The Paonia newspaper., 1911-03-03
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EIGN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
DoINGS AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF. THE AGE.
WESTERN


showed in Pasadena for the first time
in twenty years.
Governor Carroll vetoed the Oregon
primary bill which had passed both
houses of the Iowa Legislature.
The President has rendered to Rep
resentative Albert F. Dawson of Iowa
the office of secretary to the Presi'
dent.
Premature explosion of dynamite
blast on the bank of the Columbia
rived at the Dalles, Ore, killed four
workmen.
Lieutenant S. b. West, U. S. A., of
Port Davis, Alaska was frozen to
death while stalking trail five miles
from Tishou.
The first considerable furry OF
snow in San Francisco in fifteen years
gave the youngsters of the city a
chance to play for few minutes at
snowballing. The heights around San
Francisco remained white for half an
hour.
With worlds records broken for rap
i'd and low cost of construction, the bor-
ing of the great fiye-mile Elizabeth
tunnel, the most important feature of
the new s26,OOO.00O municipal water
project of Los Angeles has been com
pleted
Information has been received in FL
Paso of the wreck of FL Paso & South
western-Rock Island Chicago express.
near Pasturea, N. NJ. The engine and
four cars left the track and were over
turned. A number Of passengers were
injured.
Blowing out one side of the build
ing and wrecking the safe. robbers
stole between $4,000 and 5000 FROM
the First State bank OF Barry. Texas
The robbers escaped with a stolen rig
which was found abandoned a. Cor
sicana.
Announcement was made by Harri-
man officials that work would begin
Immediately upon 103 miles OF railway
between Spokane and Aver Junction
for the Oregon Railway and Naviga-
tion Company. part of the Hartman
system. The cost will be s4.000.000.
A battle lasting three hours was
fought at Reno. New. between a posse
of state police and band of Indians
suspected of the murder OF four
wealthy ranchmen in January. Four
Indian bucks. two squaws and two chill
dren were killed and one squaw and
three children captured.
Four more bodies in addition to the
eleven removed, making fifteen in all,
were taken from the Belmont mine at
Tonopah. New. through the new shaft.
The remains OF the last four are
frightfully mutilated and II is believed
they came from the bottom of the
shaft, which is 1.196 feet deep.
AS the result OF revolver battle
in Seattle between two policemen ana
two holdups. Patrolman J. T. Davis
was killed, John Ford, young high.
wayman. was probably fatally wound.
ed, and Alexander Nest, another high
wayman, was wounded and captured
The House passed the new capitol
building bill, which makes Olympia
the permanent capital OF Washington.
establishes the group plan of construc-
tion and provides for the Immediate
erection by the State Capitol Commis-
sion OF Temple OF Justice, 10 cost
S350.0O0
Suicide by poison as a method OF Of
ficial execution Is provided in a bill
submitted to the Nevada State Legis-
lature by the code commission. The
suicide clause, which Is a part of the
proposed criminal practice act drawn
up by the commission. provides that a
criminal condemned to death may
take his choice between hanging and
suicide. II he elects the latter meth
cd, the state VIII furnish him bottle
of hydrocyanic acid. one drop of which
will produce instant death. and permit
him to take the poison. II he fails to
do SO, hanging will be resorted to.
SPORT.
The Australian swimmer, Long
l.. Il.