The Colorado statesman., 1906-11-17


stroyed by fire.
The supreme court of the United
States has fixed December II as the
date for hearing the Kansas-Colora-
do case involving the use of the water
in the Colorado river.
The Iriquois theater company of
Chicago, whose theater was destroyed
by fire three years ago with great
loss of life has been discharged from
bankruptcy with liabilities of $4,000
900 and on assets.
Herbert G. Squiers, newly appointed
minister to Panama, has arrived at
his new station accompanied by
Theodore P. Shonts, chairman OF the
canal commission.
Returns indicate that Nebraska has
elected the entire republican state
ticket and all the congressman except
one. The legislature will elect a re-
publican United States senator.
Secretary Taft is making an inspec-
tion of the forts in the northwest with
view TO recommending to the pres
ident certain one to be made brigade
posts.
1t is announced that Secretary OF
the Interior Hitchcock will retire from
the cabinet next March and that his
place will be filled by James A. Gar
field
The comptroller of the currency has
approved the application of ]. NJ. Bel
lamy, ]. w. Blezek, H. ]. Cassin, T. M.
Bixby and L. H. Wells to organize the
First National bank of Randlett, o. T.,
with $25,OOO.
Interesting details of the finding
of a people on Prince Albert land
in the Arctic are given by an officer
of the revenue cutter Thetis, who
received his information from Capt.
Klinkinberg, of the steam whaler
Olga, who located them last winter
while ice bound in the far north.
The sixth annual meeting of the
| National Association for the Study
of Epilepsy and the treatment and
care of Epileptics was held in New
Haven, Conn.
| T. A. Caldwell, a government secret
service man, was found dead along
side the railroad track at Algodones,
N. NJ, by section men. An investi-
cation to learn the cause of his
death will be made.
The president accompanied by Mrs.
Roosevelt, Surgeon General Rixey of
the navy and M. C. Latta, has started
on his trip to Panama on board the
battleship Louisiana. He will be In
constant wireless communication with
the White house while on the ship.
Four days will be spent on the 18TH
mus inspecting the canal.
Congressman-elect George K. Fav
rot, of Baton Rouge, La, shot and
killed DR.. H. H. Albrich while hun
dreds of persons were near the scene
of the shooting. He refused to make
a statement except to say the quarrel
was of private nature.
The department of justice has is
sued instructions to the local officials
to begin proceedings against the
person or persons guilty of the re-
cent embezzlement of $61,500 from
| the subtreasury at st. Louis.
| Gov. Beckham, of Kentucky, has
been successful in his contest with
Senator McCreary for the United
States senatorship from that state.
Mount Culibra, situated 40 miles
west of Trinidad, Col, is reported in
a state of eruption, smoke and vapor
having been seen issuing from the
mountain.
The license of the Mutual Life In
| surance company OF New York to
do business in Kentucky has been
revoked by the insurance commits
sioner.
The first colored state fair in the
history of the race opened at Macon,
Ca, with a large attendance.
The Standard Oil company has an
nounced a voluntary increase in wages
of employees in the Galena Signal oil
and Eclipse refineries, located at
Franklin, Pa. About 500 men will be
benefited
Five men were killed and Is badly
injured by an explosion of a boiler
in the shops of the Lake Shore rail.
road at Collinwood, a suburb of Gle fe.
land, o.
Indictments have been returned by
a federal grand jury at Pittsburg
Pa, against officials of the Shelby
Steel Tube company on the charge
of conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment in connection with the boiler
tubes furnished the government.
Four Texas rangers were attacked
while asleep in camp between For
dyce and Rio Grande City by band
of armed Mexicans and battle en-