Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-09-10
CONDENSED rELEcRAns

T ber 10th.
There were 81, 600 men in the Labor
/ Day parade at Boston and 20 .000 turned
( out at Cleveland
! King Edward has approved the ap-
I pointment of Earl Grey as governor
. general OF Canada In succession to the
Earl OF Mimic.
Mount vesuvius Is again in activity
Flames, ashes and stones are rising
from IL TO a considerable height and a
wide stream of lava is issuing from the
crater
The Republicans of Hawaii have re-
nominated Jonah X Kalanianaole for
delegate TO Congress. The platform in
dorses Governor Carter and the na-
uonal ticket
Mrs. Imogene W. Eddy. the oldest
daughter OF Nathaniel p Willis, the
poet. los, her life in an elevator acci-
dent In Boston on the 9Th inst She was
sixty years old
There have been a number OF cases oi
Texas fever among cattle received at
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, from the
West and purchased by farmers. The
outbreak will be Investigated by the
national authorities.
i Hb AEEOtldNSd HtalE& ou IL
authority that Russia will decline TO
enter into the negotiations proposed
by the United States August 21st IN
regard TO the unrestricted recognition
Of American passports.
Carroll ID. Wright. commissioner CT
the Bureau Of Labor, Is reported 70
have said that he would resign from Of
fice at the end OF the present year. he
will deYote his attenttiton to his duties
in connection With the presidency OF
Clark College.
Wendell Miller. twelve-year-old son
OF George ". Miller. president OF Rus
kin University at Glen Eilyn. Illinois.
a suburb of Chicago, was killed on La
Dor Day by a foul ball that hit him OK
the head while he was watching the
base bail game at that place.
There is the greatest demand for cot
ton pickers in the cotton region OF
Texas known In twenty years. and IN
many cities and towns draymen. deliy-
cry boys. cooks and even hotel helpRs
have been induced By the high prices
paid for picking to 40 to the fields.
James b. Hawley. prominent poll
tlcian, committed suicide at Detroit.
Michigan. August 3ist. by taking
strychnine. The deed Is attributed 10
remorse for having shot and killed his
brother April IS. 1902. Al that time
he was e1onerated On the ground OF
self-deiense.
The Worlds Fair attendance at ST
Louis up to September 4th was as fol-
lows: April. one day. is7,793: May.
twenty-six days. 1908 .23l. June. twen-
ty-six days. 2.l2i.s3s; July. twenty
seven days. 2.3i3. .557; August. twenty-
eight days. 3.0ss.743: September. three
days. 375.3 1886. Total. s.lii.556.
The monthly coinage statement
shows n total coinage executed at The
mints of the United States during Aug
ust, 1904, exclusive of 2.255 900 pesos
for the Philippine government. was So
1872 .u2o. rs follows: Gold. 81. .3s5 .600.
half dollars. s672 900: quarter dollars.
ss7e. eco. dimes. s243.0o0. minor coins.
s29e.o20.
Fire In the wholesale district a;
Memphis. Tennessee. on the 3rd inst.
destroyed property approximating IN
value 100000. including that Of the
oliyeF-Finne Grocery Company. John
Denies sons. lime; the Memphis Paper
Company. w C. Early & Co. Wholesale
commission merchants. and J. T. Fer
guson & Co.
Three thousand or more Smiths
gathered at Peapaek. New York. Sep
tember LIST, to celegrate the annual re-
union OF that famous family. Every
county in the state was represented
and there were visiting Smiths present
from many other states. The custom
Of holding the family reunions was In
auguratod in 1850.
According to a decision rendered by
Judge Chytraus Of the SuperiorCourt OF
Chicago. Board Of Trade operators who
succeed in engineering corner" IN
wheat. corn of other commodities have
no right to compel payment of the ma
nipulated price instead OF the actual
value of the commodity a. the Time set
for settling of the trades.
AT the closing session Of the conven-
ton of the Society for the Promotion Of
Engineering at St Louis on the 3rd
inst. T. n. MeNair, president of Michi
gan College of Mines. Houghton. Mich
igan. was elected president. Prof FL
wood Mead. University of California,
first vice president. and Prof NJ. s.
Ketehman. University OF Colorado. sec
retary.
Two new steamships to be built by
the Cunard company are to be 760 feet
long. or thirty-five feet longer than the
Baltic, and eighty-eight feet on the
beam. and they will displaee about g.
200 tons OF water. They are designed
to attain a speed OF twenty-five knots.
a knot and a fraction faster than the
record of the German steamship Kaiser
Wilhelm ii.
An imperial ukase has been published
at ST. Petersburg. making provisional
amendments pending a general revision
of the whole legislation concerning
Jews. The amendments grant greatly