The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-08
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
ELM COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
ooINos AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
WESTERN.

John johnson negor wanted at
Moline, ILL.,, to answer a charge of muir
dering a white man, is held at Sheri-
dan, Wyo.
BY roping and throwing a steer in II
seconds, j. Ellison Carroll retained his
title of champion of the world al HUI
go, Okla, Monday.
After a worldwide search lasting six
years, Baron Won Mellenthen of Prus-
sia, who is in San Francisco, has re-
covered his young son, who is heir to
large estate near Stoten.
A simple device attached to a
wringer drew from a live wire more
than 1000 volts of electricity and dealt
death to Thomas McMester and his
sister at Brighton City, Utah.
Los Angeles detectives believe
they have found the launch Peer
less" in which the dynamite was
conveyed to this city. They believe
the "Pastime," located in an estuary
at Oakland is the much sought craft
The boat was identified by George
Phillips, salesman of the powder COM
pany at Giant, as the one used by the
men who bought the 500 pounds of dy-
Mantle Sept. 90.
Delegates to the thirty-siXth annual
convention of the American Bankers
Association, numbering about l,5OO,
met at Los Angeles Tuesday.
The committee on express companies
and money orders recommended
1l1n
of money orders as are now issued by
the government through the postoffice
department and by the express compa-
nies, and have some financial institu-
tion of merit act as agent.
New Mexico's constitutional con-
vention opened Monday at noon in the
hall of representatives at Santa Fe.
Former Delegate to Congress Thomas
B. Catron called the convention to or
der after Rev. Jules Deraches, chap
lain of San Miguel church, the, Oldest
church in the United States, had
asked for the "seven gifts of the Holy
Ghost" to descend upon the one hun
dred delegates, the oath of office was
administered by Judge r. McFie, of
the New Mexico Supreme Court.
Under the stimulus of proffered re-
wards aggregating 100000, hundreds
of policemen and private citizens
at Los Angeles and in all coast
cities are searching for clews that
may lead to the arrest of the band of
conspirators who are held responsible
for the blowing up of the Times build
ing last Saturday and the attempted
destruction of the homes of General
Otis and f. ]. Zeehandelaar, secretary
of the Merchants and Manufacturers
dynamite found here and identified by
the salesman are known and are be-
ing searched for.
The constitutional convention con-
vened at Santa F'e, n. NJ, Tuesday and
devoted the greater share of hours
to the assignment of seats to the 100
delegates, the Democratic minority
having rebelled against the seats
given them. The matter was finally
disposed of by lot. An invitation was
telegraphed to President Taft to at
tend the convention. Mrs. Mary c..
Prince, state regent of the Daughters
of the American Revolution, present
ed a gavel made from wood of the
mantel in a room of George Washing
toms mother and from one of the
three oak trees planted by the
father of his country.
The Civil Service Commission will
hold an examination for assistant for
est ranger Oct. 1925. The United
States Department of Agriculture es-
Inmates that 400 eligibles will be need
ed during the field season of 1911. As
sistant forest rangers are paid an en-
trance salary of 81 900 per annum. The
examination will be held at national
forest headquarters in Alaska, AriZo-
ma, California, Colorado, Florida, Ida
no, Kansas Michigan, Minnesota, Mon
tana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada,
Oregon, South Dakota, Washington
and Wyoming. No examinations will
be held in Arkansas, Oklahoma and
Utah, except at Kanah, Utah, the
headquarters of the Kaibab national
forest Since all of the Kaibab forest
is in Arizona, residents of Arizona
will, under the law. have preference
in appointments for this forest.
Monday night on the eve of
convening of the Silver Bow county
Republican convention, the News, Au-
gustus Heinze's newspaper, an
nounces that it will absolutely refuse
to support any Republican candidates
in the employ of the Amalgamated
Copper Company, and demands that
President John ID. Ryan live up to his
promises to keep the mining corpora
ton out of politics.
The state of Missouri has a popula-
tion of 3,293,335. according to the Cen
sus Bureau. This is an increase of