The Springfield herald., 1909-06-18
CONDENSATION
OF FRESH NEWS
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE week
sHoWlNo THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
WESTERN NEWS.

The anti-race betting law passed by
the Texas Legislature went into effect
on the 18th inst.
Edward Payson Weston was at Raw
Inns, Wyo., June 7th. His progress has
been greatly obstructed by heavy
rains.
Governor Hadley Of Missouri has
signed the bill prohibiting the smoking
of cigarettes in public places by per
sons between the ages of ten and
| eighteen years.
j. G. Stroud. millionaire lumber
man of Williston, N. D., and Miss Ma
bel Leverance, were married at Wau'
kesha, Wis, a few days since after
IN 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
Lindsey of Telluride, Colo, who
sailed for the Orient on the steamer
Manchuria on April 9th.
The Republican party won major
lty of places in the Chicago judicial
election Monday. Republicans elected
were one judge in the Superior Court
and eight in the Circuit Court. Demo
Gratis won six places in the Circuit
Court.
First choice in the land drawing at
Shoshone, Idaho, for $4,000 acres in
the Dietrich tract on the sth inst. went
to N. II. Slater of Raymond. Wash,
and the second to Nellie E. Quinn of
Seattle. More than 1900 persons
were present at the drawing.
The marriage of Miss Helen Ber-
ger to William j. Bryan, Jr.. only son
of William Jennings Bryan, will be
solemnized at the Colorado summer
home of the father of the bride-elect.
Grand Lake, June cath. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bryan will reside at Tucson. Ariz.
A Union Pacific westbound mail
train raced for four miles with a 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.
In terrific revolver battle be-
tween Deputy Sheriffs j. T. Logan
and George Sweet, seven miles west
of Spokane. Wash, Bascom Wallace,
alleged cattle thief, aged thirty, was
shot and killed by deputy. Wal
lace's companion, Tom Greenman, es-
capped.
Sergt. Frank NJ Wolf, Company NJ,
Eleventh infantry, was instantly killed
by one of the cars of the electric rail-
way at Fort Russell, Cheyenne, on the
Sth inst. Wolf was playing baseball
and ran backward in front of the car
before the motorman could stop.
VOLTS neck and back were broken.
, Pat" Grove of Cudahy kidnapping
fame, is being backed by James A.
Patten, Cyrus H. Mccormick and 9TH
er wealthy men of Chicago, in a San
itarium. where patients addicted to the
drink or drug habit will be treated.
A hotel at Highwood on the north
shore at Chicago has been purchased.
Grove is named as manager
The noted criminal case which grew
out of the raiding OF sheep camps and
burning of ranches of the Rodney
King Sheep Company and the Guthrie
Sheep Company of Moorcroft and Gill
lette, Wyo., have been settled out of
court, the nine defendant cattlemen
paying the sheep companies all dam
ages, attorneys fees and expenses of
prosecution and agreeing TO not again
molest the sheepmen. Valuable range
in dispute was also left to the sheep
men.