The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-06-24
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS. DoiNGs, ACHIEVE
MENTs. sUFFERINGs. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN NEWS.

]. G.. Stroud. millionaire lumber
man of Williston, n. D., and Miss Ma
bel Leverance. were married at Wau-
kesha. Wis. few days since after
an acquaintance of less than an hour.
Robbed on the vessel of jewels val
ued at $4,000. while on his honey
moon. was the experience of Halsted
Lindsley OF Telluride. Colo, who
sailed for the Orient on the steamer
Manchuria on April 9th.
The Baptist ministers conference at
Chicago by vote of thirty-seven to
fourteen. decided against expeliing
from membership Prof. George Bur
man Foster of the University of Chi
cago for alleged infidel opinions.
Lightning struck the Holy Cross
Catholic church at Bay Settlement.
north of Green Bay. Wis. during mass
on the 18th inst, killing one man.
shocking and injuring sixteen others.
two Of whom may not survive. The
crash caused panic.
A Union Pacific westbourd mail
train raced for four miles with wa
terspout near Paxton. Neb.. and mar
rowly escaped destruction. The train
crossed the path of the deluge. which
tore out section OF track few sec
onds after the train had passed over 1t.
immigration officials at Seattle after
picking up on the wharf a strange Chi
nese who admitted that he came over
n stowaway on the Great Northern
liner Minnesota, searched the vessel
diSnnuArnd nj ont taI
coolies and a quantity OF silk and
cigars.
The Religious Education association
will hold conference In connection
with the annual convention of the Ma
tional Education Association at Den
yer. beginning July 9Th. The confer
ence will have for its topic. Relations
Between Public Education and Relig-
ious Training
Special agents OF the Union Pacific
are making war on brakemen and
other trainmeu who take money. from
. tramps and give them permission to
beat their way over the road in freight
cars. At Rawlfns. J. J. Carter was
sentenced to fifteen months In the
penitentiary.
In the suit at Jefferson City to oust
the International Harvester Company
for alleged violations OF the Missouri
antitrust law. ohn b. Caldwell. local
agent for the corporation Mt st.
Mary's. Kan. testified that local
agents were free to cut prices to farm.
ers to keep rival agents from making
sales.
Col srin
to evade the state liquor law by ship
ping In a carload of liquor. but Col
onel Ward. the commandant. put
guards over the car on its arrival and
insisted that 1t be sent back to Kan
sas City. He asserts that liquor in the
military quarters interferes with dis
cipline.
A dispatch received at ST. Peters
burg says that the Shakhsevan tribes
men are ravaging the Ardabil district
in Azerbiajan. the most northwesterly
province of Persia. According to the
dispatch 5000 persons have been killed
and the leading inhabitants have ap-
pealed to the Russian consul for pro-
lection.
Governor Hadley has vetoed the bill
providing FOR an expenditure OF $4,000
for a Missouri exhibit at the Seattle
fair. The governor said the state
needed this money worse for educat
ing its children and for the poor. He
signed the bill prohibiting the mar
riage OF Caucasians with Chinese, Jap.
anese and other Asiatics.
Governor Hadley of Missouri has
signed the bill amending the law to
permit fraternal beneficiary societies
to issue endowment policies and grant
extended insurance. The bill was
passed for the special benefit of the in
surance department of the Knights of
Pytiias, but will assist other fraternals
which are getting on the adequate rate
basis and give their members some OF
the privileges heretofore restricted to
the legal reserve companies