Eastern Colorado times., 1912-12-27
STORY Of The week
SHOWING THE PRooREss o.
EvENTs IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDe.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN.

two-day egg sale, Chicago club women
decided to continue it all winter.
President Taft has decided to accept
the Kent professorship at Yale and
probably will take up his duties at
New Haven in the spring.
]. H. Logue, 55 years old, president
Of J. H. Logue & Co., diamond dealers,
was found murdered in his offices in
McVicker's Theater building, in Chi
cago.
Lusty boy twins arrived at st.
Anne's hospital in st. Louis after a
Caesarian operation. The mother Of
the youngsters is Mrs. Jessie Caldwell.
eighteen years old.
Richard Tankersly, first settler of
western Texas, died at Tankersly,
Texas, He was SO years old and
boasted that since he was 20 years
old he had never slept indoors.
Less cotton was ginned during the
period from December to 13 this
year than last year, the total having
been 57O,312 running bales, compared
with 953.s20 bales last year.
President Taft commuted to one
year the two and half year SEN
tence of Clarence D. Hillman.
wealthy real estate dealer Of Seattle,
convicted Of using the mails to de-
fraud.
More rigid compliance with the re-
quests OF this government for the pro-
lection of American lives and prop.
erty in Mexico, will be demanded by
the Department of State in 9 note to
President Madero.
Former Lieut.. Governor Jud Brush
Of Colorado joined the Colorado COM
mission to the San Diego exposition
and heartily approves the plans pro-
POSED for big building and exhibits
from the centennial state.
A lone bandit at Seattle command.
eered the touring car Of Frank McDer-
mott, compelled the chauffeur, Charles
f. Osland, to drive him about the city,
held up a saloon and a grocery store,
engaged in five running fights, and
shot two men.
Reports OF the raiding by Yaqui In.
dians on the Sonora town Of San Mar
cial were not borne out by investiga-
tion at Douglas, Ariz. Later reports
indicate that first news coming from
the interior of Sonora was either ex.
aggerated or resulted from a similar
incident which occurred some weeks
ago.
For the first time since she was a
child four years old, Miss Lillian Pat
rick and her father, Albert T. Patrick,
recently pardoned by Governor Dix of
New York, met in St. Louis. Miss
Patrick. now sixteen years old, arrived
from Denver with Patrick's mother,
Mrs. Edward T. Patrick. They are at
the home Of John T. Milliken, Pat
rick's brother-in-law.
Jack Johnson. the negro worlds
champion heavyweight pugilist, who is
at liberty on $4,000 bond on a
charge OF violating the Mann act, pur.
chased Christmas present for his
white wife, formerly Lucille Cameron,
n home in the heart of the exclusive
Lake Geneva summer resort. Nearly
all Of the houses in the neighborhood
are owned by Chicago millionaires.
The postoffice at Red Mountain,
Colo, was destroyed by fire. 1t is not
known how much mail was lost. Red
Mountain is in Ouray county, on the
stage route from Silverton to Ourav
and is a favorite place for tourists to
drop letters describing the trip. The
postoffice at Playas, N. M, was
burned to the ground and the contents
of the building were destroyed. The
loss was not given,