The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-07-02
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WESTERN NEWS.


Edward Payson Weston. the pedes-
trian. has been making good time
through Utah.
William Jennings Bryan. Jr.. and
Miss Helen Virginia Berger were mar
ried At Grand Lake, Colo. June 24th.
The annual convention Of the Ma
ttonal Educational Association will be
held in the auditorium at Denver.
DJuly 5th to 9th.
Over . score of starters are assured
for the Flag to Flag endurance and re-
liability automobile contest. which will
be run from Denver to the City Of Mex
leo. starting from Denver in October.
The supreme court. United CONNER
cial Travellers. at its meeting in Colum-
bus. O., decided to send q delegation
to the trans.Mississippi congress- at
Denver in August to protest against
the proposed parcels post.
Mrs. Elizabeth Fox. aged liz years.
probably the Oldest white person in
Missouri. died at Smithton. near Se-
dalia. June 22nd. She was . native of
Kentucky. but had lived in Missouri
for thirty years.
Benjamin F. Marx. q st. Louis cloth
ing manufacturer. dropped dead In St.
Louis June eth as the result Of frac-
tured skull suffered two months ago In
Denver. Mr.. Marx slipped on the tile
floor OF the Brown Palace hotel in
Denver.
During . violent thunderstorm at
Perry. Iowa. Fred X. Nell. a wealthy
resident. was struck and killed by
lightning a. he was riding to his home
in . buggy. His horse drew the body
to the postoffice. where Postmaster
Hoey took charge of 1t.
Bert and Richard Weber. their
hired man and the ferryman. were
drowned in the Columbia river near
Conconcully. Wash. June 23rd. with
twenty horses. The wives Of the Web
bers were waiting on the bank while
they took the stock across aud wit
messed the drowning.
n Mark G. Woodruff. former register
Of the state land board under two ad-
ministrations has returned to Colorado
to answer to charges filed against him
in the District Court at Denver and
to appear before the legislative inves-
tfgating committee looking into the
conduct Of former state land boards.
A logging train Of the Metropolitan
Lumber Company, ran away on a
steep grade near Eureka, Cal. . few
days since, and off bridge eighty feet
hA ~
men were buried under a mass of
huge redwood logs and wrecked cars,
and were instantly killed.
The American Trust 4 Savings
Bank. and the Continental National
Bank. two Of Chicago's largest finan-
cial institutions. have agreed to con-
solidate. Each bank will retain its
name, corporate existence and busi-
ness. The deposits of the Continental
National are SO, 900, 900 and Of the
American Trust & Savings 1850, 900.
The Supreme Court of California has
iuvalidated the will of the late Adoipn
Sutro and ordered that the estate, val
ued at millions. and consisting Of the
Cliff house ranch in San Francisco and
the San Miguel ranch, be distributed
among the heirs. The former property
is situated along the ocean beach and
includes the famous Sutro Heights and
resort.
The Downieville stage. which left
Nevada City, Cal, for Sierra county,
carrying five passengers was held up
bnd robbed by masked highwayman
near Nevada City. The robber took
$50 from the passengers and the Wells
Fargo Express box. The mail pouch
Was not disturbed. Five years ago
the Downieville stage was robbed at
the same spot by . lone highwayman.