Gilpin observer., 1902-06-12
SHORT TELEoRAMs.


June Sd.
1t is stated that steel magnates will
build the most magnificent hotel in the
world In New York City. 1t will cost
$1O,OOO,OOO.
Arrangements are reported to have
been made for the Introduction of vau-
ocean liners.
Discontinued Englishmen complain
that the government announces peace
with honor" England has the peace
and the Beers all the honor.
Governor Sylvester Pennoyer of Ore
gon died suddenly on Memorial Day
of heart failure. He would have been
seventy one years old in July next.
1t is reported that the Great North
ern Steamship Company has decided
to build three more ships for the Orien-
tai trade, between Seattle and China
General Louis Botha telegraphed to
his, wife, who is at Brussels, that he
has signed the peace agreement and
would start for Europe next month.
The General Assembly of the United
Presbyterian Church at Pittsburg de-
clared for total abstinence for the in
dividual and prohibition for the state"
| An official bulletin from Loo castle
says that Queen Wilhelmina will pass
her period of convalescence at castle
Schaumberg, in the valley of the Lain.
Experts of the imperial health office
Of Berlin claim that borax is injurious
to the human system. Tests We're
made upon two men for the period of
| four years.
Rev. James L. Rodgers, prominent In
Baptist circles in California, has, af-
ter much study and correspondence
with learned Moslems, embraced Mo-
hammedanism.
Immediately after the signing of the
peace agreement a number of Boer
leaders started out to roundup" the
Boer commanders in the field and
bring them in.
The Second Baptist Church at Lit
tie Rock, Arkansas, has voted to with
draw fellowship from Gov. jeff Davis
upon charges of unbecoming conduct
filed some time ago.
Congressman Amos ]. Cummings
will, which has just been filed for
probate, makes Mrs. Cummings sole
beneficiary. He left only 1,5OO Of
personally and no real estate.
While inspecting the Charleston navy
yard, near Boston, Major Berthelot OF
the Rochambeau mission slipped on
the smoothly waxed floor at the COM
mandant's house and fell breaking his
left leg.
The British mule camp, which has
been maintained here since May,
1901, during which time $4,000 horses
and mules for use in South Africa have
been handled. is being moved to
Toronto, Canada.
Justice Scott in the criminal branch
Of the New York Supreme Court has
set September 22d as the date for the
beginning of the second trial of Roland
B. MolineauX, accused of the murder
of Mrs. Kate Adams.
There was great rejoicing in all the
concentration camps of the Transvaal
upon the naws that peace had been
concluded. The occupants assembled
in the open spaces. chanted psalms, the
women weeping with joy.
New York University has conferred
| the degree of master of letters upon
Miss Helen Miller Gould, Miss Emily
Ogden Butler and Mrs. Henry Dra-
per, who have served as president of
the woman's advisory committee.
The Chinese government proposes to
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| now, the United States consul general
at Shanghai, in recognition Of his SER
vices in maintaining peace in the CEN
| tral provinces of China in 1900.
In passing on the case of the Han
over National Bank, New York, ver-
sus Max Moyses, the United States Su-
preme Court, in an opinion delivered
by Chief Justice Fuller, decided the
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tutional.
Under the decision of the Supreme
Court, in the case of Capt. Peter q.
Deming, Secretary Root has directed
that twenty-seven ex-members OF the
volunteer organization now serving
sentence shall be released from con-
| finement.
Mrs. Nettie o. Craven has aban-
doned her fight for recognition as the
widow of the late Senator James G.
Fair. She has been paid $50,OOO for
withdrawing from the various law
suits against the estate of the deceased
millionaire.
Wheat cutting began June %
throughout Oklahoma, the earliest date
since 1896, when cutting began on May
25th. The yield this year Is estimated
ut two-thlrds of Il crop, occasioned by
the long continued drouth during the
winter months.
1t is said that Circuit Judge Humph-
reys of the First Circuit Court OF
Hawaii may be n candidate for dele
gate to Congress In the election next
November. The present delegate, Il.
w. Wilcox, will probably make fight
for another nomination.
will, the body of Justice George T.. An
drews of the Supreme Court of New
York has been cremated. In his Will
the justice said IL the provision direct
| iIis, cremation WINS NOT nhpXpu the Will