The Colorado statesman., 1906-11-24

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tern Texas was SO severe and came
with SO little warning that it is feared
great damage to livestock ana sheep
in particular will result.
President Roosevelt signed an or
der while on the isthmus of Panama
which eliminates the office of govern.
or of the zone. all authority being
vested in Chairman Shonts and the
canal commission.
A storm of wind and rain which
originated along the gulf coast swept
northward through Alabama, Missis-
sippi and Tennessee doing great
damage.
A bomb was exploded in st. Peters
at Rome where the great church was
crowded and while scene of great
confusion followed there was no fatal
tiles.
The sound steamer Dix and the
Alaska steamer Jeanie collided in
Puget sound and 40 persons were
drowned out of the 80 aboard the Dix
at the time of the disaster.
| 1t is asserted that certain members
of the liberal party in Cuba have
plan for the establishment of a per.
manent protectorate in Cuba by the
American government.
| The collector of the port of San
Francisco has been notified to pre-
pare for the reception of a Japanese
squadron which will visit that city
next spring. Extreme courtesy is to
be offered the officers and squadron.
Sixteen new laws have been pro-
posed by the insurance commission
which held its session in Chicago for
the purpose of correcting the abuses
In the management of life insurance
companies and the various states
will be asked to adopt them.
The Central Freight Association at
Chicago has refused the demands of
the independent oil dealers for a re-
duction of 40 per cent in freight rates
on petroleum and its products and
they have decided to take the case be-
fore the Interstate Commerce Com
mission
Attorney General Moody, acting
through the resident United States
district attorney, has instituted pro-
ceedings in the federal court at st.
Louis, under the Sherman antitrust
act, to dissolve the Standard Oil COM
bination.
| The National Tube company at
| Pittsburg, Pa, has received an order
for 430 miles of eight-inch pipe for
a line to connect the Indian terrtor
oil field with Port Arthur, Tex.
A storm unprecedented in violence
recently ragged over the entire state
of Washington and a portion of Ore
gon. Great damage was reported at
Portland, Tacoma and Seattle.
After doing incalculable damage,
the water in the swollen rivers of
Washington and Oregon is receding.
Thousands of people were driven
from their homes in the valleys and
were encamped in the surrounding
hills.
The wages of all employees of the
roads west of Pittsburg, operated by
the Pennsylvania company, receiving
less than 5000 month, have been
increased 10 per cent by the board
of directors.
The New York Central Railroad
company has been convicted of CIV
inb rebates to the sugar trust In
the federal court at New York.
A new counterfeit $40 Buffalo"
note has been discovered by the Uni
ted States secret service.
Federal authorities are investigat-
ing the disappearance of upwards Of
100000 of the relief funds sent to
San Francisco earthquake sufferers.
The president is behind the inquiry.
A Dutch cruiser recently from the
believed there that President Castro,
Of Venezuela, is dead and that the
government is concealing the fact in
order to maintain itself in power.
Mrs. Charles Mowry, and her three
little children, were burned to death
recently in their home near Cold
water, Mich.
The pope has received letters con-
tanning threats that he will be assassi-
mated as a part of the plans of an
archists to destroy all institution sup
ported by religion or military force.
The official returns from the entire
state of Iowa show the total vote cast
for governor was Cummins, 216,5O5:
Porter. 196.o52 Cnmmins' plurality
20.453
The wages of employees of the
American Express company, who are
paid less than 5000 per month, have
been increased ten per cent. Ten
thousand employees are affected.
With full military honors the re-
mains of the late Maj Gen. Shafter
| have been laid to rest in tha Nation