Gilpin observer., 1900-10-11
rELEoRAPHic sREvIrIEs.

tA0 ChPlt0A Va SOhACucEAltu Aub-
tralia.
Fifteen hundred journeymen plumb
ers employed by 115 firms in Pittsburg
struck fOr uniform wages.
The Dayton shoe factory, valued at
$3OO,OOO was burned at Williamsport,
Pennsylvania. on the 2nd.
1t is announced that the entire
amount of Swedish bonds consigned
for sale in this country has been dis
posed of.
General Leonard Wood, commanding
United States forces in Cuba, has made
recommendation that all the troops in
Cuba be mounted.
The Mosquito fleet built for the Unit
ed States customs service in Cuban
waters sailed on the Bird en- route for
Cuba by the inside route.
Letters from Havana indicate that
much apprehension exists among the
Americans there regarding the yellow
fever, as the conditions grow worse in
stead of improving.
The first lot of the 200 Galveston-and
coast country orphans which San An
tonic families have agreed to adopt
arrived there Monday, and We're given
homes in well-to-do families.
Martin Kingman, millionaire manu-
facturer at Peoria, says Bryan re-
ceived $150,OOO from Colorado silver
men for his refusal to accept nomina.
ton other than on silver platform.
Returns from the Connecticut town
elections show net Republican loss
of seven towns. OF the 162 towns vot-
ing all but two have been heard from.
They stand: Republicans, 11S; Demo-
cratic, AZ.
The puddlers Of the Norristown,
Pennsylvania, mills held a meeting yes
terday and decided to accept cut of
81 ton in wages. Fires were lighted
in the afternoon after an idleness of
six months.
The Michigan Supreme Court, in an
unanimous opinion, declared the act
granting bounty of 1 cent per pound
on all beet sugar manufactured in the
state unconstitutional. The act was
passed in 1897.
People at the Presbyterian head
quarters in New York. who have been
keeping tab on the action of the Pres
byterians, predict the overwhelming
defeat of the movement to revise the
creed of the church.
Lord Wolseley asks the public wish
ng to honor the returning soldiers "to
refrain, while extending them n hearty
welcome, from offering them intoxicat-
ing liquors as, like all of us, they are
open to temptation"
The fifteenth annual encampment of
Union Veterans Union opened mt
Washington on the 2nd with an at
tendance of fully 100 delegates. The
Woman's Relief Corps is holding q
simultaneous meeting.
Famine and suffering among the In
dians on the Sacaton reservation
grows greater. Recent reports from an
authoritative source stated that 5000
Pimas and Papagoes are already des-
titute and in dire want.
-Four more fishing vessels with crews
aggregating thirty-five men have been
posted in New Foundland as having
been lost during the great gale of Sep.
tember 18th. This Is likely to com.
plete the list of local disasters.
The Peruvian Congress has passed O
vote of censure against the late cabinet
as a result of the recent financial dis.
closures. A new cabinet has been
formed with SenOr Almenara as pre-
mier and Senor Osma as minister OF
foreign affairs.
The recent rain storms in the south
OF France have destroyed utterly the
late crops, and have greatly damaged
the wine crop. The Rhone has over
flowed and is flooding the villages
along its course. Several railroad
washouts have also occurred.
The Postofiice Department has is
sued n tabulated statement of the
money order business of the country
for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1900
During the year 33. 163. $50 money or
ders We're issued for $3.50 5.67O,077, an
increase of $50 3O6,949 over last year
At Baku, on the Caspian sea, a fierce
fire has destroyed the property of eight
oil companies, including ninetyseven
wells, ten reservoirs containing 10000
600 pounds of naptha. and any quantl-
ty of buildings and machinery. The
whole loss will be tremendous. The
fire was still raging on the 1st.
The monthly statement of the public
debt shows that at the close of busi-
ness September 2, 1900. the debt, less
cash In the treasury, amounted to ST.
Jog, 156.611, which is accounted for by
the increase in the cash on hand and
the redemption of the two per cent.
bonds.
Father Fitzpatrick of the Holy Fam
lily Church, Omaha, fought dSsper-
ate battle with burglar at the chnncel
the other night, subdued the culprit.
called the police and sent HIM TO Jail.
The priest does not give the details %
the struggle. but told the officers that
he brought the thief to submission, and
that he begCed for mercy.
British steamships and railroads are
expected to burn American smokelcss
soft coal soon. Negotiations for 50O,-
900 tons have practically been COM
pleted between n Chicago firm of b-
luminous coal mine operators and an
agent of n London brokerage firm. 1t
is believed this marks the beginning
of regular demand by British con-