Gilpin observer., 1906-08-02
Lieut., Clarence England, navigating

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Of his vessel while just outside the
harbor at Chefoo, China, by bullet
fired from French cruiser engaged
in target practice.
The Standard Oil company has re-
duced the price of the higher grades
of crude petroleum three cents and
other grades two cents.
DIR. Mary Michael Flack, q Kansas
physician, has sued the Wells-Fargo
Express company for '$25,OO0 for the
loss of 1000 pages of manuscript
said to contain the story of her life.
Insurance Commissioner Wolf, of
San Francisco, is preparing report
showing in detail the losses of each
insurance company and the report ls
expected to show an aggregate insur-
ance loss of more than $250,000,000.
A Southern Pacific passenger train
collided with an electric car near Pas
adena. Calf, and three persons were
killed and 60 injured.
The Phoenix Royal Insurance COM
pany, of Vienna, Austria, which car
ried S2,500,000 insurance in San Fran
cisco, has decided not to pay any
loss growing out of the conflagration
last April.
The packing companies recently
convicted in the federal court
at Kansas City of rebating have filed
transcripts and bills of exceptions in
United States court of appeals in st.
Louis.
1t is proposed to sell at public auc-
ton in September every parcel of
land belonging to the late C. j. Dev-
lin, of Topeka now in the hands of
the trustees.
Proclamations announcing that the
death sentence has been imposed on
the emperor Gen. Trepoff, NJ Pobie-
donostseff, Gen. Orloff and others have
been scattered throughout Peterhof
by the Russian terrorists.
Nine perons were killed and a num-
Der of others seriously injured as the
result of wreck on the Great North
ern railway near Spokane, Wash, re-
Gently. The engine, mail, baggage and
smoking cars plunged over a 70 foot
embankment into the deep waters of
Diamond lake.
The Kansas state board of health
has issued an order to the county
health officers to see that every school
house in their jurisdictions is pro-
perly fumigated before the school term
begins -.
While party of young ministers at
tending the State Baptist association
at Pertle Springs, Mo-, were bathing
in the lake. Rev. S. Z. Rogers, pastor
of the De Kalb and Nelson, Mo-,
churches, attempted to swim across
the lake and was drowned.
Suit has been filed in the federal
court at Muskogee, I. T., to restrain
Tams Bixby, commissioner of the five
| civilized tribes, from re-opening the
| roll for the addition of the names Of
| infants born since the regular en-
rollment.
A warrant has been issued for
Charles H. Everly. formerly teller
| of the st. Louis Union Trust company,
| who disappeared recently leaving q
| shortage in his accounts of $1,000.
He had been considered ar exemplary
| citizen and was prominent in church
circles.
A severe wind and electric storm
recently swept over st. Louis destroy
| ing several frame houses. One man,
| a negro, was killed. A loaded ex-
| cursion steamer was blown across
the river at Alton, ILL.,, but the pas
sengers were rescued.
Political discomfort in Persia Is
again assuming an acute phase.
Suits have been filed by the govern
ment in the federal court at Salt Lake
| City, Utah. to recover 10000 acres of
valuable coal land alleged to have
been acquired from the United States
by gross frauds.
Mayor Tom l.. Johnson, of Cleve-
land. o.. recently took drastic action
against the Cleveland Electric Rail-
way company. While tearing up the
company's tracks he was served with
an injunction by the court which he
| ignored until the work was finished.
He was cited for contempt
Plans are under way for merging
the brick plants in Findlay, o., Kan
sas City, Kan, Chanute, Kan. West
Superior Wis. GAINESVILLE. o.. Roches-
ter. N. Y, Kansas City, Mo-, Phil
adelphia, Washington, Cleveland, Min
neapolis and Omaha. into one company
to be known as the Hydraulic Pressed
Brick company of st. Louis. The new
organization will have capital of
sl0.000,0O0 and capacity of 500.000,0 900
bricks year.
An amendment to the model ar
bitration treaty proposed by William
j. Bryan was unanimously adopted
amid great enthusiasm by the inter-
parliamentary union in session in
London.
The arrival Of Secretary Root ut
| Rio de Janeiro was made the occa-