Gilpin observer., 1899-02-23
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the 18th.
The transport Grant has passed
through the Red Sea.
Rev. ]. Il. Thompson, chaplain of the
Washington volunteers has died at Ma
nila.
Our troops in the Philippines are
suffering from the effects of the great
heat.
The steamers sailing for Europe on
the 18th took out 100000 ounces of
silver.
The Nebraska Legislature has de-
feated the anti-pass bill that was be-
fore it.
The six-day race at San Francisco
was won by Charley Miller, who COW
cred ., 1872 miles.
Five coal miners at Birmingham,
Alabama, were killed the other day by
an explosion of dynamite.
William ]. Brownlee, gun captain
on the Indiana, was swept overheard
and drowned while the battleship was
near Bermuda.
n serious conflict has taken place be-
tween the Russian and Chinese at Ia
lien Wan, 300 of the latter being killed.
1t is said to have originated in n Ques-
ton of taxes.
The London Chronicles Stockholm
correspondent says that the health of
King Oscar has been restored, and that
he has resumed the government amid
general rejoicings.
The Spanish Cortes reassembled on
the Goth. Count D'Alemenas made an
attack upon the generals and COM
planned that five months had elapsed
and not a single general had been
shot"
a number of young men in Sacra-
mento are organizing a colony to settle
on the island of Guam. They propose
to engage in the raising of the staple
products of the island.
Ian MacLaren (the Rev. John Wat
som has arrived ut New York from
England on the Teutonic to begin an
other lecturing tour in this country,
principally in the West.
In New York 1000 people who wait
ed until after 4 o'clock for the curtain
to rise in the Star theater. raised riot
because their money was not returned
and ruined the furniture and fixtures
of the theater.
Professor Stephens. who has been
on trial at Easton, Pennsylvania
charged with setting fire TO Pardee
Hall, Lafayette College. was found
guilty. Stephens also stole 121 books
from the college.
General Otis has sent to the War
Department copy of n proclamation
issued just before the recent attack on
Manila, in which the Filipinos were
ordered to eXterminate all foreigners,
men, women and children.
After one of the most exciting local
campaigns, Mayor Robert L. McKisson
of Cleveland, Ohio, was renominated
for mayor at the Republican primaries
over Judge Charles NJ. Stone by n ma
jOrity of over 1000. The fight was dis
tinctly between the Hanna and the
McKisson forces.
The Central Union Gas Company has
been organized under the laws of Vir-
ginia to control the natural gas wells
and plants in Ohio, Indiana and South
ern Illinois The capital stock will be
x24,OOOOOO, of which there will be S1O.-
OOO,OOO per cent. cumulative dividend
stock. and $14,OOO,OOO common stock.
The task of building railroad along
the precipitOus side of the canon from
Skaguay to the summit of White Pass.
an elevation of nearly 5000 feet. has
been completed. From the summit to
Lake Bennett the work of construc-
ton is comparatively easy and the
track will be laid in a few weeks.
Ancient Spanish documents have
been discovered which prove that the
Spanish were in possession of Van
couver island in 1870, and that If these
documents had been in possession of
Emperor William of Germany he
would have awarded the island to the
United States instead of to England.
BY vote of 46 to 16, or four more
than needed, the Minnesota Senate
passed over the governors veto the
bill appropriating $20.OOO to pay boun-
ties earned under the beet sugar bounty
law. 1t has received the necessary
two-thirds vote in the House and now
becomes effective without the gov
ernors approval.
The Sultan of Oman has revoked the
grant of n coaling station to tle French
under the British atlmirals threat of
bombardment. The British warships
Eclipse, Sphinx and Redbreast are ly-
ing off the port of Muscat. The Sultan
has issued proclamation to the fore
going effect. The French consul has en-
tered protest.
A dispatch from Hartford says:
Physicians have been startled by n
demonstration of the effects of the
SNOW cure" A patient who had sue
cumbed to pneumonia. and who had
been pronounced dead, was carried
from his house and placed In bed of
snow. The shock brought the stilled
heart again into action, and the patient
Is now on the way to recovery.
The Toledo Blade announces that
Robert j. Burdette. the humorist. is To
marry Mrs. l.. &. Baker. n wealthy
widow of Pasadena, California, who