The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-04-02

Springfield, Ill.-Judge Creighton il
the circuit court sustained the demur
rer of the local optionists to the peti
ton of the saloon people asking for ;
writ of mandamus to compel the cleo
ton commission to take judicial cogni
zance of the objections filed against tn,
local option petition. The saloon ques
ton now goes to the voters to be de
cided.
GAINESVILLE, O.-The second week O
the man hunt over half dozen Ohio
counties for Robert Green, eX-banker
jaid breaker and horsethief, opened
Sunday with the sheriff's posses a!
much at sea as ever regarding theil
quarry's whereabouts. After tracing
Green through Coshocton county the
pursuers have turned north again, be
lieving the fugitive has doubled on his
tracks and is now heading for Cleve-
land.
Lima, O.-Two men were instantly
killed, one was fatally injured and a
house was burned to the ground as a
result of a collision between two inter-
urban electric trains near hear Sunday.
Both trains were destroyed. The COLI
sion occurred at a place where the
! tracks curved around an untenanted
house. An exploding fuse sent the
wreckage into a blaze.
Dedham. Mass.-The birth of a
healthy baby in this town has made
Joseph Sears the father of thirty-four
children. He has been twice married
in the last forty years, his first wife
giving birth to eighteen children and
the present Mrs. Sears to sixteen. But
twelve of the large family are living.
Welsh, Lr.-The business section of
Welsh was practically wiped out by
fire. Thirty buildings were destroyed,
entailing loss of 100000.
Baltimore, Md.-Professor ]. Rayner
Edmunds of the observatory staff of
Harvard university is dead of paraly-
sis.
Norfolk, va.-General w. P. Roberts
of Gainesville, N c., who bore the dis
tinction of being the youngest briga-
der general in the confederate army,
died here as the result of a fractured
hip. General Roberts. who was SO
years of age, commanded a brigade in
the southern army when he was %
years of age.
Dallas, S. D. The body of Stewart
Geddes, who was frozen to death in a
blizzard in February, was found on his
claim near McNeeely late Saturday aft
ernoon.
Holyoke, Colo.-After burning path
forty miles long and of varying width
clear across Yuma county. prairie fires
starting near the town of Wuma sew
eral days ago, swept across the state
:; I'll
ent dimunition in intensity. The dam
age in this vicinity alone will reach
$4,000
Walla Walla, Wash.-As the result of
a battle with knives between four Ital-
ians and six Japanese, all the Italians
were seriously wounded. Antonio Pom
ii, one of the participants, may die as
a result. Two Japanese were arrested.
The fight arose over the possession of
a bicycle.
Ell Paso.-In explanation of the gath
ering on the west coast of Mexico of
President Lovett and many high Of
ficialS of the Hartman lines, it is said
here that the Mexican Pacific Railroad
has acquired the concession
held by the Mexican American Holding
to build a railroad from Sa-
lima Cruz to ManZanillo. a distance of
$50 miles, and thence down the west
coast.
Observation-Disclosures interests here
expect the coal strike and are boarding
up enough coal to withstand at least a
months shutdown of the mines. John
H. Jones of the Pittsburg- Buffalo Coal |
admitted that he feared a |
strike Fifty thousand men are at work |
in the soft coal mines of this district.
Springfield, Mo.-Forest fires in Web
ster county, thirty miles east of here,
are doing great damage to timber and |
farm property. Thousands of trees in
The orchards of that vicinity are said
70 have been killed by the flames. The
Tres in the timber in Tansy and Stone
south of the White river, are
'eported to be under control. The fire
hat has been raging between the Ar
Kansas line and Batesville, Ark, dis
arce of nearly 200 miles, is said to be
Inder control.
Pittsburg, Pa.-Forest fires which
lave caused considerable damage in
Western Pennsylvania, northern West II
Virginia and eastern Ohio were prac-
ically under control last night. The
oss will amount to 100000
Sapulpa Okla.-A fire that for time
threatened the business district of this
,lace destroyed property valued at
$4,000.
Stockbridge, Mass.-Charles S. Mel
en-, president of the New York, New
Iaven & Hartford railroad, has
ought of Peter J. Tyer, known as "the
age of Frogs Landing" dozen an
ora goats. which he will use as herd
RS for his flock of 600 Southdown sheep
n his Council Grove place. Two goats
ill care for 100 sheep and are guar
nteed to scare off sheep-chasing dogs. |
Pittsburg.-Christian Deitrick Steel, |
hose boast was that he had survived |
lany battles in the civil war. and as |
n undertaken had conducted nearly |
], 900 funerals since that time, was |
imself buried in Carnegie at the age
f II. He is survived by widow. !
Chicago.-Twins were born to old Bet :
frs, a Siberian camel. in the winter /
uarters of circus at Baraboo Wis
is said that this is the first time
lmel twins have ever made their an
in this country.
New York.-Maiden Lane jewelry
callers learned that a new diamond |
indicate. the third in the trade, has |
cen formed and has taken over the |
ew mines in German Southwest Afrf-
/. The output of these mines. which ! |
as insignificant up to a year ago, now
mounts to $4,000 caratS a month The
ones though small are of high mail |