The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-14
THE WORLD IN
PARAGRAPHS
4. oRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND
OTHER COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
OoiN6s AND HAPPENlNoS
OoiN6s AND HAPPENINGS
THAT MARK THE PROC
Ress OF THE AGE.
WESTERN NEWS.

.'s'N 'se
The city of Lincoln, Neb., went dry
at the city election on the 4th inst
Don L. Love, Republican, was elected
mayor
James Boyle, charged with kid
mapping BILLY" Whitla, was convicted
at Mercer, Pa, after trial lasting a
few hours.
Fifty million dollars in newly
minted gold and silver coin has been
transferred to the Denver mint from
the mint at San Francisco.
A tunnel 5000 feet long has just
been completed on the Canadian Pa
cific railroad in British Columbia at a
cost of million and half dollars.
The Goldfiield (Nev) Tribune re-
ports that from April 1st to May 1st
the mines of Goldfield produced at the
rate of $2.536,72 or in round numbers
at the -ate of $3O,OOO,0OO per annum.
The Rosedale sanitarium at Albu-
querque. N. M was burned on the 9th
inst. 1t was large frame structure
and the flames spread so rapidly that
a number of tubercular patients were
rescued with difficulty.
At Seattle thirty persons were In
jured, many seriously, when section
of the railing in the east balcony at
the new state armory gave way dur
ing the indoor track meet of the Sc
attic Athletic club.
Fred D. Warren, business manager
of the Appeal to Reason. Socialist
publication, charged by the govern
ment with sending scurrilous and de-
famatory matter through the mails,
was found guilty by jury in the Fed
eral Court at Fort Scott, Kas.
The canvass for the new city di-
rectory Of Denver is more than half
completed and indicates an Increase
of five per cent over last year In the
number Of names. which, on the most
conservative of estimates, shows a
population Of more than 100000.
James A. Patten, whose deals In
wheat have brought him into interna-
tional notice, returned to Chicago on
the 9Th inst. after resting for two
weeks on his partners Colorado ranch.
He Is conducting his market cam
paigns from his residence, where he
has had special wires put In.
Emerson Hough's attack on the
Weather Bureau in Everybody's Mag
azine has brought to Frederick A.
Brandenburg, forecaster of the Rocky
Mountain district, numerous assur-
ances of the high estimation in which
the work Of the bureau is held in his
jurisdiction by those whom 1t has
greatly benefited.
An inventory Of the estate of the
late Senator William M. Stewart of
Nevada discloses the fact that he
owned no real estate and his personal
property did not exceed $500 in
value. This amount is devised to his
widow, Mrs. May Agnes Stewart. Mr..
Stewards debts are said to aggregate
s25,0OO.
The first material fruit Of the re-
cent national peace conference in Chi
cago is fund of $4,000 donated to
Northwestern University by John r.
Lindgren, Swedish consul to Chicago
to provide for permanent series of
lectures and to secure the annual pay
ment Of prizes for essays upon the
questions Of International peace and
interdenominational religious har-
mony.
Federal Judge Campbell at Musko-
gee, Okla, overruled the demurrers of
the defendants in the socalled Mott
Creek Indian land suits. brought by the
government against Gov. Charles N.
Haskell and other prominent Oklaho-
mans. The decision, involving as 1t
ioes the legality Of millions OF dollars
worth Of lots, created great consterna-
ton. Judge Campbell announced that
all innocent purchasers would be pro-
tected.