Gilpin observer., 1904-07-07
CONDENSED TEl.EGRArfs

non. Ohio, June 28th, aged sc years.
Syracuse College won the intercol-
legiate boat race on the Hudson, Cor
| nell second, Pennsylvania third. Column
bia fourth, Georgetown fifth and Wis
consin sixth. -5 r.
The total attendance at the st. Louis
Worlds Fair for the week ending June
25th was 540,4S5, gain of $4,000 over
the previous week and an average OF
10000 day.
During the parade of circus at
Findlay, Ohio, June 25th, four specta-
tors. were prostrated by heat. Twelve
horses in the procession fen and seven
Of the animals died.
The glove cutters strike at Glovers-
Vile, New York, proved to be failure
and has been declared off after lasting
for six months. The strike was inaug-
urated as a protest against the open
shop.
Secretary Hay has instructed General
Porter, American ambassador to Paris.
to thank the French government for its
services In assisting in the negotiations
for the release of Perdicaris, Raisulis
American captive.
Mrs. w. N. Macmillan Of st. Louis
reached london June 27th after
traversing Abyssinia at the head Of her
own caravan. She is the first white
woman to cross Emperor Meneliks
country from west to east.
While the landlady of the Bell inn at
Totwell, England, was at dinner the
other day, an aerolite crashed through
the chimney, spun around the room
and exploded Though the house was
considerably damaged the landlady es-
capped.
Benjamin and Edwin Coshkey, broth
eres, were electrocuted few days ago,
at their home, near Wabank, Pennsyl-
vania, while picking cherries. coming
in contact with wire that fed the arc
lights and which ran through the
branches.
The Navy Department has been noti-
fed that Grace Herreld, daughter Of
Gov. Charles Herreld of South Dakota,
has been invited by the Union Iron
Works. San Francisco, to christen the
armored cruiser South Dakota, now
building at that place.
Attorney Samuel p Hayden OF
Washington is now in England making
plans to bring Mrs. Florence Maybrick
to her home in America. 1t is expect
ed that she will be released from the
home of the Sisters of the Epiphany at
Truro some time in July.
The Supreme Court of Montana unan-
imously held that the fair trials bill
enacted at special session OF the Leg
, islaturc last December is constitutional.
The law was attacked in the case of the
Anaconda company against the Montana
Ore Purchasing Company, and much
litigation between the copper interests
is involred-
! A Philadelphia dispatch says that
1000 more men will be discharged from
the Baldwin locomotive shop works
within the next few days. Six thou
sand have already been dropped from
the company's service and the working
force will soon be reduced to 6,000
men. The greatest number ever em-
pioyed is about 10000.
Walter Scott of New York reported
to the police at Philadelphia that he
had been robbed of $4,000 in gold
while on Pullman car between Pitts
burg and Harrisburg. Scott said he
had been in Dawson City. Alaska, for
several years and acquired fortune
there by mining He thinks the money
was stolen while he was asleep.
What purports to be a we'll founded
report from Ottawa is that the terminus
for the Grand Trunk Pacific on the Pa
cific coast will be at Kitimat, B. c., and
that the terminus will be officially
named in about three months. Hun
dreds of thousands of dollars were
spent in Port Simpson by spectators
who believed 1t would be the terminus.
A dispatch from Lisbon says that u
punitive expedition is about to be dis
patched to Portuguese West Africa in
consequence Of the threatening attitude
of the natives there. Since the revolt
of the Hereros tribe the natives of both
East and West Africa have been show
Ing signs of insubordination. which has
caused the government much uneasi-
ness.
Mgr. Guida, apostolic delegate to the
Philippine islands. died at Manila June
26th Of heart failure. Mgr. Guida was
cent to the Philippine islands two years
ago as the representative of the Vati-
can In the negotiations with the Fill
pino commissioners for the sale OF the
Friar lands to the American govern
ment. The sale was accomplished at
the price Of $7,250.000.
Judge ]. T. Debolt of the First Cir
cult Court at Honolulu has sentenced
Jonah Kumalae. member Of the Ha-
waiian House Of Representatives, and
E. H. Johnston. lawyer, to imprison-
ment for one year at hard labor for
conspiracy to defraud the territory
through the collection Of fraudulent
vouchers for expenses incurred by the
House OF Representatives.
The Navy Department awarded to
the battleship Oregon the trophy for
excellence in gunnery in the last an
nual target practice. for which the
ships Of the navy have been in compe-
tition. For the gunboat class 1t was
determined that the Dolphin is entitled
to the trophy while the trophy for the