Gilpin observer., 1899-07-13
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The new yacht Columbia defeated
the Defender in a race the other day.
The delegates to the. international
Congress of Women at London were
invited out to Windsor Castle to see
the Queen. ~ a. Fet e ~ ~ ~ <
James X. Sovereign has-been chosen
chief of the Mohawks, Democratic
organization.
1t seems probable that the Standard
Oil Company win go out of business
in Ohio. turning over its business to IL
new concern there.
The. Indiana State Bar Association
has adopted resolution denouncing
the practice of levying political assess
ments on judges. Four votes out of
800 We're cast against the resolution.
A company has been formed at st.
Louis to build the largest steel plant
in the west, which it is understood
will be prepared to fight the trust. The
capitalization will be $500.00O, to be
increased in the near future.
Plans are on foot for the formation
of n combination to control the glove
manufacturing industry of the United
States. The capitalization will prob
ably be $15.000,O00, and the promoter
says the outlook for the success of the
undertaking is bright.
The. United States government has
declined the proposal of the govern
ment of Austro- Hungary to arbitrate
the claims for damages arising from
the death of Austro- Hungarian sub
jects during the rioting at Hazleton,
cxIrn nj, in,
The bubonic plague continues to
rage at Bushire on the northern shore
of the Persian Gulf, within 1000
miles of the Russian city of Tiflis. 1t
is feared that the pest will reach the
Caucasus before fall and that hence
will menace Europe. but the Persian
government is inactive.
A story comes from Dawson City
that several prospectOrs who have ar
rived there over the Edmonton route
report that score of miners have
died from scurvy at Wind river.
branch of the Peel river, and that
number of others have suffered from
it's dread effects.
The annual report of the United So
ciety of Christian Endeavor shows an
increase of nearly 1000 societies with
over 100000 members The total men,
bership is 3.5OO,OOO In England the
Baptists lead in Christian Endeavor.
in Australia the Wesleyan Methodists,
in Canada the Methodists and in the
United States the Presbyterians.
The Fairbanks-FosterA Alaska boun-
Diary party has returned from the
north and interviews with members
of the party indicate that the water
shed on White Pass, back of Skag-
way and Dyea will be accepted as
the international boundary line at that
point. The White and ChilcOot passes
constitute the storm center of the
Alaska boundary question.
Two hundred negroes from the mines
md quarries about Birmingham. Ala
bama, have left for Wear City, Kan
sas, to take the places of strikers in
the coal mines at that place. The reg
ular movement of these negroes has
been going on for some time and 500
of them have already been sent there.
An unsuccessful attempt to assass-
mate Milan, the former king of Ser
via, was made the other day.
Spaniards formely in business in
Havana and other Cuban cities are ar
irving in Mexico looking for invest
ments and say that by October fully
13O.OOO.OOO of Spanish capital will
have been withdrawn from the island.
Cor Spaniards of wealth do not want
to risk long period of political unrest
and possible coming into power of
Cuban politicians. ...
to t..
completed between Salt Lake City and
Los Angeles the Southern Pacific will
parallel 1t. The Utah Pacific has laid
its tracks within five miles of McCune
on the Utah state line. The road Is to
southwest to McCune and from there
is projected under the charter of the
Utah. Nevada and California, south
west 450 miles to Los Angeles.
The volume of German imperial re-
ports just issued gives interesting Grim
inal statistics up to 1897. In the fif-
teen years from 1882 to 1897. there was
a startling increase in crime in the EN-
pire. The total number of sentences
In the former year was 329, ,o6S I'm 1897,
45G.0M--an increase of more than IS
per cent. Detailed statistics show
tnht Ine greatest increase mas Deen Ill
the eastern provinces. where the aver
age of illlteracy is highest, Rhine prov
ince, Wesphalia and Saxony showing
the smallest percentage of criminals.
American officials here are surprised
mt the large number OF Cubans now
applying in the Province OF Santiago
for n share of the American gratuity.
The Cuban officers had assured them
that there We're not hundred men in
the province who would accept money
from the United States. basing their
assurance on kilograms which purport-
ed to have come from Santiago. At
Sanctl Spirltus. out of $50 men muster
ed out, payment has been made to 1I5.
Sixty weapons have been delivered to
the mayor Of the city. Two hundred
and eighty-four applications have been