Gilpin observer., 1899-11-02
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General Toral, who Surrendered. San
tiago to Shafter, has been acquitted OF
blame by court martial. --i.-s-..
The Cramps have just launched q
hne cruiser for the Russian navy. 1t is
expected to be very speedy.
Emperor William has plan for dou-
bling the size of his navy, but is likely
to meet with strong opposition. 81,
George Il. Morrison, former clergy.
man. was hanged at Vernon. Texas, re-
Gently for the murder of his wife.
The great penitentiary at Sing Sing,
New York, was threatened by fire
Tuesday, but the flames were finally
| subdued.
Ottmar Mergenthaler the inventor of
the linotype typesetting machine, died
of consumption at Baltimore on the
18th. He was 45 years of age.
Dispatches from Ladysmith, Natal,
on the 31st, stated that 1000 British
troops had been cut OFF and captured
by the Beers after a hard fight.
As the result of railroad accident
Mt Red Bluff, California, an unknown
man was instantly killed and his part
ner, Charles Staples, fatally injured.
Both We're stealing ride on the west
bound freight
The Peruvian government forces, ac-
cording to official information, have
driven the rebels far into the noun
/ tains and the insurgents cause appears
to be lost. The entire regular army was
called out to suppress the revolt.
| BY bare majority of one the Mime
sofa Supreme Court this afternoon de-
cided that it was legal for the Indians
to hunt upon their reservation without
regard to the game laws, so long as
they do not store their game to 6e sold
contrary to law to traders.
\ long official statement reviewing
the legal phases of the political assess
ment question, and holding that the So
Letting of campaign funds by letter
| comes clearly within the remedial pro.
| visions of the civil service law, has
been made public by the civil service
commission.
William Payne Belvin. formerly a
| mining engineer, and who in February
last was arrested for not paying his bill
at the Waldorf-Astoria, due to his
sending threatening letters to David II.
Moffat, the Denver banker. was COM
mitted to the insane pavilion at Belle
vue Tuesday.
Citizens throughout the department
Of Barcelona, Spain, are fOrcibly
resisting the efforts of the tax
gatherers to seize their proper
ty. The opposition to the gov
ernment officials is general. The pres
ence of large detachments of troops
alone prevents general insurrection.
More than $4,000 persons visited Ca
banas fortress, Havana. Sunday, the
place where hundreds of Cubans We're
assasslnated under the regime of Span
ish misrule. The object was to see the
place where will be placed n bronze
plate bearing the names of those thus
murdered. The same wall which re-
ceived the volleys when Cubans were
executed has been selected.
Before Boston audience in fremont
temple, Samuel Dickey, president of
the national prohibition committee, de-
livered an address in which he sharply
| criticised not only the church and its
people for their failure in what he
termed militant Christianity" but al
so had some hard things to say of
President Mckinley. He said that he
saw the President drink four kinds of
wine at the Chicago banquet.
The triangular block bounded by
Canal and Second streets and
Germantown avenue Philadelphia,
was almost entirely destroyed by
fire Monday, entailng n loss of
more than S15OOOO, on which
there is partial insurance. Principal
losses: Warehouse of Wunderlich
Bros. used by the Chicago Merchan-
disc Company, S5O.OO0: Davis Bros
railroad spike works, 100000.
The parliamentary bye-election for
the Bow and Brombley division of
Tower Hamlets, London. held to re-
place the Hon. Lionel r. Holland, Con-
servative, was fought on the govern
ment's Transvaal policy. and resulted
in big victory for the government. the
conservative candidate, William Guth-
rie. being elected The conservative
majority was practically twice that Sc
cured at the election of Mr.. Holland.
The main building of the Centenary
collegiate institute at Hackettstown,
New Jersey, was gutted by fire on the
31st. Over 300 students of both sexes
had n narrow escape and We're obliged
to take refuge in the homes of hospita-
bic villagers. Many lost all their pos
sessions. In the excitement that fol-
lowed the students fed in all directions
and 1t was impossible to make an ac-
curate accounting of them in order to
ascertain II any We're lost 1t Is be-
lieved. however, that all escaped. The
institute was famous old structure,
standing on high ground in n grove OF
trees.
The most damaging evidence yet pre-
sented against the Coeur d'Alene men
on trial for obstructing the mail was
piynp Tuesday hv witnesses for thn
prosecution. Objections by Colonel
/ Reddy. counsel for the defense were
numerous. He exercised all his in
genuity in cross-questioning of wit
nesscs in order to have them modify
| their statement md MT the eYIlpncn