The Holly chieftain., 1909-07-02
WESTERN NEWS.

Edward Payson Weston, the pedes-
trian, has been making good time
through Utah.
William Jennings Bryan. Jr., and
Miss Helen Virginia Berger were mar
ried at Grand Lake, Colo, June Gath.
The annual convention OF the Ma
tional Educational Association will be
held in the auditorium at Denver,
July 5th to 9Th.
Over a score of starters are assured
/ for the Flag to Flag endurance and re-
liability automobile contest. which will
be run from Denver to the City of Mex
leo. starting from Denver in October.
The supreme court, United CONNER
cial Travellers, at its meeting in Column
bus, o., decided to send delegation
to the ans-Mississippi congress at
Denver in August to protest against
| the proposed parcels post.
Mrs. Elizabeth Fox. aged 112 years,
probably the oldest white person in
Missouri. died at Smithton, near Se-
dalia. June 22nd. She was native of
Kentucky, but had lived in Missouri
for thirty years.
Benjamin F. Marx, st. Louis cloth
Ing manufacturer, dropped dead in St.
Louis June 9th as the result of frac-
tured skull suffered two months ago in
Denver. Mr.. Marx slipped on the tile
floor of the Brown Palace hotel in
Denver.
During violent thunderstorm at
Perry, Iowa, Fred X. Nell, wealthy
resident, was struck and killed by
lightning as he was riding to his home
in buggy. His horse drew the body
to the postoffice, where Postmaster
Hoey took charge of it.
Bert and Richard Webber, their
hired man and the ferryman, were
drowned in the Columbia river near
Conconcully. Wash. June 23rd, with
twenty horses. The wives of the Web
bers were waiting on the bank while
they took the stock across and wit
messed the drowning.
Mark G. Woodruff, former register
of the state land board under two ad-
ministrations has returned to Colorado
to answer to charges filed against him
In the District Court at Denver and
to appear before the legislative inves-
tigating committee looking into the
conduct Of former state land boards.
A logging train of the Metropolitan
Lumber Company, ran away on a
steep grade near Eureka, Cal, few
days since, and off bridge eighty feet
high. The entire train crew Of four
men were buried under a mass of
huge redwood logs and wrecked cars,
and were instantly killed.
The American Trust & Savings
Bank, and the Continental National
Bank. two of Chicago's largest finan-
cial institutions, have agreed to con.
scldate. Each bank will retain its
name, corporate existence and busi-
ness. The deposits of the Continental
National are $70,00O,000 and of the
American Trust & Savings $32,550, 900.
The Supreme Court of California has
iuvalidated the will of the late Adolph
Sutro and ordered that the estate, val
ued at millions, and consisting of the
| Cliff house ranch in San Francisco and
| the San Miguel ranch, be distributed
among the heirs. The former property
is situated along the ocean beach and
includes the famous Sutro Heights and
resort.
The Downieville stage. which left
Nevada City, Cal, for Sierra county,
carrying five passengers was held up
snd robbed by masked highwayman
near Nevada City. The robber took
500 from the passengers and the Wells
Fargo Express box. The mail pouch
was not disturbed. Five years ago
the Downievllle stage was robbed at
the same spot by lone highwayman.
/ GENERAL NEWS.