The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-04-01
CONDEMNED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
sAvIncs ooihas. ACHIEVE
MENTs. suFFERINes, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN NEWS.

Inc Minnesota Dill pfonlpitiHs tHc
sale or manufacture of intoxicating
liquors was killed in the House. as
was also the anti-treating bill.
The National Corn Exposition has
selected December 9th to 18th as the
dates for the National Corn exposi-
ton OF 1903 1t will be held at Omaha.
That Goose island. lying in the Mis-
souri, river between Kansas City. NO..
and Kansas City. Kan. belongs to the
state Of Kansas is the decision OF the
Supreme Court OF the United States.
One person was killed. four others
were injured and property damage es-
timated at $4,000 resulted from tor
hado which swept through Laredo.
Tex. and vicinity on the night OF
March 23rd.
Out Of hell! Back to Eden!" This
This is the exhortation given young
men OF the Chicago Hebrew institute
by Rabbi Isaac Landman OF Philadel-
lhis. who declares that hell is the city
and Eden the farm.
The California legislature adjourned
at noon March 24th. Governor Gillett
spoke in both houses. thanking the
members for having strengthened his
administration by the enactment OF
laws demanded by the people.
A tornado in Wise county Texas. did
great damage on the night OF March
sd. 1t hit the towns of Sanger. Green
wood. Grafton. Dan. Slidell. Bridge
port and Decatur. Twelve persons are
known TO have been killed.
A report emanating from Boston
that Mrs. Katherine Tingley. head OF
the Theosophical Institute ON Point
Iona. near San Diego. Cal. was to
make her future home in the Massa-
chusetts metropolis. has been denied
by Mrs Tingley.
II is stated that s3.5oo.o0o will be
expended this season for improve
ments on the Missouri Pacific railroad
between Kansas City and Pueblo. the
work being In line with the general i'm.
provement Of Gould roads looking TO
their final extension to the coast.
Prospects OF u Greater Chicago sub
way system hHve been advanced by the
uncovering OF cherished hopes fostered
by the Illinois Central railroad. which
wants a subway of its own. II Is said
that other railroads will be accorded
equal rights and that the electrification
OF all lines will be insisted on.
The executive committee of the
Western Passenger Association has
recommended that the same basis of
fare as last year. namely. one and a
half fare for the round trip. be made
this season for the state fairs In IL
linois, Iowa Wisconsin. Minnesota and
Nebraska, with 4 minimum OF one dol.
lar.
Acting Governor May vetoed the bill
passed by the Washington Legislature
authorized the issuance by the state
board OF hotels Of so rooms or more in
first-class cities. licenses TO sell intox-
ican.s and liquors with meals on Sun
day. The governor expressed the view
that the bill was unjustly discriminat-
ing between cities and classes. a mans
thirst having nothing to do with the
size Of the town.
Bills passed by the Arizona Legis-
lature. which has just adjourned. in
clude those for the creation OF a rail
road commission; a territorial good
roads department; local option by
majority vote, municipalities to have
separate vote II demanded: creating
the once OF territorial historian: ex-
empting new railroads from taxation
II notice be filed In fifteen days. All
railroad rate legislation failed. Woman
suffrage. was defeated. as was the en-
ployers' liability bill urged by the
unions. but vetoed by the governor as
leveled only against corporations as
employers. The separate negro school
bill was passed over the governors
veto.