Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-05-28


amos were reshipped TO Seattle to be
similarly used again.
The Navy Department was advised
by cable May 18th of the sailing of the
battleship Wisconsin. the flagship of
Rear Admiral Cooper, the Vicksburg
and Alexander. from Cavite for Hong
Kong; also of the departure of the
Frolic from Cayite to join the New Or
leans at Che Foo. the nearest neutral
port TO New Chwang outside the zone
OF military operations.
The Secretary of the Interior has
withdrawn from entry a body of land
in the canon of the Grand river. Colo
RADIO. known as the Kremmling reser-
yoir site. for the purpose of storing the
waters of the river for use during the
irrigation season in a reclamation en-
terprise in the lower valley of the
Colorado river. of which the Grand
river is tributary.
Through our ministers abroad the
naval attaches of the United States
have been instructed to report upon
the number and the danger to neutral
shipping from war mines floating OF
the Mancurian coast. This informa-
tion will be placed in the hands of the
naval board. which will submit its
views TO the President and If occasion
warrants IL. representations will be
made to the belligerents.
President Roosevelt had a talk with
Elmer c. Dover. secretary of the Re-
publican national committee. about the
preliminary arrangement for the Chica-
go convention and other matters relat-
ing to the convention and the cam
paign. Mr.. Dover will go TO Chicago
and on June lst will open the head
quarters of the committee at the Audi
torium hotel. Preliminary arrange
ments are being made for the campaign
By Secretary Dover. He is in cores
pendence with party leaders through
out the country and by the time the
convention assemblies he will be In pos
session of organization details which
he will turn over to the new commit
tee. Four seconding speeches probably
will be delivered. With the exception
of Harry Stillwell. Edwards of Macon,
Georgia, the well known author and
writer the orators have not been
chosen.
The investigations of the charges
made some time ago against Edward
A Moseley, secretary of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, has been COM
pleted The result of the inyestiga-
tion shows that some of the charges
were unfounded in fact; that others
we're satisfactorily disposed OF by the
answers of MIR Moseley or by the as
sumption of responsibility by the In
te.state Commerce Commission; ana
that still others grew out OF some oo-
jectionable methods in certain features
of administrative details. After giving
the case careful consideration, the pres
ident. having dismissed the charges
against Secretary Moseley. has directed
that steps be taken at once TO Dring
about such changes in methods Oh ad-
ministration as the investigation aas
shown to be desirable.
Few permanent residents of the capi-
tai go to the top of the Washing
ton monument. The trip is left almost
entirely to transient visitors to the
city. A careful record is kept OF the
number of visitors who go to the top
of the shaft by elevator and by the
stairway. During the last month the
record shows that 1898 visitors went
to the top of the monument by eleva-
tor and 4,756 climbed the stairway.
total for the month of II .954. The total
number of persons who have gone up
the monument since it was opened
TO the public sixteen years ago has
been 2,41S,621. The monument has
been struck by lightning hundreds OF
times. In the storm of April 9th
last an electric discharge entered at
the top Of the shaft. descended to the
bottom and flew from there to the en-
gine room and boiler house, several
hundred feet away, not doing any ma
terial damage.
Seated in an invalid's ceair and face
to face with the jury. James N. Tyner,
the aged defendant in the Tyner-Bar-
rett conspiracy case, denied the accus-
ations in which he and his nephew
were indicted in connection with their
duties as law officers for the postoffice
department. In the examination con-
Quoted by Mr.. Worthington for the de-
Tense. General Tyner's answer were un-
hesitating. His understanding as clear
a. ever. though his speech was nearly
inaudible. Frequently when the exam
nation branched to charges OF collu-
sson between the two defendants. to
perform some dishonest acts. tears
streamed down General Tyner's face,
and brandy was used to restore the
witness to composure suficient for him
70 continue. When he concluded he
vas taken to his home. for Major
conrad, special counsel for the govern
ment, announced that he would not
/ IKE IKE the responsibility Of cross-exam-