The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-08-25

A call has been issued for the demo.
cratic state convention for the NOM
ination OF state officers and congress-
men at Cheyenne. Wyo.. on Septeu-
Der l3.
The Chilean consul at Berlin has
a cablcd dispatch from Iquique an
nouncing that the nitrate region has
not been affected by the earthquake.
The l. Japanese arrested for raid
ing the seal fisheries on Paurs 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
lean 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 averag-
ing about 81 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 Rinsgold. Tex.
Armed manifestations against the
Cuban government nave occurred in
the provinces of Pinar Del Rio and
Havana.
Fifty Syrians so afflicted with
disease that they We're barred by
law from entering the United States
have been smuggled into the coun-
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 s24 900 in July. which Is $1,000 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 a provision leaving
100000 to the trustees of the ma
tional Audobon societies for the pro-
lection of wild birds and animals.
John G. A. Leishman, the recently
appointed American ambassador to
ment that he has been cordially re-
ceived by Turkish officials.
Judge Gillpatrick, of the district
court at Leavenworth, Kan. has rem
dered decision which declares that
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ordered withdrawn from the post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 1s, with decisions to
be made by September 25.
The Society of the Army OF the
| Philippines at their annual meeting in
Des Moines, Ia, elected Maj Gen. Nc
Arthur as commander-in-c chief. 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
| $119 9.36i511.
| The annual parade Of the G. A. r.
at the Minneapolis encampment was
as usual a notable affair. 1t was
three hours in passing a given point.
Bubonic plague has broken out in
Campos, Brazil.
France intends erecting handsome
structure in Washington for its en-
| basSy.
According to dispatches received by
| the state department Santo Domingo
is again in a 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 of church and state.