Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-11-12
CONDENSED rELECRAns

The attendance at the Worlds Fair
In ST Louis for the week ending No
vember 5th was 634,4
The Philippine Commission has
granted the right of eminent domain to
railroad companies holding charters.
The whisky trust has declared war
on the independent distilleries at Peo-
ria' illinois. and began by cutting the
price materially.
raul de Cassagnac. the prominent
bonapartist deputy and journalist and
once the most notorious duellist in
france, died suddenly at Paris on the
4th inst.
The secretary of state has received
word from the Mexican government of
It's willingness and readiness to enter
into treaty Of arbitration with this
government.
James Marr, who died at Lincoln Ne
oraska, on the 7th inst. at the age OF
eighty-four years. is said to have made
the original design Of the FIRST harvest
Ing machine.
Secretary Morton has instructed
Rear Admiral Barker that each vessel
under his command form a ships rife
team Of twelve men for all vessels hav-
ing complement of $50 men.
Henry Lodging. right guard for the
high school football team at Green
vile, Michigan. was killed by concus-
sion OF the brain in a match game
with another school on the 9th inst
Two lionesses. two monkeys, two os-
triches and a zebra. which were pre-
sented by King Menelik OF Abyssinia
to the President OF the United States.
arrived at New York few days ago
from London. One lioness died during
the voyage.
thirteen-year-old Polish boy has
been sentenced TO three months i'm
prisonment for lese majestic at Lissa.
province of Posen. While at school,
In conversation with other boys, he is
alleged to have condemned the neu-
trsiity of Germany in the Far Eastern
wa
After a spirited debate the Vermont
House Of Representatives. by a close
vote Of SO to 81, has refused a third
reading to the bill granting municipal
suffrage to women who are taxpayers
The judiciary committee had reported
fayorably but the measure went the
way OF all similar bills introduced for
many years.
hundred persons were drowned on
the night OF November 3rd, by the
sinking OF the French steamer Gironde,
after having been in collision with the
French steamer A. Schiaffino. near
Herbillon. twenty-three miles from
Bona, Algeria. The Gironde left Bona
with l+0 passengers. of whom 100 were
Algerian natives.
The ofYicial trial OF the armored
cruiser West Virginia took place on
the Cape Ann course near Boston No
vember End. The new vessel devel.
oped an average speed OF 22I4 knots
per hour. The contract with the
United States government called for a
sustained average speed for four hours
Of p knots per hour.
The estimates OF the War Depart.
meat for the fiscal year ending June
80. 1906. aggregate $103.6s6.7s0. This
Is $zz. z.242,612 less than the War De-
partment estimates submitted a year
ago and $3.s32. .3sS less than the total
appropriations made for the use OF the
War Department for the current fiscal
year ending June 30. 1905.
For $1,000 the United States Battle
ship Maine Salvage Company OF Wash
ington City has bought from the Cuban
government the wreck OF the Maine in
Havana harbor. A Golfer dam will be
built around the hulk. which will be
raised. 1t is planned to put a new
bottom on the ship and tow IL to Coney
Island to be placed on exhibition.
The new Northern Pacific steel
HrfA H.. ,
sand Point. Idaho, has been completed
and turned over by the construction
department to the traffic department
The estimated cost OF the new bridge
is 100000. In its construction 2,300
IONS Of steel were used. The bridge is
the longest on the line OF the Northern
Pacific.
George c. Munger OF Syracuse, New
York. has been appointed receiver for
the Royal Templars of Temperance.
Supreme Council. The directors have
advised the members that arrange
ments have been made to insure them
at the same rate they have been pay
ing. less all emergency assessments.
The liabilities OF the order are placed
at ez66. 900 and the assets at about
$4,000.
Acting Secretary Murray Of the De-
partment Of Commerce and Labor has
made the estimate Of appropriations for
the department for the fiscal year be-
ginning July 1. 1905. The estimates ag-
sregate $l4.339.52s. being S594.525 less
than the estimates for the fiscal year
beginning July l, 1904. The estimates
for the fiscal year of 1906 exceed the
appropriations for the current year by
"a. 4.21S.l44.
According to information from the
Island Of Perrin. at the entrance Of the
Red sea, an Investigation Of Massira
Island made by the Sultan Of Muscat
shows that the captain and . boats