The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-08-04
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings Ct tho
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Ite.s Gathered from All
parts of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for the
Denent of Our ReaAeFs.
Personal.

KNOWN newspaper men OF OHlo uieu
at his home in Dayton, aged 90 years.
Gen. Oku has been appointed chief
Of the general staff of the japanese
army in succession to Gen. Baron
Kodama, who died July %.
John D. Rockefeller has returned
from his European trip.
Capt j. Wesley Conner. who for
nearly 60 years was steamboat cap
tain on the Mississippi and other riv-
ers, died at his home in New Albany,
Ind
Bernard L. Levinthal, who for Is
years has been chief rabbi of the or
thodox Jews of Philadelphia. has bean
elected chief rabbi of the entire body
of orthodox Jews in the United States
Hill P. Wilson, for eight years as
sistant secretary of state for Kansas.
has resigned to devote his attention
to his mining interests
Congressman De Armond has been
renominated by the democrats of the
Sixth congressional district OF Mis-
souri, making the ninth consecutive
time he has received the nomination
without Opposition.
The body of Russell Sage, the New
York financier, was laid to rest at
Troy, N. Y, with simple ceremonies
Don Pedro Monte has been elected
president of Chile for a term Of five
years.
II. C. Brokmeyer, former lieutenant
governor of Missouri and acting gov
ernor in 1867, is dead in a St. Louis
,,-iy,
was a nephew of Prince Bismarck and
a native of Minden, Prussia.
Charles II. Whitaker, Sr-, editor OF
the Clinton, Mo-, Democrat, died re-
Gently at his home in Clinton aged 40
years. He had been in the newspaper
business in Illinois and Missouri 81
years.
President Palma, of Cuba, has par
doned Millie Brown and other Amer
leans arrested on the Isle of Pines for
maintaining a private telegraph line.
MisceIIn neOus.
The mayor OF Havana, Cuba, and
all the aldermen have resigned in an
ticipation Of request for their resig-
nations by President Palma.
The month of July witnessed
series of heavy rains on the isthmus
of Panama and the conditions at
Colon are worse than ever before.
The encampment of regulars and
national guard at Chickamauga Ma
tional park has been formally opened.
The Pacific express On the New
York Central railroad was wrecked
and "
press car going into the river and the
balance Of the train was piled up in
o',ad wreck, several persons being
killed ana :, iarge number injured.
The bank OF Rush Springs, l. T..
has closed its doors and a receiver
has been appointed. The liabilities
are supposed to be about $4,000 more
than the assets.
Two bombs were dropped from an
elevated train in New York recently
into crowd of 200 members OF the
plumbers union, who were standing
in the street below. Eight men were
painfully injured.
Twenty-Five passengers were injured
two probably fatally, by the derail-
ment recently at Springfield, Mo-, OF
a St. Louis & San Francisco passenger
train.
At a conference in Chicago in which
every road interested was represented,
It was decided to end the grain rate
war from Missouri river points to Chi
cago on August 10.
The will of the late Russell Sage
has been filed for probate. After be-
oueathing $65O,00O to blood relations,
the document gives the residue of the
estate, about $70,0O0,00o, to the widow,
who will distribute 1t in charity.
Judge Landis, of the United States
district court at Chicago has handed
down a decision declaring that John
Alexander Dowie Is not the owner
of Zion City and its industries, the
court deciding that the money given
to Dowie was trust. A receiver was
appointed and an election for a gen.
eral overseer ordered to be held on
the third Tuesday Of September.
Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson has
made public the regulations govern
ing the inspection Of meat products
for interstate and foreign trade under
the new law. They are very stringent
throughout and are In line with the
best authorities on the subject.
The Standard Oil company has re-
duced the price Of the higher grades
of crude petroleum three cents and
other grades two ceuts.
The threatened strike Of the United
Brotherhood of Paper Makers has been
averted by the employers granting
their demands.
A special federal grand jury aas
been called to meet in Chicago to in
vestigate the Standard Oil company's g
methods of Transporting its products.
It is said by officials that new and i'm