The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-11-10
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings Of the
Past Seven Days.
y~seresttne Items Gathered FROM All
parts Of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for the
Denent ef Our Readers.
Personal.

Mrs. Anna Depew, q distant relative
Of the New York senator and the old
est resident of Ohio. is dead al Find
lay.
Thomas Oberle. a well-kncwn actor
died recently in Los Angeles. Cal. OF
tuberculosis.
The death is announced az Volen-
dam, Holland. Of Fritz Than!ow, the
Norwegian landscape painter.
Gen. J. w. St Clair. prominent
lawyer and democratic politician OF
West Virginia is dead at Fayetteville.
Miss Rosemary Sartoris. daughter
OF Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris and the
late Algeron Charles Frederick Sar-
toris. and grand daughter OF the late
Geenral u. S. Grant. has been mar
ried to George II. Woolston Of hiber-
mia, Fla.
Charles Whitney Norton. said to
have swindled persons in all parts oil
the country out OF more than $1,000
900 worth OF bonds and securities. has
been arrested in Chicago.
George AIDE, is out in statement
that he is not engaged to Miss Helen
Hale, the actress.
Junius Dana. only brother OF the
late Charles A. Dana. died near war
rem. O., while duck hunting recently
Gershunin, one of the most famous
OF Russian terrorists has made his
escape from Siberia.
The will of William Scully. other
wise known as Lord" Scul!y. said TO
be the largest owner of real estate IN
America, has been filed for probate
at Washington. All his lands are left
absolutely to his wife.
Prof. Andrew Fleming West, OF
Princeton university has declined the
presidency of the Massachusetts In
stitute OF Technology.
E. Houston Fitch, who says he is
Methodist minister, has been arrested
in st. Louis charged with having
passed forged checks in Chelsea, !.
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Charles Eustis Kincaid, former uni
ted States consular agent at Ian
cashire, England, later special
Washington correspondent. died re-
Gently at Cincinnati.
W. S. Manning. who was referred
to by Senator Dcpew as Our rantank-
erous friend up the river" during the
insurance investigation, Is
dead at his home in Albany, N. y.
George Herring. a noted English
nhilanthropist. died recently in Lon
don.
Representative J. H. Ketcham. OF
Dover Plains, N Y. and candidate
for reelection died recently OF apo
plexy.
Col. lie Grand 3. Cannon. retired
banker OF New York. is dead at Bur
lington, Vt, aged 81 years.
Judge William H. Upton. one OF the
first judges OF the state OF Washing
ton, is dead at Walla Walla.
Mrs. Margaret Bush, of Clymer, N.
r, sister of Horace Greedy. is dead.
Mrs. Edgar w Nye, widow Of the
famous humorist, is dead at the home
Of her daughter in Louisiana.
MiscelIaneoas.
The apple crop Of the United States
for 1906 is estimated at 36,120,000
barrels New York leads with 4,900.-
900 barrels.
The accident bulletin of the In
terstate Commerce Commission for
the three months ended June 30 last
shows the total number of railroad
causalties to have been 16,957.
Miss Laura Scott, 19-year-old
school teacher, was found dead near
Parker, in Douglas county.
Nine hundred anG eighty-seven
Immigrants left Libau, Courland, for
-, United States In one day recently.
Leonard Leopold. who Is wanted in
Chicago for connection with the muir
der Of Mrs. Margaret Leslie has been
arrested in Wausau, Wis.
The appellate division Of the su-
preme court of New York has handed
down a decision disbarring Abraham
Kaffenburgh, in connection with the
Morse-Dodge divorce case.
A conference between the Indians
and troops has resulted III the Utes
agreeing to return to Fort Meade, S.
D., to remain while Chiefs Red Cap
and Black Whiskers go to Washing
ton to confer with President Roose-
velt
Tho railroad commission OF Texas
has demanded that the Pullman palace
car rates in that state be reduced 20
per cent.
The battleship Virginia and the At
lantic~ liner Monroe, were in collision
recently In Hampton Roads. Both
vessels were somewhat damaged.
The Carnegie Plow and Manufactur-
ing company's plant near Pittsburg,
Pa, has been destroyed by fire.
In a three-cornered fight at st.
Louis, William Barton, a teamster
was killed with baseball bat in the
hands of William Beck.