Gilpin observer., 1899-04-06
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eleven deaths had occurred In Tainin
and one in Taik0ku, bringing the total
number of deaths since January 1st
up to 2S2.
According to mail advices brought
from the Orient by the steamer EN-
press of Japan, 94 Chinese were killed
and 123 wounded by the Russian SOL
dlers In the recent riot Mt Talien Wan,
China. "A Russian interpreter was
killed by the Chinese.
The charities founded in Austria by
| Baron Maurice de Hirsch, and carried
on since his death in 1906 by the late
baroness, will benefit under her will
TO the extent of f2S0,0OO. Both the
adopted sons receive large legacies, in
Guiding the splendid Moravian estates.
Hector Leubtow Of Milwaukee, has
sued the twelve jurymen who convict
ed him Of conspiracy six years ago for
$:.5, 600. The Oldest lawyer at the bar
does not remember similar instance
where the jurymen have been sued for
damages because of their vrdict.
A wealthy gentleman named Tourret
wus shot dead in Paris on the Bois de
BoulOgne, by n man who mistOok his
victim for President Loubet, to whom
NJ. TOuret bore striking resemblance.
The murderer whose name is OZouf,
and who is 3S years old, is thought to
be insane.
The greatest clearances of bonded to-
bacco on record have just been made
in Liverpool. Not far short of 1,OOO,-
600 has been paid for duties, one firm
alone drawing one check for $425, 900,
thus beating Sir Thomas Lipton's
1886, 1000 check for customs duty on
bonded tea.
A dispatch from Gothenburg says
that the Norwegian government has is
sued an order prohibiting Swedish Off
GERS from inspecting forts or witness
ing the drill of the troops in Norway
and has also decided to use on forts
and war material certain moneys bor
rowed for railways.
Nine persons We're severely injured,
and it Is feared that two were drowned
in collision between an ocean going
tug and one of the Brooklyn ferry
boats in the East river Saturday. The
ferry-bOat was struck in mid-stream
by the tug Argus and so badly dam
aged that 1t was with difficulty that
she reached her Brooklyn slip. The
tug was uninjured.
The British Parliament has grappled
with the telephone monopoly of Eng
land and passed law authorizing the
postoffice department to construct n
system OF lines in connection with the
telegraph service, which already be-
longs to the government, and do all
London city and long g-distance business
In competition with the Bell company,
at much reduced rates.
Attorney General Davis of Arkansas
has filed 126 suits against the sixty
tnree nre insurance companies doing
business In Arkansas, and as n conse-
quence every foreign company has sus-
pended business in that state. These
suits are brought under n new anti
trust law which was passed recently
by the Legislature. 1t is one of the
most sweeping and far-reaching meas
ures Of the kind ever enacted.
Consul Brush at Clifton informs the
State Department that the Canadian
government has decided to construct n
telegraph line between Lake Bennett
and Dawson City at once. and that it
has also decided to establish telegraph
connections between British Columbia
and the Yukon territory. He says the
Dominion authorities regard the fran
chise for this telegraph line as too i'm
portant from the standpoint of the na-
ti0nal safety to permit 1t to go outside
OF government control.
A special from Juneau. Alaska, con-
tains the report of the murder of six
teen prospectOrs from Kentucky. No
details are at hand, but the story Is
that the gOld-seekers were killed while
asleep by Indians. who wanted their
kits and supplies. The crime is said
to have been committed some months
while tho
the mouth of the Kuskowkim river,
which. though reported rich in miner
ais. had never been explored by
Willie men.
Th secretaries Of the Baptist and
Presbyterian Home Missionary Socie-
ties. the Missionary Society of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and the
American Missionary Association, rep
resenting the Congregationallsts, ar
ranged for cooperation In Porto Rico
and other islands and territories. The
societies agree not to duplicate forces
In the same community beyond mani
fest necessity. They have also ar
ranged for the opening OF evangelistic
work in Porto Rico.
So much objection has been raised to
the plan of the New York clearing
house of charging for the collection of
out of town checks that many propo-
sitlons have been made by merchants
doing mail order business to take their
accounts from national and state
banks and place them with trust CON-
panies. John Brisben Walker proposes
the organization OF the National
Clearing House Bank" to be modelled
on the lines of IN institution conduct.
ed by the government of Autria- Hun.
gary, which has for many years been
In successful operation In that empire.
| President Mckinley, by an order
made public recently. has taken the
first step toward a purely Cuban mer.