The Colorado statesman., 1906-08-25

The Chilean consul at Berlin has
cabled dispatch from Iquique an
nouncing that the nitrate region has
not been affected by the earthquake.
The IL japanese arrested for raid
ing the seal fisheries on Pauls is
land have been indicted at Valdez,
Alaska, for violating United States
laws.
Fire insurance companies having
their home Offices in Connecticut are
not losers by the earthquakes in
Chile as none has written risks there.
Michael F. Dwyer, long one of the
most prominent figures of the Amer
ican turf, died at his home in Brook
lyn.
Voluntarily the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe Railway company has given
the 1000 telegraph operators on their
system an increase of wages ayerag-
ing about s4 month.
The war department ordered the ne
gro troops stationed at Fort Brown,
Tex, where serious trouble between
citizens and soldiers had occurred,
transferred to Fort Ringgold, Tex.
Armed manifestations against the
Cuban government have occurred in
the provinces of Pinar Del Rio and
Havana.
Fifty Syrians so afflicted with
disease that they were barred by
law from entering the United States
have been smuggled into the couR-
try through Mexico.
Great satisfaction is said to pre-
vail at the German foreign office
over the results of the meeting at
Friedrichshof between King Edward
and Emperor William.
Commercial receipts from the Alas
ka cable and telegraph lines amounted
to $4,000 in July, which is $4,000 in
excess of any previous month.
A serious revolution has broken
out in Santo Domingo, fighting hav-
ing taken place in the interest of
Former President Jiminez.
The will of the late Albert w.
Wilcox contains provision leaving
100000 to the trustees of the ma
tional Audubon societies for the pro-
lection of wild birds and animals.
John G. A. Leishman, the recently
appointed American ambassador to
Turkey, reports to the state depart
ment that he has been cordially re-
ceived by Turkish officials.
Judge Gillpatrick, of the district
court at Leavenworth, Kan, has rem
dered a decision which declares that
a fine imposed by labor union on
its members is coercion and unlawful.
The proposal for bids for pneu-
matte tube service. which were is
sued several weeks ago, have been
ordered withdrawn from the post
office department and new proposals
have been issued in which the time
of receiving bids has been advanced
to September IS. with decisions to
be made by September %.
The Society of the Army of the
Philippines at their annual meeting in
Des Moines, Ia, elected Maj. Gen. Nc
Arthur as commander-in-chi Kansas
City was selected as the place of meet
ing for next year.
In bargain day rush at st. Joseph
recently, one women was fatally in
jured and several others badly hurt.
Numbers of others were carried out
of the crowd in a fainting condition.
A report of the statistics committee
of the Apple Growers association in
session at St. Louis recently esti-
mated this years apple crop at &c.
100000 barrels.
King Edward, of England, and EN-
peror William, of Germany, had a con-
ference recently at Friedrichshof,
Prussia. The topics under discussion
were not made known.
The trade of the United States with
its non-contiguous territories for the
fiscal year just closed amounted to
Sis. .364,511.
The annual parade Of the G. A. R.
at the Minneapolis encampment was
as usual a notable affair. 1t was
three hours in passing given point.
Bubonic plague has broken out in
Campos, Brazil.
France intends erecting handsome
structure in Washington for it's en-
bassy.
According to dispatches received by
the state department Santo Domingo
is again in revolutionary ferment.
President Roosevelt received mes
sage from citizens of Brownsville,
Tex, requesting the immediate with
drawal of the negro troops stationed
there. The matter was referred to
the war department for action.
The French cabinet after discuss
ing the pope's encyclical, decided to
maintain the law regarding the sep
aration oS church and state.
The republican senatorial conven-
tion in the Thirty-seventh Iowa dis
trict has taken 3,69S ballots without
nominating candidate.
The bank clearinss of San Francis
co show much activity in business