Gilpin observer., 1906-09-27


mandamus to compel Acting Mayor
Laughlin. of Kansas City, Kan. to
call special election to fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation of
Mayor Rose.
Revised estimates of the dead in
consequence of the dynamite explo-
sion of Jellico, Tenn, show only ten
fatalities onstead of 12, as at first re-
ported.
Samuel Bland Arnold, who COD
fessed that he was a party to cor,-
spiracy to abduct President Lincoln
just before the assassination of the
president by John Wilkes Booth, died
recently at the home of relative in
Waverly, suburb of Baltimore. He
was 72 years old.
An edict has been issued at Pekine;
ordering the abolition of the use Of
opium, both foreign and native, in
China, within decade.
The Pennsylvania railroad company
has awarded contracts for the
construction of 12,40O freight cars, at
an estimated cost of S15,OO0,0OO.
The Missouri state fair board has
designated October1 as children's day,
when all school children will be ad.
mitted to the fair free.
The books of the Peoples bank OF
Sedan, Kan, which have been exam
ined following the disappearance of
Cashier Stollard, show a shortage Of
$17.7OO.
H. ]. Bone, United States district
| attorney for Kansas, has announced
that five of the 13 cattlemen indict-
| ed for fencing government land in
the western part of the state will be
| required to stand trial, as they have
not shown that the fences have been
removed as ordered by the courts.
The United States cruiser Dixie has
arrived at Cienfuegos, Cuba. with 300
marines on board to assist the Mari
eta in protecting American planta-
| tions there.
Attorney General Hadley. OF Mis-
souri,, has secured from II. Clay
Pierce an admission on the witness
| stand that the majority stock OF the
Waters-Pierce Oil company is owned
by the Standard OIL company.
The Kansas state superintendent of
| schools has notified the authorities
| at Wichita that the negro children of
| that city must attend the separate
| schools provided for them or go to
| Jail under the state truancy law.
Customs dock No. at Buenos
| Ayres, Argentine republic has been
| destroyed by fire causing a loss of
more than $1.OOO.OOO.
William II. Ritter, of Denver, one
of the witnesses whom the state re-
| lied upon in the Snyder Doodle case
in st. Louis has been arrested. He
will be held pending an, investigation
into the charge that he was bribed
to stay away.
A terrific typhoon visited Hong
kong. China, recently causing damage
to shipping in the harbor estimated
at more than 100000 and the loss
of upwards of 100 lives
| Survivors of the famous "fron
brigade" held reunion recently on
Snodgrass Hill near Chattanooga,
Tenn, where they fought in 1868.
The normal school at Stanberry.
Mo. was destroyed recently by fire
causing a Toss of $4,000. Incendiar-
ism is suspected.
Every department of the army has
made arrangements to meet any
/ emergency that may arise should in
tervention in Cuba become necessary.
| BY decision of Judge Kohlsaat
in the federal court OF Chicago mem-
bers OF the four ticket brokers asso-
I, Citations, controlling the greater part
of that business throughout the
United States have been perpetually
enjoined from "scalping."
| President Roosevelt has extended
the eight hour law to apply to ali
| public work under the supervision Of
any department of the government.
The cruiser Des Mo.nes with Secre-
tary Taft and Assistant Secretary Of
State Bacon on board arrived iii Ha-
vana harbor on time and the officials
Immediately began the investigation
of the causes of the Cuban trouble.
The. National Dental association
has elected DR.. A. H. Peck. of Chica-
go, president, and d. d. j. McMil-
Ian. of Kansas City, as vice president
The next meeting will be held in
Minneapolis. MINI.
o. b. Stollard, cashier of the Peo-
| pies National bank at Sedan, Kan,
has disappeared leaving note noti-
flying his wife that he is a defaulter.
| The amount of the deficit is not
| stated.
The attorney general of Texas has
| filed suits against the Waters-Pierce
OIL company to cancel its license to
do business in the state and asks
fines and penalties aggregating s5.-
| 22S,4 400.
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