The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-10-08
An EPIIoME OF
LATE LIVE NEWS
eoN0EMsGo RECORD o. vNe
pRooRGss or EVENTS At
NOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
oAViMos. ooiNoo. ACHIEVE
MeMrs. sUFFGRiMos. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN NEWS.

WESTERN NEWS.
The strike Of 800 Greek lsborers in
the Utah Copper Company's plant has
been satisfactorily settled.
Accountants will hold its annual con-
vention At Denver. October 18th to 2zd.
Thomas H. swope. . millionaire
and philanthropist. died suddenly ..
his 6ome In Kansas City Sunday
night. following . stroke OF apoplexy.
He was 50 years old.
Sacramento provided . novelty for
the presidents automobile ride
through the city BY having . band in
. sightseeing machine Just In front
Of the car In which Taft rode.
The exhibits at the convention Of
the American Street and Interurban
Railway Association In Denver are re-
garded as the most extensive and valu-
able that have ever been displayed in
Colorado.
September gold receipts at the Sc
attle assay office were less than $2.-
10000. or nearly . million less than
for September Of last year. This IL
due to lack Of water for placer min
ing In Alaska because of the dry sum-
ner. Total receipts for the year will
b about the same As In 1908. . little
more than sls.ooo.oO0.
Utah sheepmen are no longer die.
posed to treat lightly the alarming re-
ports of prevalency Of lip and leg dis
ease among the flocks Of the state.
Testimony confirming the stories Of
havoc wrought by the disease was fur
aished BY the flockmasters who met
at Salt Lake with the state officers.
Experts will investigate.
The San Antonio TAFT reception
committee overruled the corn beef
and cabbage program and adopted
plans for q SIS . plate luncheon for
the president when he sits down to
lunchean at noon Oct. IS at the st.
Anthony hotel. Mayor Callaghan
urged the corn beef and cabbage"
menu.
u. DE- their train Of pack burros
loaded with contraband goods ~
breastworks, . gang OF smugglers bat
tied with . squad Of Rurales and Sa-
binas. in the state of Cohuila, Mex,
and came out victorious. forcing the
Rurales to withdraw and escaping with
their goods into the mountains. One
smuggler was killed and several
Rurales wounded.
At Los Angeles q few days since
mice. gnawing at = bag Of matches,
set fire to The Ark, bird and dog
store. A score of big green and red
hued parrots. frantic at the sight Of
the blaze. called loudly for help. Fire.
fire, help, help" the birds shrieked. or
words to that effect. Passers by and
the fire department saved many of the
birds. but 125 were burned.
VIII A. Campbell. secretary-treas-
urer Of the Missouri River Navigation
congress, has invited Governor Shat
roth Of Colorado to deliver an address
before the convention Of that body,
which meets In Omaha Dec. II to II.
The governor Is expected to speak on
the benefits which Colorado and other
inland states will derive from the
deepening Of national waterways.
At st. Louis Sunday, ON the arrival
Of the first boats of the torpedo flo
tilla for the city's centenary. $4,000
enthusiastic and curious persons tried
to board four tiny torpedo boatS at the
same time. The boats would not hold
them and part of the overflow. num-
kerins053. were pushed into the Mis-
Sissil u to be drawn ashore by police.
0ailors and others.
President Taft was welcomed into
California at Red Bluff by Governor
Gillett, Lieutenant Governor Porter,
Senator Perkins. former Secretary Of
the Navy Victor Metcalf, NJ. H. De
Young Of San Francisco. and other
members Of q committee gathered
erom different sections of the state.
Members OF the committee from San
Francisco represented both graft"
prosecution and "anti-graft" prose-
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