The Colorado statesman., 1906-07-21

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West Indian negroes have proved to
be unsatisfactory as canal laborers.
Spaniards having been found more de-
sirable, and it is thought that it may
yet be found necessary to bring Chi
nese to the isthmus before the commits
sion solves the labor problem.
According to estimates based on di-
rectory figures Kansas City, Mo-, has
gained 19,4S7 in population in the
last year and now has a population of
316,732.
The British steamer Sainam has
been attacked by Chinese pirates 80
miles from WI Chow and Rev. ]. J.
Mcdonald, a missionary, was killed
and the captain wounded.
The New South Wales government
has entered upon spirited policy of
water conservation and has decided to
construct dam costing S7,500,000
which will represent the first part of
the great national scheme
The third Pan-American conference
will open at Rio Janeiro, Brazil, June
81. All the American republics except
Haiti and Venezuela will be represent
ed.
An International swimming contest
at distance of nine miles was won
in the Seine by the French swimmer
Bougmin. in three hours and six min
utes.
Ole Jansen, butcher, went up in
balloon at Lake Manowa, near Council
Bluffs, Ia, and in making parachute
jump landed in the lake and was
drowned
Henry Thaw, charged with the muir
der of Stanford White, has dismissed
the firm of eminent criminal lawyers
employed to defend him because they
insisted upon attempting to prove him
insane
The coal miners and operators who
have been in conference at Columbus
o., have agreed upon a settlement of
the differences which had arisen over
the scale recently signed.
AS the result of an encounter in
the Federal chamber of deputies over
the Dreyfus case Under Secretary of
State Sarraut was dangerously
wounded in duel with NJ. Pugliesi-
Cont, a member of the chamber.
Nebraska democrats propose rum
ming a special train of Pullmans to
New York to carry "home folks" who
wish to greet w. ]. Bryan on his ar
rival from Europe.
The District of Columbia grand jury
has returned indictments against the
officials of the various ice companies
doing business in the national cap
ital for combining in restraint of
trade.
The Interstate Sheriffs' association,
representing 16 different etates. at
its annual meeting in Des Moines,
Ia, strongly condemned the present
Juvenile laws.
BY authority of the United States
senate the interstate commerce COM
mission is to investigate the rela-
tions existing between the railroads,
elevators and grain buying interests
of the country, to determine what in
fluence special favors granted by the
roads have had on the market and
what injury has been done to pro-
ducers.
At the second annual conference Of
the Reformed Hungarian church held
at Phoenixville, Pa, $4,000 was ap-
propriated to erect a monument to
George Washington, at Budapest,
Hungary.
In the United States district court
at Chicago the Alton Railroad COM
pany was fined an aggregate of S40,-
900, and John Faithorn and Fred A.
Wann, former officials of the road,
were fined $4,000 each for giving re-
bates to the Schwarzsehild G Sulzber-
ger Packing company on freight ship
ments from Kansas City.
A new paper, the Oklahoma Con-
stitution, official organ of the democ-
racy of Eastern Oklahoma, has been
launched at Tulsa, I. T. 1t is semi
weekly now but expects to soon enter
the daily field
The supreme court of France has
annulled the condemnation of Capt.
Alfred Dreyfus, the Hebrew officer of
the French army, who, 12 years ago,
was convicted of high treason, and
degraded and sentenced to exile on
DEVILS Island, French Guinea. The
decision restores the officer to his
rank in the army rs though he had
never been accused.
A cloudburst accompanied by
landslide washed away part of the
Mexican city of Oceampo, Chihuahua.
Ten persons were killed and many
injured.
At Cedar Rapids, Ia, seven little
children who went wading at a pic
mic got beyond their depth and were
drowned.
An imperial Turkish trade calls IT..
600 recruits to the colors for service
at Yemen.
A general strike of freight handlers
has been inaugllrated in Ruffaln NJ