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Mrs. George Collier. wife of a rancher
at Occidental, near Santa Rosa, Cal,
while inspecting winery few days
since fell into vat of wine and was
drowned.
Half the business portion OF Bonner
Springs, Kan, n watering resort twen-
ty miles west of Kansas City. burned
Tuesday, causing loss estimated at
100000.
Sign-post erecting on an extensive
scale will soon be started by the Au-
tomobile Club of California. The iirst
roads to be marked will be from San
Francisco to Santa Cruz and from San
Francisco to Del Monte.
1t Is reported at Winnipeg that
James Oliver Curwood, a well known
author of Detroit. who recently went
into the Hudson Bay wilds for a De-
troit publishing firm, has been killed
by Indians in the Lac La Rouge coun-
try.
Mrs. William F. Tucker, through
her counsel in Chicago, withdrew from
court her charge OF wife abandonment
recently filed against her husband,
Col. w. F. Tucker. Mrs. Tucker is the
daughter of the late Gen. John a. Lo-
gan.
A large section OF the town OF Scot
Ter. Alberta. was wiped out by fire
Tuesday morning, including the large
Grand Union hotel, twenty stores. four
other hotels. the Merchants bank and
the postoffice. Loss $25O.O00. Leslie
Miller lost his life.
The transcontinental lines have
adopted a $50 rate from Missouri river
points and the st. Paul territory for
the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
at Seattle, June LIST to October 10th.
1909. The rates for intermediate
points will be announced. later.
What is regarded by n majority of
racing men as the death blow to racing
in Kentucky. II the courts uphold the
action was struck n few days since
by the state racing commission when
1t adopted a resolution refusing TO in
terferc with the system OF betting In
force.
a lone highwayman armed with two
Ieyolvers walked into the Clear Lake
Logging Company's cabin at Clear
Lake In Washington, lined up the thir-
~ employees In n row. and ordered two
of the loggers to search the others.
The robber walked out Of the camp
with $50 and several cheap watches.
Rev George G. Wade. the Episcopal
minister of Lead. s. d.. who was last
year found guilty of fraudulent en-
tries In connection with land frauds.
was released from prison at Grand ISL
and. Neb., on the 18th inst. after
having served his sentence Of one
year. He received sixty days credit
for good conduct.
General Funston and nine field Off
GERS on the ninety -cight.miie test ride
returned to Leavcnworth Monday aft
crnoon. They all were In excellent
physical condition and said they Ind
enjoyed the outing. a report will De
made on the ride by General Funston
and sent TO Washington through the
department headquarters.
In the Police Court at Lincoln. Ne
praska. Clarence +. Broad. substitute
mail carrier In the employ Of the Lin
coin postoffice, confessed that he had
taken letters addressed to William J.
Bryan's newspaper and containing cash
for the Democratic campaign fund.
Broad admitted taking eleven letters
in one day recently. Letters have
been missed for several months.