Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-09-17
CCNDENSED TELECRAhs


most entirely destroyed by fire on the
sth INST. the loss being estimated at
500 600.
Inc circumstantial report of the es
cape Of Samsonoff. the murderer OF
Minister Won Plehve, is denied by the
Russian authorities.
Major Delmar only succeeded in tie
ing the worlds trotting record OF 2:02A
without wind shield in his attempt
At the New York State Fair.
Two thousand men have been killed
ana 5000 wounded in battle, lasting
! three days. between the uruguayan
government forces and the revolution
lists.
Sir Thomas Upton leaves England
the end OF September lor St Louis.
where he probably will be the guests OF
Dasid r. Francis. president OF the
Exposition.
FIVE bandits held up train on the
Rock Island railioad six miles out OF
Muscatine. Iowa, on the 18th inst,
blew open the express safe and escaped
with the contents
1t is reported that March ed next
has been selected for the date OF the
marrlass of Duchess Cecilia of Meek
ienburg- -Schwerin TO Clown Prince
Frederick William.
The St Louis Exposition Is punctualiy
paying si,e00,000 month on its loan
of Si.1@V 600 from the government. The
attendance. which has been large from
the hFst, Is also constantly increasing.
John E. Redmond, the Irish leader.
said at Boston shat in view Of the pres
la.F rs-4fs
Britain and Irish Nationalist party is
in a Iair way to control the next Brit
ish Parliament
William Waldorf Astor arrived in
New York few days ago on the
steamer Majestic This is MI Astor's
first visit to the United States since he
BECAME naturalized citizen of Great
Britain in 1897.
The Klondike City sawmlll. Yukon
Territory. owned by the North Ameri-
can Trading and transportation Corr
pany, vas completely destroyed by fire
September 9th. The loss is SIS, 600
with no insurance
-Four Of the crew OF the Italian third
class cruiser Puglia were killed in the
harbor Of Chemuipo and sixteen others
rendered III by the fumes of bursting
shells. The actual explosion of the
shells did but little damage.
The Treasury Department is sending
out checks to the officers and men or
Admiral Dewey's fleet in payment for
the awards of prize money made for
the American feet at Manila bay. The
check 10 Admiral Dewey Is for sls,-
SIS.
President Palma OF Cuba has decrecd
that payment ofonc-halt OF the amounts
due revolutionary veterans shall begin
on October lst. The proceeds of the
S35.o90 GOO loan Will pay one-half OF
the recorded claims. with s4O0o.0O0 to
spare
The Red Men OF the United States, at
their convention at ST. Joseph. Mis-
souri,. revised the laws OF the order so
as to exclude liquor dealers and TO for
bid Sunday picnics. Gift enterprises,
lotteries and games of chance are
banned
In runaway accident at Cincinnati
on the 9Th inst. Bishop j. NJ. Walden
of the Methodist Church and his wife
were seriously hurt Mrs Walden's 3
arm was broken and the bishop was
badly bruised Both were taken to the
hospital.
Reports of the apple crop received at
New York by large dealers indicate
that the American yield will be about
thirty per cent larger than last year and
fourteen per cent. above the average
for the last ten years Some dealers
estimate the output at 100000 bar
rels.
The Norwegian steamer. Vircola. now
at Hammerfest. Norway. reports that
she met the Ziegier relief expedition
steamer. Frithjof. August 27th, in lati-
tude seventy-nlue north and longitude
ffty-two cas-. The Frithjof up to that
time had been unable to reach Franz
Josef land.
All attendance records of the Louis
lana Purchase Exposition were broken
On Labor Day, when 207 ,i5i per ons
passed through the gates. This mum
her. II is stated, exceeded the attend
ance Labor Day at the Columbian Ex-
position, when 19S.s5S visitors were
registered by the turnstiles.
At Pomeroy, Ohio, on the 9th inst,
two youthful strangers entered the
county treasurers office. covered Treas
urer Chase with revolvers and after Sc
curing $4,000. locked Chase in the
vault and made their escape. Mr.. Chase
was locked In nearly three hours be-
fore being found and released.
The Allan, Dominion and Canadian
Pacific lines have reduced their steer
age rates from London, or Liverpool to
Quebec from SIS to $40. The new rate,
which will become effective Ia October.
is regarded as an indication Of the
probable failure of peace negotiations
between the Cunard and the CONT
mental lines.
In the United States Circuit Court
at Los Angeles, Judge Wellborn has de-
cided that the arbitrary routing OF
citrus fruit shipments by initial lines
is opposed to the provisions OF the In
terstate Commerce Commission act in