Gilpin observer., 1900-05-17
TELEGRAPH ITEMS.

ident Cleveland's first administration
died at Boston on the 9th
The enemies of John w. Gates on the
board OF directors of the American
Steel Company, have resigned, failing
in an attempt to oust Gates.
The combination of bridge and struc-
tural companies, rs it now stands. rep
resents about 80 per cent. of the bridge
tonnage of the United States. The new
company is capitalized at $4,000, 900.
The bubonic plague, which is ravisl-
Ing the shores of the Red Sea, is rapid
ly increasing at Hong Kong. where
there have been siNty-five cases in
twenty days, and spreading into addi-
tional towns in Australia.
The British iron ship Sierra Nevada,
Captain Scott, from Liverpool, Janu-
ary 10th, for Melbourne, was totally
wrecked outside the heads. Five of
her crew were saved, but it is believed
that twenty-five Others including the
captain, perished.
| Mount Vesuvius has been in Il state
of eruption for the past three days
nnd explosions within the crater have
thrown lava and masses Of rock to n
great height. Last Tuesday night the
eruption was especially violent and
was accompanied by menacing rum
blings
! The Argentine government has sent
/ fifty young men from the different
provinces to be educated in the agri-
/ cultural schools of the United States.
( The purpose of the government is TO
secure Il corps of teachers for their
own agricultural schools, educated on
the American plan.
A report comes from Troy, Berrien
county, in the extreme southwestern
part of Michigan, that a shower of To-
Gusts, millions in numbers, fell in that
section Sunday. and that the insects
completely deyasted the land of all
vegetation. They filled the air like
cloud and darkened the view of the
/ sun.
The total eclipse of the sun. sched-
uled for the morning of May 2Sth, is re-
Sarded as an astronomical event of the
first capacity by the experts at the
Washington naval observatory. The
chief astronomers have decided to equip
two expeditiOns-one for Pinehurst.
n. o., and the other for GAINESVILLE
Georgia.
President Powell of the Order of
Railway Telegraphers, has issued an
order formally disseminating the strike
of the Southern railway telegraphers
declared April IA, 1900. President Pow
ell asserts that while the strike con
troversy is ended the boycott feature
on the Southern will be continued by
the order.
Governor Roosevelt has granted the
requisition for the surrender of George
w. Hull, the Arizona millionaire mine
n ~ ha i.. tod In, a
on the charge of perjury 1t is claimed
that Hull in an action for divorce
against his wife swore falsely that he
had been resident of the state of
Rhode Island for year.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers met at Milwaukee en- the 9th.
in the fourth biennial convention, with
900 delegates present. Grand Chief
Arthur, i'll his address, referred to the
prosperous condition of the order and
said that the organization had always
maintained that the only way to settle
differences that are sure to arise is by
arbitration.
Bloheim 4 Voss, the world-renowned
shipbulding firm of Hamburg, are
building an enormous floating dock
that Will eclipse in size even the lar
Sest already constructed by them and
VIII he the largest in the world The
dock VIII be capable of receiving such
large vessels as the Deutschland. the
new transatlantic steamer built for the
Hamburg line.
The secretary of state for India has
received n message from the viceroy,
saying: The conditions have material
ly improved in Madras and Mysore in
consequence of the recent rains. In the
remaining of the affected tracts the
distress Is increasing in intensity, owing
to the want of fodder and water and
the increasing heat. The number of
persons now in receipt of relief Is g.
$1,000"
The Kansas Millers' Association,
comprising 100 Kansas. Kansas City
and Oklahoma millers has appointed
an agent who will make 1t his business
to sell for export or to eastern trade
the surplus product held by the mills
and represented in the association.
Their inability heretofore to dispose of
his surplus has caused dcmoraliza-
tion In prices which they now seek To
overcome.
A fire started at the river end of the
Mallory line steamship pier ut the foot
of Maiden Lane and the East river,
early sunday morning. completely de.
'troycd the pier and its valuable con
.ents. The police lace the loss at
Sl,OOO,OOO. Several barges which were |
nioored near the pier We're also de- !
Stroyed and many rescues of their cap !
taiiis ana of the members of the fam
Hes on board were made
Addressing the Central Federated |
Union, M New York, Sameul Com. |
pers, president of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, declared that Japan
HSe coolies were taking the place of the |
Chinese, who had been excluded. "No |
restriction" lie said. 'ls placed upon |
the Japanrsc. and as n result they are
coming iuip This ..nnptry In Irnvn. .