The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-12-16
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK. OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
REcoRD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
WESTERN NEWS.

Because he laughed aloud in church
Wiley Rains. country boy living near
Springfield. Mo-, was sentenced to Jail
for ten days.
Isadore Newman. millionaire phil
anthropist. who died week ago. re-
membered the Jewish hospital for con-
sumptives at Denver. Colo, in his will
for $1,000.
At Los Angeles on the Sth inst,
George Alexander. candidate for Mayor
on the ticket of the Good Government
League. was elected by a majority of
more than 5000.
The Grand Lodge OF Oregon. An
cient Order OF United workmen. has
decided to sever Its connection with
the Supreme Lodge OF the order. which
is fast losing its control OF the organ
ization.
AT Santa Monica. Calf. two wo-
men. Mrs. G. ID. Stephens and Mrs. J.
J. Seymour. were elected to the board
OF education by the largest vote cast
for any candidates in the municipal
election.
Francis J. Heney. at Los Angeles.
on his way to Arizona. confirmed :he
report that he had filed suit in New
York against William II. Crocker of
San Francisco for $25O.00O for alleged
libel. Heney said the papers in the
action were served upon Crocker in
New York.
Two men involved in the issuance
and sale OF Interstate railroad passes
were released by Judge X. +. Lewis
in the Federal Court at Denver be-
cause Judge Lewis In making his rui-
ing did not believe that the law was
broad enough - punish any but the
user OF such transportation.
The union job printers Of Seattle
on the 9Th inst. presented to their EN-
ployers new scale calling for a re-
duction OF hours from eight to sev.n
and a half and an increase OF wages
from 324 to SIS week. The employ
ers rejected the scale and announced
that they would suspend business
rather than pay II.
Upon Pixies Peak there has just
been established by the United States
an experiment station OF forestry. the
first OF its kind In Colorado and he
second In the country. The station
will serve the same interests in the
forestry division OF the government
as the agricultural experiment sta
tions in the agricultural department.
The Appellate Court OF the First DIS
trict OF Illinois has decided that an ox.
press company is liable for the full
value of goods destroyed in transit
through the negligence OF the carrier.
rather than the arbitrary value of $50
placed on all express packages where
the value Is not specifically stated ay
the shipper when the consignment is
made.
The washakie hotel at Thermoposis
is the nrst building in Wyoming to be
equipped with n heating system which
requires no attention and will main
tain an equitable heat from years cud
to years end II desired. 1t uses hot
water tyNe from the state hot springs
near town, instead OF the customary
furnace and boiler. A similar system
is being installed in the state building
on the hot springs reserve.
At n public auction sale at Austin.
Tex, resulting from the late antitrust
suit and custer proceedings, the prop
erty OF the Waters-Pierce Oil Com
pany was sold to s. w. Fordyce and
associates of st. Louis The price bid
was 31.431.741. The property OF the Se-
curity Oil Company was bought by
John Sealey of Galveston for $s5.0O0
and that of the Navarro Refining Com
pany OF Corsicana was also sold to
Sealey for $750.00O. Sixty cars Of the
. Union Tank Line Company were
bought by Mr.. Sealey for 100000.
GENERAL NEWS.