The Colorado statesman., 1911-10-28

los new charter, drew first position
on the ballot.
The seventh annual convention OF
the National Commercial Gas Associa-
ton was held in Denver and was at
tended by delegates from all over the
nation.
The Woodrow Wilson Democratic
Club of Colorado sprang into being at
meeting held in the convention hall
of the Albany, in Denver. Some hun
dred men and women were present.
Out of eleven talesmen who sat in
the jury box at the Mcnamara muir
der trial at the opening of court in
Los Angeles, only six were left when
court adjourned. OF these six 1t is
considered more than possible that
two or perhaps three will find them
selves on the jury when it is sworn in.
The Union Pacific will increase It's
shop force in Denver 500 men. The
shops are to be enlarged to more than
twice their present capacity. Practi-
cally all of the repair work in the
w GSleIn ulSlIlCl Will NC hOhC ~ bNAA
yer and there will also be rebuild
ing of cars in the Denver shops.
Mrs. Mary ]. Kendall of Rapid
City winner of No. 1 in the Rosebud.
S. D., land drawing, has husband
who is paralyzed and for six years
she has been employed at day labor
to support them. She has woven car
pets by day, herded and MIXED COWS
and cared for her husband at night.
Secretary James Wilson of the De-
partment of Agriculture is opposed to
federal appropriations for building
highways, because, 'if once started
it might lead to nobody knows
where" The secretary expressed the
belief that the federal aid feature is
instigated by automobile manufactur-
ers.
Two Indian students were severely
injured and the main building and Two
smaller buildings of the st. Francis
mission on the Rosebud reservation
at Valentine, Neb., have bean entirely
destroyed by fire. Loss $4,000.
Nearly a hundred persons were in the
building when the fire started and
there were several narrow escapes.
The forty-third annual meeting of
the Womans Board of Missions of the
Interior was held in the Plymouth
Congregational Church in Denver.
Fully 200 delegates from Colorado,
North and South Dakota, Illinois, In
diana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Mime
sofa, Missouri, Nebraska, Montana,
Ohio, Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Wyo-
ming were present
Contending that the federal govern
ment is guilty of negligence in pro
ceeding to forfeit the Oregon and Cal
ifornia grant lands and that the out
standing bond-holders must be pro-
tected to the extent of at least $40,
100000 as their lien upon these lands,
the Union Trust Company of New
York has filed a long answer in the
Federal Court in Portland to the gov
ernment's suit.
S. Chandler Rogers, who was at
tackled by three ruffians in New York
City, the night of May l, 1897, and
thrown into the Hudson river, after
his skull had been fractured, wan
dered about the world for fourteen
years under the name of George
Kelly, and was restored to himself in
Seattle, Wash, as the result of sur
gcal operation that removed pressure
upon his skull. His first act was to
write to a relative and he then told
his strange story.
Ed. Suddeth, negro, was shot to
death by mob of citizens at Coweta,
Okla, who had armed themselves fol
lowing a battle between blacks and
whites in which Suddeth killed ]. D.
Beavers, city attorney, and wounded
white men. Suddeth was wounded
and strung up to a water tank, but
was cut down before he died ana
locked in a vacant building. Deputy
Sheriff Flowers attempted to take The
slayer to Wagner to jail. AS the
negro was being lifted into an auto
mobile, the mob opened fire on him.
Probably fifty shots entered his body.
That women may be drafted to com
plete the jury which is to pass upon
the guilt or innocence of James B. Nc
Namara in Los Angeles, is one of tn,
interesting possibilities incident to tn,
recent victory OF woman suffrage il
California.
At meeting in Beaumont, Tex,
the executive committee of the South
ern Rice Growers Association, IN,
schedule of prices for rough rice wer,
advanced ten to fifteen cents, accord
ing to grade. The new prices il
grades in numerical order follows
$S.25, 1910 s2.S5, $3.50. s2.2O and Sc