Eastern Colorado times., 1912-06-28
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Three picknickers were drowned
when a boat capsized in the Nemaha
river three miles from Stella. Neb.
The harveting OF peas from 1900,
acres for the Empson factories In
Greeley and Longmont, Colo, has be-
gun.
Warren, nine-year-old son Of o. g.
Collins, was drowned in q creek lead
Ing to the Uncompahgre river. near
their home at Delta, Colo.
The mangled body of an unknown
man was found in the railroad YARDS
At Pueblo recently. The coroner De-
lieves he committed suicide.
After losing their nine-year-old son
from diptheria, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Wagner of La Sale. Colo, are critical
ly i'll with the same disease.
Twelve inches Of snow has fallen at
Bailey, Idaho, and the weather Is ex-
tremely cold for this time Of the year.
| This is the heaviest snowfall recorded
here in June for years.
Two hundred and fifty-five thousand
dollars in gold dust. the first spring
shipment from the interior Of Alaska
and the Yukon territory, was brought
down to Seattle by the steamboat
Humboldt, which arrived from Skag-
way recently.
In feud battle between the Sharp
and Waldrop families at .Sperry,s
ranch, near Sherman, Texas. four per-
sons were killed and two wounded. Be-
fore she was slain, Miss Georgia Sharp
killed one man and wounded another
man and his wife.
Scores of armed men from Bokchito.
Durant and McAlester, Okla, ar.
securing the country for five bandits
who robbed the First State Bank Of
Bokchito Of $1,000. and in an hours
battle with citizens. probably fatally
wounded two men.
Mission architecture, the most
unique and beautiful Of all forms Of
American buildings. is the salient fea-
ture Of San Diego's exposition, to be
held in 1915. The foremost authority
In the world.on architecture is design
ing all the buildings in this style.
Jack Johnson. champion heavy
weight pugilist,' and his wife. Etta
johnson, have been indicted by the
federal grand Jury in Chicago for al
legged smuggling. johnson. while
abroad, bought q diamond necklace
for his wife and brought it home with
out paying duty.
The franchise Of the Pueblo baseball
team in the Rocky Mountain League
has been transferred to Trinidad bust.
ness men for the remainder of the sea-
son. The Colorado Springs team is
now representing Dawson. New Mexi-
CO, and the Cafion City nine is playing
at Raton, New Mexico.
For hundreds of miles In either d.
ERECTION from Needles, CAL, the low
lands along the Colorado river are in
the grip Of the worst ravages Of floods
since the river began to rise. Though
the water is receding, heavier dam.
age is being done than occurred with
the rise. Needles is threatened with
destruction.
After consultation with prominent
citizens Gov. w. C. Mcdonald of New
Mexico said that he will issue a pub
lie statement regarding the Johnson.
Flynn boxing contest Immediately. To
direct queries the governor would not
say that he would stop the match. 1t
is believed that If he finds that there
are no gambling infractions he will
not interfere.
The West is face to face with the
biggest railroad strike in its history.
Between 100000 and 100000 men have
voted in favor OF walkout. The or
ders were not issued on account OF ne
gatiations between Julius Kruttschnitt,
director of maintenance Of way OF the
Hartman lines, and representatives OF
the shopmen on that system looking to
settlement Of the strike which has
been on for more than q year.
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