Gilpin observer., 1899-05-18
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A large number Of employees Of the
big Kansas City smelter have been
transferred to Denver.
1t now seems probable that Profes-
sor Hadley will be elected President of
Yale University to succeed DR..
Dwight.
Rev. Dr. Edward Hale of Boston has
resigned the pastorate of the South
Congregational church CUnitarian), aft
er a service Of forty-three years.
DIR. Charles A. Briggs, who was
forced to withdraw from the Presby-
terian church because of his heretical
views, has been ordained n minister of
the Episcopal church by Bishop Potter
of New York.
Governor Roosevelt has decided to
call an extra session of the New York
Legislature to revise the laws passed
mt the late session for taxing corpora
ton franchises. The special session
will convene May 22nd.
Wilson Waddington. the New York
capitalist. died of appoplexy on the
10Th. He was said to own more land
than any other person in the United
States. He had heavy interests in Colo
RADIO and New Mexico.
As result of the death of Roswell
p. Flower there came near being n
panic on the New York stock en-
change. An attempt was made to
stampede stocks in which Flower was
interested, but 1t failed.
Two hundred and ninety members of
the Second regiment. United States
volunteer engineers, We're mustered out
f1A 1av n
charged soldiers were stationed at
Honolulu for several months.
Hartford and other places along the
Connecticut river experienced a slight
earthquake shock shortly before S:15
o'clock Tuesday night. Reports of like
occurrences come from Middletown,
East Hampton and other points along
the river as far as Saybrook.
Great excitement reigns in East
Cleveland Ohio, over the discovery of
a vein of coal. Workmen while eXca-
waiting for sewer made the find.
Steps are being taken by the property
owners for the formation of n company
to make further Investigations.
Alfred Harmsworth, editor and pro-
prietor of the Daily Mail. London, an
nounced Wednesday that the publica>
ton of the Sunday edition of the paper,
only recently initiated, will be suspend
ed In the place of it the Daily Mail
will appear Saturday as an illustrated
edition.
In accordance with decision rem
dered by Judge Dale at Wichita ad-
Judging the street cars to be public
nuisance, the cars quit running Mon
day. The lease of the present COM
pany expired some time ago, but they
continued to run despite the city's
protest.
1t is stated in London that nearly all
the concessions made by the United
States during the sessions of the An
glo-American commission We're refused
by Canada. AS regards the Alaskan
boundary and the railway question
this is strictly true. The liberal offer
of modus vivendi made by the
United States was rejected by the
Canadians.
Mail adyices have been received to
the effect that there has been n general
revolt on the Ivory coast of AFRICA.
The rebels bought magazine rifles In
Liberia and attacked the French troops
Twenty-Five miles from TabOu. Serious
fighting followed, the French losing
three officers and forty Senegales were
killed and wounded. Several hundred
rebels are reported to have been killed.
A special from Guthrie, o. r., says:
The cattlemen of western Oklahoma
are organizing boycott on Kansas
City and threaten to ship all of their
cattle to Chicago and South Omaha be-
cause of the recent action of the Kan
sas Quarantine Board in requiring In
spection of all Oklahoma cattle enter
ing the state. This rule was approved
by the Missouri board. making ship
ment to Kansas City n difficult ana eN-
pensivc matter.
The Earl of STAFFORD, who married
Mrs. Samuel J. Colgate in Grace
church. New York. last December. was
instantly killed Tuesday at Potters
Bar by the Cambridge express. me
earl was seen standing upon the pat
form awaiting n train from LONDON.
When the express approached at u
high rate of speed, he suddenly rel
forward upon the rails. The body de-
capitated and mangled, was taken to
the nearest hotel 1t is supposed that
lie had n fit.
The committee in charge of the Chi
capo postoffice cornerstone ceremonies
has received word from Senator a. }.
Beyeridge of Indiana. who is now M
Hong Kong. and TO whom the commit
tee had entrusted special invitation
to Admiral Dewey. announcing thar
the admiral would be here for "Chicn-
go Day. October 9th. 1t was also nm
nounced that President Diaz of Mexico
and Lord Mimic, governor general OF
Canada, would surely be present. ST.
multaneously with President Mckin-
ley.
Frank II. Lloyd. the owner of mine
at Mineral del ORC, Mexico. has been
drowned in shaft of the mine. The
mine had been shut down six months
awaiting the erection of new hOisting
machinery. During this time the wat
or rose POO feet In the shaft On the