Gilpin observer., 1905-01-26
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10 the United States Senate from Ne
braska.
The Michigan Legislature has
elected Senator julius Caesar Bur-
rows for third term.
Nine. Loubet, mother of President
Loubet of France, died on the 18th
inst. at the age of ninety-two years.
Bishop John Bryant Small Of the
Pa, on the 10th inst, at the age OF
| seventy.
Joaquin A. Nubuco De Araujo, pres
ent Brazilian minister to Great Brit
ain, has been appointed ambassador to
Washington.
T. H. Carter has been elected sena-
tor from Montana, and George S.
Nixon will succeed William M. Stew
art in Nevada.
Several prominent citizens OF
Brownsville, Texas, have been indicted
on the charge of smuggling goods
across the Mexican border.
The record in pension legislation at
Washington was beaten on the 14th
inst, when 459 bills were passed by
the House in 10S minutes.
Philander C. Knox. appointed sena-
tor from Pennsylvania to succeed the
late Matthew S. Juay, has been elected
as his own successor in the office.
The newly elected California sena-
tor is Frank P. Flint of Los Angeles.
He was born in Massachusetts in 1862,
but has lived in California since 1863.
Governor Chamberlin of Oregon in
his message to the Legislature recon-
mends that law be passed establish
ing the whipping post for wife beat
ers.
Harriet Clarke Deming Baldwin,
great-granddaughter of Miles Standish,
died at her home in Brooklyn on the
18th inst. She was eighty-one years
old.
Ex-Congressman George Sutherland
has been elected United States Sena.
tor from Utah to succeed Thomas
kearns, receiving the full Republican
vote.
Senator Lodge has been reelected
for a full term by the Massachusetts,
Legislature, and w. Murray Crane was
chosen to complete the remainder of
Senator Hoar's term.
The Indiana Legislature has elected
Senator Albert j. Beveridge to succeed
uluoSll, anu ItSpl SSSheatiNC cohiSo n.
Hemenaway to succeed Vice President
elect Charles w. Fairbanks.
President Roosevelt's Inauguration
suit will be made of broadcloth, manu-
factured by presidential elector who
voted for him. Francis T. Maxfield Of
Vernon, Connecticut, is the elector.
Ira A. Sanger, relative of Mrs.
George M. Pullman, has been slain by
Mexican half-breed bandits in the
mountain wilds of Sinaloa, Mexico
Robbery was the purpose of the muir
der.
Announcement is made of the en-
gagement of Miss Annie M. Sullivan,
widely known as the teacher of Helen
Keller, the deaf, dumb and blind girl,
and John A. Macy, one of the editors
Of the Youths Companion.
While a procession was entering the
Catholic church at Cayamba, near
Quito, in Ecuador, a thunder storm
broke and the altar was struck by
lightning, setting fire to the church.
mortally wounded.
In accepting the resignation Of Will
lam Williams, Commissioner Of Imnai-
grafton at New York, President Roose-
welt declared that Mr.. Williams had
rendered a service of real and high
Importance to the nation in his man
agement Of the office.
In the legislature of Porto Rico a
bill declaring for independence under
an American protectorate was killed.
The bill was introduced by member
Of the Unionist party, but the Repub.
licans supported it and 1t was de-
feated by unionist votes.
A newspaper at Rome says that Sig
nor Marconi of wireless telegraphy
fame is engaged to marry Princess
Giancinta Rusholi. the youngest
daughter of Prince francesca Rusholi.
master of the holy hospice, a high
hereditary vatican position.
Mayor Leporte Of Montreal is quoted
as saying that plans are being made
for a great Canadian exposition on the
plans of the ST. Louis Worlds Fair, at
which the promoters have reasonable
assurances that King Edward and
Queen Alexandra will be present.
A party of Filipino students mum.
bering thirty-one, sent here by the in
sular government, arrived at San Fran
cisco recently. Three are girls. They
will be distributed among several high
schools and colleges in various parts
of the country, principally in the
South and East.
Deposits of Chicago banks are
greater now by $10,000,000 than were
ever reported before, the total in four.
teen national and twenty-eight state
institutions being in excess of S602,-
100000. The total gain in deposits in
all the banks in Chicago since a year
ago is nearly $100,000,00C.
The charges rejecting upon the in
tegrity Of Supreme Court Justice War.
ren b. Hooker, which were contained
in the report of Fourth Assistant Post