The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-07-06

NaitI near oFtonYl He. Mimi One
Of the passengers was injured, The
others escaped unhurt.
one whole block Immediately ad-
joining the exposition grounds at
Jam, stown, Va. was swept by fire
recently and number OF frame no
tells and restaurants destroyed. The
loss was estimated at 100000.
At joint meeting OF the Musko-
gee. |, T.. Commercial club and the
executive committee of the Trans
Mississippi congress resolutions were
adopted FAY orins Kansas City as the
place for the next republican nation
al convention
A temporary restraining order has
been granted in ST. Louis prohibiting
the state board of railroad and ware
house commissioners from enforcing
the law regarding the inspection and
weighing OF grain outside of public
elevators
While on the way to attend the
commencement exercises at Yale an
automobile containing four passengers
plunged off a bridge ID. l.. Oliver.
student was killed and the other oc-
cupants seriously injured.
For the eighth time the Cornell
crew succeeded in winning the eight
Dared race at Poughkeepsie. n. Y.
Columbia was second and the Cnltea
States Naval academy third.
The premature explosion of a box
nf
county. Va. killed eight persons and
injured six others.
AT New London. Conn. Harvard
won the eight cared freshman race by
close margin. while Yale won the
varsity four cared race by ten
lengths.
AT Ffndlay, Ohio. the jury in the
trial Of the Standard Oil company On
a charge OF violating the state anti
trust law disagreed and were dis
charged.
The pension department viii urge
congress at its next session to equal
iZe the pensions of solder wi lows
on basis of sl2.
The beard of police commissioners
of San Francisco has denied permis
sion to Japanese TO keep intelligence
Offices in that city.
Judge Landis, in the federal court
at Chicago. has refused the request
of the attorneys for John D. Rookie
feller for the withdrawal of the sub
poena recently issued for their client
A Russo-ltalian commercial treaty
has been signed at st. Petersburg.
Judge Chytraus. of Chicago, has de
c!ared the law passed by the last
legislature prohibiting the sale OF
cigarettes in Illinois inyaled.
According to the verdict of a Jury
in the federal court at Fort Dodge,
Iowa, grain transactions on boards of
trade are gambling and debts thus
contracted can not tie collected
Yale defeated Harvard in the an
nual varsity eisht-oared race AT New
London, Conn, by scant beats
boats length before the largest crowd
that ever witnessed race on the
Thames river. The time was PHO.
f. II. Hartman, the railroad mag
nate. was arrested DUNG the Yale
Harvard boat race at New London,
Conn. and confined On revenue cut
ter for violating the rules of the
course.
All of the mail carriers of Eutte,
Mont, have gone on a strike, declaring
that they could not live on the salaries
paid at present by the government.
Upon invitation of President Dlaz,
Secretary of State Root will visit
Mexico the later part OF the summer.
In the United States district court
at Chicago Judge Landis overruled
the motion OF the Standard Oil com
rany for new trial of the case in
which they were recently convicted
of rebating.
The sentencing of Mayor Schmitz
of San Francisco. convicted of extor-
ton. has been postponed by Judge
Dunno. until July s. Schmitz must
remain in Jail
An outbreak of Apache Indians IS
feared at Fort Mcdowell, Ariz. as
the result of the killing of an Indian
by a sup-agent there and troops have
been ordered to be in readiness.
The circulation of national bank
notes at the close of the fiscal year
was sG03,7SS.G03. which was the
greatest amount outstanding in the
history OF the government.
Four hundred journeymen plumbers
of St. Louis are on a strike, demand
ing an increase in wages from So to
Sc per day.
The United States treasury will be-
gin at once carrying into effect the
provisions of the Aldrich act which
provides all necessary small bills to
meet the business demands.
The Prudential Life Insurance
cpmpapy has apnOupced tie withd ra It.