The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-24
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK or
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
A RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
condemned FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
WESTERN NEWS.

of the National Editorial Association
will meet in Seattle July 18th to 24th.
The twenty-sixth infantry. under
command of Colonel Booth. arrived in
San Francisco from Manila July 14th
h the transport Sheridan.
Word has reached Gallup, N. NJ, of
the destruction of the Quartermaster's
store at Fort Wingate. Loss estimated
between $4,000 and 100000.
1t is now obligatory for town boards
in Wisconsin to erect and maintain
sign boards along all main travelled
public highways within their respec-
tive towns.
With an immense hay crop ready to
be harvested. and with no farm hands
to do the work, the farmers around
Cody, Wyo.. are reported to be in sore
straits Over 100 men could find en-
ployment in hay fields near Cody.
Ella Gingles was cleared at the close
OF her sensational trial in Chicago
from the charge of stealing lace, but
the story she told on the witness
stand of being white slave" victim
was denounced as untrue by the jury
that freed her
f. P Matthewson, superintendent OF
the Washoe smelter at Butte, Mont,
has announced that the policy Of the
company hereafter will be to employ
American before alien labor. Mr..
Matthewson also stated that the COM
pany store system has been aban-
doned in Anaconda.
The Chicago, Burlington Quincy
railroad Company has quit the state
of Montana. according to a document
filed with the Secretary of State at
Helena, and the inference is that its
lines in the southern part OF the state
will hereafter be conducted by the
Great Northern exclusively.
j. Q. Emery, president Of the Asso-
citation of State and National Food and
Dairy Departments has sent out no.
es of the thirteenth annual conven-
tion to be held in Denver August oath
to 9th. About thirty states in the
Union belong to the association and
each state sends three delegates.
Charles R. Crane of Chicago, whose
selection as minister to China by Pres
ident Taft was announced recently, is
persona grata to the Chinese govern
ment. The grand council has author
lied the foreign board to inform the
United States government that China
will gladly receive Mr.. Crane.
Bishop William M. Bell of Los An
gejes, in an address before the Yosem-
ite Valley Chautauqua. declared that
'.if William Howard Taft fails to make
a good tariff, and disappoints the peo-
pie after making them promises. it
may be necessary to recall to the
White house our dearly beloved Theo-
dore."
Reductions in fire insurance rates In
Kansas are now beginning to be Or
dered by the insurance superinten-
dent, he having found some cases
which had justice on their side. The
new rate regulation law authorizes
him to require the companies to file
lower or higher schedules of rates
whenever an investigation appears to
Justify change.
Lightning struck among the specta-
tors on the bleachers at Deadwood, s.
D., on Sunday, the 18th inst, during a
baseball game between Deadwood and
lad. Two were killed outright, one
fHally injured and a score or more
hun more or less seriously. Weston
4 Fry. aged 10, and Thomas Halverson.
aged IA, both of Lead. were killed and
Abe Oliver of Lead fatally injured.
At Los Angeles on the 18th inst.
M. J. Graves of the Los Angeles Mo
torcycle club won the six-hour motor
relay race and broke two worlds rec
lords with seven horsepower ma
achine. The race was run in three re-
Hays Of two hours each. In the final
trelay Graves made 67 miles in the first
3houy, a new record. He also lowered
1.-THE time for 100 miles to 1 hour II
minutes ~ seconds.