The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-29
NEWS SUM Ne RY


Peter f. Collier. founder and pub
Usher of Golfers Weekly. died sud
denly of apopleXy In New York CITY,
April 90
Four persons lost their lives and
FIVE others were severely injured In
fire that destroyed the Central hotel
in Topeka, Kans
George Leayens Lilley, governor of
Connecticut died at the executive
mansion in Hartford, April 81, after
an illness of four weeks
Owing TO a long drought in the far
western part of Texas, reports are
being sent out to the effect that hun
dreds of cattle are dying on the
ranges.
After burning fourteen days, sweep
Ing an area of 100000 acres and caus-
ing an estimated loss of $4,000
prairie fire was extinguished near
Pecos. Texas.
Judge lands in the United States
district court at Chicago. in the test
case against the Santa Fe railroad, In
the nine-hour law governing tele-
graphers, upheld the law.
Six persons were killed, at least
fifty injured and million dollars
worth OF property destroyed in tor
nado that swept through Cleveland
and northern Ohio, April 81.
Last week 10000 persons were
killed In the anti-Christian rioting in
the Adana and Tarsus districts. En-
tire villages were RACED and the coun-
try Is smoking wilderness.
There were 1874 people killed and
1924 injured in train accidents dur
ing the three months ending Decem
Der 81 last, according to the inter-
state commerce commission report.
The Columbus (Ohio) Biscuit COM
pany has announced that 1t has de-
termined to close down its bread de-
partment indefinitely because of the
high price Of flour due to the corner
in wheat in Chicago.
Asa, son of Whoa, has been elected
chief of the Apache Indians, to sue
coed Geronimo, the noted warrior.
who died last February. The cleo
ton will be submitted to the war de-
partment for approval.
The Waters-Pierce Oil company on
flne\ever paid by a corporation. nearly
$2,000,000. The payment ends the
! litigation of the state OF Texas
against the oil company.
: A dozen persons were injured at
, Centerville, Iowa, by the explosion of
film In moving picture show. The
auditorium was crowded. Women
: threw their children from the win.
dows, many being badly bruised.
In riot at the state inebriate asy.
! lum at Knoxville. Iowa. six inmates
I and three attendants were injured.
Twenty inmates were returning from
work In the fields when seven made
, a dash for liberty. A running fight
ensued.
1t develops that Mrs. Boyle, the
!. supposed wife of James H. Boyle, al
. legged abductor of Willie Whitla, 10
Helen McDermott Of Chicago and re
, ports that she is a member of a prom
a inent and wealthy family are without
. foundation.
a The expenditure of s3,250,000 on
:. the canal zone during the month Of
January has brought the total expen
diture on the zone toward the con.
( struction of the canal, civil admins
, tration, sanitation and plant building,
, to $93,915,000.
|. A severe eruption of the Colima vol.
4 cano, in Mexico, followed by an earth
e quake shock, has spread terror and
confusion among the inhabitants OF
8 nearby towns, a number OF whom de
! serted their homes and fed to points
= outside the affected zone.
@ Colonel Gustave Pabst, while driv.
n ing in an automobile in Milwaukee.
> ran down and killed Lille Winkler.
14-year-old girl. The accident oc-
|. Cured Just as the girl alighted from
n street car and walked In front OF
3 the rapidly moving automobile.
q ''If the country knew the truth re-
a garding the present condition Of the
}. navy there would be panic" is the
r striking sentence in letter from AID.
d miral Lord Charles Beresford read at
a meeting OF the Navy league held at
j Bournmouth, England, last week
S Heirs of Uncle" Jonathan Dean
/. who in 1870 died and left his $50
y acre farm near Petersburg. Ind. to
II be operated for the benefit of all
y widows within a radius OF eight miles
IS will try to break the will. now that
It productive oil wells have been bored
on the land.
D. In full view of dozens of Mortified
Y. passengers, who were looking out o.
:, the car windows, Miss Matte Con
e way, a young and pretty telephone
k girl of Frankfort, KY, was ground t.
d pieces by Louisville & Nashville
s. train from Louisville. The acciden
happened on curve.
Of A telegram received at Vienna from
1t Smyrna, Asiatic Turkey, declares