The Monte Vista journal., 1909-11-13
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS.
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS,
STORY OF The week
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
WESTERN NEWS.

About 100000 feet of pine and hem
lock lumber owned by the Hudson
Lumber Company at Garnet, Mich,
was burned on the Sth inst.
c. l.. Warriner, deposed Cincinnati
treasurer of the Big Four railroad, is
said to have confessed that the short
age in his accounts. variously esti.
mated at from $50.000 to 100000. was
due to his paying blackmail to man
and woman for the last three years.
At Beaumont, Tex, on the Sth inst.
lightning set fire to nine oil tanks Of
the Texas company containing about
$4,000 barrels OF crude oil. At Port
Arthur lightning set fire to the Gulf
Refining Company's 55,OOO-barrel tank
Of Naphtha.
More than 1000 indictments re.
turned during Sunday blue law cru.
sade" made by Judge William II. Wal.
lace of the Criminal Court year ago
a. Kansas City. have been dismissed
by Judge Latshaw. Prosecutor Virgil
Conkling moved that they be dis
missed. In keeping with q prediction
promise.
Accompanied by six suffragettes
f,om Denver. Mrs. Helen Refine Baker
OF Spokane, Wash. an ardent suffra.
sctte and said to be the heaviest tax
payer In that state. hoisted flag on
the topmost point OF the rocy summit
OF Pixies Peak. The banner was made
b, Mrs. Oliver II. p. Belmor Of New
nd h,a h< artv ntc
for women"
The board Of directors Of the Col.
orado National Apple exhibition to be
held at the auditorium In Denver the
first week in January has issued re-
vised premium list including 500 prizes
valued at abouth $4,000. The prizes
include $1,000 in money. cups valued
At $500. $1,000 worth Of land. $4,000
worth OF merchandise and other small
er premiums.
Foreign representation will be one
OF the features OF the Irrigation con.
GTess to be held at Pueblo next sum-
mer. A state document has been pre-
pared and forwarded to ID. Il. Nc.
Queen Gray OF Albuquerque. foreign
secretary OF the congress. who will
make efforts to create interest in
pan and China and European coun-
tries.
Reports received Mt Nome and other
Seward peninsula towns concerning
the Iditarod strike In Alaska have
caused great excitement among the
miners and the stampede PROMISES to
eclipse the famoes :ush to the klon-
dixie. Tho fever has spread to Fair
banks aud the TananR district. where
many prospectors arc pulling up their
stakes and heading toward the ldi'
tarod country.
The Detroit United Railway has n
total mileage In Detroit. Mich. exelu'
sive OF Its extensive suburban lines.
Of 1904. and u total OF 99s cars. Fran
chises on sixty.six miles OF the com.
pany's lines expire this month. City
engineer Bancroft has appraised the
value OF tho company's holdings In
Detroit at &ll.2s4.G06. An appraisal
Of tho property from the same date,
by an engineer employed by the com.
pany, fixes the total value at S2t.7os..
376.
On his return to Butte. Mont. after
two years absence. =. Augustus
Hcin.c was given mn ovation the equal
Of which has seldom been rendered n
private citizen In that city. From the
balcony Of tho Butte hotel. Hcinzc
spoke to n crowd of 1000 people. who
frequently interrupted him with
cheers. Hcinxc In responding to the
address. referred to the Indictments
against him In New York predicting
that they would bc qusshcd. or ~ he
expressed Il. "thc obstacles placed In
bis path b swept aside"