The Colorado statesman., 1906-05-19


States army is photographing San
Francisco ruins from balloons.
miscellaneous.
Vice Admiral Kuzmich commander
assassinated by a workman because he
had refused to permit the workmen 20
make a May day demonstration.
The steamer La Touraine, which ar
rived in New York from Havre,
brought $6.10o,oo0 in gold. The Um-
bria from Liverpool brought $4,000, 900.
Four magazines of the Union Metallic
Cartridge company at Bridgeport,
Conn, containing $4,000 pounds of
powder each exploded causing great
alarm among the residents who
thought an earthquake bad occurred.
Pennsylvania fire Insurance COM
panies, nine in all, nave submitted
statements of their condition and
showing an aggregate loss in San
Francisco of sf.460 $50
More than s6,O00,000 has been sub
scribed to the relief funds for San
Francisco earthquake sufferers.
has been killed by the explosion of n
bomb thrown by young man. Sol
diers immediately shot the assassin.
An Omaha attorney is said to be pre-
pairing papers for submission to the
interstate commerce commission of n
complaint of the Rock Springs Coal
company against the Union Pacific
railroad company charging discrimina-
ton.
The American executive assembly of
the Isle of Pines has sent a delegate
to Washington to work to defeat the
Isle OF Pines treaty.
The Mutual Insurance company has
brought suit against. former members
of its committee of expenditures to re-
cover such sums of money as may
have been lost through negligence of
the defendants.
The interstate commerce commits
sion. which has been investigating the
relations between the Standard Oil
company and the railroads at Chicago,
has closed the inquiry at that point
and will resume 1t later at Cleveland,
o.
The editor OF the Indianapolis Sun
has been sentenced to 30 days in Jail
and fined $3.50 for criticising the Judge
OF the local criminal court.
Gov. Higgins, of New York, has
granted an additional respite OF 80
days to Albert Patrick under sentence
OF death for the murder Of William NJ.
Rice.
The plant OF the Higgins Spring and
Axle company at Racine. Wis, has
been destroyed by ire causing a loss
OF s25o.o
The report that the Mexican govern
ment has entered into an agreement
with certain Americans Of desperate
dians is denied.
The total trade with South Ameri-
can countries in 1905 was s207 ,000, 600.
OF this amount $3.50 900, 900 consisted
OF imports TO the United States, while
the exports amounted to but $4,000
600.
The Sultan of Turkey in obedience
removed his troops from Tabah and
the threatened demonstration by the
English feet will not take place.
The government has taken a stand
against the petition OF the state of
Kansas asking permission to file a
suit In the supreme court OF the
United States on behalf OF the NJ. X.
& T. railroad company to get control
OF lands in Indian territory.
The New Orleans Naval Stores COM
pany's plant at Gulfport. Miss. has
been destroyed by fire involving q loss
OF s4oo. 900.
The 1900 funeral drivers OF New
York who went on strike have re-
turned TO work, their employers hav-
ins granted their demands
A body supposed to be that of Father
Gapon. who disappeared from Russia
has been found hanging in a lonely
villa in Finland.
The bank OF Thurton. Ia. recently
made an assignment for the beneft
Of creditors.
The strike OF 1900 funeral drivers
tied up the undertaking business in
New York recently.
John Alexander Dowie and W. C.
voliva have reached an agreement
upon the proposition for mutual rep
resentation IN the management OF the
financial Affairs at Zion City.