Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-03-05
SHORT TElEGRAMS.

klDE EDWARD has approved ths nP
pointment of Lord Plunket as governor
and oommander-in-ehie OF New Zea-
land.
Edward Franklin Abel, president OF
The A. s. Abel company, publishers OF
the Baltimore Sun. died February 2sth
nj the age of siyty-four years.
King Edward has approved the ap-
pointment Of the Duke of Connaught to
be inspector general of the army un-
der the new reform schedule.
The lower house of the Mississippi
Legislature voted down almost unanl-
n,ously a resolution to invite w. ).
Bryan to address the Legislature.
Prince Henry. the youngest son OF
Prince Henry OF Prussia. died a. kiei,
February Goth. He was four years OF
se. and had been i'll for some time.
A party of American women trainea
nurses has been organized at Washing
ton for the purpose of Offering their
lervices to the Japanese government
John Alexander Dowie's meeting at
the Exposition building in Melbourne
was broken up by mob. Dowie was
refused rooms at fashionable hotel.
The Red Cross Society at st. Peters
burg has ordered its Siberian agents to
prepare isiiNs''h dI6iAithai lop''S
grain and large quantities OF meat and
tterilized milk.
The French minister of war General
Andre. has issued circular authoriz-i
ing the army to make contributions for
the benefit of the wounded in the Rus
,o-Japanese war.
An exhibition is being arranged at
St Petersburg of all the Russian art
,, .st. 10 a.-n- int "
hibit at st. Louis. The proceeds VIII
be devoted to the Red Cross Society.
The arbitration treaty between Great
Britain and Spain, which II was an
nounced on February 20th the two
countries were on the verge OF conclud-'
ing. has been signed by both nations!
The new treaty between France and
/ Spain has been signed. The terms arei
/ identical with the recent arbitration
treaties concluded between France and
I Great Britain and Italy and Great Brit.
/ ain.
The Caucasian Sheik- -Ul-Islam has.
/ called on the Russian Mohammedans to.
/ defend their fatherland He reminded
1 them how they fought their co-relig-
/ ionists, the Turks. twenty-five years
/ ago.
| The secretary for foreign affairs OF
/ Ecuador and the Peruvian minister at
4 Quito have signed a protocol submit
| ting the Ecuador-P Peru boundary ques-
| ton TO the arbitration OF the NuS OF
4 Spain.
Champion Featherweight young
/ Corbett- had no difficulty in defeating
Dave Sullivan at Pavilion, California.
/ February 29th, in the eleventh round
| OF what was scheduled for twenty
| round contest.
The commlssary general of the army
/ Is in receipt of reports from subsist-
| cree OF officers who had to do with
the recent experiments with hash The
| reports were nearly all in approval OF
bash as an army food.
The Supreme Court OF Ohio has ee-
| clared unconstitutional the law which
/ provides a penalty of 500 fine and six
| months imprisonment for any one who
| discharges workman because he 10 a
member of labor union.
Recent developments are said TO
| show that the value of Senator Hannas
estate was about s7,o00.o0o. In the
| probate proceedings an estimate of 50
| GOO. 600 was made. but the real value OF
| IL is more than twice that sum.
/ The British army estimates for the
coming year. made by Secretary OF
I War Forster, are S144 500 900. against
! sI32 .500. 600 last year. The principal re
duction is in this years estimates for
South Africa, which total 100000.
The Appellate Court OF Illinois has
reafiirmed that picketing by strikers
is Illegal. The decision upheld an in
junction against striking iron moulders
issued by Judge Holdom. on petition of
the Illinois Malleable Iron Company.
England is hurrying supplies. guns
! and ships to Victoria and plans 10
make the capital of British Columbia
| a western Gibraltar. These preparations
| for defense have been long in prog
ress, but it is only since the war in the
| Orient began, with the possibility that
England may become involved. that
the work has been rushed with energy.
The Cuban congressional elections.
last month. the first ever conducted en-
tirely under Cuban auspices, were quiet
and well conducted. despite predictions
of disturbances. Throughout the is
land not a single instance of disorder
| vas reported. The conduct of those In
charge OF the polling places was excel
lent The ballots were printed on the
American plan.
The eighteen new battleships and ar
mored cruisers now being constructed
for the American navy will be equipped
with submerged torpedo tubes. The
board en- construction recently de-
cided to omit tubes from all battle
ships. There was such a protest, how
ever, from many officers in the navy
that, at the instance OF the secretary,
the board reconsidered its decision.
Lord Miner. British high commits
sioner in South Africa. in delivering
the presidential address before the in
tercolonial council for the Transvaal
and Orange River colony. revealed the
grave financial condition of the colony.