The new era., 1909-07-15
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
A RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
WESTERN NEWS.

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Miss Helen Virginia Berger were mar
ried at Grand Lake, Colo. June oath.
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 Colum-
bus, o., decided to send a delegation
to the trans-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 Sc
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.
4, Louis June 27th 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.
A logging train of the Metropolitan
Lumber Company, ran away on a
steep grade near Eureka, Cal. a few
days since, and off a 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-
solidate. Each bank will retain its
name, corporate existence and busi-
ness. The deposits Of the Continental
National are $70.000,000 apd of the
i American Trust & Savings 2,550,0O0.
The Supreme Court Of California has
invalidated 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
i and robbed by a 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 Downieville stage was robbed at
the same spot by lone highwayman.
The six years. fight for an interna-
tional apprentice law, which has been
waged by Denver Union No. 40. Of the
International Printing Pressmen's I'm
ion, has eliminated in the adoption by
the convention of that union at Oma-
ha by a bylaw making four-year
term of actual presswork qualifica-
ton for becoming eligible to the un-
ion.
The Union Pacific and Southern Pa
cific railroads are preparing to spend
thousands OF dollars in parking and
beautifying right of way. The work
will include the planting Of trees and
grass all the way from Omaha to San
Francisco and from Kansas City to
Denver and Cheyenne. Several years
will be required to complete the job.
The plan is to plant pine and elm
trees alternately for distance of over
1000 miles and to SOW alfalfa along
the route for distance of 100 feet on
each side of the track.