The Colorado statesman., 1906-09-08

states attorneys office had been on
his trail for weeks through a clue fur
nished by woman.
Five more Japanese have been ar
rested at st. Georges island. one Of
ment agent accused of poaching seals.
Robert Gordon, a Chicago boy 16
years old, has confessed to striking
an S-year-old boy with a brick, stun
ming him and then burying him alive
under the sidewalk before his fathers
house. The boys body was found
where Gordon said he had buried 1t.
The secretary of agriculture has
appointed two experts to make an in
vestigation of scientific methods of
grading and inspecting grain with
view to supplanting state inspection
with national inspection.
The decision in the prize fight for
the lightweight championship of the
world between Joe Cans and Battling
Nelson at Goldfield, New, was given
to Cans on foul in the 42d round.
More than 1000 delegates repre-
senting one-half the states of the
union were present at the opening
session of the irrigation congress at
Boise, Id.
The Iowa state fair, which recently
closed, broke all past records in
point Of attendance, more than $780,
900 people having visited the agri-
cultural exposition.
The Boston and Philadelphia Amer
r,1a
game at Boston. Only once has this
number of innings been exceeded SO
far as recorded.
The sultan has ordered the impris-
onment of slave traders and the lib
Grafton of slaves arriving at Moroc-
can ports on board ships. This is
the first application of the decisions
of the Algeciras conference.
August Kruger, a wealthy citizen
of Hancock, Ia, went suddenly insane
and fired a rifle repeatedly from his
front porch into a crowd of men who
were passing, seriously wounding four
of them, After being shot four times
by citizens, who riddled his housS
with bullets, Kruger was captured.
Justice Stafford, of the District OF
Columbia supreme court recently rem
dered a decision in which he declar-
ed that boycotts of labor unions We're
legal.
The will of Frank K. Nipple, late
president of the wrecked Real Estate
Trust company, of Philadelphia, has
been filed for probate. His property
amounting to s13O,oOo was left to his
son, who Is sole executor.
Osawatomie. Kan, recently held a
three days celebration of the 50th
anniversary of the battle at that place
between force under John Brown
and the pro slavery men. Vice Pres
ident Fairbanks was the principle or
ator of the occasion.
The suspicion that Frank X. Hip
pie, late president of the wrecked
Real Estate Trust company of Phil
adelphia, had committed suicide has
been confirmed by the coroner. The
officials kept the matter secret in or
der to avoid financial panic.
The statement of Receiver Earle,
of the broken Real Estate Trust COM
pany of Philadelphia, that the late
president Frank X. Nipple had prac-
tically stolen more than S5000,000,
created profound sensation in that
city.
Estimates for canal appropriations
for 1907 are now in course rt prepara-
tion at the Office of the Isthmian canal
commission at Washington. 1t Is
thought that an appropriation of S25.-
100000 for each year will be required.
President Roosevelt has issued a
proclamation putting into effect the
recent reciprocal treaty with Spain.
The United States army transport
Sheridan recently ran on coral reef
nft the southwestern coast Of the
island of Oahu, on which Honolulu is
located. She had on board 125 pas
sengers and so soldiers besides the
crew. Great difficulty was expert
enced in taking them off.
The Kansas railway commissioners
have held that the state demurrage
law is valid and ruled that the rail-
roads must pay one dollar day for
every day that empty cars are not
forwarded after an order to do SO has
gone out.
Cuban insurgents recently raided
the Constancia estate near Cienfuegos
The American owners have appealed
to the state department at Washing
ton
Ninety-seven thousand people
passed through the gates on the
opening day of the Minnesota state
fair, breaking all attendance records.
The interstate commerce commits
sion is receiving many complaints
from shippers throughout the coun.
try who are taking advantage of the
provisions of the new rate law to
seek relief from the onerous condi-