The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-19
WESTERN NEWS.

John E Wilkie, chief OF the federal
secret service bureau. has declined to
accept the position of chief of police
of Chicago.
Winona, Mimi. is fighting an cpl
demic of infantile paralysis. which at
tacks children between the ages of q
months and 10 years. and. where it
does not kill. leaves the victims help
less cripples.
Oklahoma has been added to the list
OF Western states in which any varta-
tion from tariff rates on fire insurance
is made q misdemeanor. Similar laws
have been passed this year In Kansas
and Texas.
From noon. August 9Th. to midnight,
when the weekly close season COM
menced. 1.739.oOo sockeye salmon
were taken from traps and by seiners
and landed At the canneries of Belling-
ham. Blaine. Anacortes in Washington
and the lower Frazer.
At Cheyenne on the 7th inst. the
jury In the case of John (Posey) Ryan.
charged with killing his wife. returned
= verdict OF murder in the second de-
gree. the penalty for which may be
from twenty years to life imprison-
ment.
The army transport Logan arrived
at San Francisco from Manila on the
10th inst. bringing the Thirtieth in.
fantry. 100 enlisted men OF the engi-
neers corps. 3S military prisoners. 80
casuals and rs men Of the signal
corps.
The Bankers Deposit Surety Com
pany, an organization formed to in
sure deposits of Kansas National
banks. has been denied permission to
do business in the state. The COM
pany asked the State Supreme Court
for q writ of mandamus.
For two hours the people OF Clay
Center. Kan. were terrorized by
eleven elephants which escaped from
show and stampeded through the
streets. Tho trouble started when a
small dog bit q heel OF one OF the ele-
plants.
Recent rains in Texas have changed
the situation regarding cotton materi-
ally and 1t is now believed the yield
will be considerably larger than had
been expected. Cotton had about
ceased growing and the outlook was
the most discouraging in many years.
Isadore selis of Myrtle Creek. Ore.
drew number one In the great land
drawing for the Coeur d'Alene reser-
walton on the 9th inst. John Hedmark
Spokane; Charles T. Cornwell. Spo-
kane; Herman Neubauer. South Ia
coma, Wash. were second. third and
fourth. respectively.
In the United States District Court
at Denver on the 9th inst Federal
Judge Robert E. Lewis refused to is
sue the temporary injunction sought
by George J. Kindel against the Rock
Island. Colorado & Southern and
Santa Fe railroads. to prevent a raise
OF freight rates to Galveston.
A national organization OF hotel
clerks with local branch unions in all
towns in the United States is the pro-
| ject which has been undertaken by
the Colorado Hotel Clerks Associa-
ton. The association has issued invi-
tations to all the leading hotels. invit-
Ing their clerks. auditors and assistant
managers to convene at Denver to
form the national union.
The Rev. Robert j. Burdette. the
noted lecturer and humorist, has
formally rendered his resignation as
pastor of the Temple Baptist Church
in Los Angeles and 1t has been ac-
cepted by the board OF trustees. DR..
Burdette is i'll at his summer home.
| 10 of hv. ha.
his resignation was made upon the ad-
vice of his physician. He asked that
he be made pastor emeritus and this
request will be granted. He has been
pastor OF the Temple Baptist Church
since its organization, July &c, 1903.