The Springfield herald., 1909-10-15
WESTERN NEWS.

A record OF the earthquake shock
at Salt Lake Tuesday was made by
the seismograph at the Sacred Heart
College in Denver, the disturbance
lasting about half n minute
1t Is reported that n determined eff
fort will be made in Denver to nom
mate Ruth Bryan Lcavitt. daughter
of William ]. Bryan. on the Demo
cratic ticket for member OF Congress.
State prohibition in 1912 was de
clared n possibility by Mrs. Adr!anna
Hungerford, president Of the w. C. T.
U. Of Colorado. in her annual address
before the state convention at Pueblo.
Methodists of South Dakota In an.
nual conference have forbidden dis
trict superintendents to employ any
preacher who is in the state for the
purpose of obtaining a divorce from
his wife.
Gen. John ]. Pershing sailed on the
transport Tnonas 10, Manila to as
sumo command of ths military for:gs
a. Zamboanga. island Of Mindanaa. tho
scene of his former victories over the
rebellious Moros.
The entire Canadian assets Of the
New England Fish Company, valued
at $2.0O0.0O0. has been transferred to
the Canadian Fish Company of Van
couver, which has been a business
rival of the New England concern for
years.
Senator Charles A. Culberson OF
Texas will be the opponent OF William
7 prva hn in Il.
tion for the Presidency in 1872" an.
nounced Senator Robert Taylor OF
Tennessee in an interview at Spokane,
Wash.
A drouth which extended through.
out large part of the Southwest for
the last two months was broken by a
heavy rain on the Sth inst. In Kan
sas, Arkansas and Oklahoma the
drouth was especially severe. Much
suffering and crop damage had re-
suited.
DR.. Frederick A. Cook. Arctic ex
plorer, headed the most impressive OF
the centennial week pageants at St
Louis on the Sth inst. when he rode
at the head of the military. historical
and educational parade. The greeting
given the explorer was most enthusi.
astic.
August Post, secretary of the Aero
Club of America, has decided that
neither S. l.. Won Publ nor Fl. Z. Hon
eywell. pilots of the balloons st. Louis
No. and TIE Centennial. respective
ly are entitled to the Lahm cup,
which is now in the possession OF
Can't, De Forest Chandler
The Denver. Laramie & Northwest.
ern railroad will be graded to Greeley,
fifty-five miles north of Denver, by No
vember 1, according to a circular sent
to stockholders by President Charles
S. Johnson of the road. The track.
laying machine will then be put at
work and the one bridge remaining
to be built will be completed.
The Canadian buffalo park at Vain.
wright. Alberta. has been destroyed by
the prairie fire burning in that section
for week. AS the fire burned the
fence surrounding the park Ihe herd
of buffalo. estimated to number 500,
and large herd of elk. escaped. II
is estimated that losses by the fire
will reach into the millions.
A Socialist mass meeting at Los An
geles, at which President Taft was de-
nounced resulted in near riot and the
dispersal of a mob by the police. The
police swept down upon the mass
meeting, arrested three of the radical
leaders and locked them up, keeping
them in custody during the Presi-
dents stay in the city.
James Pagan, an aged switchman at
San Antonio. Tex. has received Off.
cial word that Carnegie pension of
$4,000 is awaiting his disposition,
Pagan worked for the Pennsylvania
railroad when Mr.. Carnegie was his
division superintendent and the $40.-
900 is the accumulation of a snug pen.
sion put aside for him by Mr.. Carne'
gle years ago, when Pagan dropped
out of sight.