The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-02-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK
lest Important Happenings Ct tSe
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered from, A.,
Darts of the World Condensed
lAto Small Space for tho
Deneat of Our Readers.
PoroOAal.

settlements for personal injuries ever
made.
John F. Spratt, father of William
f. Spratt, mayor of 81. Joseph, died
recently at the home of his son. He
was co years old
H. b. Talley an attorney of Tulsa,
l. T., has been sentenced to 20 days
in jail and 500 fine for throwing
chair at the opposing counsel,
A H Reed of Westmoreland, Kan.
died in Los Angeles. Cal. of injuries
received in collision with an electric
car.
Mrs. J. H kingery secured a YER
dict at Springfield, Mo, against w.
H. Shipley, a railroad conductor for
$1,000 as damages for the alienation OF
her husbands affections.
Capt ]. n. Bofinger of ST Louis.
IS dead During the Civil war he had
charge of the steamboat transportation
of Union soldiers before Nicksburg.
Gen. James NJ. Williams, United
States army retired died at his home
in Washington. He was Il colonel OF
the first negro regiment in the Civil
war
A great crowd of personal and po.
litical friends gathered in London to
say farewell to Ambassador Bryce and
Mrs. Bryce on their departure for
the United States.
Lieut.. Frank Lahm will defend the
James Gordon Bennett aeronautical
cup at the St Louis balloon races
next October
Ex- Gov. Frank w Higgins, of New
York, is dead at his home in Olean.
He occupied the executive chair from
1904 to 1906.
A divorce has been granted in the
case of Jessie Lincoln Beckwith.
daughter of Robert T. Lincoln, and
grand daughter of President Lincoln,
James F. Harrison, grand son of
William Henry Harrison, is dead at
Mound City, Kan He was a vetrean
of the Mexican and Civil wars.
Alexis Alladin, leader of the peas
ant party in Russia has arrived in
New York His intention is to tour
the United States in the cause of
freedom for Russians.
E. S. Ellsworth, a promoter and
philanthropist of Iowa Falls. Ia, is
dead at his home in that city.
A NJ. Campbell, one of the found
ers of Salina, Kan, and a pioneer of
the state, recently fell down cellar
way in that city and was killed.
Congres.ionmI
The house committee on interstate
and foreign commerce has decided to
make a favorable report on a bin limit
ing the time of consecutive employ
ment of trainmen to 16 hours.
The house has agreed to the con
ference report on the immigration bill
which provides for the exclusion of
Japanese coolies.
Temperance advocates 900 strong,
recently made a demonstration at
the national capitol in support of a
bill to rid the District of Columbia Of
the liquor traffic.
The president has assured the Call
fornians in Washington that an ex-
ira session of congress will be called
If the pending immigration bill is not
passed at the present session.
The house after an interesting de-
bate has passed the naval appropria-
ton bill which carries in round num-
bers $50 5000 900. An effort to strike
out the provision for an additional
battleship of the Dreadnaught class
was defeated by vote of LAG to ia.
Opposition has developed in the
senate to the immigration bill as
amended by the committee.
Joint resolution mas been intro
duced in congress to empower the
president to exclude from the mails
ing details of the Thaw trial and
other cases of a similar nature.
The senate and house conferees
have reported an amendment to the
immigration bill whereby foreigners
who use their passports to secure ad-
mission to the United States to the
detriment of labor conditions will be
excluded. The idea is to bar Japa-
nese coolies who come to this coun-
try from Hawaii and the Philippines.
Senator Knox, OF Pennsylvania,
made a strong speech in the senate
recently in opposition to the reso
luton unseating Reed Smoot of Utah.
Direct charges of cowardice have
been filed against some Of the Of
ficers of the steamer Larchmont,
which sank off Block Island, X. L.,
recently.
The lower house of congress has
passed bill dividing the state of Ne
braska into two judicial districts.
While this country produces three
fourths of the cotton of the world
we imported last year $l2,000,000
worth of that product.
An icicle falling ITO feet in a mine
shaft at Carterville, Mo, instantly
killed Jack Lavette, of Kansas City