Gilpin observer., 1904-09-29
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The interment Of the late President
Kruger's remains will take place at
Pretoria about December 10th.
Tho admissions to the st. Louis Ex-
position during the week ending Sep
tember 18th exceeded million.
The next session of tht international
geographical congress will be held at
Geneva, Switzerland, some time be.
tween 1907 and 1909.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Eiremen at its recent biennial conven.
ton voted $4,000 in aid Of the Western
Federation Of Miners.
A floating pipe line of-steel construc-
tion will be used 1t the mouth Of the
Mississippi river to carry mud from
the dredges out into the gulf.
The Socialist agitation is on the in
crease in Italy. especially in the north
ern part. In some places it is assum-
Ing the character of rebellion.
Queen Helena Of Italy was safely de-
hvered OF a son on the night of Sep.
tember 18th. The infant has received
the name Of Humboldt and the title
Of Prince Of Piedmont.
According to the New York Herald,
despite the fact that presidential year
usually marks period of trade depres-
sion, the outlook for fall business in
most parts OF the country is reassuring.
Commander r. e. Peary, the Arctic
explorer. recently announced that con-
tract had been signed for a new Arctic
ship which he is to use in another at
tempt to reach the North Pole and he
expects to start north again next sum-
mer.
The district tax administrators OF
Bresiau, Prussia, have decided that the
crown prince. Frederick William, must
pay taxes on his estate at Oels. holding
that only the sovereign, and not mem
bers OF his family, is exempt from tax
alton.
The municipal council of the Hague
has rejected the measure providing for
utilizing part Of The Hague woods for
the Carnegie palace of peace. The
council, however is willing to provide
another site for the arbitration head
quarters.
It is stated that preparations for the
autumn tour of the veteran actor, Jo-
seph Jefferson, have been abandoned
and all engagements for the season can
celled on account of i'll health, Mr..
Jefferson having suffered from q seri-
GUS attack Of Indigestion.
It is announced from Vladivostok
that an English seal poacher named
Thomson. who took advantage Of the
war to make the Pribylof islands his
hunting ground, has been captured and
his schooner sunk Thomson has been
imprisoned at Nikclaievsk.
George Washington Bradley of
Houston, Texas, aged ninety-seven
years. said to have been the Oldest
Confederate veteran, died at st. Louis,
while on visit to the Worlds Fair.
He served in q Missouri infantry regi-
ment during the Civil War.
The steamer Celtic. which sailed on
the 18th inst. from Queenstown for New
York, had $500 souls, believed to be
the largest number ever taken in one
vessel from . British port. Nine hun
drsd and nifty Of them embarked from
Queenstown and about 100 steerage
passengers were left behind on account
Of lack OF accommodations.
Sworn to put an end to the existence
Of gangs of street hoodlums, lawless
organizations OF foreigners. stop the
carrying of concealed weapons, and to
protect women from insult and annoy
ance by rowdies, seventy-four business
men of Brooklyn, New York, have be-
como Incorporated as the Citizens Pro-
tective League for Law and Order.
Robert NJ. McWade, United States
consul general at Canton, China, has
been removed from Office by President
Roosevelt. Charges made against him
recently were Investigated and sus-
tained by Assistant Secretary Peirce.
who went to the Orient to make an in
vestlGation of several Of the United
States copsulates in China and Japan.
A committee OF fifty young ladies OF
Portland. Oregon, has taken up the
work Of disposing Of the Lewis-Clark
centennial coins made by the govern
ment as q part Of the governments
appropriation to the Exposition, the
coins to be sold for twice their face
value. As q token Of esteem the COM
mittee has sent the first coin turned out
by the mint to Miss Alice Roosevelt.
A pneumatic tube eighteen inches in
diameter between Chicago and Milwau-
kee. that will transport packages and
mail between the two cities in forty
minutes-at the rate Of more than two
miles q minute-and give q lightning
express service to all the towns along
the route, Is proposed by q concern
which has installed pneumatic tube
systems in some Of the largest Chicago
business houses.
Tho cotton report Of the Census Bu-
reau shows q total OF 390,414 CONNER
cial bales pressed at the ginneries,
ginned from the growth Of 1904 prior
to September 1st. against a total of
1887 commercial bales in the cores
pouding perior last year. The report
shows 1857 ginneries operated this sea-
son prior to September LIST. while the
number operated to the corresponding
date in 1908 was 2,176.