The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-07-28

--N'Ai-s 49, "a A<A'' sA' 'S.A go 'N>-
of those Of the Western hemisphere,
present.
The railroad accident bulletin issued
by the interstate commerce commission
for the three months ending March
81. 1906. shows passengers and en-
ployes killed to have been 1,126 and
11,l10 injured.
The fury in the murder trial OF
Mrs. Edmund Bailey. of Fulton, Mo-
charged with being accessory to the
murder OF Jay Lowder, whom her
husband shot. returned a verdict OF
acquittal. Her husband has also beNn
acquitted by jury.
Sixteen indictments on charges OF
restraint OF trade in the matter Of ad-
vancing the price of ice have been
returned by a Cincinnati. O.. grand
jury.
The $4,000, 900 OF per cent Pana-
ma canal bonds for which bids have
been opened will be allotted to nearly
co bidders, and the average price will
be Slightly above sl04 for each 800 in
bonds.
Typhoid fever has developed among
the members of the new fourth class ct
the naval academy at Annapolis.
The executive council of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor has issued a
campaign programme" announcing ths
purpose Of the organization to enter
the field of politics.
Acting Secretary OF the Navy New
berry, in accordance with the direc.
tions of the president, has Issued an
order to all bureau chiefs, directing
that the eight hour law be strictly en-
forced.
The Walter Wellman polar expe-
dition has opened wireless communi.
cation from the camp, 600 miles from
the pole, the point from which bal
loon dash will be made about August
Is.
In a collision on the Seaboard Air
Line one mile from Hamlet, N. c..
19 persons were killed and % injured.
The commission appointed by the
Russian government to inquire into
the surrender of Port Arthur recon-
sentenced to death AZ that Gen.
Fock be condemned to the galleys for
20 years.
Correspondence has been presented
to the Wisconsin legislative insurance
investigating committee in which a
judge OF the state supreme court Of
fered plan for subterfuge under
which rebate could be given poll
cy holder and still come within the
pale of the law.
William Stryker, former state su-
perintendent of public instruction in
Kansas and now editor of the Tulsa.
I. T.. Daily Democrat. was assaulted
in that city by Woodson Norvell. q
| candidate for attorney general.
Eastern Cherokee Indians hare ap-
piled to the District of Columbia SUI
preme court for an injunction to pre-
vent the United States treasurer from
paying a $4,000 fee to St. Louis and
Vinita attorneys.
The Paris Journal declares that the
| emperors of Austria, Germany and
Russia have entered into an alliance
regarding Poland whereby each is to
protect the interests of the other in
case Of a revolution in that country.
Martin Flynn, president Of the
| Peoples Savings bank of Des Moines,
| Ia, recently committed suicide in
that city by shooting. He was we'll
known throughout the west as .
| breeder of shorthorn cattle.
By the explosion of 20-gallon tank
OF carbide at Greenwood, Ind, Rev.
D. I. Lewis and George McNeenus
were killed and Harry Lewis was seri-
ously injured. The men were pre-
pairing for a stereopticon exhibition.
Socorro, New Mexico, has recently
suffered considerable damage from
| in less than three days. The Pc
| cuniary loss will not be large owing
| to the fact that most of the structures
in the town are of adobe.
A statement issued by the depart
ment of commerce and labor says the
foreign commerce of the United States
for the fiscal year just ended aggre-
gated s2.a70, 900, 900.
At the instance OF Secretary Taft
| the president has directed that Off
| GERS in charge OF public work must
uelect anu puulsA 'ioialAoAS VI IAo
eight hour law.
An invitation has been sent to
President Roosevelt to visit New Or
| leans while en- route to Panama this
fall
Fire in Yokohama recently de-
stroyed 1000 Japanese houses.
An application has been filed in
the district court at Des Moines, Ia,
for a receiver for the Brotherhood of
| American Yeomen, fraternal insur-
ance order operating in the western
| states.
A treaty of peace was signed on
board the United States cruiser Mar
blehead between commissioners rep
| resenting Salvador, Guatemala and