach
ing completion OF the Western Pacific
road. The company has published a
new folder and timetable which in
cludes a map of the entire Gould sys-
TEN in the West and for the first time
shows the new line of the Western
Pacific. Track laying is proceeding
with energy in two places to close up
the gap in Nevada and eastern Cali
fornia.