The Springfield herald., 1909-08-13
AN EPITOME OF
LATE LIVE NEWS
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
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SAYINGS. NOS, ACHIEVE.
MENTs. suFFERlNes. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN NEWS.

Ninona, Mimi, is fighting an cpl
demic of infantile paralysis. which at
tacks children between the ages OF 6
| does not kill, leaves the victims help
less cripples.
Advices received at the head
quarters of the Texas Cattle Raisers'
Association at Fort Worth say that
cattle are dying by scores around Mid
land as the result of a peculiar cpl
demic
Oklahoma has been added to the list
OF Western states in which any varia-
tion from tariff rates on fire insurance
is made misdemeanor. Similar laws
have been passed this year in Kansas
and Texas.
A bronze bust OF James j. Hill, the
great railroad builder, was unveiled at
the Alaska-Yukon-Pacifi Exposition
on the Sd inst, which was observed
as Minnesota day. Governor Johnson
of Minnesota made an eulogistic
speech.
From noon. August 9th, to midnight,
when the weekly close season COM
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
a verdict of murder in the second de-
gree. the penalty for which may be
from twenty years to life imprison-
ment.
Charles H. Meyer was reelected
president of the Western Federation
of Miners at the close of the conven-
ton in Denver on the Sd inst. There
was no opposition, NJ. ]. O'Connor of
Globe, Arizona, the candidate of the
radicals having withdrawn from the
contest.
The first step in the movement for
a greater Los Angeles, the acquisition
of the two small municipalities ad-
jacent to the harbor of San Pedro,
was successfully accomplished on the
4th inst, when the electors of VIII
mington and Los Angeles voted to con-
solidate the two cities.
The army transport Buford sailed
from Seattle on the 5th inst for the
Philippines with the Third infantry.
800 enlisted men and fifty-one officers,
Col. I. c. Woodbury. commanding. The
Buford will bring back the Twenty
fifth infantry. colored. One battalion
will go to Fort Lawton and two to
Fort Wright.
Preliminary work for a great irriga-
ton project, bringing water for 100
miles to supply $4,000 acres of land.
is being taken up by farmers of Grant
county. Wash, seventy-five miles
southwest of Spokane Their plan is
to take water from the Columbia river
near Marcus and convey it by gravity
system through huge pipe lines 100
miles long.
The army transport Sheridan sailed
from San Francisco August 5th for
Honolulu and Manila with the One
Hundred and Fifth and One Hundred
and Fifty-ninth companies of coast ar
tillery for Honolulu, the One Hundred
and Forty-sixth company for the Phil
ippines and over 200 marines for insu.
lar stations.
Game Warden Nowlin of Wyoming
appointed Mrs. F. w. Geddes of Cen
tennial to be assistant game warden.
This is the first time in the history of
the state that woman has been ap-
pointed to the position. Mrs. Geddes
Is the wife of a member of the state
legislature. She is an experienced
horsewoman and a lover of out-of-door
sports.