Gilpin observer., 1906-07-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings cc the
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered from All
parts of the World Condemned
Into Small Space for the
Denent of Our Readers.
Personal.

PersOnaI.
President Roosevelt left Washing
ton Immediately after the adjournment
OF congress and with his family will
spend the summer at Sycamore Hill,
his country home.
A statue has been erected to Mai.
Gen. Fitz John Porter at Haven park.
Portsmouth, N. H.. commemoratins
his participation in the battle of Nal
vern HILL
]. E. Millette, of Springfield, was
nominated by the republicans for state
senator at the convention held at
Lamar, Mo.
Judge B. r. Webb, Texas lawyer
of note and author of several law
books, shot and killed himself in the
city park at Fort Worth.
J. w. Moore, of Marion, a republi-
| can was nominated by the democrats
of the Fourth Kansas district as a
candidate for congressman against ].
M. Miller on a tariff reform platform.
John F. Stevens, chief engineer, and
the entire canal commission propose
to sail for Panama to start the work
there in earnest.
Eva Booth commander of the Saliva
tion Army in the United States is
seriously i'll at her home in New York.
Secretary Taft will visit Fort Riley
and Fort Leavenworth this fall and
will make two speeches in Kansas
while on the trip.
Rev. William Wiggington, Baptist
minister of Linneus, Mo-, has mar
ried more than 1000 couples during
his ministry. He has a record of all
persons he has married.
Col, Oswald Herbert Ernest of the
corps of engineers has been retired
for age with the rank of brigadier gen.
eral
DR.. e. B. Mccoy, of Caney, Kan.
has been arrested charged with the
murder of his wife who was reported
to have committed suicide by shoot
ing herself with a revolver.
Mrs David Reed. sister of Gen
George A. and Thomas Custer who
were killed in the Indian battle of the
Little Big Horn in Montana June Is,
1876, died at her home in Monroe,
Mich, aged so years.
Mrs. James Tanner, wife of the COM
manderin-chief of the G. A. R. was
killed recently in an automobile acci-
dent at Helena, Mont.
Congregational.
The senate and house passed the
meat inspection bills placing the cost
of inspection on the government. The
provision placing date of inspection on
canned meats was eliminated.
The pure food bill has been passed
by both houses of congress.
The railroad rate bill has passed both
houses of congress and has been
signed by the president. 1t goes into
effect in 60 days.
Congress has passed bill appro-
priating $5,00O,000 to satisfy the claim
of the eastern Cherokees. The attor.
ney's fees amount to $750,000.
The senate has confirmed the nomi-
mia, to be a member of the Interstate
commerce commission to succeed
Joseph w. Fifer, of Illinois.
The lower house of congress has
passed bill granting $1,000 each to
the families of the two San Francis
co firemen who lost their lives while
fighting the fire in the hold of the
transport Meade in San Francisco har-
bor.
By vote OF six to five. the senate
committee on inter-oceanic canals has
decided not to go to the lsthmus of
Panama and take testimony in the
canal investigation.
bill has passed congress authoriz-
ing the secretary of war to deliver to
the Leavenworth Monument associa-
tion of Leavenworth, Kan. condemned
cannon to be cast into a statue OF
Gen. Leavenworth.
miscellaneous.