The Elbert County tribune., 1909-10-07
wEsrERN NEWS.

The strike of 800 Greek laborers In
the Utah Copper Company's plant has
been satisfactorily settled.
The American Association Of Public
Accountants will hold its annual con-
vention at Denver, October 18th to 22d.
Thomas H. Swope, a millionaire
and philanthropist, died suddenly at
his home in Kansas City Sunday
night, following stroke of apoplexy.
He was SO years old
September gold receipts at the Se-
attle assay office were less than $2,-
100000, or nearly a million less than
for September of last year. This is
due to lack of water for placer min
ing In Alaska because Of the dry sum-
mer. Total receipts for the year will
be about the same as in 1908, little
more than s1s.O00.000.
Utah sheepmen are no longer dis
posed to treat lightly the alarming re-
ports OF prevalency of lip and leg dis
ease among the flocks of the state.
Testimony confirming the stories of
havoc wrought by the disease. was fur
nished by the flockmasters who met
at Salt Lake with the state officers.
Experts will investigate.
After an examination OF the docu-
ments relating to the services OF for
mer Consul Pasquaie Corte, the 1tal-
ian Department OF Foreign affairs in
Rome has turned over to the public
prosecutor the evidence brought by
Consul General Rossl of Denver cnarg-
Ing Corte with peculation and fraud
involving the amount of 100000.
At Los Angeles a few days since
mice, gnawing at a bag Of matches.
set fire to The Ark, bird and dog
store. A score of big green and red
hued parrots. frantic at the sight of
the blaze, called loudly for help. Fire,
fire, help, help" the birds shrieked, or
words to that effect. Passers by and
the fire department saved many of the
birds. but 125 were burned.
At St. Louis Sunday, on the arrival
of the first boats of the torpedo flo
tilla for the city's centenary, $4,000
enthusiastic and curious persons tried
to board four tiny torpedo boats atthe
same time. The boats would not hold
them and part OF the overflow, num-
bering 1853, were pushed into the Mis-.
sissippi to be drawn ashore by police.
sailors and others.
Attired in a linen duster, an old
black slouch hat and swinging an cleo
trio lantern at his side, President Taft
was locked in narrow iron cage and
dropped 1920 feet through midnight
blackness into the depths OF the IA
nous old Leonard copper mine at
Butte. He had the rare experience
of seeing miners at work with a giant
drill In vein of high-grade ore that
sparkled green with its wealth of min
eral.
Mrs Mary Smith, SS years old, died
at Newport, Ky. Mrs. Smith was for
forty years a daily communicant at
early mass at st. Peters cathedral.
She and her husband came to America
from Lancashire. England. when Bhe
was 4S years old She had attended
mass daily for more than twenty-four
years before she left England. That
would make total OF more than 22,-
600 times she had gone to church. She
had given two-thirds OF her small for
tune to charity.
]. Mills. sheepherder Of Wyoming,
undoubtedly saved his life by hacking
Oft finger with dull knife. Mills.
while on the range. was bitten on the
end Of finger by a rattlesnake. He
attempted to amputate the finger
above the bite. but his knife was so
dull that he could only cut the flesh
away from the bite. This, however.
was sufficient to prevent the poison
entering his system. He then walked
ten miles to a telegraph station and
ordered an automobile. in which he
was taken to Cheyenne and placed in
q hospital.