Gilpin observer., 1899-07-20
TELEGRAPH BREvrrlEs.

S0oo,OUO the Otner day.
The street car lines of Cleveland and
Brooklyn are tied up by strikes.
The Kentucky Republicans have nom
mated w. s. Taylor for governor
A head-end collision at Portsmouth,
Ohio, resulted in the death of three
persons.
British warships are gathering at st.
Johns, Newfoundland, in order to make
a demonstration.
Official statistics just issued show
that foreign tourists spend $60,000,O00
annually in Italy.
1t is reported that William X. Van
derbilt has purchased the Morgan-Ise
lin interest in the Defender and now
owns the craft entirely.
Attorney General Oren of Michigan
has advised Auditor General Dix that
the one-cent per pound beet sugar
bounty law of 1897 is unconstitutional
A special to the Courier-Journal from
London, Kentucky, tells of n report
reaching there of the outbreak of an
other feud in Clay county by which
five men lost their lives.
Nearly every man in Clay county,
Kentucky, is armed and on horseback
Fastening to either one side or the 9th
er, carrying or going for news and pro-
tecting each others homes.
Mrs. Helen Grenfel, state superin.
tendent of public instruction of Colo
RADIO, delivered an address entitled
"Quo Vadimus?" before the National
Educational Association at Los Ange-
les. ..e
The bicycle trust scheme is failure
and the stock for the company will not
be tioated. Bankers have withdrawn
their support and four firms and other
large manufacturers have decided to
pull out.
Interest in the proposed antitrust
conference of governors and attorney
generals is growing. Governor Sayers
has received word from Governor An
drew T.. Lee of South Dakota that he
will attend the conference if possible.
Reports received from station agents
of railroads at points in South Dako-
ia, Nebraska and northwestern Iowa
without exception declare that the
crops in these states are magnificent
and they use the adjectives Splendid"
immense" and fine in speaking of
them.
Germany has gone a step beyond the
prohibition of the importation of beef
from Belgium, announced a day or
two ago, and has now stopped the i'm
portation of Belgian butter, on the al
legation that that country has not OBJ
served the treaty permitting the impor-
tation of American butter into Bel
GUM.
Queen Wilhelmina has expressed per-
sonally to United States Ambassador
Andrew ID. White, head of the Ameri-
can delegation to the Peace Conference,
her gratitude for the Fourth of July
tribute to Hugo Grotius Mt Delft. Her
majesty also expressed particular ad-
miration of DIR. Whites speech on that
occasion.
The production of pig iron in June
shows an increase of $4,000 tons over
the month preceding, while stocks dur
ing the same period have decreased
$1,000 tons. This decrease is amazing,
considering the increased supply, and
shows that the consumption must be
at the rate of 14,00O,OO0 tons per an
mum, or very close thereto.
The Transvaal officials are refusing
to register American citizens unless
they take oath to bear arms for the
republic in the event of war. The
Americans, therefore, threaten to be-
come British subjects so as to avoid
communicating. The Transvaal gov
ernment Is making representations to
Washington on the subject.
The inactivity of the American
troops in Cavite province and also in
the Vicinity of San Fernando, to the
north of Manila. indicates that peace
proposals have been asked for by rep
resentatives of the insurgents. How
ever, the American officials avoid the
subject and will give no information.
1t is understood that the negotiations
with General Trias have been carried
on by General Lawton.
A New York Journal correspondent
cables: The Berliner Post bewails the
fact that after long and tedious exper-
iments the Americans have at last sue
ceeded in producing an excellent imi-
tation" of the Krupp armor plates. 1t
grudgingly admits that the American
plates are in no respect inferior to
Krupp's despite that the latter's har-
dening process has been a jealously
guarded secret for many years.
The natives of the provinces of Al
bay, South Camarines and North
Camarines. Philippines, are endeavor-
ing to throw off the domination of the
Tagals. 1t is reported that there has
been fighting between the people of
the provinces named, and small bands
OF Tngals who We're quartered upon
them, running the local government,
and that the people in question are will.
ing to declare allegiance to the United
States when troops are sent to pro
tect them.
There was n tumultuous scene in the
Wedding cemetery, Vienna, the Other
day, ut the burial of II woman who
had been maltreated by her husband
the husband was present at the fun
eral. and mob of 800 women Mt
tackled him with sticks and stones
unmminr the follow In ON all silps and