The Monte Vista journal., 1908-11-21
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS.
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT.
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE week
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
WESTERN NEWS.

Bryan left Lincoln Sunday for a trip
to Mexico.
Mai. Gen. Frederick d. Grant as
sumed command of the Department
of the Lakes at army headquarters in
Chicago Friday.
Burglars on the night of the 14th
inst. plundered the South Bend. Ind,
postoffice OF over 200 in stamps and
escaped.
The new divorce law, increasing the
period of residence from six months
to one year, was carried November 3rd
in South Dakota, by vote Of two to
one. according TO unofficial figures.
Fire early Sunday morning destroyed
the west half Of the Nebraska Moline
Pillow Company building at Omaha, to-
gether with its contents. . large stock
OF buggies. wagons and farm machin-
cry. LOSS 100000.
Contrary to every expectation. the
voters OF .Minnehaha county. South
Dakota. returned a majority OF TAI
for the new law. which will cripple
Nhe ulNOTCe
conferred In that county.
In Chicago an automobile driven by
NJ. F. Wilson ran into group Of small
boys playing football and killed one
OF the players. John Armstrong Pierce.
The boys neck was broken and he was
dead when taken from beneath the ma.
chine.
Ralph Cameron. delegate to Con-
gress from Arizona, has received let
ter from President Roosevelt In which
the President states that he will in
his forthcoming message. recommend
Arizona for statehood and urge Con.
gress to take action.
Nine people were killed and several
others severely injured by 4 collision
on the Union Pacific at Borie. eleven
miles west OF Cheyenne. Wyoming. ON
the 18th inst. A runaway freight
crashed into the locomotive and ca
boose of n work train.
The names of twenty Nebraska
newspaper men holding Western
Union telegraph franks have been
certified up to the attorroy general
by the State Railway Commission for
prosecution under the anti-discrlmina
ton clause Of the commission act.
Among the defendants are leaders In
both political parties.
A. . result Of . great number Of
counterfeit IS bills In circulation In
Chicago. Chief Wilkic Of the secret
service. has renewed his efforts TO -
cure an amendment to the federal
statute which would impose fine Of
$50 on all national banks failing to
stamp the word counterfeit" ON all
spurious bills offered to them.
Robert 3. Bookings. president Of the
Washington University corporation Of
st. Louis. has given 325O.o toward an
endowment fund Of $4,000 which
the university 10 scelAsg 10 raise. The
general education board has already
subscribed 100000 to the endow.
ment. making . total Of $3.50. 900 In
sight.
In the trial At Ia Porte. Ind. OF Ray
Lamphere for the murder OF Mrs. Belle
GUINNESS and her three children. wilt.
nesscs positively identified tho female
body found In the ruins Of the Guinness
house ~ that Of Mrs. Guinness. Two
rings found % the fingers Of the deal
body were declared to have belonged
70 Mrs. Guinness.
District Attorney Francis Hcncy was
shot and dangerously wounded in the
courtroom Mt San Francisco Friday by
Morris Haas. IN ex-convtct. whose rec.
ord had besu exposed by Hcney In
order TO have Haas name removed
from the jury panel In the Ruef bribery
case. Haas was placed In fail and the
next day committed suicide BY shoot.
Ing himself through the head with .
revolver witch he had concealed In bis
clothing. Il 70 expected that Heney
will recovee.